RENO, Nev. — Honolulu's Parker McLachlin, who led the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open after the second round, ranks 98th on the money list this year with $740,940. He might not be playing on the PGA Tour at all if he'd been a little taller.

His father, Chris McLachlin, played volleyball and basketball at Stanford. His mother, Beth, was the captain of the 1976 U.S. Olympic volleyball team. And his brother, Spencer, is a 6-foot-7 freshman volleyball player at Stanford.

Parker McLachlin, who is only 6 feet 1, played volleyball at Punahou and considered taking his game to UCLA, where he also played golf.

"But I was just not tall enough," he said. "I practiced with the volleyball team my freshman year when I got there. I practiced with them for maybe like four practices and realized I just wasn't quite physical enough. I just didn't have the height or the build for it. So I had to go to Plan B."

CADDIES EARN PAY DOING MATH

Caddies earn their tips at the Legends Reno-Tahoe Open, not just because they have to lug golf bags up and down the side of a mountain at Montreux Golf & Country Club but also due to all the math they have to do to adjust to the higher elevation.

"My mind is tired after the round because you've been crunching so many numbers," said Larry Mize, the winner of the 1987 Masters who was tied for second entering Saturday's third round at the course on the edge of the Sierra Nevada.

Most golfers figure the ball travels between 8 percent and 10 percent farther above 4,500 feet. But that varies depending on elevation change on individual holes, how high the ball is hit and whether the wind is helping or hurting.

"You are dealing with elevation change. Then you are dealing with altitude. Then you start dealing with the wind. That is a lot of calculating," Mize said.

"I think the caddies are working overtime this week to get all that done."

The wind typically picks up in the early afternoon at Montreux, giving an advantage to those with morning tee times and traditionally taking a toll on the leaders in the last groups on the weekend.

Parker McLachlin, who held the second-round lead after tying the course record with a 10-under 62, said the calm conditions he played in Friday morning were in stark contrast to Thursday afternoon's round.

"You barely had to factor any wind into the equation," McLachlin said after Friday's round.

"With the elevation, we already are doing so many equations trying to figure out the percentage of the distance, how much elevation to incorporate into each shot. And then on top of that there are so many ups and downs here and the wind — you are having to do three or four calculations to figure your yardage, so to take out one of those variables was nice this morning."

Nick Flanagan, who was tied with Mize at 10-under par entering Saturday, said the wind will help determine how low a score is needed to win the tourney.

"Every now and then, someone will keep going really low. But it seems to me after the first two rounds, whoever is leading, it usually doesn't creep a whole lot lower than that," Flanagan said.

"Parker is playing well — 10-under out there is a great score. I don't think the scoring will go backwards on the weekend unless there is a lot of wind out there," he said.