Weir cemented his legacy in the game by becoming the first lefty to ever win at Augusta, although Phil Mickelson and Bubba Watson have since combined for five wins since the Canadian turned the trick.

Back in the day, people told Canadian golf prodigy Mike Weir to stop trying ... handed icons like Phil Mickelson, Weir considered switching to a right-handed swing—until he reached out to ...

For Mike Weir, the talk inevitably returns ... but the last was in 2007 (Fry's Electronics Open in Scottsdale, Ariz.). Weir's drought coincided with swing changes, elbow surgery and technology.