Round 3 Notebook: AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

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Defending champion Dustin Johnson, 25, is looking to become the second United States native in his 20s with three or more PGA TOUR victories. Sean O'Hair has won three events -- 2004 John Deere Classic, 2008 Transitions Championship, 2009 Quail Hollow Championship. Aussie Adam Scott (six wins) is the only other player in his 20s with three or more TOUR wins.

• Back-to-back winners at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
Cary Middlecoff -- 1955-56
Jack Nicklaus -- 1972-73
Tom Watson -- 1977-78
Mark O'Meara -- 1989-90

• Three players -- Phil Mickelson (Northern Trust Open), Tiger Woods (Arnold Palmer Invitational) and Zach Johnson (Valero Texas Open) successfully defended titles in 2009.

• Two different routes to success for the co-leaders -- Dustin Johnson is averaging 305.4 yards on officially measured drives this week, while Paul Goydos is averaging 256.8 yards.

• Co-leader Paul Goydos has gone 41 consecutive holes without a bogey. His last bogey came in Round 1 on his 13th hole (No. 4) at Monterey Peninsula CC.

• Dustin Johnson's only previous 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR was at the 2009 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, where the final round was washed out and he was declared the winner.

• The cut came in at 4-under-par 210 with 69 players advancing to Sunday's final round.

• The top 70 and ties (79 total) will get paid and receive FedExCup points but only the top 60 and ties (69 total) will play on Sunday.

• For the amateur cut, the top 25 teams qualify for Sunday's final round -- the tiebreaker being as follows:

1) 54-hole score of the professional
2) The 18-hole net team score from the round played at Pebble Beach GL
3) The net team score from No. 18 backwards from the round played at Pebble Beach GL

• Johnson tied Phil Mickelson (Round 1, 2005) for the front-nine record at Spyglass Hill GC on Saturday with a 6-under-par 30.

• Johnson had the opportunity to match the course record at Spyglass, but three-putted for bogey to post an 8-under-par 64. The course record of 62 at Spyglass Hill GC was set by Phil Mickelson (Round 1, 2005) and later matched by Luke Donald (Round 1, 2006).

• Johnson posted two eagles in the third round, at Nos. 1 and 11. On the week, Michael Letzig leads the field with three eagles.

• Johnson (196) and Goydos (196) matched the first 54-hole record low total at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am set by Phil Mickleson in 2005. It should be noted that Mickelson's total was 20-under-par while the Johnson/Goydos totals are 18-under-par, due to the change in course rotation from Poppy Hills (par-72) to Monterey Peninsula CC (par-70) in 2010.

• The record 72-hole low total of 268 is shared by Mark O'Meara (1997) and Phil Mickelson (2007).

• Eight previous 72-hole winners of the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am held at least a share of the lead for all four rounds -- Phil Mickelson (2005 and 2007), Tom Shaw (1970) Bert Yancey (1970), Lloyd Mangrum (1953), Jimmy Demaret (1952), Lloyd Mangrum (1948) and Ed Oliver (1940). Mickelson (2005) is the only wire-to-wire winner in tournament history.

• Blake Adams was working towards a career round at Pebble Beach GL on Saturday, aided by hole-out eagles on Nos. 13 (113 yards) and No. 1 (146 yards), but finished with a double-bogey 6 at No. 9 to finish with a 66.

• Adam Scott posted a hole-in-one on No. 7 at Monterey Peninsula CC on No. 7 with a hybrid from 226 yards (estimated yardage).

Notables this week include:

• 2004 champion Vijay Singh (T20) made his 12th cut in 16 career starts at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

• Three-time winner Phil Mickelson (T13) made his 12th cut in 15 career starts at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

• Making his first start at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am since 2001, Sergio Garcia sits T20 heading into the final round.

• David Duval (T7), who is looking for his first win and fourth top-10 since capturing the 2001 British Open.

• PGA TOUR rookie Alex Prugh (T15) is 5-for-5 in made cuts now in his first season on TOUR, and looks to post his fourth consecutive top-10 finish Sunday.

• Five-time winner Mark O'Meara, playing in his 26th AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, missed the cut. He had made 19 previous cuts at the event.

• Two-time winner Davis Love III missed the cut, and is now 16-24 in made cuts at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

• Matt Kuchar withdrew prior to the third round due to injury/illness.