Weir equals course record at Grayhawk

 Another day at the Frys.com Open, and another course record.

This time it was 2007 champion Mike Weir, whose 9-under-par 61 during Sunday’s final round of the PGA Tour tournament equaled the course record at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale.

Kevin Stadler had set the record with a 61 in 2008, and it was matched on Friday and Saturday by Troy Matteson.

Weir was so good early and often that 59 crossed his mind with five holes to play. The Canadian had just birdied his fourth hole to get to 8-under par for the day. He added another birdie on the sixth, a short par-4, meaning he needed two birdies over his final three holes.

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“I had good chances on eight and nine,” Weir said.

Weir shot 29 on his front nine with six birdies and then added three more birdies on his back nine.

This was Weir’s final round of the 2009 season, and he treated it just like he did his final round of last year, when he shot 63 at Grayhawk. He was going to fire at all the pins and be as aggressive as possible.

“Maybe I need to have that mentality all the time,” Weir said.

In the three-year history of the tournament, Weir’s worst finish is tied for fourth. He won in 2007. His cumulative score in Grayhawk’s Raptor Course in three years is 43-under par.

“I’ve had some good rounds out here,” Weir said.

HOW ABOUT NEXT YEAR

There will be a Frys.com Open next year. Where it will be played has yet to be determined.

Grayhawk, in its third year of hosting the event, was always considered just a temporary stop for the event, which was supposed to be played in Northern California.

If asked, Grayhawk would gladly host the Fall Series event again. That decision will come in the next few weeks as this year’s event is evaluated and as the PGA Tour finalizes its 2010 schedule.

Q-SCHOOL?

Thanks to their second-place finish, both Rickie Fowler and Jamie Lovemark have uncertain futures. Both were planning on going to the PGA Tour’s Q-school, but because each earned $440,000 things could change.

The 20-year-old Fowler has a clearer picture. With a seventh-place finish last week in Las Vegas and a second-place here Sunday, he has earned $553,700. He will go to this week’s Viking Classic in Mississippi with a goal of earning enough money to get him into the top 125 on the season-ending money list (He’s No. 125 going into this week at $600,000 in earnings). If he does that, Fowler will become a member of the PGA Tour and have exempt status in 2010.

Lovemark has now earned $453,872 in four starts this year, and that puts him at about No. 145 on the money list. What does that do for him?

“I’m not sure,” Lovemark said.

So Lovemark is planning to go to the first stage of Q-school next week. He’ll get a phone call sometime Monday telling him what his options will be.

Since he finished in the top 10 this week, he is eligible to play in the Viking Classic.