Sandy Weir
Sandy Weir took his talent for, and love of, the game of golf from the golf course to the pages of the Winnipeg Free Press. Born in Selkirk, Scotland in 1892, he won his first club championship at the age of 14.
Weir emigrated to Canada in 1913 and lived in Saskatchewan and Alberta before moving to Winnipeg in the 1920s.
Winner of the 1919 Saskatchewan Open and the 1920 and 1924 Saskatchewan Men’s Amateur Championships, Weir first made his mark in Manitoba Golf by being the low amateur in the 1925 Manitoba Open. Runner-up in the 1925 Western Canadian Men’s Amateur and a semi-finalist in the 1926 Canadian Men’s Amateur, Weir won the Manitoba Men’s Amateur in 1929 while playing out of Niakwa Country Club.
In 1930, he competed in the British Open in Scotland which was won by Bobby Jones who went on to win the “Grand Slam” that year.
Weir won his second Manitoba Men’s Amateur in 1934 while playing out of Winnipeg Beach.
He continued to golf at a high level throughout his life and was the Manitoba Senior Age Champion in 1944. Weir was always a strong supporter of junior golf in Manitoba.
Weir made another very important contribution to the game by bringing to life stories of Manitoba golfers to a generation of readers as the writer of the “Tee Topics” column for the Winnipeg Free Press for over 25 years.
Weir passed away on February 4, 1968. On his passing, Maurice Smith of the Winnipeg Free Press described Weir as “…never happier than when he was playing or discussing golf.”
Alexander Anderson (Sandy) Weir is an inductee into the Manitoba Golf Hall of Fame and Museum Inc., September 24, 2018.