Briny Baird
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"Michael Jancey "Briny" Baird" is an American professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and Buy.com Tour.

Baird was born in Miami Beach, Florida. He played varsity golf in the 7th grade at Miami Country Day. He originally attended Georgia Institute of Technology/Georgia Tech before transferring to Valdosta State University where he won the NCAA Division II Men's Golf Championships/NCAA Division II individual golf championship in 1994 and 1995. He turned professional in 1995.

Baird won the 2000 Monterrey Open (Nationwide Tour event)/Monterrey Open on the Buy.com Tour (now the Web.com Tour). He currently plays on the PGA Tour, but a poor 2005 season saw him lose his card. His highest placing to date on the end of year tour money list was 22nd in 2003. In 2008, he finished 27th in FedEx Cup, automatically qualifying him for the 2009 PGA Tour season. Although he has never won a PGA Tour event, he has finished second on six separate occasions, most recently at the 2013 McGladrey Classic.

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It doesn't matter whether it's Saturday or Sunday. I'm not used to playing in one of the final groups. I'm more the middle of the pack.

I hit a 3-wood into the left rough, then I hit a dead-cold shank with my first iron of the day. I thought that wasn't a very good omen.

Today's round was solid, I played well, fairways, greens, made some putts. You think about (the money list), but I'm not over-stressed about it. If you play well, things take care of themselves.

I had plenty of chances this year to play well, ... I'm disappointed with my play for the entire year. I'm not disappointed with my play this week.

I didn't mean to hit it all the way over there. I pulled it, and it went in. Lucky.

Jumped 5 inches in the air.