Reno–Tahoe Open

The Reno–Tahoe Open, currently known for sponsorship reasons as the Barracuda Championship, is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in California. Founded in 1999, it is an alternate event played annually in July. Previously played at Montrêux Golf and Country Club outside Reno, Nevada, the tournament moved to Tahoe Mountain Club's Old Greenwood course, located in nearby Truckee, California, in 2020.

Reno–Tahoe Open
Tournament information
LocationTruckee, California, U.S.
Established1999, 22 years ago
Course(s)Tahoe Mountain Club's
Old Greenwood course
Par72
Length7,518 yards (6,874 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour
(alternate event)
FormatModified Stableford
Prize fund$3.5 million
Month playedJuly
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Vaughn Taylor (2005)
49 points Geoff Ogilvy (2014)
To par−21 Vaughn Taylor (2005)
Current champion
Richy Werenski
Tahoe Mountain
Location in the United States
Tahoe Mountain
Location in California

Until 2010, the tournament was played in August, the same week as the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational. For its first three years, it had a full field of 156 players, while the World Golf Championship event had a field of about 40. When the WGC event expanded to about 80 players in 2002, the field for the Reno–Tahoe Open was reduced to 132 players. With the launch of the FedEx Cup in 2007, the tournament and the WGC event were moved from late to early August. In 2010 the Reno–Tahoe Open was played several weeks earlier, opposite the British Open in mid-July. This lasted only one year, as it returned to early August in 2011, opposite the WGC-Bridgestone.

The purse in 2020 was $3.5 million, with a winner's share of $630,000. The Reno–Tahoe Open gained its first title sponsor for the 2008 event, the Legends at Sparks Marina. After two years the name was returned to "Reno–Tahoe Open" in 2010. Barracuda Networks became the title sponsor in 2014.[1]

The Reno–Tahoe Open is an alternate event, which means the winner does not earn a Masters Tournament invitation. The winner still earns 24 OWGR points, 300 FedEx Cup points, a two-year tour exemption, and entry to the PGA Championship.

After flooding in West Virginia cancelled the Greenbrier Classic in 2016, the Reno–Tahoe Open was given the honor of awarding entry to the Open Championship to the leading non-exempt player.

Highlights

  • 1999: Notah Begay III wins the inaugural event.
  • 2006: Yūsaku Miyazato becomes only the second player in PGA tour history to score two holes-in-one in the same round.[2]
  • 2011: Scott Piercy wins in the final year as a stroke play event.
  • 2016: Greg Chalmers eagles the 18th hole after Gary Woodland made bogey, earning entry into the Open Championship. Chalmers was making his 386th PGA Tour start, the most among active golfers without a win, and only had veteran member status on the PGA Tour.
  • 2017: In his 290th PGA Tour start, Chris Stroud won after planning to retire at season's end.
  • 2019: In just his sixth start as a professional, Collin Morikawa birdies the last three holes to win.

Modified Stableford

Beginning in 2012, the tournament has used the Modified Stableford scoring system, last used in a PGA Tour event at the 2006 International in Colorado.

PointsStrokes taken in relation to par
+8Albatross (3 strokes under par)
+5Eagle (2 strokes under par)
+2Birdie (1 stroke under par)
0Par
−1Bogey (1 stroke over par)
−3Double bogey or worse (2 strokes or more over par)

This points scale encourages aggressive play, since the reward for scoring under par is higher than the penalty for scoring over par.

Winners

YearDatesPlayerScoreTo parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPurse ($)Winner's
share ($)
Barracuda Championship
2020Jul 30 – Aug 2 Richy Werenski39 points^1 point Troy Merritt3,500,000630,000
2019Jul 25–28 Collin Morikawa47 points^3 points Troy Merritt3,500,000630,000
2018Aug 2–5 Andrew Putnam47 points^4 points Chad Campbell3,400,000612,000
2017Aug 3–6 Chris Stroud44 points^Playoff Greg Owen
Richy Werenski
3,300,000594,000
2016Jun 30 – Jul 3 Greg Chalmers43 points^6 points Gary Woodland3,200,000576,000
2015Aug 6–9 J. J. Henry (2)47 points^Playoff Kyle Reifers3,100,000558,000
2014Jul 31 – Aug 3 Geoff Ogilvy49 points^5 points Justin Hicks3,000,000540,000
Reno–Tahoe Open
2013Aug 1–4 Gary Woodland44 points^9 points Jonathan Byrd
Andrés Romero
3,000,000540,000
2012Aug 2–5 J. J. Henry43 points^1 point Alexandre Rocha3,000,000540,000
2011Aug 4–7 Scott Piercy273−151 stroke Pat Perez3,000,000540,000
2010Jul 15–18 Matt Bettencourt277−111 stroke Bob Heintz3,000,000540,000
Legends Reno–Tahoe Open
2009Aug 6–9 John Rollins271−173 strokes Martin Laird
Jeff Quinney
3,000,000540,000
2008Jul 31 – Aug 3 Parker McLachlin270−187 strokes Brian Davis
John Rollins
3,000,000540,000
Reno–Tahoe Open
2007Aug 2–5 Steve Flesch273−155 strokes Kevin Stadler
Charles Warren
3,000,000540,000
2006Aug 24–27 Will MacKenzie268−201 stroke Bob Estes3,000,000540,000
2005Aug 18–21 Vaughn Taylor (2)267−213 strokes Jonathan Kaye3,000,000540,000
2004Aug 19–22 Vaughn Taylor278−10Playoff Stephen Allan
Hunter Mahan
Scott McCarron
3,000,000540,000
2003Aug 21–24 Kirk Triplett271−173 strokes Tim Herron3,000,000540,000
2002Aug 22–25 Chris Riley271−17Playoff Jonathan Kaye3,000,000540,000
2001Aug 23–26 John Cook271−171 stroke Jerry Kelly3,000,000540,000
2000Aug 24–27 Scott Verplank275−13Playoff Jean van de Velde3,000,000540,000
1999Aug 26–29 Notah Begay III274−143 strokes Chris Perry
David Toms
2,750,000495,000

^ Modified Stableford System (2012−present)
Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Source:[3][4]

References

  1. "Barracuda becomes title sponsor for Reno-Tahoe". PGA Tour. July 9, 2014.
  2. Staats, Wayne (October 29, 2018). "These are the only three golfers to make two holes-in-one in same PGA Tour round". PGA of America. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  3. Barracuda Championship – Winners – at pgatour.com
  4. Reno–Tahoe Open – Winners – at golfobserver.com (1999–2009)

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