2016 Regions Tradition

2016 Regions Tradition

Tournament information
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)

Greystone Golf & Country Club 

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Location in Alabama

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

Main article: Greystone Golf & Country Club

The 2016 event was the first Regions Tradition played at Greystone Golf & Country Club.

Course layout

Hole	Yards	Par		Hole	Yards	Par
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:		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
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
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 ($)
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
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+