Cappelen recalls 2019 REX Hospital Open victory

At the start of the final round of the 2019 REX Hospital Open, Sebastian Cappelen found himself four strokes off the lead and in need of a hot start. What he experienced was the exact opposite. The University of Arkansas product carded back-to-back bogeys on Nos. 1 and 2 and fell even further dow...

Q&A with Stephen Franken on Carolina Hurricanes fandom, REX Hospital Open and more

Getting to the top of the ladder in professional golf is more of a line that’s squiggly, not straight. But there have been some usual paths followed for years – a solid junior career leads to college, which leads to the path to the PGA TOUR, including the Korn Ferry Tour.

Chamblee's career propelled by 1990 victory in Maine

In 1990, the Ben Hogan Tour – now the Korn Ferry Tour – was born. When the Tour was launched, it provided a pathway to the PGA TOUR outside of the Qualifying Tournament and provided players who didn’t earn status on TOUR a full schedule. At that time, the top-five players on the money list advanc...

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Triple crown: Campbell, Slocum, Bates recall 2001 Three-Victory Promotions

Pat Bates can barely speak about the 2001 Korn Ferry Tour season without getting goosebumps.

Q&A with David Lipsky

David Lipsky is letting golf be his passport to the world – and he’s been collecting stamps at an impressive clip.

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All-time leading money winner Stiles recalls two Visit Knoxville Open wins

Darron Stiles used to have a running deal with Golf Channel analyst Jerry Foltz. For every hole-out from the fairway during the year, he would sign and date the ball and send it to Foltz as a gift for his son, Jackson.

Holston Hills to present unique test at 2021 Visit Knoxville Open

The Visit Knoxville Open is one of the four original tournaments still contested on the Korn Ferry Tour since its inaugural season in 1990. Over the last 30 years, the event has produced a number of noteworthy champions, including future PGA TOUR winners Jeff Maggert (1990), J.J. Henry (2000), Va...

Q&A with Alex Chiarella

By his own admission, Alex Chiarella is a slow starter. He didn’t make a cut in his first three Mackenzie Tour-PGA TOUR Canada events of 2019 … before winning his fifth event of the season. This year, his first on the Korn Ferry Tour, was more of the same – he missed the first four cuts before pl...

Steve LeBrun’s thoughts on Seminole Golf Club

Golf fans around the world have been deprived from watching their favorite players for exactly 61 days. This Sunday, however, golf will make one of the first sporting-event comebacks since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing core golf fans and general sports enthusiasts alike an opportun...

Maggert's career sparked by 1990 Visit Knoxville Open victory

Thirty years ago, Jeff Maggert loaded up an old mini-van and hit the road.