Activities Sports & Athletics Regions Tradition Golf Tournament: A Major on the Champions Tour Share PINTEREST Email Print Jack Nicklaus (pictured at the 2003 Tradition) was a 4-time winner of this senior major. 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The Tradition has been played in May for much of its history. 2020 Tournament When: May 7-10 Where: Greystone Golf & Country Club, Birmingham, Alabama 2019 Regions Tradition Steve Stricker won going away, claiming a six-stroke victory. The key for Stricker was a 64 in the second round. He finished with a 68 and totaled 18-under 270. Billy Andrade, Paul Goydos and David Toms were the distant runners-up. It was Stricker's fourth overall Champions Tour win, but his first in a senior major. 2018 TournamentMiguel Angel Jimenez claimed his first major championship in senior golf, winning by three strokes. Jimenez finished at 19-under 269, three better than runners-up Joe Durant, Gene Sauers and Steve Stricker. It was Jimenez's fifth overall Champions Tour win. Official Website Champions Tour tournament site Tournament Records at The Tradition Scoring, 72 holes: 265 - Doug Tewell, 2001 Scoring, 18 holes: 62 - Brad Bryant, 2009; Tom Watson, 2003; Doug Tewell, 2001 Victories: 4 - Jack Nicklaus Regions Tradition Golf Courses The Regions Tradition is currently played at Greystone Golf Club in Birmingham, Ala., a course to which this major moved in 2016. The Tradition tournament has been sited at several other courses in its history. From its founding in 1989 through 2001 it was played at the Cochise Course at Desert Mountain in Scottsdale, Ariz. In 2002 it stayed in the Scottsdale area but moved to Superstition Mountain Golf & Country Club. From 2003-2010 The Tradition was played in Oregon, first at The Reserve Vineyards & Golf Club (Aloha, Ore.), then at Crosswater Club at Sunriver (Sunriver, Ore.). It then moved to Alabama, first to Shoal Creek in Birmingham. And beginning in 2011, Shoal Creek became the host course. Regions Tradition Facts, Figures and Trivia The Tradition was first played in 1989, and immediately was designated as a major championship. At the time, it joined the previously existing Senior PGA Championship, U.S. Senior Open and Senior Players Championship as the fourth senior major. (The Senior British Open later joined to make five senior majors.) Don Bies won that inaugural Tradition, but Jack Nicklaus won the second and third times the tournament was played. In 1992, Nicklaus came close to making it three in a row, but missed a putt on the final hole to fall out of a potential playoff with Lee Trevino. Nicklaus went on to win twice more (1995-96), making it four victories total for the Golden Bear. Nicklaus is the only golfer to win The Tradition more than twice. Nicklaus' win at the 1990 Tradition was his first victory on the Champions Tour. Bernhard Langer won back-to-back in 2016-17, and the second was his eighth career win in a senior tour major. That tied Langer with Nicklaus for most in Champions Tour history. Three golfers share the 18-hole scoring record of 62, and their three record rounds were played on three different courses. Doug Tewell first established the record in 2001 at the Cochise Course; Tom Watson tied it in 2003 at The Reserve; and Brad Bryant added his name to the record in 2009 at Crosswater Club at Sunriver. In 1997, Isao Aoki set the tournament record for most birdies with 27. Despite that, he finished six shots behind the winner, Gil Morgan. The Tradition is not recognized as a major by the European Senior Tour. Winners of the Regions Tradition Tournament Here are the yearly winners of The Tradition, with past title sponsors noted. (p-playoff; w-shorted by weather) Regions Tradition2019 - Steve Stricker, 2702018 - Miguel Angel Jimenez, 2692017 - Bernhard Langer, 2682016 - Bernhard Langer, 2712015 - Jeff Maggert, 2742014 - Kenny Perry, 2812013 - David Frost, 2722012 - Tom Lehman, 2742011 - Tom Lehman-p, 275 Jeld-Wen Tradition2010 - Fred Funk, 2762009 - Mike Reid-p, 2722008 - Fred Funk, 2692007 - Mark McNulty, 2722006 - Eduardo Romero-p, 2732005 - Loren Roberts-p, 2732004 - Craig Stadler, 2752003 - Tom Watson, 273 The Countrywide Tradition2002 - Jim Thorpe-p, 2772001 - Doug Tewell, 2652000 - Tom Kite-p, 280 The Tradition Presented by Countrywide1999 - Graham Marsh-w, 1361998 - Gil Morgan, 2761997 - Gil Morgan, 266 The Tradition1996 - Jack Nicklaus, 2721995 - Jack Nicklaus-p, 2761994 - Raymond Floyd-p, 2711993 - Tom Shaw, 2691992 - Lee Trevino, 274 The Tradition at Desert Mountain1991 - Jack Nicklaus, 2771990 - Jack Nicklaus-w, 2061989 - Don Bies, 275