Some Guy You've Never Heard of Won Some Tournament You Probably Don't Care About

Unlike most sports, being a professional golfer just takes a check of a box.

Once you mark "professional" you're set to make money, even if you never make any. Today, at the Canadian Open, an Arizona State alumni that most people outside of the golf dweeb network had never heard of won his first PGA Tour event and made himself more than a professional golfer.

Chez Reavie, al 5'9" of him, is a winner on the big boys tour.

"Oh, man. I'm just so excited," Reavie said. "I don't think a lot of people understand when you're growing up and you're practicing and you're working so hard, this is, obviously, your goal. But there are no guarantees."

The "no guarantees" clause comes from hundreds of golfers to earn their PGA Tour card only to miss cut after cut and find themselves teaching kids how to hook a seven-iron or selling mechandise in the local Golfsmith. Reavie, a Nationwide Tour graduate from 2007, landed a two year exemption on the PGA Tour today and emerged as another youthful talent that could make waves in a tournament that relies on ballstriking.

"It was crucial to hit fairways so you could lift and clean your ball and place it in a good lie, especially when you don't hit it as far as some of the other guys do," Reavie said. "So, it really played into my hands.

"It was like the U.S. Open out there. The rough was long and the greens were tough. I guess that's a good, style of golf for me, putting a premium on hitting fairways."

Before this week, Reavie had struggled most of the year, carding just one top-10 and was right on the cusp of missing out as a member of the PGA tour come 2009. Now, Reavie has nothing to worry about.

A man who just yesterday had no Wikipedia page, and grew up playing a municpal golf course in Mesa, Arizona, Chez slowly climbed up the ranks from junior, to collegiate star, to lowley professional to PGA Tour winner. The anti-Michelle Wie, Reavie learned how to close tournaments out and showed that Sunday, executing shots down the stretch with a demeanor of a 10-year veteran.

With Anthony Kim struggling to dial in his short irons and nobody making a serious push from the back of the pack, Reavie cooly rolled in a birdie putt on 18 to secure a three-shot victory and a pretty expensive tab at Whisper Rock.

If you're in search of a good sports story to read to your kids amongst all the horrible things that go on in sports, bring up this 26-year-old. He might have spoiled a lot of Mike Weir fan's dreams, but he sure made a one-under 70 on Sunday of a national championship look easier than getting your bike stolen in college.