The last two Champions Tour events have been rain-shortened to 36 holes. That has not happened since 1992 when the Nationwide Championship and Vantage Championship were rain-shortened in consecutive weeks.

• With his victory last week at the Administaff Small Business Classic, Jay Haas became the second player to win on the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour in Houston. Bob Charles was the first. Haas, by the way, is the defending champ this week at the AT&T Championship in San Antonio. He won a PGA TOUR event on the same course in 1982 and 1993.

• Jay Haas entered last week in second place on both the money list and the Charles Schwab Cup points list behind Loren Roberts. With his victory in Houston, Haas has now switched places with Roberts with just two tournaments left in the season. Haas now leads Roberts by 156 points in the Charles Schwab Cup race and by $137,966 on the money list.

• One more on Haas: With his four wins this year he ties Roberts for the Tour lead in victories. The last time two players won four times in the same season was 2002 when Hale Irwin and Bob Gilder each performed the feat.

• The AT&T Championship is "pressure week" for Champions Tour players seeking to secure a top-30 spot on the 2006 money list. A top-30 position insures a place in next week's season-ending $2.5 million Charles Schwab Cup Championship and fully-exempt status for 2007. Jerry Pate, who is recovering from shoulder surgery and idle this week, is currently 30th. He is $5,481 ahead of No. 31 Mark James, who is only $218 in front of No. 32 Mark McNulty. The 48th spot at the $1.6 million AT&T Championship earns $5,800, enough for either player to surpass Pate.

• Jay Haas and Loren Roberts are the only two players to occupy the No. 1 spot in the chase for the Charles Schwab Cup’s $1 million first-prize annuity. Haas has led after seven tournaments, while Roberts has led after 19, including the last eight before last week. With two events remaining and double points available next week in Sonoma, Haas and Roberts are the only two players who have a mathematical chance to win the Cup.

• Loren Roberts has led the money list a total of 20 weeks this year to Jay Haas' six.

• Fred Funk makes his third Champions Tour start this week. In two July starts at the U.S. Senior Open and Ford Senior Players Championship, Funk tied for 11th each time.

• One of the more impressive accomplishments in professional golf is very much in jeopardy. Hale Irwin, winner of at least two events every year since joining the Champions Tour in 1995, has not won since the 2005 SAS Championship. In 2006, he has six top-10s, including a share of second at the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am in February.