Andy Bean remained in the lead following a 2-under-par 70 on Saturday and he’ll be looking to become the fourth wire-to-wire winner on the Champions Tour in 2006, joining Loren Roberts, Jay Haas and Bobby Wadkins.

• Bean has led a Champions Tour event just one other time heading into the final round and that was at the 2004 Farmers Charity Classic in Michigan where he was tied for the lead with Bob Gilder, three strokes ahead of the field. However, he never got the opportunity to finish the event after suffering an allergic food reaction prior to the start of the final round which forced him to withdraw and sent him to the hospital.

• Bean will be seeking his first win on the Champions Tour in 91 starts. His last victory in an official PGA TOUR event came at the 1986 Byron Nelson Golf Classic. He did post wins at the 1986 and 1987 Kapalua Invitationals, however.

• In its brief three-year history, all three second-round leaders have not been able to hold off challenges to win the title. In 2003, Larry Nelson led by one stroke over Joe Inman and Bob Gilder before Craig Stadler came from two strokes back to win. The following year Bruce Fleisher led Doug Tewell and Mark Lye by three strokes before Tewell closed with an 8-under-par 64 to nip Fleisher by one stroke. In 2005, Dana Quigley led Loren Roberts by a stroke and Jay Haas by two strokes after 36 holes. However, Haas closed with a 7-under-par 65 to defeat Quigley by two strokes.

• Defending champion Jay Haas bounced back from his 2-over-par 74 in the opening round to shoot a 5-under-par 67 on Saturday. It moved him 42 places from a tie for 69th to a tie for 27th. He’ll have make up some ground again on Sunday if he is to move closer to Loren Roberts in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup race. He trails Roberts by 58 points and will need another strong finish on Sunday, perhaps in the top five.

• The winner of Sunday’s event will earn 240 points in the Charles Schwab Cup race. Loren Roberts and Jay Haas are one-two with 2,478 and 2,420 points, respectively. Roberts is not competing in the tournament. Brad Bryant is third with 1,592 points and is also currently in sixth place four strokes behind Bean.

• Tom Kite fired another 4-under-par 68 and is tied for third heading into the final round. He is hoping to extend his string of top-10 finishes to eight.

• In the three previous tournaments, only one player each year has recorded three consecutive rounds in the 60s, and ironically, that player has won the event each year.

• Allen Doyle, who trails Andy Bean by two strokes, has had the fewest putts through two rounds -- 51.

• The field averaged 71.701 on Saturday, an increase from Friday’s average of 70.833. There were just 18 rounds in the 60s compared to 22 on Friday and 38 players were under par, a drop from 55 on Friday.