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 .
14-552: 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. Bolded golfers graduated to
28-595: A postie while spending most of his time on the golf course . He moved to the United States in 1994, and having initially stayed with family friends, for a time slept in his car parked at the Cog Hill Golf & Country Club near Chicago , Illinois. He won the Illinois State Amateur Championship in 1994 before turning professional the following year. Hensby played on U.S. second-tier tour, at
42-465: A sudden-death playoff, and also had several other top 10 finishes on his way to 15th place on the end of season money list. The following season, he made an impact in the majors , finishing tied for 5th at the Masters , tied for 3rd in the U.S. Open , and tied for 15th at The Open at St Andrews, Scotland , after being second behind eventual winner Tiger Woods after the first round. In 2005, Hensby made
56-551: The Invited Celebrity Classic on PGA Tour Champions in Irving, Texas for his first PGA Tour Champions victory. Hensby won in a playoff. He parred the fourth playoff hole to win the tournament after his opponent Charlie Wi hit his approach into the water. PGA Tour playoff record (1–0) European Tour playoff record (1–0) Nationwide Tour playoff record (2–1) PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–0) CUT = missed
70-557: The PGA Tour came at the 2004 John Deere Classic . Hensby was born in Melbourne , Victoria. Australia . He grew up with his parents and two brothers, Darren and Jason, in Tamworth, New South Wales . When he was young, his parents divorced. Hensby first played golf when 12 years old and reached handicap 3 within two years. He attended Tamworth High School, leaving at the age of 16 to work as
84-474: The 2015 Barbasol Championship . He was the co-leader at the 36-hole point with rookie Kim Meen-whee . Hensby finished T6, his first PGA Tour top ten finish in seven years. In December 2017, the PGA Tour suspended Hensby for one year retroactive to 26 October for violating the Tour's anti-doping policy. Hensby spoke out a day afterwards, saying: "Call me stupid but don’t call me a cheater." In April 2023, Hensby won
98-547: The PGA Tour via the final Nationwide Tour money list. This article on an American golf tournament is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article related to sports in Arkansas is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Mark Hensby Mark Adam Hensby (born 29 June 1971) is an Australian professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions . His sole victory on
112-792: The cut in all four majors. He also won the Scandinavian Masters on the European Tour after beating Henrik Stenson in a playoff on Stenson's home soil in Stockholm, Sweden , after Hensby had birdied the last two holes in regulation to force a playoff. He advanced to a career high 27th in the Official World Golf Ranking during 2005. He was awarded with a spot in the 2005 Presidents Cup International team. A car accident early in 2006 severely limited Hensby's ability to compete that year, but he came back in 2007 to finish just outside
126-475: The end of season qualifying school . In 2003, he picked up his third win on second-tier tour, now named the Nationwide Tour , and finished 7th on the money list, to graduate directly to the PGA Tour for the second time. 2004 was a breakthrough season for Hensby as he sought to establish himself on the PGA Tour. He collected his first win at the 2004 John Deere Classic , where he defeated John E. Morgan in
140-655: The half-way cut "T" = tied CUT = missed the halfway cut "T" indicates a tie for a place QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = Tied Barbasol Championship The ISCO Championship is a professional golf tournament in Kentucky on the PGA Tour ; it debuted in 2015 as the Barbasol Championship , an alternate event to The Open Championship in Britain in July. The first three editions of
154-519: The state in 59 years, since the Kentucky Derby Open in 1959. ( Valhalla Golf Club near Louisville hosted the PGA Championship in 1996 , 2000 , 2014 and 2024 .) Like other alternate events, the winner of the tournament does not earn an invitation to the Masters . However, the winner still receives a two-year PGA Tour exemption and a trip to the PGA Championship. In August 2021, it
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#1732855435821168-503: The time named the Nike Tour and later the Buy.com Tour, from 1997 before he graduated to the PGA Tour for the 2001 season. He gained his place on the elite tour by virtue of his 2nd-place finish on the Buy.com Tour money list in 2000 . In his rookie season, Hensby did not earn enough money to retain his card and was forced to return to the second tier for 2002, after failing to regain his place at
182-417: The top 100 on the PGA Tour money list and secure his card for following season. His struggles were not over however and in 2008, he slipped outside the top 150 to lose his fully exempt status. A series of injuries and three shoulder surgeries, plus two failed attempts at European Tour Q School, halted Hensby's career. He made his first PGA Tour start in two years (and first cut on any major tour since 2011) at
196-863: The tournament were played in Alabama at the Grand National course of the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail in Opelika , northeast of Auburn . It was the first PGA Tour event played in Alabama since the PGA Championship in 1990 . In 2018 , the tournament moved to Kentucky to the Keene Trace Golf Club in Nicholasville , south of Lexington , and was the first PGA Tour event (excluding majors ) in
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