Weir second at Byron Nelson

IRVING, Texas — Canadian Mike Weir waited five years to close out a tournament near the top of the leaderboard.

The Brights Grove, Ont., native shot a 3-under 67 in the fourth round of the Bryon Nelson Championship Sunday to finish in second place, two strokes back of American Brendon Todd.

It was Weir’s best tournament since he finished second behind Dustin Johnson at Pebble Beach in 2009.

The 44-year-old Canadian left-hander hadn’t had a top 25 finish since 2010, the same year he suffered a partial ligament tear in his right elbow before a stretch when he missed 17 cuts in a row — including all 14 tournaments he started in 2012.

“Best golf I played in a long time. I was happy with the way I played,” Weir said. “I was definitely determined to try to win today, but I can feel good about the way I handled things out there.”

Weir had birdies on four of the first five holes. He was 13 under and ahead of Todd by two strokes when his tee shot at No. 5 settled 1½ feet from the cup. That came after Weir blindly hit out of a fairway bunker to three feet at No. 4.

But Weir missed the fairway and green for a bogey at the 431-yard sixth hole. At the same time Todd, who played the last 31 holes at TPC Four Seasons without a bogey, was tapping in at the fifth.

Graham DeLaet of Weyburn finished in a tie for seventh place at 8 under.