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Modified stableford scoring in effect at Reno-Tahoe

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MOBILE, AL - NOVEMBER 10: Ben Barry of Tuscaloosa carries a stuffed Pink Panther on his shoulders as he follows Paula Creamer through her third round play in The Mitchell Company LPGA Tournament of Champions at Magnolia Grove Golf Course on November 10, 2007 in Mobile, Alabama. Creamer is nicknamed the Pink Panther. (Photo by Dave Martin/Getty Images)

For the second consecutive year, this week’s Reno-Tahoe Open will employ the modified Stableford scoring system.

The modified Stableford system differs from standard stroke play in that points are awarded based on a player’s score on each hole. The player with the most points at tournament’s end is the champion.

The system also differs from normal Stableford scoring, because it deducts points for poor play. In the modified system, eight points are awarded for a double eagle; five for an eagle; two for a birdie; zero for a par; minus-one for a bogey and minus-three for a double bogey or worse.

J.J. Henry won last year’s event with a 43-point total; one point better than Alexandra Rocha.

The International (1986-2006) was the last Tour event to use the points system. It is in effect this week at the Montreux Golf and Country Club in Reno, Nev., to give the tournament character as it is an opposite-field event, contested alongside the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.

The volatility – and excitement – provided by the system was encapsulated in the 2002 International. Rich Beem held a nine-point lead after making eagle on the par-5 17th at Castle Pines in Castle Rock, Colo., but Steve Lowery made double eagle on the hole to slice the advantage to one. Lowery also made an eagle and a birdie over his final five holes, but a par on the 18th left him one point shy of Beem.