ALOHA, Ore. -- Bobby Wadkins picked up a helpful tip about the golf course while watching TV after his round Thursday in the JELD-WEN Tradition.

"I was watching The Golf Channel and everyone was saying take advantage of 15, 16 and 18, so that's what I did," Wadkins said after birdies on those three holes gave him a second-straight 67 and a three-stroke lead Friday in the last major of the season on the Champions Tour.

Wadkins is at 10 under and aiming at another major to go with his win at the Senior Players Championship in July.

"It's two more days and I've had leads before and lost 'em, and I've come from behind. But I damn sure wouldn't want to trade with anyone else," he said.

Lonnie Nielsen is in second place at 7 under after shooting a 68 on the par-72, 7,150-yard course at the Reserve Vineyards and Golf Club.

Wadkins shared the lead after the first round with Wayne Levi and defending champion Loren Roberts. Levi faded by shooting 75. Roberts shot 71 to drop into a five-way tie for third.

The younger brother of CBS analyst and 1977 PGA Championship winner Lanny Wadkins, Bobby Wadkins never won on the PGA TOUR but has two Champions Tour wins this season. His says his confidence is high after shooting four straight rounds of 67 or better in competition.

Last week at the Boeing Greater Seattle Classic, Wadkins shot 64 and 65 in his last two rounds en route to a ninth-place finish.

Roberts entered the tournament with four wins and the lead in the Charles Schwab Cup points race. He was supposed to be paired with Peter Jacobsen, but played alone after Jacobsen withdrew because of pain in his deteriorating left hip.

Jay Haas, second to Roberts in the points race, was 1 over after rounds of 73 and 72.

Jacobsen, whose event management company runs the JELD-WEN Tradition, has had hip and knee problems for the past few years and may have to have hip replacement surgery.

"It's getting worse," the 52-year-old said. It's getting to where it's affecting my temper on the course. I'm beginning to think I can't win because I'm concerned on the course about how my hip feels. It's kind of affecting my overall outlook and that's not good."

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