The PGA TOUR announced today that Barracuda Networks, Inc. has signed a multi-year renewal as the title sponsor of the Barracuda Championship. Recognized as a FedExCup event on the PGA TOUR and a Race to Dubai event on the DP World Tour, the tournament will be held at Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood Golf Course in Truckee, California. The Barracuda Championship is the only PGA TOUR event to use a modified Stableford scoring format since 2012.
Barracuda Networks, a Silicon Valley-based security company acquired as title sponsor in 2014, will extend its support of the tournament through 2025. The 2023 Barracuda Championship will be held July 17-23 with live coverage on Golf Channel.
“Hosting an event like this was a great place to connect with our customers and partners, and the Reno-Tahoe truckee community has been extremely kind and supportive,” said Hatem Naguib, CEO of Barracuda Networks. “Over the past several years, we have worked closely with the PGA TOUR to make a positive impact on the Reno-Tahoe trucking community through the tournament. Giving back to the community is a proud PGA TOUR tradition and important to Barracuda as well.”
The Barracuda Championship is one of three events (outside of the Majors and WGC-Dell Technologies Match Play) taking place at both the PGA TOUR’s FedExCup and the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai in 2023. The tournament offers benefits to its winners on every tour, including 300 FedExCup points, 710 Race to Dubai points, and a two-year waiver from both the PGA TOUR (one year for non-members) and the DP World Tour.
“Barracuda has done a tremendous job supporting the tournament and the Reno-Tahoe truckee region since 2014, and we couldn’t be happier to extend the partnership,” said PGA TOUR President and EVP Tyler Dennis. “Barracuda continues to expand its impact through the tournament with sustainability initiatives and charitable donations in the region.”
Since its inception in 1999, the Barracuda Championship, overseen by the Reno-Tahoe Open Foundation, has donated over $5 million to charitable causes.
Opened in 2004, Tahoe Mountain Club’s Old Greenwood Golf Course, a Jack Nicklaus Signature Design, is nestled in the Sierra Nevada Mountains on 1,500 acres of woodland and meadow land. At nearly 6,000 feet above sea level, golf shots at Old Greenwood average 10 to 15 percent wider, making the course ideal for the tournament’s modified Stableford format. The scoring method awards points based on the number of shots taken on each hole, with players earning points for birdies or better and losing them for carding bogeys or worse.
“I can’t think of a better way to begin the 25th year of the tournament than by extending our partnership with Barracuda,” said Chris Hoff, Tournament Director of the Barracuda Championship. “With the support of Barracuda as our title sponsor, the tournament continues to make a positive impact on the Reno-Tahoe truckee community and we look forward to increasing that impact in the years to come.”
