It's 'Weird' (sorry !!)not to see Mike in the top 125, but he just missed the cut which fell at -3, with his 67,71, 138 -2 total. He ended up needing to birdie the 18th,but his putt from just off the front edge narrowly missed.
Graham DeLaet 67,74, 141 +1 and Matt Hill 69,71 138 E also missed out. Graham went into the event at 119 on the money list, so I imagine he will have to hold his breath to see if he makes the T125 come Sunday afternoon.
The fall series starts with the Viking Classic the week of September 27, and remember Weir's last win was during this series at the Fry.com Open, so we probably will see him re-appear in 6 weeks.
There is a silver lining in every cloud they say, and perhaps this is best for Mike, he has been working hard with little to show for it. Time to circle the wagons, rehab the elbow, get healthy and why not get a fresh pair of eyes to look at his swing and give him something to build his confidence back upon. He has full PGA tour exemption until 2013 following his 2003 Masters win ( now you can really see why winning a major is huge !!)
Brandt Snedeker 63,65 -12 and Arjun Atwal 61,67 -12 are your leaders. Snedeker won here in 2007
Kevin Streelman, Lucas Glover and John Rollins are next at -11
CANADIAN TOUR
I mentioned yesterday that our Canadian Tour is down in Seaforth this week and there is actually a Canadian in contention. Kent Eger (Saskatchewan) is a shot off the lead held at -12 by 3 Americans, Brady Stockton, Brian Prouty and Rob Grube. There is a group of Canucks including Peter Laws of Mississauga who are in contention going into the weekend, so if you are in the area drop by the Seaforth CC and cheer them on.
EUROPEAN TOUR
With 2 events left to qualify for Monty's Ryder Cup squad,Peter Hanson of Sweden who is 15th on the points list shot -2 70 yesterday and at -7 is on top of the leaderboard with another Swede, Fredrik Widmark at the Czech Open at a place called Celadna for any of you who knows where that is !!
CHAMPIONS TOUR
DA Weibring, remember him ?? He has gone 67, 67 -10 to lead the old preacher Tom Lehman by 2 shots after two rounds of the Jeld-Wen Tradition,the 4th of 5 majors.
He apparently has had an injured shoulder for the last 2 years but is healthy again.
The guy I am watching is Bernhard Langer who is at -6 just 4 shots back. He is trying to win his 3rd major in a row. I really want to see Monty pick him for the Ryder Cup and how could he refuse a guy who has won 3 majors in a row !! In case you were wondering I looked it up. He is currently 197 on the World Ryder Cup Points list and yes the likes of Casey, Karlsson, Molinari, Fisher, Jimenez,Stenson etal are way ahead, you need players in form, and who is hotter. Plus with the sparkplug of the team for year's Sergio Garcia off for 2 months, what a boost Langer, who is still as fit as he was 20 years ago, would give this talented squad !!
LPGA
Japan's Ai Miyazato -6,66 has a one shot lead in the Safeway Classic at Pumpkin Ridge in Oregon. She has been vying for the #1 spot vacated by Lorena Ochoa, with Kristie Kerr and Suzann Petterson also Jiyai Shin and Yani Tseng.
Canucks.... Adrienne White T14, -2,70 Alena Sharp T18, -1 71. Lisa Meldrum T29, E 72..Samantha Richdale T44 +1,73.. Lorie Kane T77, +3, 75..
My congratulations to Dave Bunker our fine amateur from Woodbridge who will be playing in the 2011 RBC Canadian Open after successfully defending his Canadian Men's Mid Amateur at Royal Ottawa. He finished at -5 just edging Dave Arnold the pride of Brooklyn, Ont., and Craig Doell who travelled right across the country from Victoria
Bryan Angus
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