Chez Reavie isn’t my favorite French restaurant, nor is it where the Los Angeles Dodgers play. Nope, Chez Reavie is the 2008 Canadian Open champion after carding a 1-under 70 on what turned out to be a beautiful Sunday at Glen Abbey. It’s the maiden PGA Tour win for the rookie, who was ranked No. 137 on the money list heading into the Open. Reavie more than doubled his earnings by taking a $900,000 check home for his efforts; he becomes the eighth player in 2008 to win his first-ever Tour event.

The Wichita native started the day one stroke ahead of Anthony Kim, the second favorite going into the tournament at 10-1. Kim shot a 64 on Saturday and was pegged at 8-13 before the final round, but he crumpled down the stretch with a 75. Billy Mayfair ended up finishing second, three strokes behind Reavie at 3-1 odds for Sunday.

Funny how things work out sometimes. Padraig Harrington had the best profile of all the golfers at this year’s British Open at Royal Birkdale: the defending champion, a European Tour vet, and someone not likely to be put off by the lousy weather.

Then Harrington injured his wrist hitting an impact bag, and his British Open odds started tumbling, from 14-1 to 16-1 to 33-1. But sure enough, Harrington shot a 74-68-72-69 to finish at +3, four strokes better than Ian Poulter and six ahead of Greg Norman, who held the lead after three rounds.

Sergio Garcia, who was the favorite going into the Open at 8-1, got progressively worse as the weekend wore on. He shot a 78 on Sunday and ended up tied for 51st place with a +17. Ernie Els rebounded from his opening round 80 to finish at +12, and Phil Mickelson came in at +14, tied with the immortal Jean Van de Velde.

We ain’t done yet. The 2008 U.S. Open at Torrey Pines is going to a playoff. Tiger Woods birdied the 18th hole Sunday to tie Rocco Mediate at minus-1 for the tournament; they’ll play another 18 holes on Monday starting at noon Eastern.

Woods was the –400 favorite at press time, casting a huge shadow over Mediate at +275. But how much longer can Tiger compete on his recently scoped left knee? “I took some things to kind of relieve that,” Woods told the Associated Press after sinking his 12-foot birdie on 18.

Mediate is the No. 126 golfer on the PGA Tour’s money list. That ranking is about to go up substantially. He’s 45 years old, with five career Tour victories – most recently the 2002 Greater Greensboro Chrysler Classic. This would be Mediate’s first major championship. He’s been quite consistent thus far: 69-71-72-71 in the first four rounds. Woods is 72-68-70-73 with four double-bogeys compared to one for Mediate.