2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide

2003 RENO-TAHOE OPEN[36th of 48 official events]TRIPLETTWinner: SERGIO KIRK TRIPLETT GARCÍA69-66-72-67 274 $720,00067-68-73-63 271 $540,000Montreux G&CC; Reno, NV Purse: $3,000,000Par: 36-36—72 Yards: 7,472 August 21-24, 2003LEADERS: First Round—Carl Paulson and J.J. Henry sharedthe lead at 6-under 66. Seven players were one back. SecondRound—Tim Herron and Dennis Paulson were at 10-under 134,one ahead of Craig Barlow and Kirk Triplett. Third Round—Herron and Barlow were tied at 13-under 203. Five players werefour back.CUT: 77 players at 1-over-par 145 from a field of 131 professionals.PRO-AM: Due to afternoon rain and suspension of afternoonwave, Pro-Am was divided into three groups. Morning: RodPampling, 54, $1,200. Afternoon front nine: Duffy Waldorf, 26,$1,000. Afternoon back nine: Tom Scherrer, 26, $1,000.WEATHER: First-round play was delayed at 12:39 p.m. PT andfor a second time at 4:12 p.m. and then suspended for the day at5 p.m. because of rain. Temperatures in the high 70s. First roundresumed at 8 a.m. Friday. Play delayed at 10:48 a.m. First roundresumed at noon and finished at 2:04 p.m., while the secondround began at 12:30 p.m. Partly cloudy with temperaturesreaching high 70s and winds up to 25 mph. Play was suspendeddue to darkness at 7:30 p.m. Second round resumed at 7:30 a.m.Saturday and finished at 12:09 p.m. Third round was played inthreesomes and began at 1 p.m. Sunny with temperaturesreaching mid-80s. Play was suspended at 7:53 p.m. with onegroup on the course. Third round resumed at 8:35 a.m. Sunday.Final round played in threesomes, and began at 9:50 a.m. Sunnywith temperatures in the high 80s. SW winds 5-15 mph.Tim Herron ..........................2 69-65-69-71 274 $324,000.00Rod Pampling ....................T3 67-73-67-68 275 174,000.00Dennis Paulson ................T3 68-66-73-68 275 174,000.00Harrison Frazar ....................5 69-72-70-66 277 120,000.00Craig Barlow......................T6 70-65-68-75 278 104,250.00Hidemichi Tanaka..............T6 71-71-67-69 278 104,250.00J.P. Hayes ............................8 68-68-71-72 279 93,000.00David Sutherland ................9 70-67-72-71 280 87,000.00Guy Boros ........................T10 71-66-70-74 281 66,500.00Mike Grob........................T10 69-74-68-70 281 66,500.00Scott McCarron ..............T10 71-72-70-68 281 66,500.00Dicky Pride ......................T10 71-68-72-70 281 66,500.00Paul Stankowski..............T10 67-72-69-73 281 66,500.00Nick Watney (S) ..............T10 72-66-70-73 281 66,500.00Brian Gay ........................T16 69-69-73-71 282 45,000.00Paul Goydos ....................T16 72-70-70-70 282 45,000.00J.J. Henry ........................T16 66-75-68-73 282 45,000.00Thomas Levet..................T16 71-70-73-68 282 45,000.00David Peoples ................T16 70-71-69-72 282 45,000.00Cameron Beckman..........T21 68-69-70-76 283 30,000.00Neal Lancaster................T21 72-69-72-70 283 30,000.00Billy Mayfair....................T21 69-72-71-71 283 30,000.00Tom Scherrer ..................T21 72-71-72-68 283 30,000.00Chris Smith......................T21 69-72-72-70 283 30,000.00Duffy Waldorf..................T21 71-69-71-72 283 30,000.00Woody Austin ................T27 69-72-69-74 284 19,550.00The following players did not finish (C=cut, W=withdrew)C—146-Tom Byrum, Brad Fabel, David Gossett, Donnie Hammond, GlenHnatiuk, Jim McGovern, Mike Sposa, Dean Wilson, Cameron Yancey, 147-Jim Gallagher, Jr., Brian Henninger, Carl Pettersson, Mark Wilson, 148-Notah Begay III, Ronnie Black, Brad Bryant, Kent Jones, Brenden Pappas,Kenneth Staton, 149-Todd Barranger, Brandel Chamblee, Bill Glasson, SteveLowery, John E. Morgan, Esteban Toledo, 150-Jeff Brehaut, Craig Perks,Mike Springer, Stan Utley, Vance Veazey, 151-Ricky Barnes, Jim Carter, GregChalmers, Mike Hulbert, Shingo Katayama, Matt Kuchar, 152-Michael ClarkII, David Edwards, Heath Slocum, Dave Stockton, Jr., 153-Michael Bradley,John Morse, 154-Kelly Gibson, Gabriel Hjertstedt, Kenichi Kuboya, DaveRummells, Willie Wood, 155-Barry Evans, 168-Jin Park, W—MarkCarnevale, Dudley Hart, 74-John Daly, 79-Spike McRoy, 80-Dan Halldorson.Tournament Record:271, John Cook, 2001; Chris Riley, Jonathan Kaye, 2002; KirkTriplett, 2003Tournament Course Record:63, Notah Begay III, 1999; Brian Henninger, 2000; KirkTriplett, 2003Jason Buha ....................T27 71-72-71-70 284 $19,550.00Jason Gore......................T27 70-74-72-68 284 19,550.00Paul Gow ........................T27 69-69-74-72 