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Sunday 21 August 2005PGA TourYear in Review
Taylor wins Reno-Tahoe Open
Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nevada · Thursday 18 to Sunday 21 August 2005 · Vaughn Taylor’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $3,000,000 USD
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
13 h 19 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 62° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R127°/12°C · wind 14 km/h WSW, gusts 48 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/11°C · wind 7 km/h WSW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R330°/15°C · wind 9 km/h WSW, gusts 34 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R430°/16°C · wind 11 km/h WSW, gusts 38 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jonathan Kaye USA · 270started eight back and shot 67, his fourth round in the 60s, but missed three birdie putts from inside 15 feet on the last three holes and finished three behind Golf Today: Reno-Tahoe Open 2005 round 4 report (Wayback Machine copy)
133 started, 72 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Reno-Tahoe Open
Montreux Golf and Country Club, Montreux Golf and Country Club, Reno, Nevada
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Vaughn Taylor
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
Golf Today (golftoday.co.uk, Wayback Machine copy)
21 August 2005
Today was a pretty boring, uneventful round of golf, but I'm thrilled, … I never felt like it was mine.
Golf Today (golftoday.co.uk, Wayback Machine copy)
21 August 2005
They're still building, so they may come and ask me for a swimming pool,
Golf Today (golftoday.co.uk, Wayback Machine copy)
21 August 2005
Eight shots is a lot to make up on this course, on any course when someone is playing as great as Vaughn was,
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vaughn Taylor | 64 · 67 · 64 · 72 | 267 | −21 |
| 2 | Jonathan Kaye | 69 · 66 · 68 · 67 | 270 | −18 |
| 3 | Todd Fischer | 65 · 67 · 69 · 70 | 271 | −17 |
| T4 | J.J. Henry | 70 · 67 · 70 · 66 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | J.P. Hayes | 71 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 273 | −15 |
| T4 | Aaron Baddeley | 67 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 273 | −15 |
| 7 | Tag Ridings | 69 · 69 · 69 · 67 | 274 | −14 |
| 8 | Freddie Jacobson | 65 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 275 | −13 |
| T9 | Spike McRoy | 69 · 69 · 70 · 68 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Steve Allan | 70 · 67 · 70 · 69 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Dean Wilson | 71 · 69 · 66 · 70 | 276 | −12 |
| T9 | Jesper Parnevik | 67 · 68 · 67 · 74 | 276 | −12 |
The golfer
born 1976-03-09, Roanoke, Virginia; USA; turned pro 1999; age 29 that week; tour wins to date: 2; world No. 130 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile events table).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet