Notes: Unique Champions Tour stats from 2008

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Loren Roberts frequently fired low scores this year, notching 46 rounds in the 60s.

• Ron Streck set a new record in Sand Saves in 2008, getting up and down out of greenside bunkers 69.64 percent of the time. The old mark was 65.80 percent, which was set by Vicente Fernandez in 2000.

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Bernhard Langer was the youngest player to win in 2008.

• Who had the most rounds in the 60s? Loren Roberts, who had 46.

• Bob Gilder played in all 29 events to extend his streak of consecutive events played to 122. Gilder was the only player to compete in every event this year.

• It was a great year for rookies on the Champions Tour. Bernhard Langer was the leading money winner while five others finished among the Top 30 -- Jeff Sluman (4th), John Cook (5th), Mark Wiebe (17th), Gene Jones (19th) and Joey Sindelar (25th).

• David Edwards led the Tour in Driving Accuracy for the third consecutive season. He also led the PGA TOUR in Driving Accuracy back in 1994.

• Tom Purtzer led the TOUR in Driving Distance for the fourth time. Purtzer claimed the crown in 2003 and 2004 and came back to win in again in 2007.

• The longest drive of the year was hit by Steve Thomas, a 386-yard effort on the 13th hole during the third round of the Regions Charity Classic.

• The youngest player to win on the Tour this year was Bernhard Langer who claimed the Toshiba Classic at age 50 years, 6 months and 11 days. The oldest player to win was Tom Watson who won the Liberty Mutual Legends of Golf crown at age 58 years, 7 months and 23 days.

• Who had the most Top 10s on the Champions Tour this year? John Cook, who had 15.

• Who three-putted the least on Tour in 2008. Walter Hall three-putted just 1.73 percent of the time this past year -- 23 times in 1,332 holes.

• The toughest hole on Tour was the 470-yard, par-4 11th at Royal Troon, which played to a stroke average of 4.730.

• The toughest course on Tour was Oak Hills CC (Senior PGA Championship), which played to a stroke average of 75.994 or 5.994 over par.

• The top scrambler on the Champions Tour for 2008 was Jeff Sluman who got it up and down 68.63 percent of the time. The Tour average was 53.68 percent.

• Who played the par-3s the best this year? Ben Crenshaw at 9-under.

• Who played the par-4s the best this year? John Cook at 51-under.

• Who played the par-5s the best this year? Tom Kite and Keith Fergus at 110- under.