Knoxville Open

The News Sentinel Open presented by Pilot is a golf tournament on the Web.com Tour. It is played annually at the Fox Den Country Club in Knoxville, Tennessee, U.S. It is one of four original Tour events still played.[1] The Knoxville News Sentinel was named the title sponsor of the tournament on June 2, 2010.[2] The official name of the 2011 tournament was changed to the News Sentinel Open presented by Pilot in May 2011.[3]

For the former PGA Tour event, see Knoxville Invitational.

The 2017 purse was $550,000, with $99,000 going to the winner.

Winners
YearWinnerCountryScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
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2020Canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic[4]
Knoxville Open
2019Robby Shelton United States269–151 stroke Mark Anderson
2018Stephan Jäger Germany268–163 strokes Im Sung-jae
News Sentinel Open presented by Pilot
2017Talor Gooch United States266−181 stroke Jonathan Hodge
2016J. J. Spaun United States258−261 stroke Sam Ryder
2015Patton Kizzire United States264−204 strokes Brad Fritsch
Kim Si-woo
2014Martin Piller United States262−222 strokes Bronson Burgoon
2013Peter Malnati United States268−161 stroke Blayne Barber
Matt Bettencourt
Miguel Ángel Carballo
James White
2012Darron Stiles United States266−181 stroke D. J. Brigman
Scott Gardiner
Nicholas Thompson
2011Kirk Triplett United States267−212 strokes Marco Dawson
Knoxville News Sentinel Open
2010Chris Kirk United States268−202 strokes Travis Bertoni
Knoxville Open presented by Food City
2009Kevin Johnson United States268−20Playoff Bradley Iles
2008Jarrod Lyle Australia269−19Playoff Chris Kirk
2007Chez Reavie United States271−173 strokes Kyle McCarthy
2006Hunter Haas (2) United States269−195 strokes Gary Christian
Parker McLachlin
2005Kim Felton Australia277−111 stroke David Peoples
Knoxville Open
2004Hunter Haas United States275−13Playoff Shane Bertsch
Justin Bolli
2003Vaughn Taylor United States268−20Playoff Joe Ogilvie
2002Darron Stiles United States272−161 stroke Aaron Baddeley
Steve Ford
Buy.com Knoxville Open
2001Heath Slocum United States265−236 strokes Keoke Cotner
Joe Daley
2000J. J. Henry United States273−151 stroke Tripp Isenhour
Spike McRoy
Gene Sauers
Chris Smith
Nike Knoxville Open
1999Jeff Gove United States277−111 stroke Marco Dawson
Glen Hnatiuk
Carl Paulson
1998Robin Freeman United States270−18Playoff Ryan Howison
1997Dave Rummells United States271−172 strokes Matt Gogel
Terry Price
1996Eric Johnson United States272−162 strokes Patrick Lee
Matt Peterson
1995Tom Scherrer United States275−13Playoff Mike Sposa
1994Vic Wilk United States275−91 stroke Bill Murchison
1993Tim Conley United States261−237 strokes Jerry Haas
Larry Silveira
Tommy Tolles
Greg Whisman
Ben Hogan Knoxville Open
1992Brian Henninger United States200−132 strokes Curt Byrum
Tom R. Shaw
Rick Todd
1991Frank Conner United States198−151 stroke Perry Arthur
Paul Goydos
1990Jeff Maggert United States202−11Playoff Greg Ladehoff

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the Web.com Tour regular-season money list.

References
  1. Tour celebrates 20th year, will play 29 official events Archived 2012-09-06 at Archive.today
  2. News Sentinel to be title sponsor of Knoxville Open
  3. News Sentinel Open Presented by Pilot Swings Back into Action in Knoxville Aug. 22-28
  4. "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.


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