The Barracuda Championship is a professional

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tournament on the

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. Founded in

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, it is an alternate event played annually in August. Previously played at Montrêux Golf and Country Club outside

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, the tournament moved to Tahoe Mountain Club's Old Greenwood course, located in nearby

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, in 2020. Until

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, 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

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event had a field of about 40. When the WGC event expanded to about 80 players in

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, the field for the Reno–Tahoe Open was reduced to 132 players. With the launch of the

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, 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

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in mid-July. This lasted only one year, as it returned to early August in 2011, opposite the WGC-Bridgestone. The purse in

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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.

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became the title sponsor in 2014. The Reno–Tahoe Open is an alternate event, which means the winner does not earn a

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invitation. The winner still earns 24

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points, 300

points, a two-year tour exemption, and entry to the

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. After

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cancelled the Greenbrier Classic in 2016, the Reno–Tahoe Open was given the honor of awarding entry to the

to the leading non-exempt player. In August 2021, it was announced that from 2022 onward, the event would become a co-sanctioned event with the

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Highlights

*1999:

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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. *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

. 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,

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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

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

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

Winners

''Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.''
Sources:Reno–Tahoe Open – Winners
– at golfobserver.com (1999–2009)

Notes

References

External links

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Coverage on the European Tour's official siteMontrêux Golf and Country ClubMontreux Golf & Country Club
at Nicklaus.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Reno-Tahoe Open PGA Tour events European Tour events Golf in Nevada Golf in California Sports in Reno, Nevada Recurring sporting events established in 1999 1999 establishments in Nevada