Reno–Tahoe Open

This article is about the PGA Tour event. For the former Nationwide Tour event, see Reno Open.

Barracuda Championship

Tournament information
Location	Truckee, California, U.S.
Established	1999, 25 years ago
Course(s)	Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood Course)
Par	72
Length	7,518 yards (6,874 m)
Tour(s)	PGA Tour (alternate event) European Tour
Format	Modified Stableford
Prize fund	US$3,500,000
Month played	August
Tournament record score
Aggregate	267 Vaughn Taylor (2005)
To par	−21 as above
Score	50 points Erik van Rooyen (2021)
Current champion
Erik van Rooyen
Location map
Tahoe Mountain Club Location in the United States Tahoe Mountain Club Location in California

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 August. 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.

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.

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.

In August 2021, it was announced that from 2022 onward, the event would become a co-sanctioned event with the European Tour.

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.
• 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.

Points	Strokes taken in relation to par
+8	Double eagle (3 strokes under par)
+5	Eagle (2 strokes under par)
+2	Birdie (1 stroke under par)
0	Par
−1	Bogey (1 stroke over par)
−3	Double 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

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse ($)	Winner's share ($)
Barracuda Championship
2021	Erik van Rooyen	50 points		5 points	Andrew Putnam	3,500,000	630,000
2020	Richy Werenski	39 points		1 point	Troy Merritt	3,500,000	630,000
2019	Collin Morikawa	47 points		3 points	Troy Merritt	3,500,000	630,000
2018	Andrew Putnam	47 points		4 points	Chad Campbell	3,400,000	612,000
2017	Chris Stroud	44 points		Playoff	Greg Owen Richy Werenski	3,300,000	594,000
2016	Greg Chalmers	43 points		6 points	Gary Woodland	3,200,000	576,000
2015	J. J. Henry (2)	47 points		Playoff	Kyle Reifers	3,100,000	558,000
2014	Geoff Ogilvy	49 points		5 points	Justin Hicks	3,000,000	540,000
Reno–Tahoe Open
2013	Gary Woodland	44 points		9 points	Jonathan Byrd Andrés Romero	3,000,000	540,000
2012	J. J. Henry	43 points		1 point	Alexandre Rocha	3,000,000	540,000
2011	Scott Piercy	273	−15	1 stroke	Pat Perez	3,000,000	540,000
2010	Matt Bettencourt	277	−11	1 stroke	Bob Heintz	3,000,000	540,000
Legends Reno–Tahoe Open
2009	John Rollins	271	−17	3 strokes	Martin Laird Jeff Quinney	3,000,000	540,000
2008	Parker McLachlin	270	−18	7 strokes	Brian Davis John Rollins	3,000,000	540,000
Reno–Tahoe Open
2007	Steve Flesch	273	−15	5 strokes	Kevin Stadler Charles Warren	3,000,000	540,000
2006	Will MacKenzie	268	−20	1 stroke	Bob Estes	3,000,000	540,000
2005	Vaughn Taylor (2)	267	−21	3 strokes	Jonathan Kaye	3,000,000	540,000
2004	Vaughn Taylor	278	−10	Playoff	Stephen Allan Hunter Mahan Scott McCarron	3,000,000	540,000
2003	Kirk Triplett	271	−17	3 strokes	Tim Herron	3,000,000	540,000
2002	Chris Riley	271	−17	Playoff	Jonathan Kaye	3,000,000	540,000
2001	John Cook	271	−17	1 stroke	Jerry Kelly	3,000,000	540,000
2000	Scott Verplank	275	−13	Playoff	Jean van de Velde	3,000,000	540,000
1999	Notah Begay III	274	−14	3 strokes	Chris Perry David Toms	2,750,000	495,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
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External links

• Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Montrêux Golf and Country Club
• Montreux Golf & Country Club at Nicklaus.com