Drew Weaver at the British Open
Washington Post
'Incredible' Run Ends For Va. Tech Amateur
By Leonard Shapiro | July 21, 2007; Page E04
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland, July 20 -- Virginia Tech junior Drew Weaver was only two back-nine bogeys from making the cut at the British Open on Friday, saying he "played my heart out" in an attempt to stay around for the weekend.
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Winston-Salem Journal
SO CLOSE: Weaver misses cut by 2 shots
By John Dell | July 21, 2007
Drew Weaver said that he expects to hit the wall in the next few days. He knows it's coming because of all the mental energy he put into playing in his first British Open.
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Newport News Daily Press
A missed cut, but a good time
BY ED SHERMAN | July 21, 2007
CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND -- Drew Weaver was dejected that he didn't make it to the weekend at the British Open Friday. But at the same time, he proved to himself his day will come.
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Newport News Daily Press
Mixed results for Weaver
BY ED SHERMAN/CHICAGO TRIBUNE | July 20, 2007
CARNOUSTIE, SCOTLAND -- Two holes, two birdies for Drew Weaver. What's so difficult about playing in a major?
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Charlotte Observer
British Open - 'It was the perfect start'
Ron Green Jr. | Fri, Jul. 20, 2007
It was a dream beginning Thursday for High Point resident and Virginia Tech golfer Drew Weaver. He birdied the first two holes during the first round but couldn't sustain it, finishing with a 5-over-par 76."It was the perfect start," Weaver said. "I knew things would get tougher and they did but I still played OK."
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Boston Globe
Healing the wounds
Va. Tech's Weaver carries message to British
By Jim McCabe, Globe Staff | July 18, 2007
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- Someday, should his career work out as he envisions, Drew Weaver will be in position to profit by selling space on his golf bag to a corporate entity. Read More...

Washington Post
From Tragedy, Weaver Makes New Memories
British Amateur Title Lifts Va. Tech Golfer Into Open
By Leonard Shapiro, Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, July 18, 2007; Page E01
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland, July 17 -- There was a former British Open champion to the left of Drew Weaver and the reigning Masters champion to his right on the first tee at Carnoustie on Tuesday morning. But U.S. Ryder Cup player J.J. Henry headed straight to Weaver, shook his hand and gushed: "Congratulations, man. That was just awesome, a great accomplishment."
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Detroit News
Weaver is playing with pain
Dream summer follows Hokie's spring nightmare
Vartan Kupelian / The Detroit News
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - Drew Weaver couldn't find a practice game at Carnoustie Golf Links. A group of professionals muscled onto the first tee the other day, cutting off Weaver, a 20-year-old American amateur. Then another tried to do the same thing before the starter intervened and invited Weaver to tee off alongside J.J. Henry and Stewart Cink.
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USA Today
Hokie pride: U.S. youngster carries Virginia Tech colors at British Open
By Paul Newberry, AP National Writer
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - Drew Weaver was standing around in his socks, waiting to get his spikes repaired at the hotel that looms over Carnoustie's 18th hole, when Zach Johnson came strolling by.
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Boston Globe
Weaver ends on high note
By Jim McCabe, Globe Staff | July 21, 2007
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- It is the toughest hole at Carnoustie Golf Links, but Drew Weaver welcomed the challenge. He's been through a lot worse, so trying to make a birdie at that closing hole didn't scare him.
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USA Today
Dream Weaver: Amateur now waits to see if British summer good enough
By Doug Ferguson, AP Golf Writer | July 21, 2007
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland About a month ago, Drew Weaver was just another face in college golf. One month in Britain changed everything for the junior-to-be at Virginia Tech.
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ABC News
Person of the Week: Drew Weaver
July 20, 2007
Three months after seeing police swarm his campus during the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, golfer Drew Weaver says he is drawing strength from that difficult day to steady his golf swing in a rare bid at the British Open.
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Denver Post
British Open Notes - Weaver's star rises, falls
Denver Post wire services | July 20, 2007
Virginia Tech junior Drew Weaver said this week he hoped to see his name on the leaderboard in his first British Open.
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Greensboro News & Record
High Point man not fearing British Open
By Robert Bell, Staff Writer
HIGH POINT - Here's Drew Weaver in the leafy shade, hitting golf balls at the far end of the Willow Creek range, hoping to find some peace and solitude if only for a few minutes as he prepares for this week's British Open.
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Orange County Register
Virginia Tech's Weaver pushes on
MARK WHICKER, Register columnist | July 16, 2007
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland - April 16 was a bad day already. Drew Weaver and Matt Boyd already knew two people were dead, because they saw the e-mail from the Virginia Tech university president's office. They also heard the sirens.
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Telegraph
Weaver's win just what doctor ordered
By Lewine Mair | June 25, 2007
When America's Drew Weaver finally tied up the 112th Amateur Championship at Lytham by defeating Australian Tim Stewart at the 35th, so a club member turned to her husband and said: "Wouldn't it have been fun if it had gone to the last."
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Charlotte Observer
Hokies golfer honoring victims at British Open
RON GREEN JR. | July 15, 2007
Drew Weaver will forever hear the gunshots. They were so loud, like bombs going off, Weaver remembers.
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Collegiate Times
Virginia Tech's Drew Weaver to tee off at the British Open
T. Rees Shapiro, CT Staff Writer | July 19, 2007
CARNOUSTIE, Scotland -- Andrew "Drew" Wesley Weaver, the Virginia Tech junior and member of the golf team, will look to conquer his second set of links tomorrow on the island of Great Britain for the 136th British Open, the eldest of Golf's Major Championships.
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