• On a day that the scoring average was 73.345, Ian Poulter posted the low round of the day, carding seven birdies and one bogey en route to a 65 that moved him up the leaderboard from a tie for 70th to a tie for seventh.

• Stuart Appleby posted a bogey-free, 5-under-par 66 to jump 48 places from a tie for 55th to a tie for seventh. With a victory on Sunday, Appleby would become the first three-time TOUR winner in 2006.

• The last time Billy Andrade was the leader or the co-leader after three rounds was the 2005 Deutsche Bank Championship, where he finished tied for 15th after posting a final-round 75. The other two instances, he finished tied for second at the 2002 SEI Pennsylvania Classic and the 1994 Doral-Ryder Open.

• The top 10 on the leaderboard includes 12 players from six countries: United States (Billy Andrade-1, Brett Quigley-tied for fourth, Joey Sindelar-tied for 10th), Australia (Adam Scott-tied for second, Stuart Appleby-tied for seventh, Matthew Goggin-tied for 10th), Fiji (Vijay Singh-tied for second), England (David Howell-tied for fourth, Ian Poulter-tied for seventh, Luke Donald-tied for seventh), Sweden (Fredrik Jacobson-tied for fourth) and Northern Ireland (Graeme McDowell-tied for 10th).

• Sean O’Hair eagled No. 9 on Saturday and leads the field this week with two eagles.

• Stuart Appleby posted the only bogey-free round of the day on Saturday.

• Past champion and the 54-hole leader Billy Andrade has four top-10s in 18 previous Barclays Classic starts, including his victory in 1991. Andrade is playing in his 160th events since his first PGA TOUR win since the 2000 Invensys Classic.

• Adam Scott has produced three consecutive top-5s on the PGA TOUR -- a solo third at the Wachovia Championship, a tie for third at the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, and a tie for fourth at the Memorial Tournament.

• Andrade looks to continue the trend of 54-hole leaders -- 18 of 22 leaders/co-leaders through 54 holes have won this season.

• Andrade’s second PGA TOUR victory came at the Barclays Classic in 1991, 15 years ago. For comparison, the PGA TOUR record for longest time between wins by a player at one tournament is 21 years by Hale Irwin at the Heritage Classic (1973-1994).

• Charles Howell III, who entered the week tied for 156nd in Putts Per Round (29.58), leads the field averaging 26.68 Putts Per Round.

• David Howell (tied for fourth) is 1 over on the front nine and 7 under on the back nine this week, while Fredrik Jacobson (tied for fourth) is 8 under on the front nine and 2 over on the back nine.

• Only 16 of the 84 players in the field broke par on Saturday, with a total of 23 players at par or better.

• Jose Maria Olazabal was penalized one stroke on No. 14, as his ball moved at address on the putting surface, under USGA Rule 18-2b. Olazabal made a double-bogey on the par-3 and went on to a 4-over-par 75.