For other uses, see Tradition (disambiguation).
The Tradition
LocationBirmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Establishment1989
CourseGreystone Golf and Country Club
(Founders Course)
Par72
Yardage7,277 yards (6,654 m)[1]
TourPGA Tour Champions
FormatStroke play
Purse2,500,000
Month playedMay
Aggregate265 Doug Tewell (2001)
265 Steve Stricker (2023)
To-par−23 as above
Current championStewart Cink
Coordinates33.4294°N 86.6508°W

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.[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, 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 [3] The Tradition superseded the Regions Charity Classic, a regular Champions Tour event which began in 1992 as the Bruno's Memorial Classic.[4] Shoal Creek previously hosted two PGA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
2026Stewart Cink270−183 strokesScott Hend375,000Greystone
(Founders Course)
2025Ángel Cabrera268−201 strokeJerry Kelly375,000Greystone
(Founders Course)
2024Doug Barron271−172 strokesSteven Alker375,000Greystone
(Founders Course)
2023Steve Stricker (3)265−236 strokesErnie Els
Robert Karlsson		375,000Greystone
(Founders Course)
2022Steve Stricker (2)267−216 strokesPádraig Harrington375,000Greystone
(Founders Course)
2021Alex Čejka270−18PlayoffSteve Stricker375,000Greystone
(Founders Course)
2020Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019Steve Stricker270−186 strokesBilly Andrade
Paul Goydos
David Toms		360,000Greystone
(Founders Course)
2018Miguel Ángel Jiménez269−193 strokesJoe Durant
Gene Sauers
Steve Stricker		360,000Greystone
(Founders Course)
2017Bernhard Langer (2)268−205 strokesScott Parel
Scott McCarron		345,000Greystone
(Founders Course)
2016Bernhard Langer271−176 strokesOlin Browne345,000Greystone
(Founders Course)
2015Jeff Maggert274−14PlayoffKevin Sutherland345,000Shoal Creek
2014Kenny Perry281−71 strokeMark Calcavecchia330,000Shoal Creek
2013David Frost272−161 strokeFred Couples335,000Shoal Creek
2012Tom Lehman (2)274−142 strokesBernhard Langer
Lu Chien-soon		335,000Shoal Creek
2011Tom Lehman275−13PlayoffPeter Senior330,000Shoal Creek
JELD-WEN Tradition
2010Fred Funk (2)276−121 strokeMichael Allen
Lu Chien-soon		392,000Crosswater
2009Mike Reid272−16PlayoffJohn Cook392,000Crosswater
2008Fred Funk269−193 strokesMike Goodes392,000Crosswater
2007Mark McNulty272−165 strokesDavid Edwards390,000Crosswater
2006Eduardo Romero275−13PlayoffLonnie Nielsen375,000The Reserve
(South Course)
2005Loren Roberts273−15PlayoffDana Quigley375,000The Reserve
(South Course)
2004Craig Stadler275−131 strokeAllen Doyle
Jerry Pate		345,000The Reserve
(South Course)
2003Tom Watson273−151 strokeJim Ahern
Tom Kite		330,000The Reserve
(South Course)
The Countrywide Tradition
2002Jim Thorpe277−11PlayoffJohn Jacobs300,000Superstition Mountain
(Prospector Course)
2001Doug Tewell265−239 strokesMike McCullough255,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
2000Tom Kite280−8PlayoffLarry Nelson
Tom Watson		240,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
The Tradition
1999Graham Marsh136[a]−83 strokesLarry Nelson225,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1998Gil Morgan (2)276−122 strokesTom Wargo210,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1997Gil Morgan266−226 strokesIsao Aoki180,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1996Jack Nicklaus (4)272−163 strokesHale Irwin150,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1995Jack Nicklaus (3)276−12PlayoffIsao Aoki150,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1994Raymond Floyd271−17PlayoffDale Douglass127,500Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1993Tom Shaw269−191 strokeMike Hill127,500Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1992Lee Trevino274−141 strokeJack Nicklaus120,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1991Jack Nicklaus (2)277−111 strokeJim Colbert
Jim Dent
Phil Rodgers		120,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1990Jack Nicklaus206[b]−104 strokesGary Player120,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)
1989Don Bies275−131 strokeGary Player90,000Desert Mountain
(Cochise Course)

Multiple winners

Through 2025, 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