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The Tradition
Annual over-50s major golf championship
Annual over-50s major golf championship
| Field | Value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| name | The Tradition | ||||
| image | Regions Tradition logo.png | ||||
| image_size | 220 | ||||
| location | Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | ||||
| establishment | 1989 | ||||
| course | Greystone Golf and Country Club | ||||
| (Founders Course) | |||||
| par | 72 | ||||
| yardage | 7277 yd{{cite web | url=http://regionstradition.com/maps.php | |||
| http://regionstradition.com/tyfoon/site/fckeditor/FINAL%202016%20RT%20MAP.pdf--> | publisher | Regions Tradition | title=Course map | date=2016 | access-date=May 22, 2016}} |
| tour | PGA Tour Champions | ||||
| format | Stroke play | ||||
| purse | |||||
| month_played | May | ||||
| final_year | |||||
| aggregate | 265 Doug Tewell (2001) | ||||
| 265 Steve Stricker (2023) | |||||
| to-par | −23 as above | ||||
| current_champion | ARG Ángel Cabrera | ||||
| final_champion | |||||
| map | USA#USA Alabama | ||||
| map_label | Greystone G&CC | ||||
| map_caption | Location in the United States##Location in Alabama | ||||
| map_relief | yes | ||||
| map_size | 200 | ||||
| coordinates |
(Founders Course) http://regionstradition.com/tyfoon/site/fckeditor/FINAL%202016%20RT%20MAP.pdf--|publisher=Regions Tradition |title=Course map |date=2016 |access-date=May 22, 2016}} 265 Steve Stricker (2023) | to-par = −23 as above The Tradition (known as the Regions Tradition for sponsorship reasons) is an event on the PGA Tour Champions. First staged in 1989, the PGA Tour recognizes the event as one of the five senior major golf championships. Unlike the U.S. Senior Open, Senior PGA Championship and Senior Open Championship, it is not recognized as a major by the European Senior Tour, and is not part of that tour's official schedule. It is the only senior major where the winner does not earn an exemption into a PGA Tour or European Tour event.
Locations
Arizona
From its inception in 1989 through 2001, the tournament was held in Arizona at the Cochise Golf Course of the Golf Club at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale. In 2002, it was held at the Prospector Course of Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club near Gold Canyon. While in Arizona, the event was played in early April.
Oregon
In 2003, the event relocated to northwest Oregon for four years at the South Course of The Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club in Hillsboro, Oregon, just west of Portland. Following the 2006 edition, it moved to the high desert of central Oregon for four years, to the Crosswater Club in Sunriver, south of Bend. The lengthy course sits on 600 acre of woodlands and preserved wetlands along the Deschutes River, at an average elevation of 4170 ft above sea level. The par-72 layout played at 7316 yd in 2009. During the eight years in Oregon, the event was held in mid- to late August.
Alabama
Following the 2010 event, Birmingham, Alabama–based Regions Financial Corporation announced in August that it was taking over sponsorship of the tournament. For five years, the event was played at the Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club in the Shoal Creek development, southeast of Birmingham. The Tradition superseded the Regions Charity Classic, a regular Champions Tour event which began in 1992 as the Bruno's Memorial Classic. Shoal Creek previously hosted two PGA Championships, in 1984 and 1990.
Since moving to Alabama in 2011, the event has been played in May and June. It moved from Shoal Creek to the nearby Greystone Golf and Country Club in 2016, and is held on the recently renovated Founders Course.
Winners
| Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| victory | Runner(s)-up | Winner's | |||||||||
| share ($) | Venue | Regions Tradition | JELD-WEN Tradition | The Countrywide Tradition | The Tradition | ||||||
| 2025 | ARG Ángel Cabrera | 268 | −20 | 1 stroke | USA Jerry Kelly | 375,000 | Greystone | ||||
| (Founders Course) | |||||||||||
| 2024 | USA Doug Barron | 271 | −17 | 2 strokes | NZL Steven Alker | 375,000 | Greystone | ||||
| (Founders Course) | |||||||||||
| 2023 | USA Steve Stricker (3) | 265 | −23 | 6 strokes | ZAF Ernie Els | ||||||
| SWE Robert Karlsson | 375,000 | Greystone | |||||||||
| (Founders Course) | |||||||||||
| 2022 | USA Steve Stricker (2) | 267 | −21 | 6 strokes | IRL Pádraig Harrington | 375,000 | Greystone | ||||
| (Founders Course) | |||||||||||
| 2021 | GER Alex Čejka | 270 | −18 | Playoff | USA Steve Stricker | 375,000 | Greystone | ||||
| (Founders Course) | |||||||||||
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||||||||||
| 2019 | USA Steve Stricker | 270 | −18 | 6 strokes | USA Billy Andrade | ||||||
| USA Paul Goydos | |||||||||||
