The Tradition

{{Infobox golf tournament

| name = The Tradition

| image = Regions Tradition logo.png

| image_size = 220

| establishment = 1989

| course = Greystone Golf and Country Club
(Founders Course)

| par = 72

| yardage = {{convert|7277|yd}}{{cite web |url=http://regionstradition.com/maps.php|publisher=Regions Tradition |title=Course map |date=2016 |access-date=May 22, 2016}}

| tour = PGA Tour Champions

| format = Stroke play

| purse = {{currency|2,500,000}}

| month_played = May

| final_year =

| aggregate = 265 Doug Tewell (2001)
265 Steve Stricker (2023)

| to-par = −23 as above

| current_champion = {{flagicon|USA}} Doug Barron

| 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_label_position =

| map_size = 200

| coordinates = {{coord|33.4294|-86.6508}}

}}

The Tradition (known as the Regions Tradition for sponsorship reasons) is an event on the PGA Tour Champions. First staged {{Time ago|1989}} 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.[http://www.nicklaus.com/nicklaus_news/news101801.php The Countrywide Tradition moves to a new home] 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 {{convert|600|acre|km2|1}} of woodlands and preserved wetlands along the Deschutes River, at an average elevation of {{convert|4170|ft|-1}} above sea level. The par-72 layout played at {{convert|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.

[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 The Tradition superseded the Regions Charity Classic, a regular Champions Tour event which began in 1992 as the Bruno's Memorial Classic.[http://www.pgatour.com/2010/tournaments/s558/08/23/traditions/index.html Shoal Creek will host Regions Tradition in 2011] 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

colspan=8\|Regions Tradition
class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;" !Year !! Winner !! Score !! To par !! Margin of victory !! Runner(s)-up !! Winner's share ($)!! Venue
2024	{{flagicon\|USA}} Doug Barron	align=center\|271	align=center\|−17	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|NZL}} Steven Alker	align=center\|375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2023	{{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Stricker (3)	align=center\|265	align=center\|−23	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ernie Els {{flagicon\|SWE}} Robert Karlsson	align=center\|375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2022	{{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Stricker (2)	align=center\|267	align=center\|−21	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Pádraig Harrington	align=center\|375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2021	{{flagicon\|GER}} Alex Čejka	align=center\|270	align=center\|−18	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Stricker	align="center" \|375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2020	colspan=7 align=center\|Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	{{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Stricker	align=center\|270	align=center\|−18	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Andrade {{flagicon\|USA}} Paul Goydos {{flagicon\|USA}} David Toms	align="center" \|360,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2018	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménez	align=center\|269	align=center\|−19	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Joe Durant {{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Sauers {{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Stricker	align="center" \|360,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2017	{{flagicon\|GER}} Bernhard Langer (2)	align=center\|268	align=center\|−20	5 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Scott Parel {{flagicon\|USA}} Scott McCarron	align="center" \|345,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2016	{{flagicon\|GER}} Bernhard Langer	align=center\|271	align=center\|−17	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Olin Browne	align="center" \|345,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2015	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jeff Maggert	align=center\|274	align=center\|−14	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Kevin Sutherland	align="center" \|345,000	Shoal Creek
2014	{{flagicon\|USA}} Kenny Perry	align=center\|281	align=center\|−7	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mark Calcavecchia	align="center" \|330,000	Shoal Creek
2013	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} David Frost	align=center\|272	align=center\|−16	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Couples	align="center" \|335,000	Shoal Creek
2012	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Lehman (2)	align=center\|274	align=center\|−14	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|GER}} Bernhard Langer {{flagicon\|TWN}} Lu Chien-soon	align="center" \|335,000	Shoal Creek
2011	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Lehman	align=center\|275	align=center\|−13	Playoff	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Peter Senior	align="center" \|330,000	Shoal Creek
colspan=8\|JELD-WEN Tradition
