Handicap Champions
Compiled from association archives — please report any corrections via the Contact page.
Tennessee state handicap champions by year, with winning yardage and score where recorded.
| Year | Champion | City | Yardage | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tyler Honnold | Bean Station | 27.0 | 97 |
| 2025 | Jacob Sexton | Elizabethton | 23 | 97 |
| 2024 | Robert A. Smith | Henderson | 27 | 97 |
| 2023 | Carson Spurgeon | Erin | 19 | 99 |
| 2022 | Braxton Cox | Lexington | 21.5 | 94 |
| 2021 | Zachary Emmons | Reagan | 25.5 | 99 |
| 2020 | Herman Chandley | Midway | 20 | 99 |
| 2019 | Dillon Tosh | Manchester | 27 | 99 |
| 2018 | Colter Smith | Manchester | 22.5 | 97 |
| 2017 | Event Cancelled | |||
| 2016 | Griffin Black | Bartlett | 20 | 97 |
| 2015 | Elizabeth Burkes | Ripley | 20 | 98 |
| 2014 | Jerry Reese | Dellrose | 20.5 | 100 |
| 2013 | Matthew Minchey | Lafayette | 20.5 | 99 |
| 2012 | Derek T Anderson | Manchester | 21.5 | 98 |
| 2011 | Michaela Prater | Murfreesboro | 21.5 | 99 |
| 2010 | Richard Graham | Murfreesboro | 20 | 98 |
| 2009 | James Snyder | Murfreesboro | 21 | 97 |
| 2008 | Charles Morrison Jr | Columbia | 27 | 97 |
| 2007 | Scott Hadley | Clarksville | 21 | 97 |
| 2006 | Mark Filley Jr | Crossville | 23 | 99 |
| 2005 | Brandon Powers | Old Hickory | 25 | 98 |
| 2004 | Tom Malloy | Nashville | 20 | 96 |
| 2003 | Kenneth Neal | Dyersburg | 27 | 99 |
| 2002 | Randall Taylor | Selmer | 23 | 96 |
| 2001 | Don Dickerson | Cookeville | 21 | 96 |
| 2000 | Fredrick Dyer | Crossville | 23 | 98 |
| 1999 | Tom Phillips, Jr. | Nashville | 23 | 98 |
| 1998 | Eddie Sutton | Lafayette | 23 | 98 |
| 1997 | Jerry Houston | Martin | 20 | 98 |
| 1996 | David DeBerry | Memphis | 22 | 96 |
| 1995 | Johnny Cox | Bethel Springs | 22 | 95 |
| 1994 | Marshall Horn | Bethel Springs | 20 | 99 |
| 1993 | Keith Ellis | Selmer | 21 | 97 |
| 1992 | John Crosser | Milan | 27 | 99 |
| 1991 | Robert "Bob" Hedrick | Knoxville | 27 | 99 |
| 1990 | Bob Hedrick | Knoxville | 27 | 97 |
| 1989 | William Hardison | Memphis | 23 | 96 |
| 1988 | Robert "Bob" Hedrick | Knoxville | 27 | 99 |
| 1987 | John Crosser | Milan | 27 | 97 |
| 1986 | Brian Williams | Lexington | 19 | 98 |
| 1985 | Terry Hallum | Newburn | 19 | 96 |
| 1984 | Wade Frazier | White Pine | 26 | 97 |
| 1983 | Harry Wolberg | Brentwood | 25 | 97 |
| 1982 | John VanLund | Nashville | 20 | 99 |
| 1981 | Randy Bledsoe | New Tazewell | 21 | 99 |
| 1980 | Ermal Sutton | Sneedville | 21 | 96 |
| 1979 | Mark Hobbs | Knoxville | 21 | 97 |
| 1978 | Bill Ellison | Speedwell | 22 | 97 |
| 1977 | Larry Ott | Knoxville | 19.5 | 97 |
| 1976 | Charles Gent | Speedwell | 22 | 98 |
