Chez Reavie

Chez Reavie's first name is short for Chesney, his middle name. His full name was William Chesney Chez. The name was handed down from his grandfather. As for Reavie's golf game, genes probably had a little bit to do with that, too, as both his grandfather and father, Earl, were scratch golfers at one time. His journey playing golf began as a youngster on Dobson Ranch Golf Course in Mesa, Ariz. Before attending Arizona State University, he attended Mesa Dobson High School, where he earned All-America honors three times. He won the 2001 U.S. Public Links Championship, which earned him an invitation to the 2002 Masters (he missed the cut). Other amateur titles on his resume include victories at the Mesa City Amateur, Las Vegas Legacy Junior Championship, and the World Junior Golf Cup U.S. Finals.
Reavie played locally on the Gateway Tour in his first year out of college while trying to Monday-qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour. He tried to "four spots" (qualify for one of the final four spots in a tournament) four times and succeeded every time. He reached the qualifying school finals the following year and played on the Korn Ferry Tour.
2006 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 22; In Money - 17; Top-10 Finishes - 1; Stroke Average - 70.24 (rank 12th); Money - $93,713 (rank 63rd); Best Finish - T-6th, Peek'n Peak Classic.
2007 Korn Ferry Tour Summary: Tournaments Entered - 27; In Money - 15; Top-10 Finishes - 4; Stroke Average - 70.78 (rank T-52nd); Money - $224,532 (rank 18th); Best Finish - 1st, Knoxville Open.
2010 Notes: He played 15 events with a knee injury in high school and didn't have it surgically repaired. He missed nine cuts. Following the HP Byron Nelson Championship, he was diagnosed with a second meniscus tear and was forced to undergo reconstructive surgery on his right knee.
2011 Notes: He bounced back from his knee surgery in 2010. He began the season on a major medical exemption. He did not earn enough to extend his medical exemption but wound up having a career year playing out of the past champion category. He made 18 of 27 cuts, with a career-best five top-10s and nine top-25s, and had his biggest season, earning $2.3 million. He played all four PGA Tour Playoff events, finishing No. 10 in the FedExCup standings.
2012 Notes: Played in 26 PGA Tour events and made 15 cuts. Their best finish was T-11th at the Travelers Championship. He finished the year 132nd in the FedExCup race and 135th in the money standings. He was forced back to Q-School, where he finished T-22nd to regain his Tour card for 2013.
2013 Notes: Made 14 of 22 PGA Tour cuts but failed to record a top-10 for the second consecutive season. The best finish was T-11th at the Crowne Plaza Colonial. He qualified for the Barclays in the FedExCup playoffs but missed the cut, ending his season at No. 118 in the standings and 126 on the money list.
2014 Notes: Started the year with a T-51st at the Frys.com Open, then missed the cut at the Shriners Hospitals. His season ended when he had surgery on his left wrist on January 14th to repair a torn sheath that holds the tendons in place. He was put in a long-arm cast for nearly four months, a short cast for another two, and, despite being told by doctors that the procedure went great, was also informed there was only a 50-50 chance it would work. But it did work, and he could play in three Korn Ferry Tour Finals events. Failed to earn exempt status through the Finals but showed continued improvement, finishing T-38th at the Chiquita Classic, T-32nd at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, and T-25th at the Korn Ferry Tour Championship. After those starts, Reavie suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee that also required surgery.
2015 Notes: Playing on PGA Tour for the first time since wrist and knee surgery sidelined him, Reavie played in 19 events and made eight cuts. He recorded three top-25 finishes in consecutive starts toward the end of the summer but failed to advance to the FedExCup playoffs, finishing 166th in the FedExCup standings after the Wyndham Championship. Their best finish was T-12th at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. He ranked 173rd on the money list. Playing in the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, he finished T-10th at the Hotel Fitness Championship. He claimed his second Korn Ferry Tour title in his 58th start at the Small Business Connection Championship at River Run just outside Charlotte. After two events, the $180,000 first-place prize moved him to the top of the Finals standings. The following week, he added a T-20th at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship. At the Korn Ferry Tour Championship, carded rounds of 67-65-67 and was one stroke behind leader Emiliano Grillo with one round to play. Sunday saw the lead seesaw between the two players. When they reached the par-4 18th at TPC Sawgrass, they were deadlocked at 13 under par. Both hit the green in two, Grillo 25 feet away and Reavie 15 feet, on a similar line. Grillo made his putt, and Reavie missed, leaving the Argentine holding the trophy. But Reavie's mission had been accomplished. He wrapped up the No. 1 spot on the Finals' money list with $323,066, earning full exempt status on the PGA Tour for 2016 and an invitation to the 2016 Players.
