Fort Smith Classic

Template:Refimprove Template:Short description Template:Template other The Fort Smith Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is held each year at Hardscrabble Country Club in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It was the only annual PGA Tour event in the U.S. state of Arkansas.

History

The 2010 purse was a record $525,000, with $94,500 going to the winner.

The tournament was founded in 1998. Mark Hensby won the inaugural tournament at 20-under par, which is still the record low score. In 2005, Chris Couch tied the course record with a final round 60.

As of October 7, 2010, the Fort Smith Classic board notified the PGA Tour that they would not be renewing their contract for 2011.

Winners

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin of victory	Runner(s)-up
Fort Smith Classic
2010	Template:Flagicon Chris Kirk	264	−16	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Kyle Thompson
2009	Template:Flagicon Jason Enloe	265	−15	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Chris Tidland
2008	Template:Flagicon Colt Knost	268	−12	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Darron Stiles
2007	Template:Flagicon Jay Williamson	264	−16	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Justin Bolli Template:Flagicon Garrett Willis
Rheem Classic
2006	Template:Flagicon Darron Stiles	267	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Michael Putnam
2005	Template:Flagicon Chris Couch	265	−15	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Troy Matteson
2004	Template:Flagicon Franklin Langham	265	−15	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Keoke Cotner
2003	Template:Flagicon Zach Johnson	272	−8	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Steve Haskins
Fort Smith Classic
2002	Template:Flagicon Todd Fischer	269	−11	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Doug Barron Template:Flagicon Gavin Coles Template:Flagicon Andy Sanders
Buy.com Fort Smith Classic
2001	Template:Flagicon Jay Delsing	263	−17	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Jeff Freeman
2000	Template:Flagicon Tim Clark	264	−16	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Lee Rinker
Nike Fort Smith Classic
1999	Template:Flagicon Gary Webb	264	−16	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Matt Peterson
1998	Template:Flagicon Mark Hensby	260	−20	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Woody Austin

External links

• Official site
• PGATOUR.com's tournament site

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