Weir returns home with a green jacket

TORONTO - Mike Weir returned home Monday with a green jacket. <br> <br> Actually, it was a jacket on loan while the proper one is made at Augusta National in honor of his Masters victory yesterday. <br> <br> Weir said he didn&#39;t leave Augusta National until close to midnight when friends and family headed back to his rental house near the course. <br> <br> He said, ``We tried to round up a few Canadian beers but we couldn&#39;t find any.&#39;&#39; <br> <br> He also said he spoke with Wayne Gretzky after becoming the first Canadian to win the Masters. <br> <br> Weir held a news conference Monday and launched a line of golf accessories before heading to the Toronto Maple Leafs-Philadelphia Flyers playoff game tonight. <br> <br> Weir is from Bright&#39;s Grove, Ontario, and lives in Draper, Utah. He says that after the hockey game he will fly home and take three weeks off. <br> <br> Weir moved up from tenth to fifth in the weekly world rankings released Monday -- the highest by a Canadian since the rankings were introduced in 1986. Weir earned just over one million dollars for his Masters title and leads the PGA Tour money list with more than $3.3 million. <br> <br> When asked about buoying his home country with his victory, Weir said, ``That makes me feel pretty special actually. ... It&#39;s a great honor.&#39;&#39;

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