Posted on: Tuesday, January 13, 2004

No. 22 Briny Baird

HEIGHT: 5-11

WEIGHT: 170

BIRTHDATE: May 11, 1972

BIRTHPLACE: Miami Beach, Fla.

RESIDENCE: Jupiter, Fla.

FAMILY: Wife, Laura; Madison Kaye, 10 months

EDUCATION: Valdosta State University (1995, Communications)

SPECIAL INTERESTS: Fishing

TURNED PROFESSIONAL: 1995

JOINED TOUR: 1999

2003 HIGHLIGHTS: Finished a career-best 22nd on the final money list on a career-high seven top-10s ... Posted a top-10 in his first start of the season at the Sony Open in Hawai'i, with T7 ... Second top-10 was T4 at Buick Invitational ... Finished T2 at Buick Open.

PERSONAL: Beginning in 2003, in cooperation with Canon, U.S.A. Inc., and the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), placed a photo of a local missing child on his golf bag at every PGA Tour event to raise awareness of missing children ... Each birdie registered by Baird, Canon donates $100 to NCMEC ... Was MVP of high school soccer team.