| 1975 | Randall Blevins | Kingsport | 19 | 96 |
| 1974 | William Bare | Morristown | 20.5 | 97 |
| 1973 | J. H. Hawks, II | Lenoir City | 21.5 | 97 |
| 1972 | Billy Wayne Orr | Tiptonville | 20 | 97 |
| 1971 | Betty Prince | Knoxville | 20.5 | 97 |
| 1970 | William D. Hill | Knoxville | 19 | 96 |
| 1969 | Bill Thack | Maryville | 20.5 | 96 |
| 1968 | William Irick | Knoxville | 22 | 97 |
| 1967 | William R. Hill, Jr. | Jefferson City | 20 | 96 |
| 1966 | Milton Binswanger | Memphis | 20 | 98 |
| 1965 | Steve Williams | Nashville | 24 | 96 |
| 1964 | Robert Keenan | Nashville | 19.5 | 98 |
| 1963 | L. E. Stone | Knoxville | 19 | 95 |
| 1962 | John E. Cain, III | Nashville | 22 | 95 |
| 1961 | Will Morrison,Jr | Dickson | 22 | 97 |
| 1960 | Peter Turner | Memphis | 20 | 97 |
| 1959 | A. J. Levy, Jr. | Nashville | 20 | 97 |
| 1958 | Dr. K. Christenberry | Knoxville | 97 | |
| 1957 | William C. Brackman | Nashville | 21 | 94 |
| 1956 | Morton S. Lebeck | Nashville | 92 | |
| 1955 | John E. Cain III | Nashville | 97 | |
| 1954 | George Terry | Harriman | 19 | 94 |
| 1953 | William C. Brackman | Nashville | 96 | |
| 1952 | C. W. Johnson | Knoxville | 97 | |
| 1951 | C. M. Crow | Nashville | 98 | |
| 1950 | John E. Cain Jr. | Nashville | 93 | |
| 1949 | Lt. Col. E.C. Parks Jr | Knoxville | 93 | |
| 1948 | C. W. Jones | Fountian City | 92 | |
| 1947 | John E. Cain Jr. | Nashville | 92 | |
| 1946 | "Babe" Johnson | Union City | 21 | 94 |
| 1945 | Rudy Etchen | Coington | 95 | |
| 1944 | Earl Adler | Knoxville | 48/50 | |
| 1943 | J. M. Walker | Knoxville | 71/75 | |
| 1942 | Joe Chilton | Knoxville | 94 | |
| 1941 | Oscar Boyd | Lewisburge | 92 | |
| 1940 | Dave Routh | Knoxville | 94 | |
| 1939 | Dr. Newell Riggins | Knoxville | 95 | |
| 1938 | J. A. Kreis | Knoxville | 90 | |
| 1937 | Ned Lutz | Knoxville | 91 | |
| 1936 | Dr. C. W. Hoffer | Nashville | 16 | 94 |
| 1935 | Dr. G. H. Elliott | Nashville | 94 | |
| 1934 | Ned Lutz | Knoxville | 88 | |
| 1933 | W. E. Rape | Chattanooga | 87 | |
| 1932 | Dr. G. H. Elliott | Nashville | 95 | |
| 1931 | W H Hitchcock | Gallatin | 96 | |
| 1930 | C. E. Davis | Jackson | 90 | |
| 1929 | J. A. Kreis | Knoxville | 95 | |
| 1928 | Sgt. J.G. Kennedy | Memphis | 87 | |
| 1927 | Keith Webb | Chattanooga | 97 | |
| 1926 | Robert Wilson Gray | Fayetteville | 97 | |
| 1925 | Henry S. Bowling | Knoxville | 96 | |
| 1924 | E. E. Buxton | Memphis | 96 | |
| 1923 | Herb Moore | Memphis | 91 | |
| 1922 | Ben Anderson | Clarksville | 19yds | 93 |
| 1921 | Cran R. Boyce | Memphis | 17yds | 93 |
| 1920 | No Handicap held | |||
| 1919 | Ollie Williams | Nashville | 93 | |
| 1918 | Ollie Williams | Nashville | 16 | 93 |