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Local PGA Pro Tees it Up in 2021 KPMG Women's PGA Championship

PGA Professional Allie Knight looks to make a splash in Atlanta

John Michaels, Neighbor
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JOHNS CREEK, GA - JUNE 24: PGA Professional, Allie Knight and her caddie on the seventh hole during the first round for the 2021 KPMG Women's Championship at the Atlanta Athletic Club on June 24, 2021 in Johns Creek, Georgia. (Darren Carroll/PGA of America)
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JOHNS CREEK, GA-JUNE 23: The five PGA Professionals pose for a photo with the KPMG trophy. (From L-R): Joanna Coe, Stephanie Connelly-Eiswerth, Ashley Grier, Alisa Rodriguez and Allie Knight during a practice round for the 2021 KPMG Women's Championship. (Montana Pritchard/PGA of America)

Allie Knight, PGA Teaching Professional at Fairways and Greens Golf Center in Knoxville, Tennessee is making her debut in the KPMG Women’s PGA Championship taking place at Atlanta Athletic Club in Johns Creek, Georgia. She earned exemption into the field via a T-5 finish in the 2021 Women’s Stroke Play at PGA Golf Club in Port St. Lucie. Knight has experience on the Symetra Tour, having made 13 career cuts, including a career-best T-16 in the 2016 Symetra Classic, and has played in two U.S. Women’s Amateurs. Knight played college golf at Middle Tennessee State, where she was a First-Team All-Conference USA selection as a senior, after winning the 2015 Kansas City Shootout. Knight spearheaded MTSU’s first conference championship in school history and first NCAA Regional appearance.

Competing on TOUR each week is the primary job of professional golfers; however, what is unique about Knight and the PGA Professionals in the field is their day to day responsibilities at facilities like Fairways and Greens Golf Center, which are vastly different from competing on TOUR.

Knight finished Thursday's round one 6-over par (78).

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