2010	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Funk (2)	align=center\|276	align=center\|−12	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Michael Allen {{flagicon\|TWN}} Lu Chien-soon	align="center" \|392,000	Crosswater
2009	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Reid	align=center\|272	align=center\|−16	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} John Cook	align="center" \|392,000	Crosswater
2008	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Funk	align=center\|269	align=center\|−19	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Goodes	align="center" \|392,000	Crosswater
2007	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Mark McNulty	align=center\|272	align=center\|−16	5 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} David Edwards	align="center" \|390,000	Crosswater
2006	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Eduardo Romero	align=center\|275	align=center\|−13	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Lonnie Nielsen	align="center" \|375,000	The Reserve (South Course)
2005	{{flagicon\|USA}} Loren Roberts	align=center\|273	align=center\|−15	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dana Quigley	align="center" \|375,000	The Reserve (South Course)
2004	{{flagicon\|USA}} Craig Stadler	align=center\|275	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Allen Doyle {{flagicon\|USA}} Jerry Pate	align="center" \|345,000	The Reserve (South Course)
2003	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Watson	align=center\|273	align=center\|−15	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Ahern {{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Kite	align="center" \|330,000	The Reserve (South Course)
colspan=8\|The Countrywide Tradition
2002	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Thorpe	align=center\|277	align=center\|−11	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} John Jacobs	align="center" \|300,000	Superstition Mountain (Prospector Course)
2001	{{flagicon\|USA}} Doug Tewell	align=center\|265	align=center\|−23	9 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike McCullough	align="center" \|255,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
2000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Kite	align=center\|280	align=center\|−8	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson {{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Watson	align="center" \|240,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
colspan=8\|The Tradition
1999	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Graham Marsh	align=center\|136{{efn\|Shortened to 36 holes due to snow.}}	align=center\|−8	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson	align="center" \|225,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1998	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan (2)	align=center\|276	align=center\|−12	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Wargo	align="center" \|210,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1997	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan	align=center\|266	align=center\|−22	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Isao Aoki	align="center" \|180,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1996	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus (4)	align=center\|272	align=center\|−16	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin	align="center" \|150,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1995	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus (3)	align=center\|276	align=center\|−12	Playoff	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Isao Aoki	align="center" \|150,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1994	{{flagicon\|USA}} Raymond Floyd	align=center\|271	align=center\|−17	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dale Douglass	align="center" \|127,500	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1993	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Shaw	align=center\|269	align=center\|−19	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Hill	align="center" \|127,500	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1992	{{flagicon\|USA}} Lee Trevino	align=center\|274	align=center\|−14	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus	align="center" \|120,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1991	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus (2)	align=center\|277	align=center\|−11	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Colbert {{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Dent {{flagicon\|USA}} Phil Rodgers	align="center" \|120,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1990	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus	align=center\|206{{efn\|Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.}}	align=center\|−10	4 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1982}} Gary Player	align="center" \|120,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1989	{{flagicon\|USA}} Don Bies	align=center\|275	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1982}} Gary Player	align="center" \|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

