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The Knoxville Open Presented by Food City is one of the four original events of the Nationwide Tour. Since its inception in 1990, the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Tennessee Valley (BGCTNV) have been the benefiting charity, receiving more than $1,000,000 from the event. The tournament, now being operated by Knox Area Golf Charities, will continue to support the BGCTNV along with several other charities.

The tournament has had three homes over the past 19 years, including Willow Creek GC (1990-94), Three Ridges GC (1995-98), and Fox Den Country Club (1999-present).

Prominent winners of the Knoxville Open have included:

Jeff Maggert (1990)
2006 Ryder Cup team members Vaughn Taylor (2003) and J.J. Henry (2000)

2007 Champion Chez Reavie

2007 Knoxville Open Champion
	Chez Reavie shot a 5-under-par 67 to finish at 18 under for the tournament. The three-stroke victory is Reavie's first victory on the Nationwide Tour and moves him to No. 5 on the money list. Read More

Past Tournament Winnerss
Year	Winner	Year	Winner
1990	Jeff Maggert	1999	Jeff Gove
1991	Frank Connor	2000	J. J. Henry
1992	Brian Henninger	2001	Heath Slocum*
1993	Tim Conley*	2002	Darren Stiles
1994	Vick Wilk	2003	Vaughn Taylor
1995	Tom Scherrer	2004	Hunter Haas
1996	Eric Johnson	2005	Kim Felton
1997	Dave Rummels	2006	Hunter Haas
1998	Robin Freeman	2007	Chez Reavie
*Tim Conley and Heath Slocum have both won the event at 23 under par to share the tournament record.