The 2017 Regions Tradition was a senior major golf championship and the 29th Regions Tradition, held from May 18–21 at Greystone Golf & Country Club in Hoover, Alabama. It was the second Regions Tradition played at the course.
World Golf Hall of Fame member Bernhard Langer won his second consecutive Regions Tradition and his eighth senior major championship by five strokes over Scott McCarron and Scott Parel.
Venue
The 2017 event was the second Regions Tradition played at Greystone Golf & Country Club.
Course layout HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar14004 1017832532511438434534124534418031353155623514191364354156095720731644348448417201394294185265 Out3,70736 In3,57036Source:Total 7,27772
Field The field consisted of 79 professional competitors.
Round summaries First round Thursday, May 18, 2017
Lee Janzen, Miguel Ángel Jiménez, Scott McCarron, and Jeff Sluman all shot 65 (−7) in the first round to lead by one stroke.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parT1 Lee Janzen 65 −7 Miguel Ángel Jiménez Scott McCarron Jeff Sluman5 Kenny Perry 66 −6T6 Tommy Armour III 67 −5 Marco Dawson David Frost Fred Funk Scott Parel
Second round Friday, May 19, 2010
Two-time Tradition champion Fred Funk made eight birdies in the second round to shoot a 65 (−7), and lead Scott Parel by one stroke. Parel shot a six-under-par 66 in the second round to enter the third round at 133 (−11).
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Fred Funk 67-65=132 −122 Scott Parel 67-66=133 −113 Scott McCarron 65-70=135 −9T4 Miguel Ángel Jiménez 65-71=136 −8 Kenny Perry 66-70=136 Jeff Sluman 65-71=136 Kevin Sutherland 68-68=136T8 Tom Lehman 69-68=137 −7 Rod Spittle 69-68=137
Third round Saturday, May 20, 2010
Bernhard Langer shot the round of the day to finish the third round at 204 (−12). Fred Funk and Scott Parel both shot 70 (−2) to remain in 1st and 2nd place, respectively.
PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Fred Funk 67-65-70=202 −142 Scott Parel 67-66-70=203 −13T3 Bernhard Langer 69-69-66=204 −12 Scott McCarron 65-70-69=204 T5 Tom Lehman 69-68-69=206 −10 Jeff Sluman 65-71-70=206 David Toms 70-70-66=206T8 Glen Day 70-68-69=207 −9 Billy Mayfair 71-69-67=207
Final round Sunday, May 21, 2017
Bernhard Langer birdied the first two holes to tie Fred Funk and Scott Parel for the lead. Funk regained the lead after a birdie on the par-5 5th hole and extended his lead to two strokes after birdieing the par-4 sixth. Langer cut the lead to one stroke after birdies on seventh and ninth holes, and would take a three shot lead over Parel when Funk triple bogeyed the par-4 12th hole. Langer then birdied 13, 14, and 17 to win his eighth senior major championship by 5 strokes.
PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Bernhard Langer 69-69-66-64=268 −20 345,000T2 Scott McCarron 65-70-69-69=273 −15 184,000 Scott Parel 67-66-70-70=273T4 Marco Dawson 67-71-70-66=274 −14 124,200 Fred Funk 67-65-70-72=274T6 Brian Henninger 71-69-69-67=276 −12 78,200 Tom Lehman 69-68-69-70=276 Wes Short Jr. 69-70-69-68=276 David Toms 70-70-66-70=276
Scorecard Hole 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 101112131415161718Par454354344344535435 Langer −13 −14 −14 −13 −14 −14 −15 −15 −16 −16 −16 −17 −18 −19 −19 −19 −20 −20 McCarron −12 −13 −12 −12 −12 −13 −12 −11 −11 −12 −12 −12 −13 −13 −13 −14 −15 −15 Parel −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −13 −13 −13 −14 −14 −14 −15 −15 −15 −15 −14 −15 Dawson −8 −8 −7 −7 −8 −8 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −9 −10 −10 −10 −12 −13 −14 Funk −14 −14 −14 −14 −15 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −16 −13 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 −14 Cumulative tournament scores, relative to par Eagle BirdieBogeyTriple bogey+
Notes and references
External links Results on PGA Tour website Coverage on the Golf Channel