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Apr 10 2014, 09:03 AM
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Ancaster, Ont. – By his own admission, Mike Weir doesnt have many expectations for this years RBC Canadian Open. Hes coming in off a year of struggles thats seen him miss 10 cuts in 10 starts and fall to 1,438th on the Official World Golf Ranking. Weir is now the 34th-ranked Canadian on that global list; many Canadians would have a hard time naming 33 other Canadian professional golfers. But Weir is still positive, still confident as he approaches the first tee for the 22nd time at the RBC Canadian Open. “The state of my game hasnt been very good at all,” he stated. “Its been poor. But Im a worker. Thats what I do.” It was one year ago this week that Weirs already struggling season was ended when he tore a tendon in his elbow trying to extract a ball from the tangle of hay that doubled as rough at the Shaughnessy G&CC in Vancouver. The surgery that followed sent Weir to the shelf for seven months. He returned at Pebble Beach after working mostly by himself but never seemed to find a groove, only breaking par twice in 21 rounds. Three months ago, he hit reset and hired Grant Waite to coach him, which he said has been paying dividends. “Grant, being a former player, I think thats one good thing. He knows a lot,” said Weir. “Hes a very smart guy and hes able to just relay kind of what I need at the time. And he knows that this is going to be a process.” By process, Weir means time. As in 2013. It will take that much time but at the very least, the lefthander is seeing some light at the end of the tunnel. And for the first time, its not an approaching train. In practice rounds this week, Weir has seen some good shots and some not-so-good shots that have rattled into the trees. As has been the case all year, the driver is the club giving him the most trouble. “Its so up and down right now,” he stated. “Ive played some really nice rounds where I string a bunch of good holes together and then I fall back into some bad habits Ive gotten myself into. “So hopefully I can just string some of the better ones together, because my good ones, Im hitting a lot of great shots. And my bad ones are bad. I gotta keep shaking those ones out.” To be sure, the last year hasnt been easy on Weir. Hes posted some almost embarrassing numbers, been the subject of ridicule on web sites and seen his career flounder. Hes been reduced to looking for sponsor exemptions after losing his status. But through it all, hes stayed positive. Hes peers want nothing more than for Weir to return to form. H
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