For the former PGA Tour event, see Knoxville Invitational.
Golf tournament
Visit Knoxville Open
Tournament information
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
Holston Hills CC
Location in the United States
Show map of the United States
Holston Hills CC
Location in Tennessee
Show map of 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.
^"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.
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