Golf fans must choose between celebs and pros
By Dan Hinxman, Reno Gazette Journal
The Reno-Tahoe Open and American Century Championship, the area’s two prominent golf tournaments, are the same week this year — July 12-18 — for the first time in the history of the two popular events.
“That’s unfortunate, isn’t it?” local golf enthusiast John Coats said.
The tournaments have been three to six weeks apart since the RTO, a PGA Tour event, began in 1999 at Montreux Golf & Country Club. That was the ninth year for the ACC, a celebrity tournament at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course that annually draws celebrities including Michael Jordan, John Elway and Ray Romano.