2016 Notes: Played in 27 PGA Tour events, making 18 cuts and finishing in the top 10 twice. He made it to the FedExCup playoffs for the first time since 2013, finishing T-31st at the Barclays and missing the cut at the Deutsche Bank. It was 81st in the FedExCup rankings and 95th on the money list. His best finish was 7th at the Northern Trust and T-7th at the Shell Houston Open.
2017 Notes: Finished T-4th at the OHL Classic at Mayakoba and T-8th at the Sony Open in Hawaii. I also had a T-4th at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Advanced to the third of four FedExCup playoff events, finishing T-12th at the BMW Championship, before ending his season ranked 39th in the FedExCup standings.
2018 Notes: Played in 28 PGA Tour events, making 19 cuts with three top-10 finishes. He had a two-week stretch in which he was runner-up in his college hometown and residence. Lost a playoff to Gary Woodland at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, and the following week finished T-2nd at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, three strokes behind the winner, Ted Potter, Jr. Achieved his next top-10 with a T-6th finish at the FedEx St. Jude Classic. Afterward, he missed six consecutive cuts before breaking the streak with a T-12th at the PGA Championship. After finishing T-20th at the Northern Trust, he was 26th in the FedExCup standings with a chance of playing at East Lake, but with a missed cut at the Dell Technologies and a T-38th at the BMW Championship, he ended the year 34th in the FedExCup standings.
2019 Notes: Played in 28 PGA Tour events, making 22 cuts with six top-10 finishes. Ranked 8th in the FedExCup standings. I was T-7th at the CJ Cup @ Nine Bridges. At the Sony Open in Hawaii, he finished T-3rd with a 17-under-par 263 total, his personal low at the time. Reavie became the first player since 1983 to make three eagles on par 4s in the same round and the first player in the ShotLink era (since 2003) with three hole-outs for eagles from 100 or more yards in the same round. Finished T-4th at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, five strokes behind winner Rickie Fowler. Reavie shot 64-68 on the weekend and was the only player to go bogey-free over the closing two rounds. Finished T-3rd at the U.S. Open, his first career top-10 in a major championship. The next week at the Travelers would be one of his favorite moments of his career. Trailing by six strokes halfway through the third round, Reavie shot 28 on the back nine for a 63. Meanwhile, the leader he was playing with, Zach Sucher, imploded. The result allowed Reavie to go from six strokes behind to claim the lead after the round with his six-shot margin. Reavie shot 69 in the final round for a four-stroke victory. The win was his first since his rookie victory at the 2008 Canadian Open, spanning 3,983 days and 250 tournaments. In the FedExCup playoffs, he finished T-38th at the Northern Trust and T-57th at the BMW Championship to reach the Tour Championship ranked 25th. He fired rounds of 71-64-70-70 to finish 8th in the FedExCup standings
2020 Notes: Played in 22 PGA Tour events, making 16 cuts with two top-10 finishes. He was 89th in the FedExCup standings. Finished T-10th at the Genesis Invitational and T-6th at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, four strokes behind winner Justin Thomas. In the FedExCup playoffs, they placed T-49th at the Northern Trust.
2021 Notes: Played in 30 PGA Tour events making 15 cuts with one top-ten finish. It was 104th in the FedExCup rankings. Finished T-3rd at the Safeway Open, three shots behind winner Stewart Cink. He was T-11th at the 3M Open and, in the FedExCup playoffs, was T-31st in the Northern Trust.
2022 Notes: Played in 28 PGA Tour events making 17 cuts with three top-ten finishes. It was 65th in the FedExCup rankings. Was T-10th at the Genesis Invitational and T-8th at the Travelers Championship. Won the Barracuda Championship, earning his third career PGA Tour title and first since the 2019 Travelers Championship. He held the outright lead after the second and third rounds and won by a point over Alex Noren. In the FedExCup playoffs was T-51st in the FedEx St. Jude Championship and T-54th at the BMW Championship.
2023 Notes: Was T-6th at the Valero Texas Open, five shots back of winner Corey Conners.