Weir still chasing the dream as Canadian Open begins

Anthony Kim is the young star, but there are plenty of veterans in the field Mike Weir was standing over an eight-foot putt on the 18th green at Glen Abbey golf course four years ago, staring immortality in the face. He missed that putt, and with that went the chance to become the first Canadian since Pat Fletcher in 1954 to win his national open golf championship — one that was established 104 years ago in 1904. Instead, Vijay Singh, who had just nosed past Tiger Woods as the world's No. 1 back then, beat Weir in a three-hole playoff and the long drought continued. On Thursday morning, Weir, of Bright's Grove, Ont., and Calgary's Stephen Ames lead a field of almost 30 Canadians to the tee for the Royal Bank Canadian Open where they'll face a large, but thin, field of PGA pros. That visitors' list is headed by Anthony Kim,... [read full story]