2016 Regions Tradition
Tournament information | |
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Dates | May 19–22 |
Location | Hoover, Alabama |
Course(s) | Greystone Golf & Country Club Founders Course |
Organized by | PGA Tour Champions |
Tour(s) | PGA Tour Champions |
Statistics | |
Par | 72 |
Length | 7,277 yd (6,654 m) |
Field | 81 |
Prize fund | $2,300,000 |
Champion | |
Bernhard Langer | |
271 (−17) | |
The 2016 Regions Tradition was a senior major golf championship and the 28th Regions Tradition, held from May 19-22 at Greystone Golf & Country Club in Hoover, Alabama. It was the first Regions Tradition played at the course.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won his first Regions Tradition and his sixth senior major championship by 6 strokes over Olin Browne.
Venue
The 2016 event was the first Regions Tradition played at Greystone Golf & Country Club.
Course layout
Hole | Yards | Par | Hole | Yards | Par | |
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1 | 400 | 4 | 10 | 178 | 3 | |
2 | 532 | 5 | 11 | 438 | 4 | |
3 | 453 | 4 | 12 | 453 | 4 | |
4 | 180 | 3 | 13 | 531 | 5 | |
5 | 623 | 5 | 14 | 191 | 3 | |
6 | 435 | 4 | 15 | 609 | 5 | |
7 | 207 | 3 | 16 | 443 | 4 | |
8 | 448 | 4 | 17 | 201 | 3 | |
9 | 429 | 4 | 18 | 526 | 5 | |
Out | 3,707 | 36 | In | 3,570 | 36 | |
Source:[1] | Total | 7,277 | 72 |
Field
The field consisted of 81 professional competitors.
Nationalities in the field
North America (70) | South America (1) | Europe (6) | Oceania (3) | Asia (0) | Africa (1) |
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Canada (2) | Paraguay (1) | England (1) | Australia (2) | South Africa (1) | |
Mexico (1) | Scotland (2) | New Zealand (1) | |||
United States (67) | Germany (1) | ||||
Wales (1) | |||||
Sweden (1) |
Past champions in the field
Player | Country | Year(s) won | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total | To par | Finish |
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David Frost | South Africa | 2013 | 71 | 72 | 70 | 71 | 284 | −4 | T17 |
Kenny Perry | United States | 2014 | 64 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 285 | −3 | T23 |
Fred Funk | United States | 2008, 2010 | 69 | 72 | 72 | 73 | 286 | −2 | 32 |
Tom Lehman | United States | 2011, 2012 | 72 | 71 | 71 | 74 | 288 | E | T35 |
Jeff Maggert | United States | 2015 | 68 | 73 | 72 | 76 | 289 | +1 | T38 |
Jim Thorpe | United States | 2002 | 74 | 71 | 73 | 75 | 293 | +5 | T52 |
Gil Morgan | United States | 1997, 1998 | 72 | 73 | 78 | 72 | 295 | +7 | T62 |
Tom Kite | United States | 2000 | 75 | 75 | 69 | 78 | 297 | +9 | T69 |
Round summaries
First round
Thursday, May 19, 2016
2014 Tradition champion Kenny Perry posted an eight-under-par 64 on day one to lead by two strokes over Bernhard Langer and Gene Sauers.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Kenny Perry | United States | 64 | −8 |
T2 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 66 | −6 |
Gene Sauers | United States | |||
4 | Billy Andrade | United States | 67 | −5 |
T5 | Scott Dunlap | United States | 68 | −4 |
Jeff Maggert | United States | |||
Craig Parry | Australia | |||
Jeff Sluman | United States | |||
Kevin Sutherland | United States | |||
Esteban Toledo | Mexico | |||
Duffy Waldorf | United States |
Second round
Friday, May 20, 2016
Kenny Perry shot a 70 (−2) in the second round to lead by one stroke over Bernhard Langer and Billy Andrade.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenny Perry | United States | 64-70=134 | −10 |
T2 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 66-69=135 | −9 |
Billy Andrade | United States | 67-68=135 | ||
T4 | Scott McCarron | United States | 70-66=136 | −8 |
Gene Sauers | United States | 66-70=136 | ||
Kevin Sutherland | United States | 68-68=136 | ||
T7 | Olin Browne | United States | 71-67=138 | −6 |
Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 72-66=138 | ||
Willie Wood | United States | 71-67=138 |
Third round
Saturday, May 21, 2016
Bernhard Langer shot 69 (−3) in the third round to take a four stroke lead into the final round. Kenny Perry double bogeyed the first hole on Saturday and went on to shoot a two-over-par 74, falling into a tie for second place with Scott McCarron.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 66-69-69=204 | −12 |
T2 | Scott McCarron | United States | 70-66-72=205 | −8 |
Kenny Perry | United States | 64-70-74=205 | ||
T4 | Mark Calcavecchia | United States | 72-66-71=206 | −7 |
John Daly | United States | 70-70-69=206 | ||
Gary Hallberg | United States | 72-69-68=206 | ||
Colin Montgomerie | Scotland | 70-69-70=206 | ||
T8 | Billy Andrade | United States | 67-68-75=210 | −6 |
Olin Browne | United States | 71-67-72=212 | ||
John Huston | United States | 71-72-67=212 | ||
Larry Mize | United States | 70-69-71=212 | ||
Gene Sauers | United States | 66-70-74=212 | ||
Joey Sindelar | United States | 73-67-70=212 | ||
Kirk Triplett | United States | 72-67-71=212 |
Final round
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Bernhard Langer extended his lead to five strokes after birdieing the par-4 1st hole. Olin Browne moved into a tie for second with Kirk Triplett after making eagle on the par-5 2nd hole. Browne cut Langer's lead to three after birdieing #10, but Langer responded with birdies on the 12th and 13th holes to regain a four shot lead. Leading by four with three holes to play, Langer birdied the 16, 17, and 18 and defeated Browne by six strokes.
Place | Player | Country | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | Germany | 66-69-69-67=271 | −17 | 345,000 |
2 | Olin Browne | United States | 71-67-72-67=277 | −11 | 202,400 |
T3 | Tommy Armour III | United States | 72-68-72-66=278 | −10 | 137,233 |
Joey Sindelar | United States | 73-67-70-68=278 | |||
Kirk Triplett | United States | 72-67-71-68=278 | |||
6 | Scott McCarron | United States | 70-66-72-71=279 | −9 | 92,000 |
T7 | Gary Hallberg | United States | 72-69-68-71=280 | −8 | 78,200 |
Duffy Waldorf | United States | 68-72-73-67=280 | |||
T9 | Doug Garwood | United States | 69-71-71-70=281 | −7 | 59,800 |
Jeff Hart | United States | 71-70-70-70=281 | |||
Larry Mize | United States | 70-69-71-71=281 |
Scorecard
Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par
Eagle | Birdie | Bogey | Triple bogey+ |
Notes and references
- ^ "Regions Tradition Course". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ "Regions Tradition 2016 Leaderboard". Golf Channel. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ "Regions Tradition – Past Results – 2016". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 21, 2018.