Nashville Golf Open

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Simmons Bank Open
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Tournament information
Location Franklin, Tennessee
Established2016
Course(s)Vanderbilt Legends Club (North)
Par72
Length7,190 yards (6,570 m)
Tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$1,500,000
Month playedSeptember
Tournament record score
Aggregate269 James Driscoll (2016)
To par−19 as above
Current champion
Flag of the United States.svg Grayson Murray
Location map
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Vanderbilt Legends Club
Location in the United States
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Vanderbilt Legends Club
Location in Tennessee

The Simmons Bank Open is a golf tournament on the Korn Ferry Tour. It was first played in June 2016 at the Nashville Golf & Athletic Club in Brentwood, Tennessee. [1] After the event was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19, it moved to The Grove in May 2021 as a regular season Korn Ferry event. Once it was named the 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Tournament of the year, [2] it was announced that the event would move to September to be a part of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals for the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour season and beyond. Beginning in 2024, the event moved to the Vanderbilt Legends Club's North Course as The Grove will be hosting LIV Golf Nashville's event. [3]

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Winners

Korn Ferry Tour (Finals event)2023–Present
Korn Ferry Tour (Regular)2016–2022
#YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
Simmons Bank Open
8th 2023 Flag of the United States.svg Grayson Murray 271−173 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Mason Andersen
Flag of the United States.svg Carter Jenkins
Flag of the United States.svg Jamie Lovemark
7th 2022 Flag of the United States.svg Brent Grant 272−161 stroke Flag of the Republic of China.svg Kevin Yu
6th 2021 Flag of the United States.svg Austin Smotherman 272−163 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Paul Haley II
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yuan Yechun
5th 2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [4]
Nashville Golf Open
4th 2019 Flag of the United States.svg Robby Shelton 273−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Scottie Scheffler
3rd 2018 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cameron Davis 270−181 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Dougherty
Flag of the United States.svg Lanto Griffin
Flag of the United States.svg Josh Teater
2nd 2017 Flag of the United States.svg Lanto Griffin 272−16Playoff Flag of Mexico.svg Abraham Ancer
1st 2016 Flag of the United States.svg James Driscoll 269−193 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Brian Campbell

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

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References

  1. ↑ Murphy, Michael (June 12, 2016). "Web.com Tour Nashville Golf Open tees off Thursday". The Tennessean .
  2. ↑ Dirlam, Zach (December 7, 2022). "Simmons Bank Open named 2022 Korn Ferry Tour Tournament of the Year". PGA Tour.
  3. ↑ Morgan, Mike (April 30, 2024). "Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation moving to Vanderbilt Legends Club". The Tennessean .
  4. ↑ "PGA Tour statement regarding additional tournament cancellations". PGA Tour. March 17, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2020.


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