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Power Performance Rankings After Regions Tradition

Originally posted on Athlon Sports | By Kathy Bissell | Last updated May 21, 2025 2:13 PM ET

Notable news in the Power Performance Rankings is that Steve Stricker has been dethroned from his top spot by Stewart Cink, who has decided to make the PGA Tour Champions a priority in 2025. Because the rankings are a rolling annual calculation, Stricker’s absence from the PGA Tour Champions circuit caused him to lose points from nine weeks of tournaments in 2024. Due to injury, he did not play from the Mitsubishi Electric Championship at Hualalai in Hawaii to the Regions Tradition. That caused his point total to drop enough for Cink to overtake him.

In the Regions Tradition, which is a PGA Tour Champions major, Angel Cabrera won his second PGA Tour Champions title. The Argentinian already has two major titles on the PGA Tour, the 2009 Masters and the 2007 U.S. Open, which was played at Oakmont, the site of this year’s U.S. Open.

The outcome of the Regions Tradition event was delayed by a day, as the tournament was halted on Sunday due to inclement weather. However, Cabrera didn’t mind.

“To tell you the truth, starting again this morning, I was very nervous, but I needed to be calm, and I had to trust myself,” he said.

Cabrera shot a final round 64 to come from behind and defeat Jerry Kelly.

In an interesting story related to Cabrera and this year’s Masters, Rory McIlroy said that there was a note in his locker from Cabrera left there before the final round, wishing him well. The reason it was interesting is that in 2011, when McIlroy had the lead in the Masters on the 10^th tee and hit his tee shot left, he proceeded to make mistakes that cost him the title; he was playing with Cabrera.

More points are awarded for PGA Tour Champions majors, and so there is typically more movement in the rankings.

Most significant Moves Up: Jerry Kelly, from 8^th to 3^rd; Angel Cabrera, from 18^th to 10^th; Retief Goosen, from 17^th to 11^th; Justin Leonard, from 23^rd to 16^th; David Duval, from 27^th to 21^st; Y.E. Yang, from 28^th to 20^th; Bob Estes, from 38^th to 29^th; Paul Stankowski, from 47^th to 41^st.

Most significant Moves Down: Doug Barron, from 19^th to 38^th; Mike Weir, from 25^th to 37^th; Shane Bertsch, from 36^th to 43^rd; Charlie Wi, from 41^st to 47^th.

Rankings are based on the 12-month performances of Champions Tour players. When a tournament is played, the previous year’s results are dropped. Losing a high finish, dropping a low finish, adding a new high finish, or a new low finish affects standings. Players must have a minimum number of points to be included in the rankings, but all players are tracked.

The $$ column of numbers reflects position on the Champions Tour money list.

This article first appeared on Athlon Sports and was syndicated with permission.

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