The Tradition

For other uses, see Tradition (disambiguation).
The Tradition
Tournament information
LocationBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Established1989
Course(s)Greystone Golf and Country Club
(Founders Course)
Par72
Length7,277 yards (6,654 m)[1]
Tour(s)PGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Prize fundUS$2,500,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Doug Tewell (2001)
265 Steve Stricker (2023)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Ángel Cabrera
Location map
Greystone G&CC
Location in the United States
Greystone G&CC
Location in Alabama

The Tradition (known as the Regions Tradition for sponsorship reasons) is an event on the PGA Tour Champions. First staged 36 years ago 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.[2] 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 acres (2.4 km2) of woodlands and preserved wetlands along the Deschutes River, at an average elevation of 4,170 feet (1,270 m) above sea level. The par-72 layout played at 7,316 yards (6,690 m) 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. [3] The Tradition superseded the Regions Charity Classic, a regular Champions Tour event which began in 1992 as the Bruno's Memorial Classic.[4] Shoal Creek previously hosted two PGA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
2025 Ángel Cabrera 268 −20 1 stroke Jerry Kelly 375,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2024 Doug Barron 271 −17 2 strokes Steven Alker 375,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2023 Steve Stricker (3) 265 −23 6 strokes Ernie Els
Robert Karlsson		 375,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2022 Steve Stricker (2) 267 −21 6 strokes Pádraig Harrington 375,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2021 Alex Čejka 270 −18 Playoff Steve Stricker 375,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Steve Stricker 270 −18 6 strokes Billy Andrade
Paul Goydos
David Toms		 360,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2018 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 269 −19 3 strokes Joe Durant
Gene Sauers
Steve Stricker		 360,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2017 Bernhard Langer (2) 268 −20 5 strokes Scott Parel
Scott McCarron		 345,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2016 Bernhard Langer 271 −17 6 strokes Olin Browne 345,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2015 Jeff Maggert 274 −14 Playoff Kevin Sutherland 345,000 Shoal Creek
2014 Kenny Perry 281 −7 1 stroke Mark Calcavecchia 330,000 Shoal Creek
2013 David Frost 272 −16 1 stroke Fred Couples 335,000 Shoal Creek
2012 Tom Lehman (2) 274 −14 2 strokes Bernhard Langer
Lu Chien-soon		 335,000 Shoal Creek
2011 Tom Lehman 275 −13 Playoff Peter Senior 330,000 Shoal Creek
JELD-WEN Tradition
2010 Fred Funk (2) 276 −12 1 stroke Michael Allen
Lu Chien-soon		 392,000 Crosswater
2009 Mike Reid 272 −16 Playoff John Cook 392,000 Crosswater
2008 Fred Funk 269 −19 3 strokes Mike Goodes 392,000 Crosswater
2007 Mark McNulty 272 −16 5 strokes David Edwards 390,000 Crosswater
2006 Eduardo Romero 275 −13 Playoff Lonnie Nielsen 375,000 The Reserve
(South Course)
2005 Loren Roberts 273 −15 Playoff Dana Quigley 375,000 The Reserve
(South Course)
2004 Craig Stadler 275 −13 1 stroke Allen Doyle
Jerry Pate		 345,000 The Reserve
(South Course)
2003 Tom Watson 273 −15 1 stroke Jim Ahern
Tom Kite		 330,000 The Reserve
(South Course)
The Countrywide Tradition
2002 Jim Thorpe 277 −11 Playoff John Jacobs 300,000 Superstition Mountain
(Prospector Course)
2001 Doug Tewell 265 −23 9 strokes Mike McCullough 255,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
2000 Tom Kite 280 −8 Playoff Larry Nelson
Tom Watson		 240,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
The Tradition
1999 Graham Marsh 136[a] −8 3 strokes Larry Nelson 225,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1998 Gil Morgan (2) 276 −12 2 strokes Tom Wargo 210,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1997 Gil Morgan 266 −22 6 strokes Isao Aoki 180,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1996 Jack Nicklaus (4) 272 −16 3 strokes Hale Irwin 150,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1995 Jack Nicklaus (3) 276 −12 Playoff Isao Aoki 150,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1994 Raymond Floyd 271 −17 Playoff Dale Douglass 127,500 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1993 Tom Shaw 269 −19 1 stroke Mike Hill 127,500 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1992 Lee Trevino 274 −14 1 stroke Jack Nicklaus 120,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1991 Jack Nicklaus (2) 277 −11 1 stroke Jim Colbert
Jim Dent
Phil Rodgers		 120,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1990 Jack Nicklaus 206[b] −10 4 strokes Gary Player 120,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1989 Don Bies 275 −13 1 stroke Gary Player 90,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)

Multiple winners

Through 2023, five men have multiple wins in the Tradition:

Notes

  1. ^ Shortened to 36 holes due to snow.
  2. ^ Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.

References

  1. ^ "Course map". Regions Tradition. 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  2. ^ The Countrywide Tradition moves to a new home
  3. ^ al.com - How the Regions Tradition came to Shoal Creek - 2011-05-04
  4. ^ Shoal Creek will host Regions Tradition in 2011

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