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• Troy Matteson, who is making his 50th start this week, holds the 54-hole lead/co-lead for the third time in his career on the TOUR. The Alpharetta, Ga resident led by one stroke at the 2006 Frys.com Open in Las Vegas (win) and also led by one the following week at the 2006 FUNAI Classic at Walt Disney World Resort (T2).

Ryuji Imada

• This is the first time in Ryuji Imada's career (79th start this week) that he has held/shared the 54-hole lead in a PGA TOUR event. Imada was part of a four-way tie for first after the opening round of The Honda Classic in 2006. He shared the second round lead with Troy Matteson after 36 holes this week. Imada has three top-10 finishes in his career -- 5th 2005 Booz Allen Classic; T10 2006 BellSouth Classic; 9th 2007 EDS Byron Nelson Championship.

• Should the 42-year-old Lee Janzen win on Sunday, the victory would come eight years, 10 months and 29 days after his last, the 1998 U.S. Open. Janzen is making his 234th start since winning at Olympic Club.

• Four players in the top-10 on the leaderboard are looking for their first TOUR title - Ryuji Imada(T1), Camilo Villegas (3), Joe Ogilvie (T7) and Stephen Marino (T7). Only four players have earned their first PGA TOUR victory at the AT&T Classic. They include Zach Johnson (2004), Ben Crane (2003), Paul Stankowski (1996) and Tommy Aaron (1970).

Zach Johnson

• Masters Champion Zach Johnson, who is four strokes back of leaders Troy Matteson and Ryjui Imada, is looking to join Phil Mickelson (2000, 2005, 2006) Scott McCarron (1997, 2001), Hale Irwin (1975, 1977), Larry Nelson (1980, 1988) and Wayne Levi (1985, 1990) as multiple champions of the AT&T Classic. Johnson was two shots off the lead after 54-holes when he won in come-from-behind fashion at the Masters Tournament last month.

• Last year, Phil Mickelson went on to win the Masters Tournament after winning at the TPC Sugarloaf. Now 2007 Masters Champions Zach Johnson is looking to do the reverse. After winning in Augusta in April he is in position to win the AT&T Classic.

• Matt Kuchar posted the low round of the day with his 8-under 64 on Saturday, matching another Georgia Tech graduate Troy Matteson (64/round 2) with the low round of the week. The 64 is Kuchar's lowest round on the TOUR since he shot a career-best 9-under 63 at the 2004 Zurich Classic of New Orleans at English Turn G&CC. Kuchar has had one top-10 this season, a T6 at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.

Stats: Only one bogey-free round was posted on Saturday by Matt Kuchar (64)...No player recorded a bogey on the Par-5 sixth hole during the third round. There were 42 pars, 25 birdies and four eagles on that hole on Saturday...Bill Haas recorded two eagles on Saturday on No. 4 and No. 6.