Doug Barron won the Regions Tradition on Sunday for his third PGA Tour Champions victory and first major title, shooting a 4-under 68 to hold off Steven Alker by two strokes. Barron finished at 17-under 271 at Greystone in the first of the season’s five senior majors.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Doug Barron won the Regions Tradition on Sunday for his third PGA Tour Champions victory and first major title, shooting a 4-under 68 to hold off Steven Alker by two strokes.
But there wasn’t a lot of drama in this one as he outlasted some of the tour’s biggest names with a bogey-free round and a casual tap-in finish. Hall of Famers Ernie Els and Padraig Harrington ended up being the ones offering congratulatory hugs at the end. Barron called it “a dream come true to beat all these great players.”
“I made pars and I was stroking good. I got one of the best putting lessons from my coach back home, Jonathan Fly, last week and I got my putter going. I felt like I could make an 8-footer again. It was huge.”Whoa Nelly! Rose Zhang wins Founders Cup to end Korda’s record-tying LPGA Tour winning streakBarron took a two-stroke lead to 18 and was able to play it safe on a hole where he made birdies three straight days, with the other contenders already done for the day.
“I woke up at 7:03 this morning and I hopped out of bed and I said, ‘I’ve just got to shoot 10 under,’” Alker said. “And I came up one short.”
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