The Reno-Tahoe Open is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour. Founded in 1999, it is played annually in July, south of Reno, Nevada. The tournament is held at the Montrêux Golf and Country Club, located midway between Reno and Lake Tahoe. The course was designed by Jack Nicklaus and opened in 1997; its average elevation is 5,600 feet (1,707 m) above sea level. In 2007 the Reno-Tahoe Open gained its first title sponsor, the Legends at Sparks Marina. In 2010 the Reno-Tahoe Open changed its name back to the Reno-Tahoe Open. Until 2010, the tournament has taken place every year in 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 Reno-Tahoe Open's field was reduced to 132 players. In 2010 the PGA Tour announced that the Reno-Tahoe Open would now occur concurrent to The British Open and take place in July. In 2010 the Reno-Tahoe Open will occur from July 12 - July 18. The 2009 event concluded on August 9 with a purse of $3.0 million. John Rollins was the winner, taking home the champion's prize of $540,000.
Past Winners Legends Reno-Tahoe Open * 2009 John Rollins * 2008 Parker McLachlin Reno-Tahoe Open * 2007 Steve Flesch * 2006 Will MacKenzie * 2005 Vaughn Taylor * 2004 Vaughn Taylor * 2003 Kirk Triplett * 2002 Chris Riley * 2001 John Cook * 2000 Scott Verplank * 1999 Notah Begay III
