Doc Redman claims second Korn Ferry Tour title in playoff at Visit Knoxville Open

Doc Redman defeats Hunter Eichhorn in a sudden-death playoff to capture his second Korn Ferry Tour victory of the season.

Charting the champion (stats updated through tournament)

Doc Redman (first/-25)

• Defeats Hunter Eichhorn with an eagle on the first hole (No. 18) of a sudden-death playoff to capture his second Korn Ferry Tour victory (previous: 2026 Astara Chile Classic presented by Scotiabank)
• At 25-under 259, records the lowest 72-hole score of his career (previous 72-hole low score: 264/2024 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation); marks the lowest 72-hole tournament score at Holston Hills Country Club since taking over as the host course of the Visit Knoxville Open in 2021 (previous 72-hole course low: 260; twice: Greyson Sigg/2021; Anders Albertson/2022)
• Joins Ian Holt (The Bahamas Great Abaco Classic at the Abaco Club, The Panama Championship) as the only two-time winners on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season
• Retained Korn Ferry Tour membership for the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Season with a T34 finish at Final Stage of 2025 PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry
• Third consecutive season with Korn Ferry Tour membership; his previous Korn Ferry Tour Points List finishes were No. 37 (2024) and No. 138 (2025); took nearly three months off amid the 2025 season (March-May), saying he was “pretty unhappy traveling and playing golf, and a little lost in that sense”
• Played four full seasons on the PGA TOUR (2020-23) after he earned Special Temporary Membership with a solo second (as an open qualifier) at the 2019 Rocket Classic; he followed the accomplishment with consecutive FedExCup Playoffs appearances in 2020 and 2021, though he was relegated to the Korn Ferry Tour after a No. 157 finish in the 2023 FedExCup Fall standings
• One of two players to make the cut in all 11 Korn Ferry Tour Events this season (Caleb VanArragon)
• Played two seasons at Clemson University (2016-18), where he earned two individual victories, garnered a 2017 All-America Third Team selection, and broke the school record for career scoring average (70.70) previously established by two-time PGA TOUR winner D.J. Trahan (71.49 from 1999-2003)
• Won the 2017 U.S. Amateur, defeating Doug Ghim in a playoff in the championship match at The Riviera Country Club

Additional notes

• The third consecutive Visit Knoxville Open to end in a sudden-death playoff, and 10th in the tournament’s history.
• The playoff ends a streak of 24 consecutive Korn Ferry Tour events without a sudden-death playoff, the second-longest stretch without a playoff in Tour history.
• Hunter Eichhorn (second/-25), who began the final round six strokes back of 54-hole leader Cooper Dossey, cards a career-low 10-under 61 to force a playoff with eventual winner Doc Redman (previous 18-hole low: 62, twice; 2025 UNC Health Championship/Round 2, 2026 LECOM Suncoast Classic/Round 1).
• Eichhorn’s runner-up finish marks the best result of his career (previous: T4/2026 Astara Golf Championship presented by Mastercard) and ties him with Ian Gilligan for the most top-10 finishes on Tour this season (six).
• Knoxville, Tennessee, resident Bryce Lewis (T3/-23), who played five seasons at the University of Tennessee (2019-24), logs his first top-five finish on the Korn Ferry Tour in his 33rd career start (previous best: T7/2025 Utah Championship presented by Zions Bank and Intermountain Health).
• First-year member John Marshall Butler (T3/-23), who earned Korn Ferry Tour membership this season via a No. 7 finish on the 2025 PGA TOUR Americas Points List, cards a final-round 8-under 63 for his best career finish in what is his 11th start on Tour (previous best: T27/2026 Colonial Life Charity Classic).
• Fifty-four-hole leader Cooper Dossey (T3/-23), who finished No. 44 on the 2025 Korn Ferry Tour Points List, logs his fourth top-10 finish of the season; he recorded three top-10 finishes all of last season in 25 starts on Tour.
• Conditional member Hunter Wolcott (T8/-20), who competed on a sponsor exemption this week, earns a start at next week’s UNC Health Championship by virtue of his top-10 finish.
• Tyler Wilkes (T23/-16), who is a conditional Korn Ferry Tour member, earns a spot at the UNC Health Championship with a top-25 finish in his second Korn Ferry Tour start.