Knoxville Open : History

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HISTORY

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 Knoxville area 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)

2008 Champion Jarrod Lyle

2008 Knoxville Open Champion
	Jarrod Lyle of Australia edged Chris Kirk on the first hole of sudden death Sunday to win the Knoxville Open. The victory made Lyle the first two-time winner of the 2008 season and boosted him to the top of the money list. Read More

Past Tournament Winnerss
Year	Winner	Year	Winner
1990	Jeff Maggert	2000	J.J. Henry
1991	Frank Connor	2001	Heath Slocum*
1992	Brian Henninger	2002	Darren Stiles
1993	Tim Conley*	2003	Vaughn Taylor
1994	Vic Wilk	2004	Hunter Haas
1995	Tom Scherrer	2005	Kim Felton
1996	Eric Johnson	2006	Hunter Haas
1997	Dave Rummels	2007	Chez Reavie
1998	Robin Freeman	2008	Jarrod Lyle
1999	Jeff Gove
*Tim Conley and Heath Slocum have both won the event at 23 under par to share the tournament record.