Regions Tradition goes to Monday finish to decide champion
Angel Cabrera and Jerry Kelly will start the final handful of holes at the Regions Tradition on Monday tied for the lead after severe weather affected the first major tournament of the PGA Tour Champions 2025 season on Sunday.
The fourth round started four hours late, and the course was cleared for another weather delay before the leaders even got to the first tee at Greystone Golf and Country Club in Birmingham on Sunday.
At about 7:40 p.m. CDT Sunday, the tournament was suspended because of darkness with 15 golfers still on the course.
Play will resume at 8 a.m. Monday. Golf Channel will televise the event.
Admission will be free for Monday’s tournament conclusion. Gates will open for fans at 7 a.m.
Kelly held the third-round lead after carding Saturday’s low score at 7-under-par 65 to move to 15 under for the tournament – one shot ahead of Y.E. Yang through 54 holes.
On Sunday, Cabrera was at 6 under with three holes remaining in his round to catch up to Kelly at 18 under. Kelly was 3 under for the final round through 14 holes.
The winner of the U.S. Open in 2007 and Masters in 2009, Cabrera briefly got a one-shot lead with birdies on seven of his first 13 holes on Sunday. But a three-putt bogey on the par-5 15th, which turned out to be Cabrera’s final hole on Sunday, put him back in a tie with Kelly.
Kelly bounced back from his first bogey in 41 holes – on the par-4 11th on Sunday – with a birdie on the par-5 13th.
Cabera went 2 under during the first three rounds on the 16th through 18th holes. Kelly has played the final four holes in 5 under through the first three rounds.
Playing with Kelly, Yang remains one shot off the lead heading to Monday.
Playing with Cabrera, Steven Alker is 2 off the lead at 3 under for the final round. Charlie Wi also is at 16 under for the tournament and has four holes remaining in his fourth round.
Mark Inabinett is a sports reporter for Alabama Media Group. Follow him on X at @AMarkG1.