Teeing Off in Tahoe: 2025 Barracuda Championship Preview and Schedule
Andy Molitor
10 months ago
Tournament Overview
- Dates: July 17–20, 2025
- Location: Tahoe Mountain Club (Old Greenwood), Truckee, California
- Format: Modified Stableford (Double Eagle: +8, Eagle: +5, Birdie: +2, Par: 0, Bogey: -1, Double Bogey or worse: -3)
- Purse: $4,000,000 ($720,000 to winner)
- FedEx Cup Points: 300
- Field: 156 players, including 7 in the top 80 OWGR
- Defending Champion: Nick Dunlap (2024, 49 points)
- TV Coverage (ET): Golf Channel, 6:00 PM–9:00 PM daily
Course Information
- Details: Par 71, 7,480 yards, designed by Jack Nicklaus (2004). Bentgrass/Poa annua greens (.100”, 5,300 sq. ft., 11.0 ft. stimpmeter), Bentgrass/Poa annua fairways (.360”), Bluegrass rough (2.5”), 95 bunkers, water on 6 holes.
- Key Features: Tree-lined, at altitude (reduces effective length to ~7,000 yards), with wide fairways but challenging greens and bunkers. The course reversed its nines since 2023, altering strategic dynamics, especially on the closing holes.
- Historical Scoring:
- 72-Hole Record: +50 (Erik van Rooyen, 2021)
- 18-Hole Record: +22 (Kyle Reifers, 2015; Chad Campbell, 2018)
- 2024 Stroke Average: 69.48
- Comparable Courses: Silverado Resort (Procore Championship), PGA West (The American Express), Torrey Pines (Farmers Insurance Open).
Key Statistics for Success
- Strokes Gained: Off the Tee: Wide fairways reward distance and control at altitude. Looking at driving or carry distance is a nice place to start.
- Strokes Gained: Approach: Precision iron play is critical for birdie chances. Just like at other birdie fests on resort courses, GIR% and overall proximity are worth looking at.
- Strokes Gained: Around the Green: Scrambling saves pars on tight greens. Bogies aren’t the end of the world if you’re scoring plenty elsewhere, but a par is still better.
- Strokes Gained: Putting (Bentgrass/Poa): Hot putters convert birdies.
- Par 5 Scoring: The three par 5s are very attackable, and an eagle is 2.5x better than a birdie with this scoring system.
- Birdies or Better Gained: Crucial for Stableford scoring.
2025 Barracuda Championship Tee Times (Round 1)
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Time (CDT)
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Tee
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Players
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8:45 AM
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1
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Max McGreevy (USA), Kevin Roy (USA), Andrew Wilson (ENG)
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8:45 AM
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10
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Sam Ryder (USA), Patrick Fishburn (USA), Sam Bairstow (ENG)
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8:56 AM
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1
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Aaron Baddeley (AUS), David Skinns (ENG), Scott Jamieson (SCO)
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8:56 AM
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10
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Patrick Rodgers (USA), Chan Kim (USA), Jeong Weon Ko (FRA)
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9:07 AM
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1
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Carson Young (USA), Will Gordon (USA), Joel Girrbach (SUI)
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9:07 AM
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10
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Nate Lashley (USA), Richard Sterne (RSA), Shubhankar Sharma (IND)
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9:18 AM
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1
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Joe Highsmith (USA), Lee Hodges (USA), Adam Schenk (USA)
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9:18 AM
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10
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Camilo Villegas (COL), Luke List (USA), Brandt Snedeker (USA)
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9:29 AM
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1
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Peter Malnati (USA), Nick Hardy (USA), Aaron Wise (USA)
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9:29 AM
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10
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Austin Eckroat (USA), Cam Davis (AUS), Manuel Elvira (ESP)
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9:40 AM
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1
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Jonathan Byrd (USA), Matthias Schwab (AUT), Callum Shinkwin (ENG)
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9:40 AM
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10
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Cameron Champ (USA), Mark Hubbard (USA), Nicolai Von Dellingshausen (GER)
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9:51 AM
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1
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Rico Hoey (PHI), Andrea Pavan (ITA), Brandon Robinson Thompson (ENG)
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9:51 AM
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10
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Ben Martin (USA), Zac Blair (USA), Julien Brun (FRA)
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10:02 AM
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1
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Dylan Frittelli (RSA), Gavin Green (MAS), Sean Crocker (USA)
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10:02 AM
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10
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Lanto Griffin (USA), Andrew Putnam (USA), Max Kieffer (GER)
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10:13 AM
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1
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James Hahn (USA), Tommy Gainey (USA), Alex Fitzpatrick (ENG)
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10:13 AM
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10
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Austin Cook (USA), Alfredo Garcia-Heredia (ESP), Jason Scrivener (AUS)
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10:24 AM
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1
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Doug Ghim (USA), Rafa Cabrera Bello (ESP), Jens Dantorp (SWE)
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10:24 AM
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10
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Bill Haas (USA), Kris Ventura (NOR), Casey Jarvis (RSA)
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10:35 AM
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1
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Chesson Hadley (USA), Dylan Wu (USA), Ricardo Gouveia (POR)
