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Alabama's Shoal Creek making its major comeback on Champions Tour

Fred Couples is a couple of decades older since finishing second in the last major tournament at Shoal Creek, and he has the aching back to prove it.But Couples is happily here anyway for the Champions Tour's Regions Tradition at the scenic course that hosted two PGA Championships a couple of decades ago before controversy erupted over its all-white membership — and the founder's comments that the club wouldn't be pressured into accepting blacks.The Tradition, the first of five Champions Tour majors, opens Thursday."This is a great, great golf course," Couples, who tied for 15th at the Masters while fighting persistent back problems, said Wednesday. "For the Champions Tour, I believe this is going to be one of the best events."For the players and PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem, the past issues seem to be buried about as deep as the Bermuda rough that plagued participants in the 1984 and 1990 PGA Championships.Finchem called the 7,234-yard, par-72 course, which is nestled between the...

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  1. Calcavecchia holds onto Regions Tradition lead

    Mark Calcavecchia was making deft saves out of bunkers, sinking long putts and generally making the Regions Tradition look like a scramble for second.Then, he found ...

  2. Tom Lehman takes 2-stroke lead in Champions Tour's Tradition

    Tom Lehman moved into position for his second Champions Tour major victory of the year, shooting a 3-under 69 on Saturday at Crosswater Club to take a two-stroke lea...

  3. Glasson leads by 2 at Tradition

    Bill Glasson is entering uncharted territory through two rounds of the Tradition, the second major of the year on the Champions Tour.Glasson carded a three-under 69 ...

  4. Glasson, Forsman lead Tradition

    Bill Glasson and Dan Forsman both carded rounds of six-under 66 Thursday to share the first-round lead of the Tradition, the second major of the year on the Champion...

  5. Condoleeza Rice to serve as honorary chair of Regions Tradition in Alabama hometown

    Former Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice will serve as honorary chairperson for the Champions Tour's Regions Tradition at Shoal Creek near her hometown.The Birmingh...

  6. Schwab Cup returning to Desert Mountain in 2014 and 2016

    The Champions Tour's season-ending event, the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, will be contested at Desert Mountain in 2014 and 2016.The Cochise Course will host the...

  7. Toledo earns maiden win with playoff in Texas

    Esteban Toledo parred the third playoff hole on Sunday to win the Insperity Championship.Toledo tied the low round of the day on the Tournament Course at The Woodlan...

  8. Lehman named Champions Tour Player of the Year

    Tom Lehman was named the Champions Tour Player of the Year on Wednesday.Lehman became the first player in history to win Player of the Year honors on all three tours...

  9. This Week in Golf -- May 31 through June 3

    PGA TOUR - MEMORIAL TOURNAMENT, Muirfield Village Golf Club, Dublin, Ohio - The field is loaded for this week's tournament honoring the most prolific winner in PGA T...

  10. Price birdies 5 of last 7 holes for 63 to take first round lead at Boeing Classic

    Nick Price spent more than an hour on the practice range Thursday night trying to find the swing that had eluded him last week at the Jeld-Wen Tradition.He even took...

  11. Englishman Chapman aims to prove he's no 1-hit wonder at Champions Tour's Regions Tradition

    Roger Chapman got to rest up Monday, even giving away his tickets to a Coldplay concert.It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks for the Englishman who pulled off a s...

  12. Defending champion Tom Lehman takes 1-stroke lead over Senior, Sluman in Regions Tradition

    Defending champion Tom Lehman shot a 4-under 68 on Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the third round of the Regions Tradition, a Champions Tour major.Lehman h...

  1. Fred Funk wins Jeld -Wen Tradition for second time in 3 years

    The Jeld-Wen Tradition is leaving Sunriver Resort's Crosswater Golf Club in central Oregon after a four-year run.No one is going to miss it more than Fred Funk .The ...

  2. Tom Lehman claims 2-stroke victory, wins 2nd straight Regions Tradition on Champions Tour

    The rain wouldn't go away, and neither would a couple of Tom Lehman's challengers.Lehman withstood both to win his second straight Regions Tradition, finishing the C...

  3. Tom Lehman shoots 67 at Shoal Creek to take first-round lead in Regions Tradition

    Tom Lehman has never been in this position before on the Champions Tour.Lehman enters Friday's second round of the Regions Tradition at Shoal Creek, the tour's first...

  4. Tom Lehman claims 2-stroke victory, wins 2nd straight Regions Tradition on Champions Tour

    Tom Lehman was greeted on the eighth green by a sudden downpour and a difficult shot from the fringe.He chipped it to 12 feet, parred and then had minimal drama the ...

  5. Lehman on track to repeat at the Tradition

    Reigning champion Tom Lehman posted a four- under 68 Saturday to grab a two-stroke lead after 54 holes of the Tradition, the second major of the year on the Champion...

  6. Glasson grabs 2-stroke lead over Cochran at halfway point of Regions Tradition

    Bill Glasson shot a 3-under 69 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead over Russ Cochran after the second round of the Regions Tradition, the second Champions Tour major...

  7. Lehman repeats at the Tradition

    Tom Lehman successfully defended his title Sunday at the Tradition after a four-under 68, his fourth round in the 60s this week.Lehman, the 1996 British Open champio...

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