E-notes: Langer likes majors, Gilder hits 115th event...

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With his tie for seventh at last week's JELD-WEN Tradition, Bernhard Langer remains the only player to finish in the top 10 in all four Champions Tour majors this year. He's still got one to go, though, the Constellation Energy Senior Players Championship in early October.

Kuramoto

Massy Kuramoto has gone 308 consecutive holes without a 3-putt green -- the longest streak on the Champions Tour this year.

Jay Haas and Bernhard Langer continue to wage a tight, back-and-forth duel at the top of the Charles Schwab Cup points list. With his tie for third last week at the JELD-WEN Tradition, Haas regained the lead by a slim 98 points over Langer.

The Champions Tour is in Seattle this week for the Boeing Classic. The event had a record-breaking finish last year with Denis Watson winning a seven-man playoff. The seven-man playoff set a new record for most players involved.

Corvallis, Ore., native Bob Gilder will be playing in his 115th consecutive event when he competes in this week's Boeing Classic. Gilder's current streak began at the 2004 JELD-WEN Tradition and is the longest current streak on Tour. Dana Quigley holds the all-time record, with 264 consecutive events played and 278 straight for which he was eligible.

Langer

With the influx of several long-time PGA TOUR players to the Champions Tour, some of the new Champions Tour competitors in this year's field include former major championship winners Bernhard Langer (1985 and 1993 Masters), Sandy Lyle (1985 British Open and 1988 Masters), Wayne Grady (1990 PGA Championship) and Jeff Sluman (1988 PGA Championship)?as well as John Cook (11 wins), Fred Funk (eight wins), Ken Green (five wins), Dan Forsman (five wins), Gary Hallberg (three wins), Mark Wiebe (two wins) and Mike Hulbert (three wins), all multiple PGA TOUR winners.

Keith Fergus has played in all three previous Boeing Classics and has also posted nine consecutive sub-par rounds in those three appearances. He was runner-up to Tom Kite in 2006, tied for 14th last year and tied for 20th in the inaugural event.

The seven-man playoff in 2007 was the largest ever in a PGA TOUR-sanctioned tournament. The all-time record on the PGA TOUR is six players -- at the 1994 GTE Byron Nelson Classic and the 2001 Nissan Open, while the previous high on the Champions Tour was five players at the 1996 Emerald Coast Classic and the 1998 Kroger Senior Classic. The high on the Nationwide Tour is four players.