Reno–Tahoe Open

Template:Short description Template:Infobox golf tournament The Reno–Tahoe Open, sponsored as the Barracuda Championship since 2014, 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.

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.
• 2024: Nick Dunlap, who won The American Express as an amateur, earned his first win as a professional.

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	Tour(s)Template:Efn	Winner	ScoreTemplate:Efn	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up	Purse (US$)	Winner's share ($)
Barracuda Championship
2024	EUR, PGAT	Template:Flagicon Nick Dunlap	49 points		2 points	Template:Flagicon Vince Whaley	4,000,000	720,000
2023	EUR, PGAT	Template:Flagicon Akshay Bhatia	40 points		Playoff	Template:Flagicon Patrick Rodgers	3,800,000	684,000
2022	EUR, PGAT	Template:Flagicon Chez Reavie	43 points		1 point	Template:Flagicon Alex Norén	3,700,000	666,000
2021	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Erik van Rooyen	50 points		5 points	Template:Flagicon Andrew Putnam	3,500,000	630,000
2020	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Richy Werenski	39 points		1 point	Template:Flagicon Troy Merritt	3,500,000	630,000
2019	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Collin Morikawa	47 points		3 points	Template:Flagicon Troy Merritt	3,500,000	630,000
2018	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Andrew Putnam	47 points		4 points	Template:Flagicon Chad Campbell	3,400,000	612,000
2017	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Chris Stroud	44 points		Playoff	Template:Flagicon Greg Owen Template:Flagicon Richy Werenski	3,300,000	594,000
2016	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Greg Chalmers	43 points		6 points	Template:Flagicon Gary Woodland	3,200,000	576,000
2015	PGAT	Template:Flagicon J. J. Henry (2)	47 points		Playoff	Template:Flagicon Kyle Reifers	3,100,000	558,000
2014	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Geoff Ogilvy	49 points		5 points	Template:Flagicon Justin Hicks	3,000,000	540,000
Reno–Tahoe Open
2013	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Gary Woodland	44 points		9 points	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Byrd Template:Flagicon Andrés Romero	3,000,000	540,000
2012	PGAT	Template:Flagicon J. J. Henry	43 points		1 point	Template:Flagicon Alexandre Rocha	3,000,000	540,000
2011	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Scott Piercy	273	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Pat Perez	3,000,000	540,000
2010	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Matt Bettencourt	277	−11	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Bob Heintz	3,000,000	540,000
Legends Reno–Tahoe Open
2009	PGAT	Template:Flagicon John Rollins	271	−17	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Martin Laird Template:Flagicon Jeff Quinney	3,000,000	540,000
2008	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Parker McLachlin	270	−18	7 strokes	Template:Flagicon Brian Davis Template:Flagicon John Rollins	3,000,000	540,000
Reno–Tahoe Open
2007	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Steve Flesch	273	−15	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Kevin Stadler Template:Flagicon Charles Warren	3,000,000	540,000
2006	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Will MacKenzie	268	−20	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Bob Estes	3,000,000	540,000
2005	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Vaughn Taylor (2)	267	−21	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Kaye	3,000,000	540,000
2004	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Vaughn Taylor	278	−10	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Stephen Allan Template:Flagicon Hunter Mahan Template:Flagicon Scott McCarron	3,000,000	540,000
2003	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Kirk Triplett	271	−17	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Tim Herron	3,000,000	540,000
2002	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Chris Riley	271	−17	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jonathan Kaye	3,000,000	540,000
2001	PGAT	Template:Flagicon John Cook	271	−17	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jerry Kelly	3,000,000	540,000
2000	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Scott Verplank	275	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jean van de Velde	3,000,000	540,000
1999	PGAT	Template:Flagicon Notah Begay III	274	−14	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Chris Perry Template:Flagicon David Toms	2,750,000	495,000

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.
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External links

• Template:Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour's official site
• Coverage on the European Tour's official site