2016 Regions Tradition Explained

2016 Regions Tradition
Dates:	May 19–22
Location:	Hoover, Alabama
Course:	Greystone Golf & Country Club Founders Course
Org:	PGA Tour Champions
Tour:	PGA Tour Champions
Par:	72
Yardage:	7277yd
Field:	81
Purse:	$2,300,000
Champion:	Bernhard Langer
Score:	271 (−17)
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

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
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		64	−8
T2		66	−6
T2	Gene Sauers	66	−6
4		67	−5
T5		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	Score	To par
1	64-70=134	−10
T2	66-69=135	−9
T2	67-68=135	−9
T4	70-66=136	−8
	66-70=136
	68-68=136
T7	71-67=138	−6
	72-66=138
	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	Score	To par
1	66-69-69=204	−12
T2	70-66-72=205	−8
T2	64-70-74=205	−8
T4	72-66-71=206	−7
	70-70-69=206
	72-69-68=206
	70-69-70=206
T8	67-68-75=210	−6
	71-67-72=212
	71-72-67=212
	70-69-71=212
	66-70-74=212
	73-67-70=212
	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		71-67-72-67=277	−11	202,400
T3		72-68-72-66=278	−10	137,233
		73-67-70-68=278
		72-67-71-68=278
6		70-66-72-71=279	−9	92,000
T7		72-69-68-71=280	−8	78,200
T7		68-72-73-67=280	−8	78,200
T9		69-71-71-70=281	−7	59,800
		71-70-70-70=281
		70-69-71-71=281

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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

	Double Eagle -->		Eagle		Birdie		Bogey		Double bogey -->		Triple bogey+

Notes and references

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Notes and References

Web site: Regions Tradition Course . PGA Tour . May 21, 2018.
News: Regions Tradition 2016 Leaderboard . Golf Channel . May 21, 2018.
Web site: Regions Tradition – Past Results – 2016 . PGA Tour . May 21, 2018.