Montreux Golf and Country Club is about halfway between Reno, Nev., and Lake Tahoe.
July 30, 2012
PGA TOUR Staff
| Fast facts |
| Course Superintendent | Doug Heinrichs | | Original architect | Jack Nicklaus (1997) | | Course remodel | Jack Nicklaus (2004) | | Number of TOUR events as host venue | 14 (including 2012) | | Course ranking | Ranked 26th (out of 51 courses) in difficulty on the PGA TOUR in 2011 | | Yardage history | 7,552 yards (1999) | | | 7,472 yards (2002) | | | 7,060 yards (1979-1982) | | | 7,055 yards (1983) | | | 7,102 yards (1984-1995) | | | 7,112 yards (1996, 1998-2000) | | | 7,222 yards (2004-2008) | | | 7,472 yards (2009-present) | | Grass | Bentgrass, Poa annua (tees, fairways, greens); Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, fescue (rough) | | Tournament Stimpmeter | 11.5 feet | | Sand bunkers | 62 | | Water hazards | 6 | | Course tour | Click here | |
| Course record |
| Player
Scott Piercy | Year
2011 | Round
3rd | Finish
Won | |
| Holes-in-one |
| Omar Uresti | 16 | 2008 | | Jose Coceres | 7 | 2007 | | Yusaku Miyazato | 7 | 2006 | | Yusaku Miyazato | 12 | 2006 | | Michael Long | 12 | 2005 | | Garrett Willis | 16 | 2004 | | Tom Byrum | 16 | 2002 | | Pat Perez | 7 | 2002 | |
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| Montreux Golf & Country Club | 2011 rankings | Other 12 years | | 1 | 4 | 494 | 4.128 | 5 | 3.950 | 13 | | 2 | 5 | 584 | 4.744 | 17 | 2.997 | 11 | | 3 | 3 | 186 | 3.131 | 4 | 4.083 | 6 | | 4 | 4 | 355 | 4.017 | 7 | 4.699 | 18 | | 5 | 4 | 491 | 4.091 | 6 | 3.994 | 12 | | 6 | 4 | 477 | 4.01 | 9 | 4.063 | 7 | | 7 | 3 | 183 | 3.2 | 3 | 3.205 | 2 | | 8 | 5 | 636 | 4.796 | 15 | 4.239 | 1 | | 9 | 4 | 429 | 3.936 | 13 | 4.835 | 16 | | 10 | 4 | 413 | 3.919 | 14 | 4.060 | 8 | | 11 | 3 | 171 | 3.005 | 10 | 4.750 | 17 | | 12 | 4 | 429 | 4.012 | 8 | 3.105 | 5 | | 13 | 5 | 518 | 4.638 | 18 | 4.009 | 10 | | 14 | 4 | 367 | 3.951 | 12 | 4.142 | 4 | | 15 | 4 | 439 | 4.002 | 11 | 4.039 | 9 | | 16 | 3 | 220 | 3.266 | 1 | 3.196 | 3 | | 17 | 4 | 464 | 4.224 | 2 | 4.858 | 15 | | 18 | 5 | 616 | 4.768 | 16 | 3.906 | 14 | |
| Course origins |
| Montreux Golf and Country Club's 18 championship holes of 7,472 yards sit at an elevation between 5,000 and 6,000 feet. The Sierra setting has towering pine trees, creeks, seven lakes, four waterfalls, and it drops and rises in elevation. Montreux is Northern Nevada's only Jack Nicklaus Signature Design golf course. Nicklaus has stated that Montreux is one of his top five courses. The PGA TOUR stop at Montreux is also the only West Coast TOUR event held in the summer. | |
| During the Reno-Tahoe Open, the front and back nine are reversed for tournament play. A flood destroyed No. 8 in January 1997, which had to be rebuilt in the spring of 1998. The design of the hole is similar to No. 14 at Muirfield. After the flooding in 1997, the creek that now runs through No. 8 was found to be a natural waterway and was worked into the redesign, as it was not part of the original design of the hole. | |
| In 2002, more property was acquired, and three additional holes were added to the course to the right of No. 15. These scenic holes were added to replace the previous Nos. 10, 11 and 12, which had more of a high desert open design. Since the addition of the new holes, Montreux is almost entirely in the forest. -- Source: Golf Course Superintendents Association of America | |
| Tournament course history |
| Montreux Golf and Country Club | Reno, Nev. | 1999-present | |
The TOUR heads in two directions this week -- one group to the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational and the other group to Reno, Nev., for the Reno-Tahoe Open. Here's all you need to know about the host course -- Montreux GCC.
