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Knoxville Open putts out
Cavalaris reflects on demise of Farragut's grand old tournament
Chuck Cavalaris - Mon, Feb 8, 2010
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Nick Faldo won the Masters and British Open. Hale Irwin took the U.S. Open.
Who won the PGA?
Wayne Grady.
(Yes, Wayne Grady! Who could forget those hideous polyester slacks?)
Fashion statements aside, 1990 seems like a lifetime ago. Phillip Fulmer was still an offensive coordinator. Tiger Woods was still a puppy. Titanium and square grooves were about to become household words. A lot of golfers still carried a 2-iron, for goodness sakes. Hybrid was usually mentioned in a reference to turf.
Now think about this: Just the fact the Knoxville Open is the oldest event from the original Ben Hogan Tour in 1990 speaks volumes about the determination and effort to keep a professional golf event in this community the past 20 years.
Knoxville has added prestige — and apparently some “sweat equity” from the PGA Tour — as the oldest event because it was played first in May of 1990. The event began in Farragut at Willow Creek, took a pretty big detour across Knox County to Three Ridges and has been at Fox Den the past 11 years.
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Knoxville Open future in jeopardy
Food City drops tournament, local officials seek $800k in sponsorships
Chuck Cavalaris - Mon, Feb 8, 2010
After 20 years of thrills and too many recent economic spills, the PGA Tour has taken over ownership of the Nationwide Tour event at Fox Den Country Club.
It appears the Knoxville Open has fallen by the wayside and "The Energy Classic" could be born within the next couple of weeks.
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Town Hall driveway gets name
Heather Mays - Thu, Feb 4, 2010
Farragut’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously voted to name the entrance to Town Hall “Admiral Farragut Way” at its meeting Thursday, Jan. 14.
The Board previously had considered also naming an access road directly across from Town Hall that connects Campbell Station Road and Municipal Center Drive. That property belongs to Fox Den resident, farragutpress owner and real estate developer Doug Horne.
“This started out as a really good idea,” Alderman Jeff Elliott said.
BOMA had begun looking at naming a road “Admiral Farragut Way” at the request of Alderman Bob Markli and a citizen.
But the Board ran into complications both with naming a private road and with taking control of a private road, dedicating it as a public road and then naming it.
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Town asked to address Virtue Road water issues
Heather Mays - Thu, Feb 4, 2010
Virtue Road resident Steve Williams addressed Farragut’s Board of Mayor and Aldermen about drainage issues on his property Thursday, Jan. 28.
Williams said he also owned a barn off Evans Road, one that was being leased to a tenant who would use the property for boarding and riding lessons.
“We’re trying to iron out some of the details … and a couple of things popped up today,” Williams said.
One problem, he said, was with a small stream or “gully” on his property, and a contractor who refused to build a fence allowing animals to access the water, citing a Town ordinance prohibiting such construction.
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Sales Tax collection relies on ‘honor system’
Heather Mays - Thu, Feb 4, 2010
Sales tax collection has remained a hot topic with the proposed Farragut Public Market, which could house more than 200 vendors, each responsible for reporting their own Sales Tax.
“Everyone in this company would be responsible for collecting and paying Sales Tax,” Developer Charles Atchley Sr. said in a previous interview with farragutpress.
The town of Farragut draws most of its revenue from Sales Tax.
According to Tennessee Department of Revenue spokesperson Sara Jo Houghland, “In general, Sales Tax is imposed on all retail sales, leases and rentals of most goods, as well as taxable services.”
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