It was the Jeff Maggert, Kevin Sutherland show all week and in the end Maggert won the Regions Tradition on for his first Champions Tour major title, beating Sutherland with a 3-foot par putt on the first hole of a playoff. He missed from a similar distance on No. 17 and failed to hole other modest putts over the final nine holes in a day-long, back-and-forth Shoal Creek scramble.
Maggert’s only previous Champions Tour win came in Mississippi last year in his first start on the 50-and-over tour. He won three times on the PGA Tour, the last in the 2006 St. Jude Classic.
Maggert closed with an even-par 72 to match Sutherland at 14-under 274. Sutherland had a 71. Jeff Hart and Gene Sauers both shot 69 to tie for third at 11 under, three shots back. Michael Allen (68), Bernhard Langer (70), two-time winner Tom Lehman (69) and defending champion Kenny Perry (70) were 9 under
Bryan (notes from BBC Reuters AP...)
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