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PGA - Reno-Tahoe Open Preview
From The Sports Network
| DATES: Thursday, August 2nd through Sunday, August 5th |
| SITE: Montreux Golf & Country Club, Reno, Nevada |
| COURSE ARCHITECT: Jack Nicklaus (1997) |
| Hole-By-Hole: | 1 - Par 4 494 Yds | 10 - Par 4 413 Yds | |
| 2 - Par 5 584 Yds | 11 - Par 3 171 Yds | |
| 3 - Par 3 186 Yds | 12 - Par 4 429 Yds | |
| 4 - Par 4 355 Yds | 13 - Par 5 518 Yds | |
| 5 - Par 4 491 Yds | 14 - Par 4 367 Yds | |
| 6 - Par 4 477 Yds | 15 - Par 4 439 Yds | |
| 7 - Par 3 183 Yds | 16 - Par 3 220 Yds | |
| 8 - Par 5 636 Yds | 17 - Par 4 464 Yds | |
| 9 - Par 4 429 Yds | 18 - Par 5 616 Yds | |
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| 36 3,835 Yds | 36 3,637 Yds | |
| Annual: | 14th |
| Television: | Golf Channel - Thursday/Friday -- 6:38-8:30 p.m. (et), |
| | - Saturday -- 6:30-9 p.m. (et), |
| | - Sunday -- 7-9 p.m. (et) |
| Defending Champion: | Scott Piercy (not defending) |
| Runner-Up: | Pat Perez |
| Tournament Record: | 267 (Vaughn Taylor, 2005) |
| 54-Hole Record: | 195 (Vaughn Taylor, 2005) |
| 36-Hole Record: | 129 (Bob Estes, 2006) |
| Course Record: | 61 (Scott Piercy, 2011) |
| Total Purse: | $3,000,000 |
| Shares: | 1st Place - $540,000; 2nd Place - $324,000; 3rd Place - $204,000 |
| 2011 Finish |
| Player | Score | Player | Score |
| Scott Piercy | 273 | Steve Elkington | 277 |
| Pat Perez | 274 | Ben Martin | 277 |
| Blake Adams | 275 | Matt McQuillan | 277 |
| Steve Flesch | 275 | Nick O'Hern | 277 |
| Jim Renner | 276 | Five players at | 278 |
| Past Reno-Tahoe Open Winners |
| Year | Winner (Score) -- Runners-Up |
| 2011 | Scott Piercy (273) -- Pat Perez |
| 2010 | Matt Bettencourt (277) -- Bob Heintz |
| 2009 | John Rollins (271) -- Martin Laird |
| 2008 | Parker McLachlin (270) -- Brian Davis, John Rollins |
| 2007 | Steve Flesch (273) -- Charles Warren, Kevin Stadler |
| 2006 | Will MacKenzie (268) -- Bob Estes |
| 2005 | Vaughn Taylor (267) -- Jonathan Kaye |
| 2004 | *Vaughn Taylor (278) -- Steve Allan, Hunter Mahan, Scott McCarron |
| 2003 | Kirk Triplett (271) -- Tim Herron |
| 2002 | *Chris Riley (271) -- Jonathan Kaye |
| 2001 | John Cook (271) -- Jerry Kelly |
| 2000 | *Scott Verplank (275) -- Jean Van de Velde |
| 1999 | Notah Begay III (274) -- Chris Perry, David Toms |
| NOTE:Formerly called Legends Reno-Tahoe Open (2008-09). |
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| Top Contenders in the Field |
| Player | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
| Scott Piercy | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-63 | --- | --- | T-53 | mc | Won |
| Pat Perez | mc | T-68 | mc | --- | T-15 | --- | --- | --- | --- | 2nd |
| Rod Pampling | T-17 | T-3 | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | 8th | T-21 | T-18 |
| Chris DiMarco | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-26 | T-10 | T-21 |
| John Merrick | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-4 | T-8 | --- | T-3 | T-25 |
| Vaughn Taylor | --- | --- | Won | Won | --- | --- | --- | T-26 | T-35 | T-38 |
| Kevin Stadler | --- | --- | --- | T-41 | --- | T-2 | T-65 | T-42 | T-5 | mc |
| Matt Bettencourt | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | T-53 | Won | wd |
| Stewart Cink | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Padraig Harrington | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Sports Network Selections |
| Pick to Win - Padraig Harrington |
| Darkhorse - Patrick Cantlay |
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| Last Week's Pick to Win (Matt Kuchar) - Tied for 43th |
| Last Week's Darkhorse (Scott Brown) - Missed the cut |
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| NOTES:Since this event is playing against the WGC - Bridgestone Invitational, |
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all of the top players in the world are in Ohio in preparation for next week's
