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Dates: Thursday, August 23rd through Sunday, August 26th
Site: Montreux Golf & Country Club, Reno, Nevada
Course Architect: Jack Nicklaus (1997)
Par: 72
Yardage: 7,552
Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 4 413 Yds 10 - Par 4 411 Yds
2 - Par 3 171 Yds 11 - Par 3 225 Yds
3 - Par 4 429 Yds 12 - Par 4 496 Yds
4 - Par 5 518 Yds 13 - Par 4 494 Yds
5 - Par 4 367 Yds 14 - Par 5 584 Yds
6 - Par 4 439 Yds 15 - Par 4 477 Yds
7 - Par 3 220 Yds 16 - Par 3 163 Yds
8 - Par 4 464 Yds 17 - Par 5 636 Yds
9 - Par 5 616 Yds 18 - Par 4 429 Yds
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36 3,637 Yds 36 3,915 Yds
Annual: 3rd
Television: Golf Channel - Thursday/Sunday -- 8-10:30 p.m. (et) (tape delayed)
2000 Champion: Scott Verplank
Runner-Up: Jean Van de Velde
Tournament Record: 274 (Notah Begay III, 1999)
54-Hole Record: 202 (Notah Begay III, 1999)
36-Hole Record: 134 (Brian Henninger, 2000)
Course Record: 63 (Notah Begay III, 1999; Brian Henninger, 2000)
Total Purse: $3,000,000
Shares: 1st Place - $540,000; 2nd Place - 324,000; 3rd Place - 204,000
2000 Finish
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Player Score Player Score
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Scott Verplank * 275 Scott McCarron 278
Jean Van de Velde 275 Tom Byrum 279
Bob May 276 Steve Flesch 279
Doug Dunakey 278 Franklin Langham 279
Brian Henninger 278 David Toms 279
Duffy Waldorf 279
* - Won in playoff.
Past Reno-Tahoe Open Winners and Runners-up
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2000 -- *Scott Verplank (275) -- Jean Van de Velde
1999 -- Notah Begay III (274) -- Chris Perry, David Toms
* - Won in playoff.
Top Contenders in the Field
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Billy Andrade - 29th on money list with 6 top-10's, eight missed cuts
Mark Brooks - Runner-up at U.S. Open, has missed three straight cuts
Fred Couples - Best finish this year is a tie for 11th at Byron Nelson
Luke Donald - Member of the winning Walker Cup team, making PGA debut
Nick Faldo - Missed the cut in 2 of the 4 major's, T51st at PGA Champ
Fred Funk - Only 3 missed cuts in 2001, but has just 2 top-10's
Charles Howell - Tied for 12th at BC Open, lost in a playoff at Milwaukee
Justin Leonard - Has 7 top-10's this year in 23 events, 7 missed cuts
Billy Mayfair - Shot final round of 61 at Buick Open to tie for 14th
Rocco Mediate - Has made the cut in 12 of 16 events, 35th on money list
Bryce Molder - Making his PGA Tour debut after college career at Ga Tech
Mark O'Meara - Has made the cut in four straight events, T22nd at PGA
Jeff Sluman - Won B.C. Open and finished 2nd at Nissan, 18th in money
Jean Van de Velde - Lost in a playoff last yr at this event, 1 top-10 in 2001
Golftoday Network Selections
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Pick to Win - Billy Andrade
Darkhorse - Bob May
Last week's Pick to Win (T.Woods, D.Duval, P.Mickelson) - T-29, T-10, 2nd
Last week's Darkhorse (B.Faxon, J.Furyk, B.Mayfair) - T-59, T-7, MC
NOTES:
Scott Verplank sank an eight-foot birdie putt on the fourth playoff hole
to defeat Jean Van de Velde and record his first win on the PGA Tour since
the 1988 Buick Open. Verplank, who tied for seventh last week at the PGA
Championship, will not be on hand to defend his title this week as he is
competing at the NEC Invitational. Verplank made it into the field at the
World Golf Championships due to his selection for the 2001 Ryder Cup team
by captain Curtis Strange. Verplank's time span of 12 years and 27 days
between victories, ranks fourth longest in PGA Tour history. Butch Baird holds
the record of 15 years, five months and 10 days. Five shots back of the
Frenchman when Sunday's final round began, Verplank carded a five-under 67 to
tie Van de Velde after regulation. Verplank smacked his tee shot 300-plus
yards on the fourth extra hole, the 636-yard, par-five 17th. Van de Velde
drove into the rough right of the fairway. Van de Velde advanced his second
shot as far as he could down the fairway and was left with 225 yards to the
green. He knocked his approach to the right side of the putting surface and
left his first putt 12 feet short. Verplank, who laid up with his second
shot, hit his wedge to within eight feet of the hole. Although Van de Velde
delivered on the clutch 12-footer for par, Verplank's birdie attempt found the
left edge of the cup for his third career victory on the PGA Tour. Second-
round leader Brian Henninger, who tied the course record of 63 on Friday,
finished tied for fourth. The 1999 Reno-Tahoe Open made history, as Notah
Begay III captured his first career event 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 after a course-record 63 and then despite an even-par 72,
defeated Chris Perry and David Toms by three shots for the win. This is the
third year of the event which will be held opposite the NEC - World Golf
Championships. The 156-man field was the first full-field event added to the
PGA Tour since the Greater Vancouver Open in 1996. The Reno area has hosted
several Senior Tour events in the 1980's, and last hosted a PGA Tour stop in
1948, the Reno Open Invitational won by Ben Hogan. Most of the top-ranked
players in the world are competing this week at the NEC Invitational in Akron,
Ohio. The Montreux Golf & Country Club is the second longest course on the PGA
Tour behind Castle Pines Golf Club, host of The International. Next week the
PGA Tour moves north of the border to British Columbia for the Air Canada
Championship won last year by Rory Sabbatini.
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