Tennessee Open
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The Tennessee Open is the Tennessee
state open golf
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Tennessee Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1949 at a variety of courses around the state.
Tennessee
Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
state open golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
tournament, open to both amateur and professional golfers. It is organized by the Tennessee Golf Association. It has been played annually since 1949 at a variety of courses around the state.
Winners
- 2011 Jonathan Fly (amateur)
- 2010 Grant Leaver
- 2009 Bryce Ledford
- 2008 Codie Hale (amateur)
- 2007 Derek Rende (amateur)
- 2006 Justin Metzger
- 2005 Andrew Pratt
- 2004 Andrew Pratt (amateur)
- 2003 Rob Long (amateur)
- 2002 Tim Jackson (amateur)
- 2001 Trey Lewis (amateur)
- 2000 Garrett WillisGarrett WillisGarrett Michael Willis is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour.Willis was born in Charlotte, North Carolina. He attended East Tennessee State University where he was member of the golf team, a first-team All-American his senior year. He won the Canadian...
- 1999 Loren RobertsLoren RobertsLoren Lloyd Roberts is an American professional golfer.-Early life:Roberts was born in San Luis Obispo, California. He competed for San Luis Obispo Senior High School and Cal Poly-SLO...
- 1998 Richard Smith (amateur)
- 1997 Kip Henley
- 1996 Walt Chapman
- 1995 Jared Melson
- 1994 Chuck Jabaley (amateur)
- 1993 Jimmy Ellis
- 1992 Bobby Nichols
- 1991 Steve Munson
- 1990 Gibby GilbertGibby GilbertC.L. "Gibby" Gilbert II is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....
- 1989 Gibby GilbertGibby GilbertC.L. "Gibby" Gilbert II is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....
- 1988 Gibby GilbertGibby GilbertC.L. "Gibby" Gilbert II is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....
- 1987 Rob Long (amateur)
- 1986 Gibby GilbertGibby GilbertC.L. "Gibby" Gilbert II is an American professional golfer who has won tournaments on both the PGA Tour and Champions Tour....
- 1985 Mike Nelms
- 1984 Gary Robinson
- 1983 Bob Wolcott (amateur)
- 1982 Kip Henley (amateur)
- 1981 Mike Nelms
- 1980 Bill Argabrite (amateur)
- 1979 Jimmy Paschal
- 1978 Sam Young (amateur)
- 1977 Richard Eller
- 1976 Larry White
- 1975 Greg Powers
- 1974 Bobby Bray
- 1973 Joe CampbellJoe Campbell (golfer)Joe E. Campbell is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s and 1960s.Campbell was born in Anderson, Indiana. He attended Purdue University where he was a member of the golf team as well as a co-captain of the basketball team. He won the 1955 NCAA Championship...
- 1972 Mason RudolphMason RudolphEdgar Mason Rudolph was an American golfer who won five times on the PGA Tour.-Early years and amateur career:...
- 1971 Richard Eller
- 1970 Larry GilbertLarry GilbertLawrence Allen Gilbert, Sr. was an American professional golfer best known for winning the 1997 Senior Players Championship, one of the major championships on the Senior PGA Tour....
- 1969 Harold Lane (amateur)
- 1968 Bobby GreenwoodBobby GreenwoodRobert Stanton Greenwood, Jr. is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour for seven years . He is a PGA of America Life Member....
(amateur) - 1967 John Deal (amateur)
- 1966 Mason RudolphMason RudolphEdgar Mason Rudolph was an American golfer who won five times on the PGA Tour.-Early years and amateur career:...
- 1965 Joe CampbellJoe Campbell (golfer)Joe E. Campbell is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s and 1960s.Campbell was born in Anderson, Indiana. He attended Purdue University where he was a member of the golf team as well as a co-captain of the basketball team. He won the 1955 NCAA Championship...
- 1964 Mason RudolphMason RudolphEdgar Mason Rudolph was an American golfer who won five times on the PGA Tour.-Early years and amateur career:...
- 1963 Mason RudolphMason RudolphEdgar Mason Rudolph was an American golfer who won five times on the PGA Tour.-Early years and amateur career:...
- 1962 Pat AbbottPat AbbottBuell Patrick Abbott was an American professional golfer.Abbott was born in Pasadena, California. In 1936, he won the U.S. Amateur Public Links, beating Claude Rippy 4 & 3. In 1938, he lost the U.S. Amateur to Willie Turnesa 8 & 7. He would lose the U.S. Amateur again in 1941 to Bud Ward 4 & 3...
- 1961 J. C. Goosie
- 1960 J. C. Goosie
- 1959 Mason RudolphMason RudolphEdgar Mason Rudolph was an American golfer who won five times on the PGA Tour.-Early years and amateur career:...
- 1958 Joe CampbellJoe Campbell (golfer)Joe E. Campbell is an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour in the late 1950s and 1960s.Campbell was born in Anderson, Indiana. He attended Purdue University where he was a member of the golf team as well as a co-captain of the basketball team. He won the 1955 NCAA Championship...
- 1957 Curtis Person, Sr. (amateur)
- 1956 Mason RudolphMason RudolphEdgar Mason Rudolph was an American golfer who won five times on the PGA Tour.-Early years and amateur career:...
(amateur) - 1955 Pat AbbottPat AbbottBuell Patrick Abbott was an American professional golfer.Abbott was born in Pasadena, California. In 1936, he won the U.S. Amateur Public Links, beating Claude Rippy 4 & 3. In 1938, he lost the U.S. Amateur to Willie Turnesa 8 & 7. He would lose the U.S. Amateur again in 1941 to Bud Ward 4 & 3...
- 1954 Pat AbbottPat AbbottBuell Patrick Abbott was an American professional golfer.Abbott was born in Pasadena, California. In 1936, he won the U.S. Amateur Public Links, beating Claude Rippy 4 & 3. In 1938, he lost the U.S. Amateur to Willie Turnesa 8 & 7. He would lose the U.S. Amateur again in 1941 to Bud Ward 4 & 3...
- 1953 Curtis Person, Sr. (amateur)
- 1952 Albert Stone, Jr. (amateur)
- 1951 Ira Templeton (amateur)
- 1950 Johnny Morris
- 1949 Pat AbbottPat AbbottBuell Patrick Abbott was an American professional golfer.Abbott was born in Pasadena, California. In 1936, he won the U.S. Amateur Public Links, beating Claude Rippy 4 & 3. In 1938, he lost the U.S. Amateur to Willie Turnesa 8 & 7. He would lose the U.S. Amateur again in 1941 to Bud Ward 4 & 3...