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Knoxville Open

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Visit Knoxville Open
Tournament information
LocationKnoxville, Tennessee
Established1990
Course(s)Holston Hills Country Club
Par70
Length7,028 yards (6,426 m)
Tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$1,000,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate258 J. J. Spaun (2016)
To par−26 as above
Current champion
United States Harry Higgs
Location map
Holston Hills CC is located in the United States
Holston Hills CC
Holston Hills CC
Location in the United States
Holston Hills CC is located in Tennessee
Holston Hills CC
Holston Hills CC
Location in Tennessee

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

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Year Winner Score To par Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
Visit Knoxville Open
2024 United States Harry Higgs 261 −19 Playoff United States Frankie Capan III
2023 United States Rico Hoey 266 −14 1 stroke United States Chase Seiffert
United States Norman Xiong
2022 United States Anders Albertson 260 −20 1 stroke China Yuan Yechun
2021 United States Greyson Sigg 260 −20 1 stroke Germany Stephan Jäger
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[4]
Knoxville Open
2019 United States Robby Shelton 269 −15 1 stroke United States Mark Anderson
2018 Germany Stephan Jäger 268 −16 3 strokes South Korea Im Sung-jae
News Sentinel Open
2017 United States Talor Gooch 266 −18 1 stroke United States Jonathan Hodge
2016 United States J. J. Spaun 258 −26 1 stroke United States Sam Ryder
2015 United States Patton Kizzire 264 −20 4 strokes Canada Brad Fritsch
South Korea Kim Si-woo
2014 United States Martin Piller 262 −22 2 strokes United States Bronson Burgoon
2013 United States Peter Malnati 268 −16 1 stroke United States Blayne Barber
United States Matt Bettencourt
Argentina Miguel Ángel Carballo
United States James White
2012 United States Darron Stiles (2) 266 −18 1 stroke United States D. J. Brigman
Australia Scott Gardiner
United States Nicholas Thompson
2011 United States Kirk Triplett 267 −21 2 strokes United States Marco Dawson
Knoxville News Sentinel Open
2010 United States Chris Kirk 268 −20 2 strokes United States Travis Bertoni
Knoxville Open
2009 United States Kevin Johnson 268 −20 Playoff New Zealand Bradley Iles
2008 Australia Jarrod Lyle 269 −19 Playoff United States Chris Kirk
2007 United States Chez Reavie 271 −17 3 strokes United States Kyle McCarthy
2006 United States Hunter Haas (2) 269 −19 5 strokes England Gary Christian
United States Parker McLachlin
2005 Australia Kim Felton 277 −11 1 stroke United States David Peoples
2004 United States Hunter Haas 275 −13 Playoff United States Shane Bertsch
United States Justin Bolli
2003 United States Vaughn Taylor 268 −20 Playoff United States Joe Ogilvie
2002 United States Darron Stiles 272 −16 1 stroke Australia Aaron Baddeley
United States Steve Ford
Buy.com Knoxville Open
2001 United States Heath Slocum 265 −23 6 strokes United States Keoke Cotner
United States Joe Daley
2000 United States J. J. Henry 273 −15 1 stroke United States Tripp Isenhour
United States Spike McRoy
United States Gene Sauers
United States Chris Smith
Nike Knoxville Open
1999 United States Jeff Gove 277 −11 1 stroke United States Marco Dawson
Canada Glen Hnatiuk
United States Carl Paulson
1998 United States Robin Freeman 270 −18 Playoff United States Ryan Howison
1997 United States Dave Rummells 271 −17 2 strokes United States Matt Gogel
Australia Terry Price
1996 United States Eric Johnson 272 −16 2 strokes United States Patrick Lee
United States Matt Peterson
1995 United States Tom Scherrer 275 −13 Playoff United States Mike Sposa
1994 United States Vic Wilk 275 −9 1 stroke United States Bill Murchison
1993 United States Tim Conley 261 −23 7 strokes United States Jerry Haas
United States Larry Silveira
United States Tommy Tolles
United States Greg Whisman
Ben Hogan Knoxville Open
1992 United States Brian Henninger 200 −13 2 strokes United States Curt Byrum
United States Tom R. Shaw
Canada Rick Todd
1991 United States Frank Conner 198 −15 1 stroke United States Perry Arthur
United States Paul Goydos
1990 United States Jeff Maggert 202 −11 Playoff United States Greg Ladehoff

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list.

References

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  1. ^ "Tour celebrates 20th year, will play 29 official events". PGA Tour. December 3, 2008. Archived from the original on September 6, 2012.
  2. ^ Smithey, Jesse (June 2, 2010). "News Sentinel to be title sponsor of Knoxville Open". News Sentinel. Archived from the original on June 9, 2010.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.
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