2016 Regions Tradition
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.
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) | |
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.
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 | Score | To par |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Kenny Perry | 64 | −8 |
T2 | Bernhard Langer | 66 | −6 |
Gene Sauers | |||
4 | Billy Andrade | 67 | −5 |
T5 | Scott Dunlap | 68 | −4 |
Jeff Maggert | |||
Craig Parry | |||
Jeff Sluman | |||
Kevin Sutherland | |||
Esteban Toledo | |||
Duffy Waldorf |
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 | Score | To par |
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1 | Kenny Perry | 64-70=134 | −10 |
T2 | Bernhard Langer | 66-69=135 | −9 |
Billy Andrade | 67-68=135 | ||
T4 | Scott McCarron | 70-66=136 | −8 |
Gene Sauers | 66-70=136 | ||
Kevin Sutherland | 68-68=136 | ||
T7 | Olin Browne | 71-67=138 | −6 |
Mark Calcavecchia | 72-66=138 | ||
Willie Wood | 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 | Score | To par |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | 66-69-69=204 | −12 |
T2 | Scott McCarron | 70-66-72=205 | −8 |
Kenny Perry | 64-70-74=205 | ||
T4 | Mark Calcavecchia | 72-66-71=206 | −7 |
John Daly | 70-70-69=206 | ||
Gary Hallberg | 72-69-68=206 | ||
Colin Montgomerie | 70-69-70=206 | ||
T8 | Billy Andrade | 67-68-75=210 | −6 |
Olin Browne | 71-67-72=212 | ||
John Huston | 71-72-67=212 | ||
Larry Mize | 70-69-71=212 | ||
Gene Sauers | 66-70-74=212 | ||
Joey Sindelar | 73-67-70=212 | ||
Kirk Triplett | 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 | Score | To par | Money ($) |
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1 | Bernhard Langer | 66-69-69-67=271 | −17 | 345,000 |
2 | Olin Browne | 71-67-72-67=277 | −11 | 202,400 |
T3 | Tommy Armour III | 72-68-72-66=278 | −10 | 137,233 |
Joey Sindelar | 73-67-70-68=278 | |||
Kirk Triplett | 72-67-71-68=278 | |||
6 | Scott McCarron | 70-66-72-71=279 | −9 | 92,000 |
T7 | Gary Hallberg | 72-69-68-71=280 | −8 | 78,200 |
Duffy Waldorf | 68-72-73-67=280 | |||
T9 | Doug Garwood | 69-71-71-70=281 | −7 | 59,800 |
Jeff Hart | 71-70-70-70=281 | |||
Larry Mize | 70-69-71-71=281 |
Scorecard
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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Par | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 5 |
Langer | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −13 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −12 | −13 | −14 | −14 | −14 | −15 | −16 | −17 |
Browne | −6 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −11 |
Armour | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −4 | −4 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −5 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −10 |
Sindelar | −6 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −11 | −10 |
Triplett | −7 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −10 | −10 | −10 | −10 |
McCarron | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −8 | −9 |
Perry | −7 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −6 | −7 | −6 | −7 | −8 | −8 | −9 | −9 | −8 | −7 | −7 | −7 | −3 |
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.