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 HoleYardsParHoleYardsPar14004 1017832532511438434534124534418031353155623514191364354156095720731644348448417201394294185265 Out3,70736 In3,57036Source:Total 7,27772

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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Kenny Perry 64 −8T2 Bernhard Langer 66 −6 Gene Sauers4 Billy Andrade 67 −5T5 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. PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Kenny Perry 64-70=134 −10T2 Bernhard Langer 66-69=135 −9 Billy Andrade 67-68=135T4 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo par1 Bernhard Langer 66-69-69=204 −12T2 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=206T8 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.

PlacePlayerScoreTo parMoney ($)1 Bernhard Langer 66-69-69-67=271 −17 345,0002 Olin Browne 71-67-72-67=277 −11 202,400T3 Tommy Armour III 72-68-72-66=278 −10 137,233 Joey Sindelar 73-67-70-68=278 Kirk Triplett 72-67-71-68=2786 Scott McCarron 70-66-72-71=279 −9 92,000T7 Gary Hallberg 72-69-68-71=280 −8 78,200 Duffy Waldorf 68-72-73-67=280T9 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 101112131415161718Par454354344344535435 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 BirdieBogeyTriple bogey+

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