RENO, Nev. (AP) — Scott Piercy squandered a three-stroke lead, then dodged more trouble down the stretch before making a 7-foot par putt on the final hole Sunday to win the Reno-Tahoe Open by one stroke.
Piercy shot a 2-under 70 to finish at 15-under 273, beating Pat Perez by one stroke.
A day after setting the course record with a 61, Piercy had to scramble his way around Montreux Golf & Country Club to claim the $540,000 winner’s check.
Tied with two holes to go, Perez helped with a bogey the par-4 17. Piercy drove left into the sage brush on the 616-yard 18th. But he knocked out safely, pitched to 30 feet of the pin then sent his first putt past the hole before wobbling in the winner.
