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. 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.
The 2021 purse was $600,000, with $108,000 going to the winner.
Winners YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-upVisit Knoxville Open 2026 Doc Redman 259 −25 Playoff Hunter Eichhorn 2025 Pontus Nyholm 265 −19 Playoff Johnny Keefer 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 pandemicKnoxville Open 2019 Robby Shelton 269 −15 1 stroke Mark Anderson 2018 Stephan Jäger 268 −16 3 strokes Im Sung-jaeNews 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 DawsonKnoxville News Sentinel Open 2010 Chris Kirk 268 −20 2 strokes Travis BertoniKnoxville 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 FordBuy.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 SmithNike 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 WhismanBen 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.
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External links
Coverage on the Korn Ferry Tour's official site