Knoxville Invitational
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The Knoxville Invitational was a golf
tournament on the PGA Tour
that was held at the Holston Hills Country Club
in Knoxville, Tennessee
in 1945 and 1946. The 7,009-yard course opened in 1927 and was designed by Donald Ross.
The 1945 event was won by Byron Nelson
during his record-setting year of 18 wins including 11 consecutively. The 1946 event was won by Herman Keiser
.
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 on the PGA Tour
PGA Tour
The PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
that was held at the Holston Hills Country Club
Holston Hills Country Club
Holston Hills Country Club is located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The clubhouse was built in 1927 and designed by the firm, Barber & McMurry. The golf course was designed by Donald Ross. Holston Hills C.C. is widely considered to be one of the more original Donald Ross designs left in the United...
in Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
in 1945 and 1946. The 7,009-yard course opened in 1927 and was designed by Donald Ross.
The 1945 event was won by Byron Nelson
Byron Nelson
John Byron Nelson, Jr. was an American PGA Tour golfer between 1935 and 1946.Nelson and two other well known golfers of the time, Ben Hogan and Sam Snead, were born within seven months of each other in 1912...
during his record-setting year of 18 wins including 11 consecutively. The 1946 event was won by Herman Keiser
Herman Keiser
Herman W. Keiser was an American professional golfer on the PGA Tour, best known for winning the 1946 Masters Tournament....
.