Chez Reavie
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Chez Reavie started the day just one shot off the pace but stumbled with a 1-over 71 to drop back to a share of fourth place on the final leaderboard.
Reavie and overnight leader Keegan Bradley were in a tier of their own to begin the day. Reavie dropped a rung with seven pars and two bogeys before the turn. His driver remained steady (12-of-14 fairways) but lost strokes in each of the other three categories of strokes gained today. It was a day to forget but a week to remember for Reavie who still managed a T4 finish, vaulting him from 114th to 95th in the FedExCup race.
Past champ Chez Reavie opened his week at the Travelers Championship with a bogey-free, 6-under 64 to post on page one of the early leaderboard.
The straight shooter split 9-of-14 fairways but really did his damage with the irons. He pelted all 18 greens in regulation and then gained 1.9 strokes putting from there. "I think you just really have to be strategic on your approach shots. You have scoring clubs, so make you want to be really aggressive. But then when you're really aggressive and you miss in the wrong shot you instantly make bogey." Reavie's course management has paid off here with back-to-back top 25s in addition to that 2019 victory. He's flashed hints at a return to form recently with cuts made in seven of his last eight starts.
Chez Reavie roared to the finish line with a 7-under 65 in the final round of the Valero Texas Open, matching the low round of the day to record a T6 finish.
Reavie leaned heavily on the short game today, gaining 2.6 strokes around-the-green (2nd) and 3.2 strokes putting (2nd). For the week, he was 12th in approach and 6th in putting. The putting performance is particularly notable as he entered the week just 198th in strokes gained putting. The ASU product had arrived on the heels of six straight missed cuts so gamers should watch closely to see if he can maintain any of this momentum.
Chez Reavie withdrew prior to the start of his second round at the World Wide Technologies Championship at Mayakoba.
No reason was given for the withdrawal, but after shooting a 4-over 75 in the opening round at El Camaleon all signs were pointing toward a missed cut for the 40-year-old veteran. Reavie opted to pull the plug before his second-round tee time, leaving Erik Van Rooyen and Jim Herman as an early-morning two-ball. Reavie earned his third Tour win in Reno in July, a victory that brought with it an exemption through 2024, but the new wraparound season has been a struggle. After missing three straight cuts, he posted results of T-45 and T-72 in a pair of no-cut events ahead of this week's withdrawal. It remains to be seen if he'll try to tee it up in either of the two remaining events this year (Houston Open and RSM Classic) before the holiday break.
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