PGA TOUR: Cameron Champ leads Fall Swing's most dominant players

PGA TOUR: Cameron Champ leads Fall Swing’s most dominant players

By Bill Felber | Dec 8, 2018

ST SIMONS ISLAND, GEORGIA - NOVEMBER 18: Cameron Champ of the United States smiles on the first green during the final round of the RSM Classic at the Sea Island Golf Club Seaside Course on November 18, 2018 in St. Simons Island, Georgia. (Photo by Streeter Lecka/Getty Images) /

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Pat Perez of the United States walks from the second tee during the third round of the Mayakoba Golf Classic at El Camaleon Mayakoba Golf Course on November 10, 2018 in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. (Photo by Cliff Hawkins/Getty Images) /

Like Reavie, Perez is a career second-tier player specializing in the regular weekly tour events. Although a 42-year-old veteran of 17 tour seasons, he’s only played in 11 majors, with no finish higher than his tie for 17th at the 2018 Open Championship.

That makes it pointless to read Perez’s fall record for signs of growth; at this stage, it is what it is.

What is that? He made four starts, and landed top 10s in two of them, a tie for fifth at the CJ Cup and a tie for 6th at Mayakoba. Perez did play in the HSBC, finishing in a tie for 37th with a 293 score that very fractionally bettered the 293.03 field average.

Still, Perez has something of a thing for the fall tour. Of his three career victories, two came during that swing, at the 2018 season’s CIMB Classic and the 2017 season’s OHL at Mayakoba.

History strongly suggests he’ll retreat to the depths of the field once the stars return to the course in force after the new year, but that does not diminish Perez’s start. He made $610,000 during the fall, and while he’d need a win or two to match his career best of $4.36 million two years ago, he can make a run at the $2.96 million he earned in 2018.

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