CALGARY – Mike Weir has witnessed plenty of his long-time contemporaries find some serious success on PGA Tour Champions this year — and he knows exactly what he needs to do to join them in the winner’s circle on home soil this week.
Weir, who is the unofficial host of this week’s Rogers Charity Classic in Calgary, has had a tough year on the over-50 circuit with just one top 15 finish. And in an uncharacteristic manner, he says it’s his short game — long known as the best part of his game as he became a top-5 golfer in the world in the early 2000s — that’s been letting him down.
“Short game always has been my strength, and it just hasn’t been very good this year,” Weir told Sportsnet on Wednesday. “If you’re not getting the ball up and down, converting wedges on par fives and making a f