2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

BRINY BAIRDEXEMPT STATUS: 22nd on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Briny Baird HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 170BIRTHDATE: May 11, 1972BIRTHPLACE: Miami Beach, FLRESIDENCE: Jupiter, FL FAMILY: Wife, Laura; Madison Kaye (3/10/03)EDUCATION: Valdosta State University (1995, Communications) SPECIAL INTERESTS: FishingTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1995 Q SCHOOL: 1998Nationwide Tour AlumnusBEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH: 2—2001 John Deere Classic, T2—2003 BuickOpen.NATIONWIDE TOUR VICTORIES (1): 2000 Monterrey Open.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T2—Buick Open; 3—Chrysler Championship; T4—Buick Invitational; T7—Sony Open in Hawaii, Greater Hartford Open; T8—HP Classic ofNew Orleans; T9—EDS Byron Nelson Championship.2003 SEASON: Finished a career-best 22nd on the final money list with a career-highseven top-10s…Posted a top-10 in his first start of the season at the Sony Open inHawaii, with T7…Second top-10 was T4 at Buick Invitational, six strokes behindchampion Tiger Woods. One off the 36-hole lead after second-round 65…Posted back-tobacktop-10s for the first time in his career at the HP Classic of New Orleans (T8) and EDSByron Nelson Championship (T9)…Held first- and second-round leads and shared thirdroundlead with Skip Kendall, Jonathan Kaye and John Rollins at the Buick Classic.Finished T30 after a final-round 77…Jumped into top-10 with rounds of 68-66 on theweekend at the Greater Hartford Open. Finished T7 for fifth top 10 of 2003, five shotsbehind Peter Jacobsen…One week later, aided by rounds of 65-66 on the weekend,finished T2 at Buick Open, two shots behind champion Jim Furyk…Tied a PGA TOURbirdie-eagle streak record during the second round of the FUNAI Classic at the WALTDISNEY WORLD Resort. Began streak with an eagle on the 15th hole and then birdied thenext seven holes for a total of 9-under over eight holes. Billy Mayfair set the mark at the2001 Buick Open…Finished T13 in his first trip to THE TOUR Championship.CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Matched career-high in top-10s with two and had theprevious best earnings season of his career with $817,514…Finished ninth in TotalDriving…T3 at the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic at 28-under-par 332, two strokes behindchampion Phil Mickelson and David Berganio Jr. 2001: Made most of return to PGA TOURwith career-best finish on money list (No. 63)…Runner-up at John Deere Classic, wherehe finished one stroke behind first-time winner David Gossett. Second-place check worth$302,400 or $27,306 less than father Butch Baird won in 20-plus years on PGA TOUR.2000: Graduated to the PGA TOUR with fourth-place finish on the Nationwide TOURmoney list…Won the Monterey Open with tournament record 20-under par. 1999:Finished 186th on the money list as a PGA TOUR rookie. 1998: Finished 12th at PGA TOURQualifying School to earn his first TOUR card. Amateur: 1994 and 1995 Division IIchampion and Player of the Year at Valdosta (GA) State…Winner of Press Thornton FutureMasters in 1989.PERSONAL: Beginning in 2003, in cooperation with Canon, U.S.A., Inc., and the NationalCenter for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), placed a photo of a local missing childon his golf bag at every PGA TOUR event to raise awareness of missing children in theUnited States. As an additional component of Canon4Kids, for each birdie registered byBaird, Canon donates $100 to