PGA Championship. But there are 10 former major championship winners in the
field: Rich Beem (2002 PGA Championship), Stewart Cink (2009 British Open),
John Daly (1991 PGA Championship, 1995 British Open), David Duval (2001
British Open), Todd Hamilton (2004 British Open), Padraig Harrington (2007 and
2008 British Open, 2008 PGA Championship), Lee Janzen (1993 and 1998 U.S.
Open), Justin Leonard (1997 British Open), Shaun Micheel (2003 PGA
Championship) and Mike Weir (2003 Masters).
Last year, Scott Piercy fired a course-record 61 in the third round to jump in
front, then held on for his first PGA Tour victory. Piercy finished at 15-
under-par 273 for a one shot win over Pat Perez. After winning last week in
Canada, Piercy got into the WGC - Bridgestone Invitational.
In 2010, Matt Bettencourt captured his first PGA Tour win with rounds of
66-68-75-68 to beat Bob Heintz by one shot. Heintz missed a 3-foot birdie putt
at the 18th hole with a chance to force a playoff. Bettencourt finished at 11-
under 277, rallying from three shots down for the win. It was the third day
out of four that his name was atop the leaderboard. Only a 75 on Saturday
kept him from completing a wire-to-wire victory.
In 2009, John Rollins took the lead following a second-round 62 and went on
to win his third PGA Tour title. Rollins finished at 17-under-par 271 for a 3-
shot win over Martin Laird and Jeff Quinney. Rollins won for the first time
in five tries when owning at least a piece of the 54-hole lead.
In 2008, Parker McLachlin rolled to a 7-shot win over Brian Davis and Rollins.
He finished at 18-under-par 270 for his first PGA Tour victory. His 7-stroke
win was the largest in tournament history.
In 2005, Vaughn Taylor managed only an even-par 72 in the final round, but it
was more than enough to win for the second straight year. Taylor completed the
event at 21-under-par 267. Taylor, whose three-round total of 195 obliterated
Jerry Kelly's 2001 54-hole record of 201, also smashed the 72-hole scoring
record. Taylor eclipsed the previous mark by four strokes. John Cook was the
first to post 271 in 2001, and he was later matched by Chris Riley and
Jonathan Kaye in 2002 and Kirk Triplett in 2003. With his win in 2005, Taylor
became the first wire-to-wire winner of this event and is the only two-time
winner. Taylor is the all-time money leader here with $1,128,862 in earnings.
The 1999 tournament made history, as Notah Begay III captured his first career
win and became the first Native American since Rod Curl in 1974 to win on the
PGA Tour. Begay took the lead following the third round and then, despite an
even-par 72 in the final round, defeated Chris Perry and David Toms by three
shots for the win.
The Reno area hosted several Champions Tour events in the 1980s, and
previously hosted a PGA Tour stop in 1948 - the Reno Open Invitational won by
Ben Hogan.
Players with Nevada ties have had success at this tournament, with UNLV
graduate Riley winning in 2002 and University of Nevada alum Triplett winning
in 2003 in the town where he went to college. Piercy, the 2011 winner, was
born and still resides in Las Vegas.
The PGA Tour moves to South Carolina next week for the PGA Championship,
where Keegan Bradley will defend his first major title at the Ocean Course at
Kiawah Island Resort.
07/31 13:30:34 ET
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As of July 31, 2012, at 01:30 PM ET
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