| USA David Toms | 360,000 | Greystone | |||||||||
| (Founders Course) | |||||||||||
| 2018 | ESP Miguel Ángel Jiménez | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes | USA Joe Durant | ||||||
| USA Gene Sauers | |||||||||||
| USA Steve Stricker | 360,000 | Greystone | |||||||||
| (Founders Course) | |||||||||||
| 2017 | GER Bernhard Langer (2) | 268 | −20 | 5 strokes | USA Scott Parel | ||||||
| USA Scott McCarron | 345,000 | Greystone | |||||||||
| (Founders Course) | |||||||||||
| 2016 | GER Bernhard Langer | 271 | −17 | 6 strokes | USA Olin Browne | 345,000 | Greystone | ||||
| (Founders Course) | |||||||||||
| 2015 | USA Jeff Maggert | 274 | −14 | Playoff | USA Kevin Sutherland | 345,000 | Shoal Creek | ||||
| 2014 | USA Kenny Perry | 281 | −7 | 1 stroke | USA Mark Calcavecchia | 330,000 | Shoal Creek | ||||
| 2013 | ZAF David Frost | 272 | −16 | 1 stroke | USA Fred Couples | 335,000 | Shoal Creek | ||||
| 2012 | USA Tom Lehman (2) | 274 | −14 | 2 strokes | GER Bernhard Langer | ||||||
| TWN Lu Chien-soon | 335,000 | Shoal Creek | |||||||||
| 2011 | USA Tom Lehman | 275 | −13 | Playoff | AUS Peter Senior | 330,000 | Shoal Creek | ||||
| 2010 | USA Fred Funk (2) | 276 | −12 | 1 stroke | USA Michael Allen | ||||||
| TWN Lu Chien-soon | 392,000 | Crosswater | |||||||||
| 2009 | USA Mike Reid | 272 | −16 | Playoff | USA John Cook | 392,000 | Crosswater | ||||
| 2008 | USA Fred Funk | 269 | −19 | 3 strokes | USA Mike Goodes | 392,000 | Crosswater | ||||
| 2007 | IRL Mark McNulty | 272 | −16 | 5 strokes | USA David Edwards | 390,000 | Crosswater | ||||
| 2006 | ARG Eduardo Romero | 275 | −13 | Playoff | USA Lonnie Nielsen | 375,000 | The Reserve | ||||
| (South Course) | |||||||||||
| 2005 | USA Loren Roberts | 273 | −15 | Playoff | USA Dana Quigley | 375,000 | The Reserve | ||||
| (South Course) | |||||||||||
| 2004 | USA Craig Stadler | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | USA Allen Doyle | ||||||
| USA Jerry Pate | 345,000 | The Reserve | |||||||||
| (South Course) | |||||||||||
| 2003 | USA Tom Watson | 273 | −15 | 1 stroke | USA Jim Ahern | ||||||
| USA Tom Kite | 330,000 | The Reserve | |||||||||
| (South Course) | |||||||||||
| 2002 | USA Jim Thorpe | 277 | −11 | Playoff | USA John Jacobs | 300,000 | Superstition Mountain | ||||
| (Prospector Course) | |||||||||||
| 2001 | USA Doug Tewell | 265 | −23 | 9 strokes | USA Mike McCullough | 255,000 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 2000 | USA Tom Kite | 280 | −8 | Playoff | USA Larry Nelson | ||||||
| USA Tom Watson | 240,000 | Desert Mountain | |||||||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1999 | AUS Graham Marsh | 136 | −8 | 3 strokes | USA Larry Nelson | 225,000 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1998 | USA Gil Morgan (2) | 276 | −12 | 2 strokes | USA Tom Wargo | 210,000 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1997 | USA Gil Morgan | 266 | −22 | 6 strokes | JPN Isao Aoki | 180,000 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1996 | USA Jack Nicklaus (4) | 272 | −16 | 3 strokes | USA Hale Irwin | 150,000 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1995 | USA Jack Nicklaus (3) | 276 | −12 | Playoff | JPN Isao Aoki | 150,000 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1994 | USA Raymond Floyd | 271 | −17 | Playoff | USA Dale Douglass | 127,500 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1993 | USA Tom Shaw | 269 | −19 | 1 stroke | USA Mike Hill | 127,500 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1992 | USA Lee Trevino | 274 | −14 | 1 stroke | USA Jack Nicklaus | 120,000 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1991 | USA Jack Nicklaus (2) | 277 | −11 | 1 stroke | USA Jim Colbert | ||||||
| USA Jim Dent | |||||||||||
| USA Phil Rodgers | 120,000 | Desert Mountain | |||||||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1990 | USA Jack Nicklaus | 206 | −10 | 4 strokes | ZAF Gary Player | 120,000 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) | |||||||||||
| 1989 | USA Don Bies | 275 | −13 | 1 stroke | ZAF Gary Player | 90,000 | Desert Mountain | ||||
| (Cochise Course) |
Multiple winners
Through 2023, five men have multiple wins in the Tradition:
- 4 wins:
- Jack Nicklaus: 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996
- 3 wins:
- Steve Stricker: 2019, 2022, 2023
- 2 wins:
- Gil Morgan: 1997, 1998
- Fred Funk: 2008, 2010
- Tom Lehman: 2011, 2012
- Bernhard Langer: 2016, 2017
Notes
References
References
- [http://www.nicklaus.com/nicklaus_news/news101801.php The Countrywide Tradition moves to a new home]
- [http://www.al.com/sports/index.ssf/2011/05/how_the_regions_tradition_came.html al.com] - How the Regions Tradition came to Shoal Creek - 2011-05-04
- [http://www.pgatour.com/2010/tournaments/s558/08/23/traditions/index.html Shoal Creek will host Regions Tradition in 2011]
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