NCMEC, with additional donations for eagles andaces…Was MVP of high school soccer team…Father, Butch Baird, is a member of theChampions Tour…Says his biggest thrill in golf was “repeating as Division II championand ending amateur career with a win.”PGA TOUR CAREER SUMMARY PLAYOFF RECORD: 0-0Year Events Played Cuts Made 1st 2nd 3rd Top 10 Top 25 Earnings Rank1999 28 12 $115,357 1862001 31 22 1 2 6 812,001 632002 33 22 1 2 6 817,514 822003 33 24 1 1 7 16 2,202,519 22Total 125 80 2 2 11 28 3,947,391NATIONWIDE TOUR1996 22 8 2 $11,369 1151997 23 11 2 7 33,433 582000 26 19 1 1 9 14 271,897 4Total 71 38 1 1 11 23 316,699COMBINED ALL-TIME MONEY (3 TOURS): $4,264,090PGA TOUR TOP TOURNAMENT SUMMARYYear 01 02 03U.S. OpenT40PGAT22 T43 T39THE PLAYERST49 T11TOUR ChampionshipT13PLAYER STATISTICS2003 PGA TOUR STATISTICSScoring Average ----------------70.12 (20)Driving Distance ----------------292.2 (52)Driving Accuracy Percentage 68.4% (60)Total Driving ----------------------112 (14)Greens in Regulation Pct. ----72.2% (2)Putting Average------------------1.781 (106)Sand Save Percentage --------48.6% (119)Eagles (Holes per) --------------150.9 (43)Birdie Average ------------------3.83 (46)All-Around Ranking ------------448 (19)Scoring Avg. Before Cut ------69.92 (13)Round 3 Scoring Avg. ----------69.17 (9)Final Round Scoring Average 70.43 (42)Birdie Conversion Percentage 29.4% (100)Par Breakers ----------------------22.0% (37)MISC. PGA TOUR STATS2003 Low Round/Round:62–FUNAI Classic at the WALT DISNEYWORLD Resort/2Career Low Round/Round:62–2003 FUNAI Classic at the WALTDISNEY WORLD Resort/2Career Largest Paycheck/Finish:$326,400–2003 Chrysler Championship/3SECTION 2 / PLAYER BIOSCRAIG BARLOWEXEMPT STATUS: 100th on 2003 money listFULL NAME: Craig Alan Barlow HEIGHT: 5-11 WEIGHT: 205BIRTHDATE: July 23, 1972BIRTHPLACE: Henderson, NVRESIDENCE: Hendersen, NV; plays out of Reflection BayFAMILY: Wife, Lee Ann; Joel Nino, Jason Nino, Jeremy Ninoat Lake Las VegasSPECIAL INTERESTS: Table tennis, tennisTURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1995 Q SCHOOL: 1997, 1998, 2000BEST PGA TOUR CAREER FINISH: T3—1999 Buick Challenge, 2002 Air CanadaChampionship.BEST 2003 PGA TOUR FINISHES: T4—Greater Hartford Open; T6—Reno-Tahoe Open;T8—84 Lumber Classic of Pennsylvania.2003 SEASON: Had career highs in money earned ($638,721) and money list position(100th). Finished in the top 125 for the third consecutive season and the fourthoverall…First-round leader at MCI Heritage after carding 7-under-par 65, including atournament-record, 8-under-par 28 on front nine. Finished T47 after a 5-over-par 76 insecond round…Finally in late July compiled first top-10 finish, T4 at the Greater HartfordOpen. Finished four shots behind Peter Jacobsen with four rounds in the 60s…Nevadanative tied for the 54-hole lead with Tim Herron at the Reno-Tahoe Open. Final-round 75dropped finish to T6…Solidified his job for 2004 with a T8 finish at the 84 Lumber Classicof Pennsylvania. Managed to put together four rounds in the 60s for only the second timein his career on the PGA TOUR. Came into the week 120th on the money list and $120,000paycheck moved him to No. 103 ($552,374).CAREER HIGHLIGHTS: 2002: Got off to a late start due to hip and shoulder surgery infall of 2001 to finish just inside top 125 to secure TOUR card for 2003…Withdrew fromfirst event back from surgery at Honda Classic in March, where suspension of play wouldhave forced 36 holes of play on Saturday…First top-10 did not come until August, whenWWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 2-13