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otHeR PRoMinent PLAYeRSSection Player BiograPhies2u.S. presidents cup team. Was a captain’s pick by u.S.captain Ken Venturi. 1998: recorded a career-best fifth atmasters, a t14 at u.S. open and t13 at pga. 1994: playedin only four events following chemotherapy and radiationtreatments. 1993: Enjoyed finest season of career beforebeing diagnosed with lymphoma in right shoulder bladein December...Kept the longest active winning streak ontour, seven years, going with three victories. capturedfirst major title by defeating greg Norman on second holeof sudden-death playoff at pga championship at Inverness.Earlier won memorial tournament in dramatic fashion,holing out from greenside bunker on 72nd hole to defeatcorey pavin by one stroke and payne Stewart by two...WonNew England classic after taking lead with third-round64...ten top-three finishes were most since tom Watsonin 1980...Finished second on money list to Nick price. 1992:Held on to his three-stroke advantage heading into thefinal round to win tHE tour championship by the samemargin over Lee Janzen at pinehurst No. 2. 1991: recordedfour-stroke victory over Brian claar and corey pavin at theat&t pebble Beach National pro-am in February...missednine tournaments during the middle of the season afterhaving right shoulder surgery on June 20...Won crucialsingles match against Jose maria olazabal during theryder cup at Kiawah Island. 1990: opened with victoryin the moNY tournament of champions. Final-round 69carried the 54-hole leader to a one-stroke victory overIan Baker-Finch...Shared the third-round lead with Fredcouples at the Doral-ryder open but ended up losing ina four-man playoff to greg Norman. 1989: captured hissecond canon greater Hartford open by shooting a 65Paul azinger (Continued)on Sunday to overtake third-round leader Wayne Levi byone stroke...Had 13 top-10s in 25 starts, the most in oneseason during his career...captured singles victory overSeve Ballesteros during his first ryder cup. 1988: Shotthree rounds of 66, one being the final round, to win by fivestrokes over tom Kite at the Hertz Bay Hill classic. 1987:three-time winner, when he finished second on money listbehind curtis Strange. Finished with rounds of 65-67 tocapture the phoenix open. Holed a 30-foot putt for eagle-3on the last hole at the panasonic-Las Vegas Invitationalfor second victory. third-round 63 carried him to his thirdvictory at the canon Sammy Davis, Jr.-greater Hartfordopen...runner-up at British open...Named 1987 pga andGolf World player of the Year. 1984: pga tour Qualifyingtournament medalist.PeRSonAL:His 2010 year was highlighted by the release of his highlyanticipated book Cracking the Code, The Winning RyderCup Strategy: Make it Work for You. also released thebest-selling iphone app golfplan to glowing reviews.Served as lead analyst for ESpN during its coverage of theKraft Nabisco Lpga tournament, the British open at St.andrews and the ryder cup at celtic manor. recipient ofgWaa Ben Hogan award in 1995, given to the individualwho has continued to be active in golf despite physicalhandicap or serious illness…His book, Zinger, is abouthis fight against cancer…Started playing golf at age 5but couldn’t break 40 until he was a high school senior…gave a eulogy at longtime friend payne Stewart’s memorialservice in 1999…Loves to play foosball.PLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.91Driving Distance ...........................................285.2Driving accuracy percentage .......................58.97%greens in regulation percentage ................59.26%putting average ...........................................1.781(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 68–rBc canadian open/2career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–2 times, mostrecent 1989 texas open/2Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $522,000–2000 Sony open in Hawaii/1career High official world Rank: after1994 Southwestern Bell colonial/62010 ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICSScoring average (actual) .............................72.75Driving Distance ...........................................272.1Driving accuracy percentage .......................58.93%greens