The exclusive Montreux Golf and Country Club outside Reno, Nev., home of the Reno-Tahoe Open, a PGA match, has become the latest front in the water wars. In the likely event that there’s not enough water to go around, Nevada is considering OK’ing a deal that would give the Montreux–a major tourist attraction–its water before nearby ranchers and homeowners get theirs. Outraged locals, who have had to sell off livestock in past summers because the water supply evaporated, are asking the state to cut back on the amount of water the course already gets. Montreux officials say they use their water efficiently and are being scapegoated.
