Knoxville Open
The Visit Knoxville Open is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It is played annually at the Holston Hills Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. It is one of four original Tour events still played.[1] The Knoxville News Sentinel was the title sponsor of the tournament from 2000 to 2017, before Visit Knoxville took over as title sponsor in August 2019.[2][3]
The 2021 purse was $600,000, with $108,000 going to the winner.
Winners
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory | Runner(s)-up | |
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Visit Knoxville Open | ||||||
2024 | Harry Higgs | 261 | −19 | Playoff | Frankie Capan III | |
2023 | Rico Hoey | 266 | −14 | 1 stroke | Chase Seiffert Norman Xiong | |
2022 | Anders Albertson | 260 | −20 | 1 stroke | Yuan Yechun | |
2021 | Greyson Sigg | 260 | −20 | 1 stroke | Stephan Jäger | |
2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4] | |||||
Knoxville Open | ||||||
2019 | Robby Shelton | 269 | −15 | 1 stroke | Mark Anderson | |
2018 | Stephan Jäger | 268 | −16 | 3 strokes | Im Sung-jae | |
News Sentinel Open | ||||||
2017 | Talor Gooch | 266 | −18 | 1 stroke | Jonathan Hodge | |
2016 | J. J. Spaun | 258 | −26 | 1 stroke | Sam Ryder | |
2015 | Patton Kizzire | 264 | −20 | 4 strokes | Brad Fritsch Kim Si-woo | |
2014 | Martin Piller | 262 | −22 | 2 strokes | Bronson Burgoon | |
2013 | Peter Malnati | 268 | −16 | 1 stroke | Blayne Barber Matt Bettencourt Miguel Ángel Carballo James White | |
2012 | Darron Stiles (2) | 266 | −18 | 1 stroke | D. J. Brigman Scott Gardiner Nicholas Thompson | |
2011 | Kirk Triplett | 267 | −21 | 2 strokes | Marco Dawson | |
Knoxville News Sentinel Open | ||||||
2010 | Chris Kirk | 268 | −20 | 2 strokes | Travis Bertoni | |
Knoxville Open | ||||||
2009 | Kevin Johnson | 268 | −20 | Playoff | Bradley Iles | |
2008 | Jarrod Lyle | 269 | −19 | Playoff | Chris Kirk | |
2007 | Chez Reavie | 271 | −17 | 3 strokes | Kyle McCarthy | |
2006 | Hunter Haas (2) | 269 | −19 | 5 strokes | Gary Christian Parker McLachlin | |
2005 | Kim Felton | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | David Peoples | |
2004 | Hunter Haas | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Shane Bertsch Justin Bolli | |
2003 | Vaughn Taylor | 268 | −20 | Playoff | Joe Ogilvie | |
2002 | Darron Stiles | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | Aaron Baddeley Steve Ford | |
Buy.com Knoxville Open | ||||||
2001 | Heath Slocum | 265 | −23 | 6 strokes | Keoke Cotner Joe Daley | |
2000 | J. J. Henry | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | Tripp Isenhour Spike McRoy Gene Sauers Chris Smith | |
Nike Knoxville Open | ||||||
1999 | Jeff Gove | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | Marco Dawson Glen Hnatiuk Carl Paulson | |
1998 | Robin Freeman | 270 | −18 | Playoff | Ryan Howison | |
1997 | Dave Rummells | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | Matt Gogel Terry Price | |
1996 | Eric Johnson | 272 | −16 | 2 strokes | Patrick Lee Matt Peterson | |
1995 | Tom Scherrer | 275 | −13 | Playoff | Mike Sposa | |
1994 | Vic Wilk | 275 | −9 | 1 stroke | Bill Murchison | |
1993 | Tim Conley | 261 | −23 | 7 strokes | Jerry Haas Larry Silveira Tommy Tolles Greg Whisman | |
Ben Hogan Knoxville Open | ||||||
1992 | Brian Henninger | 200 | −13 | 2 strokes | Curt Byrum Tom R. Shaw Rick Todd | |
1991 | Frank Conner | 198 | −15 | 1 stroke | Perry Arthur Paul Goydos | |
1990 | Jeff Maggert | 202 | −11 | Playoff | Greg Ladehoff |
Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list.
References
- ^ "Tour celebrates 20th year, will play 29 official events". PGA Tour. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012.
- ^ Smithey, Jesse (June 2, 2010). "News Sentinel to be title sponsor of Knoxville Open". News Sentinel. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010.
- ^ "News Sentinel Open Presented by Pilot Swings Back into Action in Knoxville Aug. 22-28" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 25, 2012. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
- ^ "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
External links
- Official website
- Coverage on the Korn Ferry Tour's official site
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