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BELL CANADIAN OPEN

September 10, 2004

Mike Weir

OAKVILLE, ONTARIO

MIKE WEIR: I made a nice save on 8, kept things going. I had a good shot at 9. I just had a perfect number. I had 197 yards a little bit into the wind. I thought I'd go for a good solid 5-iron. I haven't been hitting my mid-irons that well all year.

Q. How much did the crowd propel you?

MIKE WEIR: A lot. They're fantastic. The eagle on No. 5 -- (inaudible).

Vijay is right there and a bunch of guys. It's going to be a fun couple of days. No matter what happens I'm going to enjoy it.

Q. Talk about the approach you had, knowing that you had 30 holes to play today as opposed to just going out and playing one round?

MIKE WEIR: You want to have a nice rhythm, and you want to get off to a nice start, which I did. I didn't want to put any pressure on myself.

Q. (Inaudible).

MIKE WEIR: Yeah, I can feel it. It's fantastic. (Inaudible). There are a lot of friends and family out there and a big crowd.

Q. (Inaudible).

MIKE WEIR: Oh, no question. I kind of feel that with Canadians, you kind of feel the pressure on Sunday and you want to get going here. On the other hand -- (inaudible).

Q. (Inaudible).

MIKE WEIR: I think it's great, you know. (Inaudible).

Q. Mike, this course has not been great to you over the years. You thought maybe it wasn't to your liking, but what's changed about this year that you've been able to go out and play well?

MIKE WEIR: When I played here four years ago I wasn't playing well at all. I couldn't hit the ball up in the air like I can now and I was hitting a flat trajectory -- (inaudible).

It's a challenge. Every single shot I have to be aware of that. It's very easy to -- (inaudible).

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