2011: Began the season on a Major Medical Exemption and did not earn enough to extend his medical exemption, but wound up having a career year playing out of the Past Champion category. Made 18 of 27 cuts, with a career-best five top 10s and nine top 25s. Made his first start at the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola, finishing No. 10 in the FedExCup standings.

Finished T5 at the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial, earning $235,600 to give him $444,876 for the season. Following Colonial, he had two tournaments remaining to make $229,107 to play the remainder of the season fully-exempt off the top-125 category. Did not make the required money so he played the rest of the season as a Past Champion in the reordered category. The top-10 finish is his first on TOUR since the 2009 Wyndham Championship.

In July, he blistered TPC Deere Run in the second round with a tournament-low 62 en route to T5 honors. The 62 bettered his career PGA TOUR low round by two strokes.

Finished T9 at the Wyndham Championship to record a career-best third top-10 finish.

Entered the final hole of the Deutsche Bank Championship with a one-stroke lead over Webb Simpson before a bogey-6 led to a playoff, which he dropped when Simpson birdied the second extra hole. His first-career runner-up finish represented his fourth top 10 of the season and propelled him from No. 87 to No. 9 in the FedExCup standings to guarantee his first-ever trip to the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola.

Finished eighth at the BMW Championship in his second start in the Windy City (T33/2008). Was one of three players with four sub-par rounds. 2010: Played 15 events with a knee injured in high school and never repaired. He missed nine cuts, with a best finish of T34 at the Valero Texas Open. Following the HP Byron Nelson Championship, he was diagnosed with a second meniscus tear and forced to undergo reconstructive surgery on his right knee. 2009: Made 13 cuts from 27 starts, including four top-25 finishes and one top-10.

At the Wyndham Championship, finished T10. The first-round 64 tied his career-best round.

Finished No. 146 on the money list. 2008: Rookie won for the first time on the PGA TOUR. One of 12 first-time winners on TOUR and four rookie winners during the season.

Capped the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic with a 7-under 65, equaling tournament winner D.J. Trahan for low round of the day. Finished T5, the first top-10 of his career.

In July, became the first player since Jerry Pate in 1976 to win the RBC Canadian Open in his first start there. Finished at 17-under and led wire to wire, beating Billy Mayfair by three strokes. In addition to jumping 100 spots on the FedExCup points list to 29th, he received invitations to compete in the following week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational, as well as the PGA Championship in August. 2007: Made the cut in 15 of 27 starts on the Nationwide Tour, including 10 top-25s and four top-10s. Finished No. 18 on the money list, with $224,532.

Followed a T9 finish at the Livermore Valley Wine Country Championship with a then-career-best T3 showing at the inaugural South Georgia Classic.

Third top-10 finish of the year came at the BMW Charity Pro-Am at The Cliffs (T10).

Posted rounds of 68-70-65-68 to finish at 17-under 271 at the Knoxville Open, topping Kyle McCarthy by three strokes for his first career Nationwide Tour win. Collected $85,500 with the win to move to No. 5 on the money list. Wouldn't fall outside of the top 20 the rest of the way despite failing to crack the top 10 again. 2006: Made the cut in 17 of 22 starts during his rookie season on the 2006 Nationwide Tour, with a T6 at the Peek'n Peak Classic his only top-10 finish.

Finished the season No. 63 on the money list, with $93,713, just missing out as the top 62 players advanced to the season-ending Nationwide Tour Championship.

Made the cut in his first 15 starts to extend his career total to 18-for-18 before missing his first cut at the Utah EnergySolutions Championship.

Chez is short for Chesney, his middle name.