Tournament information | |
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Location | Knoxville, Tennessee |
Established | 1990 |
Course(s) | Holston Hills Country Club |
Par | 70 |
Length | 7,028 yards (6,426 m) |
Tour(s) | Korn Ferry Tour |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$1,000,000 |
Month played | May |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 258 J. J. Spaun (2016) |
To par | −26 as above |
Current champion | |
Rico Hoey | |
Location Map | |
Location in the United States 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.
Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Korn Ferry Tour regular-season money list.
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