The Visit Knoxville Open is a

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tournament on the

Korn Ferry Tour The Korn Ferry Tour is the developmental tour for the U.S.-based PGA Tour, and features professional golfers who have either not yet reached the PGA Tour, or who have done so but then failed to win enough FedEx Cup points to stay at that level. Th ...

. It is played annually at the Holston Hills Country Club in

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, U.S. It is one of four original Tour events still played. The

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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

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

References

External links

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Coverage on the Korn Ferry Tour's official site
Korn Ferry Tour events Golf in Tennessee Sports in Knoxville, Tennessee Recurring sporting events established in 1990 1990 establishments in Tennessee {{Tennessee-sport-stub