PGA TOUR Power Rankings: OHL Classic at Mayakoba

If you’re still sleeping on Chez Reavie as a legitimate week-in, week-out contender for this year on the PGA TOUR, it’s time for you to take a step back for a minute. Sure, it’s been nine years since Reavie’s first (and so far, only) TOUR victory, but this guy is the definition of a grinder, and it’s been paying dividends over the last several months.

Reavie played each of the first four events of the TOUR’s wraparound fall schedule, and if nothing else, he was consistent. From Napa to Malaysia, Korea to China, the 35-year-old journeyman ran off four straight top-25 finishes. His T24 at the WGC-HSBC Champions was his worst finish of a whirlwind October, but it’s worth noting that it came against what was nearly a major-level field.

Reavie is clearly feeling good about where his game is at right now, as he jumped back into play as soon as he could in the new year. The top-25 streak actually extends to five straight when you add his T12 at the BMW Championship (where he was eliminated from the Playoffs) and eight of his last ten.

He’ll look to extend that streak at least one more week, and improve in his return to El Camaleon. Reavie has made four starts in the OHL Classic, and his best by far came just one year ago. At the tail end of a similarly busy start to the season, Reavie shot 63 on Saturday at Mayakoba and finished tied for fourth. I’m expecting that experience to carry over in yet another solid week early in the season.