In most other years a score of 5-over at the U.S. Open would have yielded some face time and decent contention at America's top golfing event.

That 72-hole score belonged to former Dobson High standout Chez Reavie, who finished in a tie for 45th after Sunday's 111th national championship. Had Ireland's Rory McIlroy not played the best four rounds in the history of the championship with a mind-boggling 16-under total, Reavie would have been  a contender.

Reavie made two other appearances in the U.S. Open prior to this past weekend. Both were as amateurs in 2003 and 2004. This was his first chance as a touring pro and came a year after surgery to repair the meniscus in his right knee. Reavie tied for 62nd competing in the Open in 2004 at Shinnecock Hills, N.Y..

Reavie was 1-under after the first round and 1-over each of the third and fourth rounds. His worst round was 3-over on Friday. Reavie can certainly look back on his effort and feel good about it. He can also say he was in the field the year the best four rounds ever were played by one person. That makes it doubly good for the former Mesa prep standout and former ASU Sun Devil.

Reavie, who graduated from Dobson in 2000 where he was all-state 1997-2000, recently returned to ASU and finished his degree, graduating with degree in political science and sociology in December 2010.