He will start the opening round this year in a grouping with former Shaw Charity Classic champion Fred Couples (2014) along with Jerry Kelly, who’s third in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Weir made his debut at the event last year’s and opened with 7-under 63 before subsequent rounds of 70 and 68 dropped him back to finish in a four-way tie for ninth place overall.
Hopefully they’re doing something good or you’re doing something good. “I’m looking forward to it,” said Barron. The two-time PGA Tour Champions winner will start Friday’s opening round in a group with Spanish golfer Miquel Angel Jimenez and Irish PGA Tour Champions rookie Padraig Harrington, who is currently second in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup standings. “I love the golf course, I love the people and I’m excited to play golf up here again.
Obviously, they were pulling for him,” said Barron, who also played with Canadian Stephen Ames, a former Calgary resident, in the final round. “Mike Weir and I are great friends and (the fans) were super nice to me when I played with him. The 53-year-old golfer from Memphis, Tenn., played last year’s second round with Weir, 52, of Brights Grove, Ont., and was impressed with the level of support both players received from the fans. “He came out here in the morning, so I snagged him for a bit for a little bunker lesson.”īarron shot three straight rounds of 6-under 64 at Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club at last year’s event to beat Steve Flesch by two strokes. “He actually gave me a bunker lesson yesterday, so that was nice,” said Barron before playing a practice round on Thursday. CALGARY - Back to defend his 2021 Shaw Charity Classic victory, Doug Barron is hoping a few tips from a Canadian golfing icon will help him in that quest.īarron said he has received some recent advice from 2003 Masters champion Mike Weir on how to better play sand shots.
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