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CHAMPIONS TOUR NOTES•With just nine events left in the 2008 season, Bernhard Langer was the money leader with $1,580,323, Jay Haas wassecond with $1,414,869 and Loren Roberts was third with $1,249,702. However this year, Langer has won four timesand leads the money race with $1,619,690. Fred Funk, on the strength of his victory at the U.S. Senior Open, now isin second place with $1,190,641 and Loren Roberts is again third with $1,129,486.•Last year with just nine events left in the year, Bernhard Langer was the Charles Schwab Cup leader with 1,905points, just 108 points more than Jay Haas. Eduardo Romero was in third place with 1,559 points. Jay Haas went onto win the Cup, while Langer went on to finish third. This year with nine official tournaments left, Fred Funk has takenover the Schwab Cup lead. Funk earned 940 points for winning the U.S. Senior Open and now has 1,833 total SchwabCup points for the season. Bernhard Langer, the Schwab Cup leader after each event this year until last week, is nowin second place with 1,615 Schwab Cup points. Loren Roberts is currently third in the Schwab standings with 1,455points.•So far in 2009, there have been no winners over the age of 55. Mark McNulty (Principal Charity Classic) has been theoldest winner at 55 years, 7 months and 6 days. During the 2008 season, the Champions Tour had six winners aged56 or older. The youngest winner in 2009 has been Tom Lehman at 50 years, 1 month and 19 days. Lehman teamedwith Bernhard Langer to win the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf. The average age of the winners this year has been52.33 years compared to 53.33 at this point last year. The last time the Champions Tour went an entire seasonwithout a player over age 55 winning was in 1999.•So far in 2009, two players - Tom Lehman and Michael Allen - have won in their initial starts on the Champions Tour.Lehman won with Bernhard Langer at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf and Allen won the Senior PGA Championship.Before this year, the last time the Champions Tour had multiple players win in their debuts was in 1980 when threeplayers (Don January, Roberto De Vicenzo, Arnold Palmer) did it.•There have been five first-time winners in the first 16 events this year, while at the same point in 2008, there werejust two – Andy North (w/Tom Watson at the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf), Jeff Sluman (Bank of AmericaChampionship). The first-time winners this year are Mike Goodes, Dan Forsman, Nick Price, Tom Lehman and MichaelAllen. The all-time record for first-time winners in a season is 11 in 1999.•In the first 16 events this year, only five players who led or shared the lead heading into the final round have goneon to win. They are Keith Fergus (Cap Cana Championship), Nick Price (Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am), Michael Allen(Senior PGA Championship), Bernhard Langer (Triton Financial Classic).and Fred Funk (U.S. Senior Open).•In the first 16 events this year, only five players who led or shared the lead heading into the final round have goneon to win. They are Keith Fergus (Cap Cana Championship), Nick Price (Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am), Michael Allen(Senior PGA Championship), Bernhard Langer (Triton Financial Classic).and Fred Funk (U.S. Senior Open).•So far in 2009, 10 of 16 winners have come from the last grouping on Sunday. Last year, 24 of the 29 winners camefrom the last grouping.53