in regulation percentage ................54.86%putting average ...........................................1.810(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)(N/a)MISCELLANEOUS ChAMPIONS TOUR STATISTICS2010 champions tour Low Round: 70–the acE groupclassic/3career champions tour Low Round: 70–2010 the acEgroup classic/3Largest career champions tour Paycheck/Finish: $17,760–2010 the acE group classic/t21Briny BairdeXeMPt StAtUS: 127th on 2010 money listFULL nAMe: michael Jancey BairdHeiGHt: 5-11weiGHt: 185BiRtHDAte: may 11, 1972BiRtHPLAce: miami Beach, FLReSiDence: Jupiter, FLFAMiLY: Wife, Laura; madison Kaye (3/10/03), taylorrae (2/1/05), Brody gray (12/3/07)eDUcAtion: Valdosta State university (1995,communications)SPeciAL inteReStS: FishingtURneD PRoFeSSionAL: 1995Q ScHooL: 1998nationwide tour Graduate (2000)BeSt PGA toUR cAReeR FiniSHeS:2—2001 John Deere classic, t2—2003 Buick open, 2004FuNaI classic at Walt Disney World resort, 2009 VerizonHeritage.nAtionwiDe toUR VictoRieS (1):2000 monterrey open.BeSt 2010 PGA toUR FiniSH:t4—mayakoba golf classic at riviera maya-cancun.2010 SeASon:at No. 127, recorded his lowest position on the money listsince finishing No. 186 during his rookie season in 1999…among his career-low 15 made cuts was one top-10 finish,following up a t6 finish at the 2009 mayakoba golf classicwith a t4 at the tour’s mexico event in 2010. one off thelead with an opening 6-under 65 and finished three behindchampion cameron Beckman…Entered children’s miracleNetwork classic No. 126 on the money list, but finished t27to drop one position.cAReeR HiGHLiGHtS:2009: completed his 10th year on tour by finishing insideNo. 80 (78th) on the money list for the fifth time in hiscareer...opened with rounds of 67-66-67 to sit just onebehind 54-hole leaders Bo Van pelt and mark Wilson at themayakoba golf classic. Final-round 73 left him t6 and sixbehind eventual winner Wilson...posted the second top-10finish of the season and 25th of his career at the VerizonHeritage, finishing runner-up by 10 strokes to Brian gay...Was t3 after 36 holes at Hp Byron Nelson championship,eventually finishing t8 for his third top-10 this season...Was one of four players to win a BmW Z4 convertible bymaking a hole-in-one at the 15th hole at the rBc canadianopen (arjun atwal, Leif olson and casey Wittenberg).It was his fifth tour ace and second in 2009, the othercoming at the Bob Hope chrysler classic. 2008: Had thesecond-best season of his pga tour career, finishing 27thin the FedExcup, earning more than $2 million for only thesecond time in his career (2003) and ranking in the top 10in greens in regulation...at the first puerto rico open, t2through 54 holes before finishing t4 after a final-round 72.Bogeyed Nos. 9-12 in the final round to fall out of contention...recordeda fourth-place finish at tHE pLaYErS. Wasin contention for most of the final round before bogeys on15 and 17 dropped him back. Finished four behind winnerSergio garcia. Fourth-place check for $456,000 was thelargest of his nine-year pga tour career...played in all fourevents of the pga tour playoffs for the FedExcup, includinga second appearance in tHE tour championship presentedby coca-cola (t27). Finish also earned an invitationto his second masters in 2009. 2007: played in two eventsin the inaugural pga tour playoffs for the FedExcup,finishing 102nd on the points list...recorded seven top-25sand wound up 100th on the money list...only top-10 camein 15th start, a t9 at the at&t classic...after missing thePLAYeR StAtiSticS2010 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring average ...........................................70.64 (60)Driving Distance ...........................................282.0 (138)Driving accuracy percentage .......................65.45% (66)greens in regulation percentage ................69.41% (33)putting average ...........................................1.807 (155)MISCELLANEOUS PGA TOUR STATISTICS2010 Low Round/Round: 64–Sony open in Hawaii/3career PGA toUR Low Round/Round: 62–4 times, mostrecent 2008 Wyndham championship/3Largest career PGA toUR Paycheck/Finish: $501,600–2009 Verizon Heritage/t2career High official world Rank: after 2004 BellSouthclassic/532-232 PGA TOUR 2011 Guidepgatour.com