External links

{{official website|http://www.regionstradition.com/}}
[http://www.pgatour.com/champions/tournaments/regions-tradition.html Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions's official site]
[http://www.greystonecc.com/ Greystone Golf and Country Club] – official site – current venue

Category:PGA Tour Champions events

Category:Senior major golf championships

Category:Golf tournaments in Alabama

Category:Golf tournaments in Arizona

Category:Golf tournaments in Oregon

Category:Sports in Birmingham, Alabama

Category:Sports in Hillsboro, Oregon

Category:Sports in Scottsdale, Arizona

Category:Sports competitions in Maricopa County, Arizona

Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1989

Category:1989 establishments in Arizona

colspan=8\|Regions Tradition
class=wikitable style="font-size:95%;" !Year !! Winner !! Score !! To par !! Margin of victory !! Runner(s)-up !! Winner's share ($)!! Venue
2024	{{flagicon\|USA}} Doug Barron	align=center\|271	align=center\|−17	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|NZL}} Steven Alker	align=center\|375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2023	{{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Stricker (3)	align=center\|265	align=center\|−23	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} Ernie Els {{flagicon\|SWE}} Robert Karlsson	align=center\|375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2022	{{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Stricker (2)	align=center\|267	align=center\|−21	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Pádraig Harrington	align=center\|375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2021	{{flagicon\|GER}} Alex Čejka	align=center\|270	align=center\|−18	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Stricker	align="center" \|375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2020	colspan=7 align=center\|Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	{{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Stricker	align=center\|270	align=center\|−18	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Billy Andrade {{flagicon\|USA}} Paul Goydos {{flagicon\|USA}} David Toms	align="center" \|360,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2018	{{flagicon\|ESP}} Miguel Ángel Jiménez	align=center\|269	align=center\|−19	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Joe Durant {{flagicon\|USA}} Gene Sauers {{flagicon\|USA}} Steve Stricker	align="center" \|360,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2017	{{flagicon\|GER}} Bernhard Langer (2)	align=center\|268	align=center\|−20	5 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Scott Parel {{flagicon\|USA}} Scott McCarron	align="center" \|345,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2016	{{flagicon\|GER}} Bernhard Langer	align=center\|271	align=center\|−17	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Olin Browne	align="center" \|345,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2015	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jeff Maggert	align=center\|274	align=center\|−14	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Kevin Sutherland	align="center" \|345,000	Shoal Creek
2014	{{flagicon\|USA}} Kenny Perry	align=center\|281	align=center\|−7	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mark Calcavecchia	align="center" \|330,000	Shoal Creek
2013	{{flagicon\|ZAF}} David Frost	align=center\|272	align=center\|−16	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Couples	align="center" \|335,000	Shoal Creek
2012	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Lehman (2)	align=center\|274	align=center\|−14	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|GER}} Bernhard Langer {{flagicon\|TWN}} Lu Chien-soon	align="center" \|335,000	Shoal Creek
2011	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Lehman	align=center\|275	align=center\|−13	Playoff	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Peter Senior	align="center" \|330,000	Shoal Creek
colspan=8\|JELD-WEN Tradition
2010	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Funk (2)	align=center\|276	align=center\|−12	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Michael Allen {{flagicon\|TWN}} Lu Chien-soon	align="center" \|392,000	Crosswater
2009	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Reid	align=center\|272	align=center\|−16	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} John Cook	align="center" \|392,000	Crosswater
2008	{{flagicon\|USA}} Fred Funk	align=center\|269	align=center\|−19	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Goodes	align="center" \|392,000	Crosswater
2007	{{flagicon\|IRL}} Mark McNulty	align=center\|272	align=center\|−16	5 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} David Edwards	align="center" \|390,000	Crosswater
2006	{{flagicon\|ARG}} Eduardo Romero	align=center\|275	align=center\|−13	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Lonnie Nielsen	align="center" \|375,000	The Reserve (South Course)
2005	{{flagicon\|USA}} Loren Roberts	align=center\|273	align=center\|−15	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dana Quigley	align="center" \|375,000	The Reserve (South Course)
2004	{{flagicon\|USA}} Craig Stadler	align=center\|275	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Allen Doyle {{flagicon\|USA}} Jerry Pate	align="center" \|345,000	The Reserve (South Course)
2003	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Watson	align=center\|273	align=center\|−15	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Ahern {{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Kite	align="center" \|330,000	The Reserve (South Course)
colspan=8\|The Countrywide Tradition
2002	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Thorpe	align=center\|277	align=center\|−11	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} John Jacobs	align="center" \|300,000	Superstition Mountain (Prospector Course)
2001	{{flagicon\|USA}} Doug Tewell	align=center\|265	align=center\|−23	9 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike McCullough	align="center" \|255,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
2000	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Kite	align=center\|280	align=center\|−8	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson {{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Watson	align="center" \|240,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
colspan=8\|The Tradition
1999	{{flagicon\|AUS}} Graham Marsh	align=center\|136{{efn\|Shortened to 36 holes due to snow.}}	align=center\|−8	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Larry Nelson	align="center" \|225,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1998	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan (2)	align=center\|276	align=center\|−12	2 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Wargo	align="center" \|210,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1997	{{flagicon\|USA}} Gil Morgan	align=center\|266	align=center\|−22	6 strokes	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Isao Aoki	align="center" \|180,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1996	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus (4)	align=center\|272	align=center\|−16	3 strokes	{{flagicon\|USA}} Hale Irwin	align="center" \|150,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1995	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus (3)	align=center\|276	align=center\|−12	Playoff	{{flagicon\|JPN\|1870}} Isao Aoki	align="center" \|150,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1994	{{flagicon\|USA}} Raymond Floyd	align=center\|271	align=center\|−17	Playoff	{{flagicon\|USA}} Dale Douglass	align="center" \|127,500	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1993	{{flagicon\|USA}} Tom Shaw	align=center\|269	align=center\|−19	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Mike Hill	align="center" \|127,500	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1992	{{flagicon\|USA}} Lee Trevino	align=center\|274	align=center\|−14	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus	align="center" \|120,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1991	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus (2)	align=center\|277	align=center\|−11	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Colbert {{flagicon\|USA}} Jim Dent {{flagicon\|USA}} Phil Rodgers	align="center" \|120,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1990	{{flagicon\|USA}} Jack Nicklaus	align=center\|206{{efn\|Shortened to 54 holes due to rain.}}	align=center\|−10	4 strokes	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1982}} Gary Player	align="center" \|120,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1989	{{flagicon\|USA}} Don Bies	align=center\|275	align=center\|−13	1 stroke	{{flagicon\|ZAF\|1982}} Gary Player	align="center" \|90,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)