Reno–Tahoe Open

Tournament information
Location	Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Established	1999
Course(s)	Montrêux Golf and Country Club
Par	72
Length	7,472 yards (6,832 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour (alternate event)
Format	Modified Stableford
Prize fund	$3.0 million
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	267 Vaughn Taylor (2005) 43 points J. J. Henry (2012)
To par	–21 Vaughn Taylor (2005)
Current champion
J. J. Henry

The Reno–Tahoe Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in northwestern Nevada. Founded in 1999, it is an alternate event played annually in August at the Montrêux Golf and Country Club, located midway between Reno and Lake Tahoe. Opened in 1997, the par-72 course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and plays at 7,472 yards (6,832 m); its average elevation is 5,600 feet (1,710 m) above sea level with an elevation change of 800 feet (240 m). The Reno–Tahoe Open gained its first title sponsor after the 2007 event, the Legends at Sparks Marina. After two years the name was returned to "Reno–Tahoe Open" in 2010.

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 total purse in 2011 was $3 million, with a winner's share of $540,000.

For 2012, the Reno–Tahoe Open used the modified Stableford scoring system, last used in a PGA Tour event at the 2006 International.

Winners [edit]

Year	Date	Player	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
Reno–Tahoe Open
2012	Aug 5	J. J. Henry	10-12-14-7=43 points[1]		1 point	Alexandre Rocha	3,000,000	540,000
2011	Aug 7	Scott Piercy	72-70-61-70=273	–15	1 stroke	Pat Perez	3,000,000	540,000
2010	Jul 18	Matt Bettencourt	66-68-75-68=277	–11	1 stroke	Bob Heintz	3,000,000	540,000
Legends Reno–Tahoe Open
2009	Aug 9	John Rollins	70-62-67-72=271	–17	3 strokes	Martin Laird Jeff Quinney	3,000,000	540,000
2008	Aug 3	Parker McLachlin	68-62-66-74=270	–18	7 strokes	Brian Davis John Rollins	3,000,000	540,000
Reno–Tahoe Open
2007	Aug 5	Steve Flesch	63-69-69-72=273	–15	5 strokes	Kevin Stadler Charles Warren	3,000,000	540,000
2006	Aug 27	Will MacKenzie	63-67-67-71=268	–20	1 stroke	Bob Estes	3,000,000	540,000
2005	Aug 21	Vaughn Taylor	64-67-64-72=267	–21	3 strokes	Jonathan Kaye	3,000,000	540,000
2004	Aug 22	Vaughn Taylor	67-67-69-75=278	–10	Playoff	Stephen Allan Hunter Mahan Scott McCarron	3,000,000	540,000
2003	Aug 24	Kirk Triplett	67-68-73-63=271	–17	3 strokes	Tim Herron	3,000,000	540,000
2002	Aug 25	Chris Riley	71-66-67-67=271	–17	Playoff	Jonathan Kaye	3,000,000	540,000
2001	Aug 26	John Cook	69-64-74-64=271	–17	1 stroke	Jerry Kelly	3,000,000	540,000
2000	Aug 27	Scott Verplank	69-68-71-67=275	–13	Playoff	Jean van de Velde	3,000,000	540,000
1999	Sep 29	Notah Begay III	70-69-63-72=274	–14	3 strokes	Chris Perry David Toms	2,750,000	495,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Main sources^[2][3]

References [edit]

External links [edit]

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Montrêux Golf and Country Club
• Montreux Golf & Country Club at Nicklaus.com
• Aerial photo and topographic map from USGS via Microsoft Research Maps

Coordinates: 39°21′52″N 119°49′41″W / 39.3645°N 119.828°W / 39.3645; -119.828