Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation: How to watch, pre-tournament notes, storylines, more

The 2026 Korn Ferry Tour season continues with the Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, the 22nd tournament of the 25-event schedule and the first of four season-ending Korn Ferry Tour Finals events. The field includes 12 PGA Tour winners with 19 career wins, led by three-time winners Cameron Champ and Chez Reavie.

The tournament features 66 Korn Ferry Tour winners with 94 career victories, led by five-time winner Ben Kohles. Three past champions of the Simmons Bank Open are in the field: Lanto Griffin (2017), Robby Shelton (2019) and Paul Peterson (2024). There are 14 players in the top 200 of the Official World Golf Ranking, including Ross Steelman (No. 83), Blades Brown (98) and Ben Kohles (106).

The tournament takes place Sept. 10-13 at Vanderbilt Legends Club in Franklin, Tennessee, with players competing for a purse of $1.5 million, including a winner's share of $270,000. The par-70 course plays 7,197 yards and will host a field of 156 players.

How to follow (all times ET)

Television:

• Thursday: 4-7 p.m., Golf Channel
• Friday-Sunday: 5-7 p.m., Golf Channel

Notables in the field

• Blades Brown, who plays from Nashville, Tennessee, stands No. 10 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List in his bid to usurp Jason Day (2007) as the youngest graduate in Korn Ferry Tour history. Brown, 19, also earned Special Temporary Membership on the PGA Tour this season, as he owns two top-10 finishes in 10 starts (third/Puerto Rico Open; T9/ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic). Brown enters the week with three consecutive top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour.
• Hunter Eichhorn stands No. 7 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of a runner-up finish at the Visit Knoxville Open (lost playoff to Doc Redman. A Korn Ferry Tour rookie who plays from Chattanooga, Tennessee, Eichhorn leads the Tour with nine top 10s and grew up in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, frequenting Wild Pines Golf Course – a nine-hole course in Hermanville, Michigan – with his grandpa. Played collegiately at Marquette University (2017-22).
• Zack Fischer, a Simmons Bank ambassador, stands No. 21 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of his win at the OccuNet Classic presented by Amarillo National Bank – his first Korn Ferry Tour title. Fischer recorded six consecutive missed cuts after the win, a streak he ended with a T7 finish at the AdventHealth Championship.
• Cole Sherwood, who finished No. 7 in the 2024 PGA Tour University Ranking after four seasons at Vanderbilt University (2020-24), stands No. 5 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List off the strength of his win at the Colonial Life Charity Classic. Sherwood also owns a runner-up finish this season, which has him on the cusp of clinching PGA Tour membership for the first time.
• Davis Shore, a Knoxville, Tennessee, native who played the Sneds Tour, stands No. 13 on the 2026 Korn Ferry Tour Points List with three top-five finishes – two of which have come in the last two events (T2/Albertsons Boise Open presented by Chevron; T4/AdventHealth Championship).

Tournament history

• Cam Davis won the 2018 Simmons Bank Open for the Snedeker Foundation, a victory which propelled him to PGA Tour membership for the first time. Davis later earned his first PGA Tour title at the 2021 Rocket Classic, the same event where he earned his second Tour victory in 2024. With his win at the 2024 Rocket Classic, Davis became the first player since Corey Conners (2019 and 2023 Valero Texas Open) to earn his first two PGA Tour titles at the same event.

Tournament facts

• Course: Vanderbilt Legends Club; par 70, 7,197 yards
• Field: 156 players
• Scoring records:
  • 18-hole: 61, Chris Baker (2024/Round 2), Matt Atkins (2024/Round 3), Max McGreevy (2024/Round 3), Nelson Ledesma (2025/Round 1), Austin Hitt (2025/Round 2), Ian Gilligan (2025/Round 3)
  • 72-hole: 257, Zach Bauchou (2025)
• Defending champion: Zach Bauchou
• Purse: $1.5 million ($270,000/winner)

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