Knoxville Open

For the former PGA Tour event, see Knoxville Invitational.

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]

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
Pontus Nyholm
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 2021 purse was $600,000, with $108,000 going to the winner.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Visit Knoxville Open
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 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.