Fort Smith Classic

The Fort Smith Classic was a golf tournament on the Nationwide Tour. It is held each year at in Fort Smith, Arkansas. It was the only annual PGA Tour event in the U.S. state of Arkansas.

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.^[1]

Winners[]

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

Bolded golfers graduated to the PGA Tour via the final Nationwide Tour money list.

References[]

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