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 Dates: Thursday, June 28th through Sunday, July 1st
 Site: Fox Den Country Club, Farragut, Tennessee
 Course Architect: William Byrd (1969)
 Par: 72
 Yardage: 7,142
 Hole-by-Hole: 1 - Par 5 536 Yds   10 - Par 5 570 Yds
               2 - Par 3 181 Yds   11 - Par 4 418 Yds
               3 - Par 4 393 Yds   12 - Par 4 377 Yds
               4 - Par 4 413 Yds   13 - Par 3 171 Yds
               5 - Par 5 549 Yds   14 - Par 4 368 Yds
               6 - Par 3 199 Yds   15 - Par 4 436 Yds
               7 - Par 4 436 Yds   16 - Par 3 212 Yds
               8 - Par 4 398 Yds   17 - Par 4 458 Yds
               9 - Par 4 430 Yds   18 - Par 5 597 Yds
                   -------------        -------------
                    36 3,535 Yds         36 3,607 Yds

 Annual: 12th
 2000 Champion: J.J. Henry
 Runner-up: Tripp Isenhour, Gene Sauers, Chris Smith, Spike McRoy
 Tournament Record: 261 (Tim Conley, 1993)
 54-Hole Record: 194 (Tim Conley, 1993)
 36-Hole Record: 128 (Tim Conley, 1993)
 18-Hole Record: 63 (Rafael Alarcon, 1995; Deane Pappas, 1996; Craig
                    Kanada, Gene Sauers, 1998)
 Course Record: 64 (Chris Smith, Don Reese, 2000)
 Total Purse: $425,000
 Shares: 1st Place - $76,500; 2nd Place - 45,900; 3rd Place - 28,900

                             2000 Finish
                             -----------

 Player                Score              Player                 Score
 ------                -----              ------                 -----
 J.J. Henry             273               Paul Gow                276
 Tripp Isenhour         274               Mike Smith              277
 Gene Sauers            274               Matt Peterson           277
 Chris Smith            274               Mark Hensby             278
 Spike McRoy            274               Don Reese               278
                                          Jimmy Johnston          278

              Past BUY.COM Knoxville Open Winners and Runners-Up
              --------------------------------------------------

 2000 -- J.J. Henry (273) -- Tripp Isenhour, Gene Sauers, Chris Smith,
                             Spike McRoy
 1999 -- Jeff Gove (277) -- Marco Dawson, Carl Paulson, Glen Hnatiuk
 1998 -- *Robin Freeman (270) -- Ryan Howison
 1997 -- Dave Rummells (271) -- Matt Gogel, Terry Price
 1996 -- Eric Johnson (272) -- Patrick Lee, Matt Peterson
 1995 -- *Tom Scherrer (275) -- Mike Sposa
 1994 -- Vic Wilk (275) -- Bill Murchison
 1993 -- Tim Conley (261) -- Jerry Haas, Larry Silveira, Tommy Tolles,
                             Greg Whisman
 1992 -- #Brian Henninger (200) -- Curt Byrum, Tom Shaw, Rick Todd
 1991 -- #Frank Conner (198) -- Perry Arthur, Paul Goydos
 1990 -- #*Jeff Maggert (202) -- Greg Ladehoff

 * - Won in Playoff.
 # - 54-Hole tournament.

 Note: Formerly called Ben Hogan Knoxville Open (1990-92), NIKE Knoxville Open
       (1993-99).

                           Top Contenders in the Field
                           ---------------------------

 Todd Barranger    - Won last week's event for first career BUY.COM win
 Jonathan Byrd     - 2nd on money list with one win and 3 top-five finishes
 Paul Claxton      - Has made 7 of 11 cuts with one victory and 2 top-10's
 Chris Couch       - 9th on money list with one win, 3 top-10 finishes
 Jason Hill        - Has one win and 3 top-10's, 10th on money list
 Brenden Pappas    - Only 5 cuts made, 13th on money list, 3 top-5's
 Deane Pappas      - 4th on money list with one win and 4 top-10 finishes
 Tim Petrovic      - Moved into 1st on money list, 2 seconds and 2 thirds
 Heath Slocum      - Has four top-10's in 12 events with one victory

 NOTES:
      One shot off the pace when the weekend began, J.J. Henry carded a
 six-under 66 to take a three-shot lead into Sunday's final round and then
 held on to become the fifth first-time winner at this event. Henry's final
 round score of 73 tied him with Darron Stiles for the highest final-round
 scored turned in by a winner during the 2000 BUY.COM season. Henry capped off
 the win with a three-foot par putt on the final hole to edge Tripp Isenhour,
 Gene Sauers, Chris Smith and Spike McRoy by one shot. Henry will not be on
 hand to defend his title as he is competing on the PGA Tour. Currently, Henry has
 made the cut in only five of 15 events, including a second place finish at the
 Kemper Insurance Open. Henry began and ended his third round with eagles,
 including a 35-foot putt on the 18th. Chris Smith and Don Reese established
 a new course record at Fox Den with eight-under 64's. Smith finished the event
 tied for second while Reese tied for 9th. The purse was increased by $25,000
 from last year. This is the third straight year in which Fox Den Country Club
 is hosting the tournament. Willow Creek Country Club hosted this event the
 first five years, followed by Three Ridges Golf Club the next four years. Next
 week, the BUY.COM Tour moves to Pennsylvania for the Hershey Open where
 Paul Gow captured the 2000 event.

 

 

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