For six seasons, the third week of July at Old Greenwood belonged to someone else. Grandstands went up on 18, the Fairway Drive gate got busier, and residents planned their errands around traffic patterns dictated by a PGA TOUR field. In 2026, that week belongs to the neighborhood again.
The Barracuda Championship, hosted at Old Greenwood every summer since it relocated from Reno, is not on the 2026 PGA TOUR calendar. That single absence quietly reorganizes the season for anyone who lives inside the gate, and it is worth mapping what actually fills the space.
The July hole in the calendar
The Barracuda Championship, which has hosted a local golf tournament every year since 1999, was not part of the PGA Tour's 2026 schedule release, and the Barracuda, which is seeking a major title sponsor, did not make the cut. The Barracuda, which moved from Reno's Montrêux Golf and Country Club to Truckee's Old Greenwood in 2020, saw its 12-year title sponsorship with Barracuda Networks end with July's 2025 event.
Tournament director Chris Hoff has been clear that the event is not dead, only paused. Hoff said the tournament would remain at Old Greenwood if it continued, adding a hard deadline for getting a title sponsor has not been issued.
For homeowners, the practical translation is straightforward. The week that used to bring 156 professionals, corporate hospitality tents, and shuttle traffic is now a normal midsummer week on the calendar. The event had raised over $5 million for local charities, so the loss registers as more than a scheduling shift. It is a real gap in the community's civic ledger, and one worth watching as the sponsor search continues.
What actually opens, and when
Before the July question, there is a May question. The season starts earlier at Gray's Crossing than at Old Greenwood, which matters if you plan to walk out your door and play a round on opening weekend.
| Course | 2026 Opening Day |
|---|---|
| Gray's Crossing | April 24 |
| Old Greenwood | May 15 |
Those dates come directly from Tahoe Mountain Club and reflect roughly three weeks of asymmetry that most members forget between seasons. Gray's Crossing will open on April 24, 2026, and Old Greenwood will open on May 15, 2026. If you like to shake off winter with a shoulder-season round, your first tee time in 2026 is at Peter Jacobsen's course, not Jack Nicklaus's.
The programming that fills the space
The Tahoe Mountain Club member calendar has been building density in exactly the weeks the Barracuda used to dominate. A resident who took last summer's tournament week off the club now has more member-only options during it than in any prior year.
The specifics worth knowing:
- Concerts on the Lawn at the Old Greenwood Golf Academy lawn, a picnic-format evening for members. Members spend the evening listening to live music on the OG Golf Academy lawn while enjoying a picnic dinner with fellow members.
- Drive-In Dinner and a Movie projecting from the OG Golf parking lot on select summer evenings. Member-exclusive Drive In Dinner and a Movie nights project from the OG Golf parking lot on select evenings throughout the summer.
- Glow Golf, a five-hole tournament played with glow-in-the-dark balls after dark. Regular golf clubs meet glow-in-the-dark golf balls as you drive, chip, and putt your way through this 5-hole tournament, and golfers from awful to expert welcome.
- Family pool events including the annual Money Dive and an underwater photo booth. Amidst live music, fun and games galore, families delight in festive BBQ fare, while kids compete in the annual Money Dive and members strike a pose at the underwater photo booth.
None of this is new in category. What is new is that it no longer competes with a professional tournament for member attention in mid-July.
The Gray's Crossing pull
If Old Greenwood's own July feels quieter this year, the counterweight is a short walk or shuttle away. The PJ's Summer Concert Series has published its 2026 lineup, and the dates matter because they anchor otherwise open weeknights.
| Date | Artist |
|---|---|
| June 30 | Dead Winter Carpenters |
| July 14 | Mark Mackay |
| Final date | To be announced |
The lineup is confirmed by Gray's Crossing directly, with a third date still pending. The 2026 music lineup includes June 30 with Dead Winter Carpenters and July 14 with Mark Mackay, with a final date coming soon. The July 14 date is notable in itself. That is the Tuesday of what would have been Barracuda week under the 2025 calendar. In 2026, it is a concert night at PJ's instead of a tournament practice round.
The series is programmed on the lawn at PJ's at Gray's Crossing, and the food side of the operation has been refreshed as well. Culinary excellence is on tap this summer for PJ's at Gray's Crossing, and the new PJ's menu features what the club calls the best chicken sandwich and tri-tip sandwich you'll find in the region.
The course-side option most residents underuse
Between the two courses sits The Grove, Tahoe Mountain Club's course-side restaurant at Old Greenwood. It is the closest sit-down meal to most Old Greenwood front doors, and the one members tend to reserve for guests rather than for themselves. Ready for you at the beginning, middle, or end of your round, the course-side restaurant welcomes members to grab a drink or a bite under the pines.
For a Wednesday evening that used to be spoken for by tournament prep, The Grove plus a walk back through the neighborhood is a real alternative to driving downtown. The design of the amenity has always assumed that residents would use it as a neighborhood clubhouse rather than a destination. This is the summer to test whether that assumption holds.
The construction backdrop
While the tournament calendar contracts, the built environment at Gray's Crossing is expanding. Anyone driving in and out of the neighborhood this summer will pass an active hotel site.
Construction is officially underway on The Mtn Scout Truckee, a 129-room boutique hotel set to anchor the Village at Gray's Crossing, and backed by Gray's Crossing Hospitality, Huff Construction, and H-CPM, the new hotel will be part of Marriott's Tribute Portfolio and aims to open in early 2028.
The two-year construction window is worth planning around. Access patterns, staging traffic, and the eventual introduction of hotel guests to the village walkability are all going to shape the Old Greenwood and Gray's Crossing experience through the 2027 season. Residents who use the village restaurants regularly should expect the density and the parking mix to change once the hotel opens.
How a member might sequence a July week in 2026
Tuesday concert at PJ's on the lawn. Wednesday round at Old Greenwood with a drink at The Grove after. Thursday Drive-In in the OG Golf parking lot. Friday afternoon on the pool deck with the family. Saturday a second round or a bike day, followed by Concerts on the Lawn if the schedule lines up.
That sequence was hard to assemble in a Barracuda year because the club and the course reserved capacity for the tournament. In 2026, the capacity is available. Whether that becomes the new baseline or a one-year anomaly depends on the sponsor search Hoff is running behind the scenes.
The golf itself, without the audience
Worth remembering while walking the course this summer: what makes Old Greenwood a PGA-viable venue is also what makes it a distinctive resident amenity. The course is located in the Sierra Nevada mountains, nearly 6,000 feet above sea level, and is a Jack Nicklaus Signature Design. The course sits within 600 acres of towering pines, with rolling hills, numerous bunkers, and large greens at this Jack Nicklaus Signature, PGA Championship course.
At altitude, the ball flies farther than the yardage suggests, which is a small pleasure that goes unremarked when the neighborhood is watching professionals do it on television. This summer, it is just you, the course, and roughly three fewer weeks of tournament infrastructure taking up mental space.
If you own at Old Greenwood and are thinking about how the changing 2026 calendar affects your own plans, whether that is timing a sale, evaluating a rental strategy through the construction window at Gray's Crossing, or simply understanding how the neighborhood is shifting, Kane Schaller knows this gate from the inside. Schedule a Consultation to talk through what the season ahead looks like for your property.
