Barracuda Championship
Tournament information
LocationTruckee, California
Established1999
Course(s)Tahoe Mountain Club
(Old Greenwood Course)
Par71
Length7,480 yards (6,840 m)
Tour(s)PGA Tour (alternate event)
European Tour
FormatModified Stableford
Prize fundUS$3,800,000
Month playedJuly
Tournament record score
Aggregate267 Vaughn Taylor (2005)
To par−21 as above
Score50 points Erik van Rooyen (2021)
Current champion
United States Akshay Bhatia
Location Map
Tahoe Mountain Club is located in the United States
Tahoe Mountain Club
Tahoe Mountain Club
Location in the United States
Tahoe Mountain Club is located in California
Tahoe Mountain Club
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 held at Montrêux Golf and Country Club outside Reno, Nevada, the tournament moved west in 2020 to Tahoe Mountain Club's Old Greenwood course in nearby Truckee, California.

Until 2010, it was held 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 Open Championship in mid-July. This lasted only one year, as it returned to early August in 2011, opposite the WGC-Bridgestone.

The purse in 2022 was $3.7 million, with a winner's share of $666,000. 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.

In August 2021, it was announced that from 2022 onward, the event would become a co-sanctioned event with the European Tour.[2]

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.[3]
  • 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
+8Double eagle (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

YearTour(s)[lower-alpha 1]WinnerScore[lower-alpha 2]To parMargin of
victory
Runner(s)-upPurse
(US$)
Winner's
share ($)
Barracuda Championship
2023EUR, PGATUnited States Akshay Bhatia40 pointsPlayoffUnited States Patrick Rodgers3,800,000684,000
2022EUR, PGATUnited States Chez Reavie43 points1 pointSweden Alex Norén3,700,000666,000
2021PGATSouth Africa Erik van Rooyen50 points5 pointsUnited States Andrew Putnam3,500,000630,000
2020PGATUnited States Richy Werenski39 points1 pointUnited States Troy Merritt3,500,000630,000
2019PGATUnited States Collin Morikawa47 points3 pointsUnited States Troy Merritt3,500,000630,000
2018PGATUnited States Andrew Putnam47 points4 pointsUnited States Chad Campbell3,400,000612,000
2017PGATUnited States Chris Stroud44 pointsPlayoffEngland Greg Owen
United States Richy Werenski
3,300,000594,000
2016PGATAustralia Greg Chalmers43 points6 pointsUnited States Gary Woodland3,200,000576,000
2015PGATUnited States J. J. Henry (2)47 pointsPlayoffUnited States Kyle Reifers3,100,000558,000
2014PGATAustralia Geoff Ogilvy49 points5 pointsUnited States Justin Hicks3,000,000540,000
Reno–Tahoe Open
2013PGATUnited States Gary Woodland44 points9 pointsUnited States Jonathan Byrd
Argentina Andrés Romero
3,000,000540,000
2012PGATUnited States J. J. Henry43 points1 pointBrazil Alexandre Rocha3,000,000540,000
2011PGATUnited States Scott Piercy273−151 strokeUnited States Pat Perez3,000,000540,000
2010PGATUnited States Matt Bettencourt277−111 strokeUnited States Bob Heintz3,000,000540,000
Legends Reno–Tahoe Open
2009PGATUnited States John Rollins271−173 strokesScotland Martin Laird
United States Jeff Quinney
3,000,000540,000
2008PGATUnited States Parker McLachlin270−187 strokesEngland Brian Davis
United States John Rollins
3,000,000540,000
Reno–Tahoe Open
2007PGATUnited States Steve Flesch273−155 strokesUnited States Kevin Stadler
United States Charles Warren
3,000,000540,000
2006PGATUnited States Will MacKenzie268−201 strokeUnited States Bob Estes3,000,000540,000
2005PGATUnited States Vaughn Taylor (2)267−213 strokesUnited States Jonathan Kaye3,000,000540,000
2004PGATUnited States Vaughn Taylor278−10PlayoffAustralia Stephen Allan
United States Hunter Mahan
United States Scott McCarron
3,000,000540,000
2003PGATUnited States Kirk Triplett271−173 strokesUnited States Tim Herron3,000,000540,000
2002PGATUnited States Chris Riley271−17PlayoffUnited States Jonathan Kaye3,000,000540,000
2001PGATUnited States John Cook271−171 strokeUnited States Jerry Kelly3,000,000540,000
2000PGATUnited States Scott Verplank275−13PlayoffFrance Jean van de Velde3,000,000540,000
1999PGATUnited States Notah Begay III274−143 strokesUnited States Chris Perry
United States David Toms
2,750,000495,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
Sources:[4][5]

Notes

  1. EUR − European Tour; PGAT − PGA Tour.
  2. From 2012, the event was played using the modified stableford system.

References

  1. "Barracuda becomes title sponsor for Reno-Tahoe". PGA Tour. July 9, 2014.
  2. "PGA Tour and European Tour announce details of historic Strategic Alliance". PGA Tour. August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  3. 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.
  4. Barracuda Championship – Winners – at pgatour.com
  5. Reno–Tahoe Open – Winners – at golfobserver.com (1999–2009)

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