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Weir looks to start 2009 in better shape, mentally and physically

- AP

HONOLULU (AP) -- Mike Weir of Canada will start the 2009 season with the Presidents Cup among his goals, but in much better shape than he was in two years ago -- not only in the International team standings, but between the ears.

Weir was obsessed with making the 2007 team, and rightfully so because it was held in Canada. This year, the event returns to U.S. soil at Harding Park in San Francisco.

"It's on the back burner," Weir said. "I want to do some things individually, and hopefully, that takes care of other things."

That wasn't the case the last time. Weir started the '07 season at 20th in the Presidents Cup standings, and he had gone nearly three years without winning on the PGA Tour, which only added to the burden.

"You hate to think it did affect me, but I was thinking about it all the time," he said. "I wasn't playing the greatest, I wasn't getting any younger and you knew it would not be held there (Canada) again, at least when I was playing. This time, with what I plan on doing next year, it will take care of itself."

Copyright 2008 Associated Press. All rights reserved.

 
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