The Tradition

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The Tradition
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Tournament information
Location Birmingham, 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
Format Stroke play
Prize fund US$2,500,000
Month playedMay
Tournament record score
Aggregate265 Doug Tewell (2001)
265 Steve Stricker (2023)
To par−23 as above
Current champion
Flag of Argentina.svg Ángel Cabrera
Location map
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Greystone G&CC
Location in the United States
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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.

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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

YearWinnerScoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-upWinner's
share ($)		Venue
Regions Tradition
2025 Flag of Argentina.svg Ángel Cabrera 268−201 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Kelly 375,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2024 Flag of the United States.svg Doug Barron 271−172 strokes Flag of New Zealand.svg Steven Alker 375,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2023 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Stricker (3)265−236 strokes Flag of South Africa.svg Ernie Els
Flag of Sweden.svg Robert Karlsson 		375,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2022 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Stricker (2)267−216 strokes Flag of Ireland.svg Pádraig Harrington 375,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2021 Flag of Germany.svg Alex Čejka 270−18Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Steve Stricker 375,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2020 Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Flag of the United States.svg Steve Stricker 270−186 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Billy Andrade
Flag of the United States.svg Paul Goydos
Flag of the United States.svg David Toms 		360,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2018 Flag of Spain.svg Miguel Ángel Jiménez 269−193 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Joe Durant
Flag of the United States.svg Gene Sauers
Flag of the United States.svg Steve Stricker 		360,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2017 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer (2)268−205 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Scott Parel
Flag of the United States.svg Scott McCarron 		345,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2016 Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer 271−176 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Olin Browne 345,000 Greystone
(Founders Course)
2015 Flag of the United States.svg Jeff Maggert 274−14Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Sutherland 345,000 Shoal Creek
2014 Flag of the United States.svg Kenny Perry 281−71 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Mark Calcavecchia 330,000 Shoal Creek
2013 Flag of South Africa.svg David Frost 272−161 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Fred Couples 335,000 Shoal Creek
2012 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Lehman (2)274−142 strokes Flag of Germany.svg Bernhard Langer
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Chien-soon 		335,000 Shoal Creek
2011 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Lehman 275−13Playoff Flag of Australia (converted).svg Peter Senior 330,000 Shoal Creek
JELD-WEN Tradition
2010 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Funk (2)276−121 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Michael Allen
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Lu Chien-soon 		392,000 Crosswater
2009 Flag of the United States.svg Mike Reid 272−16Playoff Flag of the United States.svg John Cook 392,000 Crosswater
2008 Flag of the United States.svg Fred Funk 269−193 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Mike Goodes 392,000 Crosswater
2007 Flag of Ireland.svg Mark McNulty 272−165 strokes Flag of the United States.svg David Edwards 390,000 Crosswater
2006 Flag of Argentina.svg Eduardo Romero 275−13Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Lonnie Nielsen 375,000 The Reserve
(South Course)
2005 Flag of the United States.svg Loren Roberts 273−15Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Dana Quigley 375,000 The Reserve
(South Course)
2004 Flag of the United States.svg Craig Stadler 275−131 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Allen Doyle
Flag of the United States.svg Jerry Pate 		345,000 The Reserve
(South Course)
2003 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson 273−151 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jim Ahern
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite 		330,000 The Reserve
(South Course)
The Countrywide Tradition
2002 Flag of the United States.svg Jim Thorpe 277−11Playoff Flag of the United States.svg John Jacobs 300,000 Superstition Mountain
(Prospector Course)
2001 Flag of the United States.svg Doug Tewell 265−239 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Mike McCullough 255,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
2000 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Kite 280−8Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson
Flag of the United States.svg Tom Watson 		240,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
The Tradition
1999 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Graham Marsh 136 [a] −83 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Larry Nelson 225,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1998 Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan (2)276−122 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Tom Wargo 210,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1997 Flag of the United States.svg Gil Morgan 266−226 strokes Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki 180,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1996 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus (4)272−163 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Hale Irwin 150,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1995 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus (3)276−12Playoff Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Isao Aoki 150,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1994 Flag of the United States.svg Raymond Floyd 271−17Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Dale Douglass 127,500 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1993 Flag of the United States.svg Tom Shaw 269−191 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Mike Hill 127,500 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1992 Flag of the United States.svg Lee Trevino 274−141 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus 120,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1991 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus (2)277−111 stroke Flag of the United States.svg Jim Colbert
Flag of the United States.svg Jim Dent
Flag of the United States.svg Phil Rodgers 		120,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1990 Flag of the United States.svg Jack Nicklaus 206 [b] −104 strokes Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg Gary Player 120,000 Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1989 Flag of the United States.svg Don Bies 275−131 stroke Flag of South Africa (1982-1994).svg 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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