The Tradition

{{#invoke:other uses|otheruses}} Template:Short description Template:Infobox golf tournament The Tradition (known as the Regions Tradition for sponsorship reasons) is an event on the PGA Tour Champions. First staged Template:Time 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.<ref>The Countrywide Tradition moves to a new home</ref> 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 Template:Convert of woodlands and preserved wetlands along the Deschutes River, at an average elevation of Template:Convert above sea level. The par-72 layout played at Template:Convert 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. <ref>al.com - How the Regions Tradition came to Shoal Creek - 2011-05-04</ref> The Tradition superseded the Regions Charity Classic, a regular Champions Tour event which began in 1992 as the Bruno's Memorial Classic.<ref>Shoal Creek will host Regions Tradition in 2011</ref> 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	Template:Flagicon Ángel Cabrera	268	−20	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jerry Kelly	375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2024	Template:Flagicon Doug Barron	271	−17	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Steven Alker	375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2023	Template:Flagicon Steve Stricker (3)	265	−23	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Ernie Els Template:Flagicon Robert Karlsson	375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2022	Template:Flagicon Steve Stricker (2)	267	−21	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Pádraig Harrington	375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2021	Template:Flagicon Alex Čejka	270	−18	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Steve Stricker	375,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2020	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Template:Flagicon Steve Stricker	270	−18	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Billy Andrade Template:Flagicon Paul Goydos Template:Flagicon David Toms	360,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2018	Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel Jiménez	269	−19	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Joe Durant Template:Flagicon Gene Sauers Template:Flagicon Steve Stricker	360,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2017	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer (2)	268	−20	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon Scott Parel Template:Flagicon Scott McCarron	345,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2016	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer	271	−17	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Olin Browne	345,000	Greystone (Founders Course)
2015	Template:Flagicon Jeff Maggert	274	−14	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Kevin Sutherland	345,000	Shoal Creek
2014	Template:Flagicon Kenny Perry	281	−7	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Mark Calcavecchia	330,000	Shoal Creek
2013	Template:Flagicon David Frost	272	−16	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Fred Couples	335,000	Shoal Creek
2012	Template:Flagicon Tom Lehman (2)	274	−14	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Bernhard Langer Template:Flagicon Lu Chien-soon	335,000	Shoal Creek
2011	Template:Flagicon Tom Lehman	275	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Peter Senior	330,000	Shoal Creek
JELD-WEN Tradition
2010	Template:Flagicon Fred Funk (2)	276	−12	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Michael Allen Template:Flagicon Lu Chien-soon	392,000	Crosswater
2009	Template:Flagicon Mike Reid	272	−16	Playoff	Template:Flagicon John Cook	392,000	Crosswater
2008	Template:Flagicon Fred Funk	269	−19	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Mike Goodes	392,000	Crosswater
2007	Template:Flagicon Mark McNulty	272	−16	5 strokes	Template:Flagicon David Edwards	390,000	Crosswater
2006	Template:Flagicon Eduardo Romero	275	−13	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Lonnie Nielsen	375,000	The Reserve (South Course)
2005	Template:Flagicon Loren Roberts	273	−15	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Dana Quigley	375,000	The Reserve (South Course)
2004	Template:Flagicon Craig Stadler	275	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Allen Doyle Template:Flagicon Jerry Pate	345,000	The Reserve (South Course)
2003	Template:Flagicon Tom Watson	273	−15	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jim Ahern Template:Flagicon Tom Kite	330,000	The Reserve (South Course)
The Countrywide Tradition
2002	Template:Flagicon Jim Thorpe	277	−11	Playoff	Template:Flagicon John Jacobs	300,000	Superstition Mountain (Prospector Course)
2001	Template:Flagicon Doug Tewell	265	−23	9 strokes	Template:Flagicon Mike McCullough	255,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
2000	Template:Flagicon Tom Kite	280	−8	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson Template:Flagicon Tom Watson	240,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
The Tradition
1999	Template:Flagicon Graham Marsh	136Template:Efn	−8	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Larry Nelson	225,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1998	Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan (2)	276	−12	2 strokes	Template:Flagicon Tom Wargo	210,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1997	Template:Flagicon Gil Morgan	266	−22	6 strokes	Template:Flagicon Isao Aoki	180,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1996	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (4)	272	−16	3 strokes	Template:Flagicon Hale Irwin	150,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1995	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (3)	276	−12	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Isao Aoki	150,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1994	Template:Flagicon Raymond Floyd	271	−17	Playoff	Template:Flagicon Dale Douglass	127,500	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1993	Template:Flagicon Tom Shaw	269	−19	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Mike Hill	127,500	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1992	Template:Flagicon Lee Trevino	274	−14	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	120,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1991	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus (2)	277	−11	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon Jim Colbert Template:Flagicon Jim Dent Template:Flagicon Phil Rodgers	120,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1990	Template:Flagicon Jack Nicklaus	206Template:Efn	−10	4 strokes	Template:Flagicon Gary Player	120,000	Desert Mountain (Cochise Course)
1989	Template:Flagicon Don Bies	275	−13	1 stroke	Template:Flagicon 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

External links

• Template:Official website
• Coverage on the PGA Tour Champions's official site
• Greystone Golf and Country Club – official site – current venue