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Mike Weir "played well enough to win, but I didn't putt well enough, I putted terrible today, I had three 3 putts"
That's how he summed up his battle with Phil Mickelson who fired a -7 65 to Mike's -1 71 to win the Dominion Energy Charity Classic.
2nd was Weir's best finish in his brief Champions Tour career, his 3rd top 10 and it was worth $176,000. Mickelson earned $300,000.
In the battle of lefties Mickelson overcame Weir's 3 shot lead with 4 birdies in 7 holes while Mike could only manage a string of pars until he made a 3 putt bogey at the 7th, but they were even at -13 after he birdied the 9th while Phil mad his first bogey.
Weir actually went ahead with his birdie at 12, but Mickelson got that back at the 13th, both now at -14. I thought the match between the two hinged on the par 3 14th when Mike had another 3 putt bogey to go one behind at -13.
Mickelson birdied the15th to go 2 ahead at -15, they both birdied the 16th and Mickelson birdied the last for his 65 -17 total. He also has won both his starts played on the Champions Tour.
Mike's 2nd place the his best finish since the 2014 Byron Nelson.
That's golf, after 9 birdies on Saturday afternoon's 63, and 4 more in his morning 68, the putts just weren't falling on Sunday, but still, Weirsy displayed his trademark grit and tenacity on a day when all but Canadians gave him little chance against one of golf's great champions.
The next event is October 30th at the Timber Tech Championship in Boca Raton where Bernhard Langer has lived for the past 30 years and is the defending champion.
Bryan Angus
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