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10:35 AM
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10
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John Pak (USA), Mason Andersen (USA), Joshua Kelley (USA)
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10:46 AM
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1
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Taylor Montgomery (USA), Will Chandler (USA), RJ Manke (USA)
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10:46 AM
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10
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Quade Cummins (USA), Braden Thornberry (USA), Cameron Sisk (USA)
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10:57 AM
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1
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Noah Goodwin (USA), Ben Polland (USA), Ollie Osborne (USA)
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10:57 AM
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10
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Jackson Suber (USA), Trevor Cone (USA), David Longmire (USA)
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2:00 PM
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1
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Alejandro Tosti (ARG), Thomas Aiken (RSA), Tom Vaillant (FRA)
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2:00 PM
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10
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Beau Hossler (USA), Hayden Buckley (USA), Robin Williams (RSA)
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2:11 PM
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1
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Chez Reavie (USA), Chandler Phillips (USA), Marcus Kinhult (SWE)
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2:11 PM
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10
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Ryo Hisatsune (JPN), Marcus Armitage (ENG), Yuto Katsuragawa (JPN)
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2:22 PM
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1
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Joel Dahmen (USA), Ben Silverman (CAN), Danny Walker (USA)
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2:22 PM
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10
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Kevin Chappell (USA), Isaiah Salinda (USA), Matthew Baldwin (ENG)
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2:33 PM
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1
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Nick Dunlap (USA), Max Homa (USA), Michael La Sasso (USA) (a)
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2:33 PM
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10
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Rafael Campos (PUR), Emiliano Grillo (ARG), Kurt Kitayama (USA)
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2:44 PM
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1
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Garrick Higgo (RSA), Erik van Rooyen (RSA), Jacques Kruyswijk (RSA)
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2:44 PM
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10
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Adam Svensson (CAN), Seamus Power (IRL), Adam Hadwin (CAN)
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2:55 PM
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1
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Jeremy Paul (GER), Bernd Wiesberger (AUT), Yannik Paul (GER)
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2:55 PM
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10
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Vince Whaley (USA), Mac Meissner (USA), Dan Bradbury (ENG)
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3:06 PM
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1
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Harry Higgs (USA), Ryan Gerard (USA), Calum Hill (SCO)
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3:06 PM
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10
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Scott Piercy (USA), Nick Watney (USA), Ivan Cantero Gutierrez (ESP)
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3:17 PM
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1
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Martin Trainer (FRA), Brandon Wu (USA), Dale Whitnell (ENG)
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3:17 PM
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10
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Joseph Bramlett (USA), Greyson Sigg (USA), Kiradech Aphibarnrat (THA)
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3:28 PM
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1
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Ryan Palmer (USA), Jannik De Bruyn (GER), Jordan Gumberg (USA)
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3:28 PM
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10
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Matt NeSmith (USA), MJ Daffue (RSA), Alexander Knappe (GER)
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3:39 PM
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1
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Chad Ramey (USA), Martin Laird (SCO), Erik Barnes (USA)
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3:39 PM
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10
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David Lipsky (USA), Ben Kohles (USA), Todd Clements (ENG)
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3:50 PM
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1
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Kaito Onishi (JPN), Steven Fisk (USA), Hamish Brown (DEN)
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3:50 PM
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10
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Cristobal Del Solar (CHI), Thomas Rosenmueller (GER), Cole Rueck (USA) (a)
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4:01 PM
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1
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Pierceson Coody (USA), Frankie Capan III (USA), Taylor Dickson (USA)
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4:01 PM
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10
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Ricky Castillo (USA), Kevin Velo (USA), Patrick Newcomb (USA)
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4:12 PM
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1
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Hayden Springer (USA), Tim Widing (SWE), Chaz Aurilia (USA)
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4:12 PM
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10
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Paul Peterson (USA), Matthew Riedel (USA), Chris Korte (USA)
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