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Fast facts |
| Course Superintendent | Doug Heinrichs | | Original architect | Jack Nicklaus (1997) | | Course remodel | Jack Nicklaus (2004) | | Number of TOUR events as host venue | 13 (including 2011) | | Course ranking | Ranked 6th (out of 52 courses) in difficulty on the PGA TOUR in 2010 | | 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 |
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Course record |
Player
John Rollins
Bill Glasson
Parker McLachlin
Joe Ogilvie | Year
2009
2005
2008
2006 | Round
2nd
2nd
2nd
4th | Finish
Won
T18
Won
3rd |
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Holes-in-one |
| There have been eight aces recorded at Montreux GCC |
| Player | Hole | Year | | 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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2010 Rankings |
| Most Difficult Hole |
This beautiful and intimidating par 3 doesn’t play as long as it looks. The tee shot on this 220 yard, downhill hole is to a narrow two-tiered green that slopes away from you on the back half. Any shot that carries past the middle of the green could slip off the back. Be careful of the difficult greenside bunker on the right.
2010: 0 eagles, 33 birdies, 220 pars, 124 bogeys, 8 double bogeys, 3 others. | | Easiest Hole | Your tee shot on the par 5, fourth hole must be played down the right side of this narrow fairway to have a clear shot at reaching the green in two. The tee shot must carry the bunker on the right-hand side, or be played with a left to right trajectory. Should you pull or hook your tee shot to the left side of the fairway, your view of the green will be blocked by a stand of pine trees. Should you go for the green in two, your second shot must carry the pot bunker that guards the front left of the green. If you lay up, you’ll be playing to a narrow fairway on the right, which will leave you a tricky pitch shot to an elevated green, protected on the right side by a huge bunker.
2010: 8 eagles, 154 birdies, 184 pars, 28 bogeys, 13 double bogeys and 1 other. |
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| Montreux Golf & Country Club | 2010 rankings | Other 11 years | | Hole | Par | Yards | Avg. Score | Rank | Avg. score | Rank | | 1 | 4 | 413 | 4.008 | 13 | 3.936 | 13 | | 2 | 3 | 171 | 3.057 | 11 | 2.997 | 11 | | 3 | 4 | 429 | 4.082 | 7 | 4.083 | 6 | | 4 | 5 | 518 | 4.709 | 18 | 4.699 | 18 | | 5 | 4 | 367 | 4.054 | 12 | 3.986 | 12 | | 6 | 4 | 439 | 4.064 | 9 | 4.067 | 8 | | 7 | 3 | 220 | 3.299 | 1 | 3.205 | 2 | | 8 | 4 | 464 | 4.284 | 2 | 4.239 | 1 | | 9 | 5 | 616 | 4.956 | 14 | 4.835 | 16 | | 10 | 4 | 494 | 4.206 | 5 | 4.071 | 7 | | 11 | 5 | 584 | 4.845 | 16 | 4.750 | 17 | | 12 | 3 | 186 | 3.222 | 4 | 3.105 | 5 | | 13 | 4 | 355 | 4.075 | 8 | 4.009 | 10 | | 14 | 4 | 491 | 4.142 | 6 | 4.164 | 4 | | 15 | 4 | 477 | 4.059 | 10 | 4.042 | 9 | | 16 | 3 | 183 | 3.227 | 3 | 3.190 | 3 | | 17 | 5 | 636 | 4.84 | 17 | 4.858 | 15 | | 18 | 4 | 429 | 3.897 | 15 | 3.906 | 14 |
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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 |
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Montreux Golf & Country Club
Situated at an elevation of 5,500 feet, the Montreux Golf & Country Club is one of most spectacular Nicklaus Design projects, with the layout measuring 7,552 yards. The fairways and…
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