284 19,550.00Jeff Maggert ..................T27 70-72-71-71 284 19,550.00John Riegger ..................T27 71-70-70-73 284 19,550.00Kevin Sutherland ............T27 72-71-73-68 284 19,550.00Bob Tway ........................T27 67-73-70-74 284 19,550.00Grant Waite ....................T27 74-69-74-67 284 19,550.00Luke Donald ....................T36 68-75-71-71 285 14,750.00Patrick Sheehan ..............T36 70-75-73-67 285 14,750.00Garrett Willis ..................T36 70-73-70-72 285 14,750.00Mark Brooks....................T39 71-71-72-72 286 11,700.00David Frost ......................T39 69-73-71-73 286 11,700.00Shigeki Maruyama..........T39 70-69-72-75 286 11,700.00Andy Miller......................T39 67-73-74-72 286 11,700.00Arron Oberholser ............T39 71-71-72-72 286 11,700.00Carl Paulson ....................T39 66-76-76-68 286 11,700.00Darron Stiles ..................T39 75-70-72-69 286 11,700.00Chris Anderson................T46 75-69-74-69 287 8,505.00Todd Fischer ....................T46 73-72-72-70 287 8,505.00John Senden ..................T46 69-73-71-74 287 8,505.00Richard Zokol ..................T46 72-71-69-75 287 8,505.00Tommy Armour III............T50 74-71-72-71 288 7,131.43Bart Bryant ......................T50 70-69-72-77 288 7,131.43Brad Elder........................T50 69-75-72-72 288 7,131.43Robin Freeman ................T50 67-75-74-72 288 7,131.43TOURNAMENT HISTORYMike Heinen....................T50 73-71-74-70 288 $7,131.43Cliff Kresge......................T50 71-74-70-73 288 7,131.43Mike Standly ..................T50 74-70-74-70 288 7,131.42Aaron Barber ..................T57 69-74-74-72 289 6,690.00Pat Bates ........................T57 71-74-70-74 289 6,690.00Jay Don Blake ................T57 72-70-76-71 289 6,690.00Steve Pate ......................T57 67-73-79-70 289 6,690.00Jose Coceres ..................T61 73-68-76-73 290 6,450.00Jay Delsing......................T61 70-72-74-74 290 6,450.00Richard S. Johnson ........T61 73-68-77-72 290 6,450.00Greg Kraft........................T61 72-71-72-75 290 6,450.00Jason Caron ....................T65 69-73-73-76 291 6,240.00Deane Pappas ................T65 70-73-75-73 291 6,240.00Corey Pavin......................T65 72-72-75-72 291 6,240.00Gavin Coles ....................T68 70-71-74-77 292 6,060.00Pat Perez..........................T68 69-76-74-73 292 6,060.00Akio Sadakata ................T68 72-69-78-73 292 6,060.00Jeff Klein ..........................71 75-69-75-74 293 5,940.00Frank Lickliter II ................72 72-71-73-78 294 5,880.00Mathew Goggin ................73 73-71-80-71 295 5,820.00Steven Alker....................T74 72-73-76-76 297 5,700.00Gary Hallberg ..................T74 70-75-80-72 297 5,700.00David Ogrin......................T74 71-74-75-77 297 5,700.00Anthony Painter ................77 71-72-80-75 298 5,580.00(Q) = Open Qualifier; (S) = Sponsor ExemptionYear Winner Score Runner-up Score Location Par/YardsRENO-TAHOE OPEN1999 Notah Begay III 274 Chris Perry 277 Montreux G&CC, Reno, NV 72/7,5522000 Scott Verplank* 275 Jean Van de Velde 275 Montreux G&CC, Reno, NV 72/7,5522001 John Cook 271 Jerry Kelly 272 Montreux G&CC, Reno, NV 72/7,5522002 Chris Riley* 271 Jonathan Kaye 271 Montreux G&CC, Reno, NV 72/7,4722003 Kirk Triplett 271 Tim Herron 274 Montreux G&CC, Reno, NV 72/7,472KEY: * = Playoff ~ = Weather-shortenedNOTESKirk Triplett became the first University of Nevada player to win the Reno-Tahoe Open and the second TOURplayer to win in his college hometown in 2003 (Fred Couples, University of Houston, Shell Houston Open).Kirk Triplett’s win made it two consecutive years that the tournament winner had ties to Nevada. 2002winner Chris Riley was a product of UNLV.SECTION 3 / SUMMARIESKirk Triplett tied the 72-hole tournament record of 17-under 271 set by John Cook (2001) and matched byChris Riley (2002) and Jonathan Kaye (2002).Kirk Triplett set the course record with a 9-under 63. Notah Begay III in 1999 (third round) and BrianHenninger in 2000 (second round) also recorded 9-under 63s but three holes on the course were significantlychanged enough to alter the layout of the course and give the new record to Triplett. Triplett broke the finalroundtournament record of 8-under 64 held by John Cook (2001) and Charles Howell III (2002).Kirk Triplett tied the mark for best finish by a winner on TOUR in 2003. Ben Crane (BellSouth Classic) andCraig Stadler (B.C. Open) posted 9-under 63s, while Vijay Singh (Phoenix Open) had an 8-under 63.WWW.PGATOUR.COM 2004 PGA TOUR Media Guide / 3-77