BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Tom Lehman won his second straight Regions Tradition, finishing the Champions Tour major with a 4-under 68 on Sunday to take a two-stroke victory.
Lehman overcame a near-constant drizzle and occasional heavy rains — plus hard charges by Bernhard Langer and Chien Soon Lu — for his sixth Champions Tour victory. Langer and Lu each finished with a 66 to share second behind Lehman’s 14-under 274.
The former British Open champion, who shot in the 60s all four days, joins Jack Nicklaus, Gil Morgan and Fred Funk as the only players to win the Tradition multiple times. He played the final hole with his cap turned backward in the rain.
He’s the first player to repeat in a senior major championship since Allen Doyle won the U.S. Senior Open in 2005 and 2006.
