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.

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 

Location in Alabama

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:[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)
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
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
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
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 ($)
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

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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

Eagle

Birdie

Bogey

Triple bogey+

Notes and references

1. "Regions Tradition Course". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
2. "Regions Tradition 2016 Leaderboard". Golf Channel. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
3. "Regions Tradition – Past Results – 2016". PGA Tour. Retrieved May 21, 2018.

Preceded by 2015 Senior Open Championship	Senior Major Championships	Succeeded by 2016 Senior PGA Championship