Career
Cheesman was drafted by the Saint Louis Cardinals in the 1977 Major League Baseball Draft with the 613th pick in the 25th round but never made it to the majors, spending four years in the minors. He was a catcher and a pitcher. He played for the Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League and the Calgary Cardinals of the Pioneer Baseball League.
He was traded to the California Angels organization in 1979 and played for the Salinas Angels of the California League.
He was traded again to the New York Yankees organization in 1980 and played for the GCL Yankees of the Gulf Coast League. Cheesman called it quits after that season and became a golf professional in 1986.
Cheesman earned his Professional Golf Association Tour card for 1988 through qualifying school. In his rookie year on Tour he only made 6 of 30 cuts and failed to retain his Tour card.
He struggled on Tour again, and had to return to qualifying school in 1992 where he earned his Tour card for 1993.
After another poor season on the Professional Golf Association Tour he took a hiatus from the Professional Golf Association and Nationwide Tour and returned in 1997. He had his best year on Tour, finishing 100th on the money list. He had an even better year in 1999, finishing 95th on the money list while recording three top-10 finishes.
He didn"t fare as well in 2000 and finished 141st on the money list to earn partial status on Tour in 2001.
He returned to the Nationwide Tour in 2002 and played on it until 2006 until retiring. Cheesman was a scout for the Houston Astros in 2007.
He is currently working as a golf professional in Florida. Nationwide Tour wins (2) 1990 Ben Hogan Quail Hollow Open DNP = Did not play CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" = tied Yellow background for top-10.