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• One day after setting the course record at Augusta Pines, Bernhard Langer established a new 36-hole Administaff Small Business Classic tournament record of 17-under par 127. Langer's score is also the lowest 36-hole total on the Champions Tour this year, surpassing Hale Irwin's 16-under 128 total at the season-opening MasterCard Championship at Hualalai.

• Bernhard Langer's 36-hole score of 17-under 127 equals the fourth-best total for opening rounds in Champions Tour history. Here are the other scores better than or equal to Langer's two-round total this week:

• On the PGA TOUR, Bernhard Langer's best 36-hole score was 65-65 -- 130 at the 1987 Canan Sammy Davis, Jr.-Greater Hartford Open.

• Bernhard Langer's four-stroke lead matches Ray Stewart's four-stroke advantage at the Boeing Classic as the largest 36-hole margin on the Champions Tour this year.

• Bernhard Langer's record on the PGA TOUR when leading/co-leading heading into the final round is 2 for 9. Here's a chart detailing his record:

• Bernhard Langer is bidding to become the 19th different winner on the Champions Tour this year and the seventh first-time winner in 2007. He could also become the fourth wire-to-wire winner.

• So far this year, 16 of 26 events have been won by the leader/co-leader heading into the final round, including the last four events on the Champions Tour. Also, 18 of the 26 winners have come from the final grouping. This week's final grouping will feature three major championship winners. Bernhard Langer is a two-time Masters champion, while Mark O'Meara won the 1998 Masters and British Open. Tom Kite claimed the 1992 U.S. Open.

• Bruce Fleisher's 7-under 65 today was his best round on the Champions Tour since he posted a 65 on Sunday at the 2005 Turtle Bay Championship. Fleisher's round today jumped him up 39 spots into a tie for 14th, the biggest move upward by any player in the field.

• Mark O'Meara's 8-under 64 was the low round of the day and was his best round on the Champions Tour in this his rookie season. Prior to today, the last time O'Meara shot 64 was in the final round of the 2004 Bob Hope Chrysler Classic.

• Defending champion Jay Haas carded a 66 today, his seventh consecutive sub-par round at Augusta Pines. He moved up 17 spots into a T10 and is in position to cut into Loren Roberts' 161-point lead in the Charles Schwab Cup race. Haas is in second-place and a top-10 finish tomorrow would reduce Roberts' lead. Should Haas rally and win his second consecutive Administaff Small Business Classic, he would overtake Loren Roberts for the lead in the Charles Schwab Cup race. The winner of tomorrow's event earns 255 Schwab Cup points

• Top-30 status through next week's AT&T Championship gains entry in the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship. Here's a look at the players battling for the Charles Schwab Cup Championship berths after 36 holes of this week's event:

• The stroke average for the field today was 70.260 vs. 69.896 yesterday. There were 29 rounds in the 60s today compared to 41 yesterday.

• Tom Jenkins is the only player in the field who has not made a bogey through 36 holes. Dating back to last week, Jenkins has now gone 41 straight holes without a bogey.

• Through 36 holes, just 10 birdies have been made at the par-3 15th and the hole has played as the second hardest this week (3.175). The par-3 3rd has played the hardest through two rounds (3.182). The par-5 2nd hole has played as the easiest (4,318) and has yielded 12 eagles and 87 birdies over two days.