The Tradition
Greystone Golf and Country Club (Founders Course) | |
Par | 72 |
---|---|
Length | 7,277 yards (6,654 m)[1] |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
Format | Stroke play |
Prize fund | US$2,500,000 |
Month played | May |
Tournament record score | |
Aggregate | 265 Doug Tewell (2001) 265 Steve Stricker (2023) |
To par | −23 as above |
Current champion | |
Steve Stricker | |
Location map | |
Location in the United States Location in Alabama |
The Tradition (known as the Regions Tradition for sponsorship reasons) is an event on the
European Tour
event.
Locations
Arizona
From its inception in 1989 through 2001, the tournament was held in Arizona at the Cochise Golf Course of the Golf Club at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale. In 2002, it was held at the Prospector Course of Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club near Gold Canyon.[2] While in Arizona, the event was played in early April.
Oregon
In 2003, the event relocated to northwest
Deschutes River, at an average elevation of 4,170 feet (1,270 m) above sea level
. The par-72 layout played at 7,316 yards (6,690 m) in 2009. During the eight years in Oregon, the event was held in mid- to late August.
Alabama
Following the 2010 event,
Shoal Creek Golf and Country Club
in the Shoal Creek development, southeast of Birmingham.
.
Since moving to Alabama in
Greystone Golf and Country Club in 2016
, and is held on the recently renovated Founders Course.
Winners
Year | Winner | Score | To par | Margin of victory |
Runner(s)-up | Winner's share ($) |
Venue |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Regions Tradition | |||||||
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:
- 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
- ^ "Course map". Regions Tradition. 2016. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
- ^ The Countrywide Tradition moves to a new home
- ^ al.com - How the Regions Tradition came to Shoal Creek - 2011-05-04
- ^ Shoal Creek will host Regions Tradition in 2011
External links
- Official website
- Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions's official site
- Greystone Golf and Country Club – official site – current venue