With his win, Jay Haas claimed the first major title of his career in his 90th career start in a major championship, including 83 events on the PGA TOUR. His best previous finish on the PGA TOUR were a pair of tied-for-third efforts -- 1995 Masters, 1999 PGA Championship. His top finish on the Champions Tour was a second at this championship in 2004.

• With double points awarded to the top-10 finishers on Sunday in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup race, Jay Haas took over the lead in the standings from the previous leader Loren Roberts. Haas now has 1,521 points, while Roberts is second with 1,227. With his runner-up finish, Brad Bryant is now third with 1,048 points. Rounding out the top five are Gil Morgan (663) and Peter Jacobsen (529).

• Haas becomes the second player to win three consecutive starts on the Champions Tour, joining Loren Roberts, who did so to start the 2006 season. When he makes his next start, he'll be looking to match the Champions Tour mark of four straight wins by Chi Chi Rodriguez in 1987.

• Haas became just fifth player in the last 13 years to come from behind in the final round to win the Senior PGA Championship. He trailed by four strokes at the start. The others were Mike Reid (2005/two behind), John Jacobs (2003/two behind), Fuzzy Zoeller (2002/one behind) and Allen Doyle (1999/four behind).

• Brad Bryant's second-place finish was his best finish ever in a major championship, including the PGA TOUR, and it was also his first top-10.

• Sunday's playoff was the first on the Champions Tour in 2006 in 12 events. That marks the furthest the Tour has gone into the season without a playoff since 1990 when a playoff occurred in the 13th tournament.

• Loren Roberts fifth-place finish gave him nine top-10 finishes in nine starts in 2006 and 14 in 15 starts on the Champions Tour. He is averaging $140,693 per start in his brief career on the Champions Tour.

• Holes Nos. 9 and 18 ranked as the most difficult on Sunday with an average score of 4.427 (+.427). There were just nine birdies on the two, including just four on No. 18. Jay Haas and Brad Bryant were two who made birdies on the final hole. Tommy Nakajima and Bob Gilder were the others.

• The field averaged 74.373 on Sunday and 74.846 for the tournament. Last year's average for the week was 75.360.

• Katsuyoshi Tomori had an impressive debut in his first start on the Champions Tour. A 13th-place finisher at last year's Champions Tour National Qualifying Tournament in California, Tomori finished tied for seventh. He closed with a 4-under-par 67 on Sunday, earning $60,000 for his effort.

• Tommy Nakajima was the top international finisher with his sixth-place finish. It was another strong effort for Nakajima at this course. At the 1988 PGA Championship, Nakajima finished third behind champion Jeff Sluman and runner-up Paul Azinger.

• Jay Haas, Gil Morgan and Brad Bryant led all players with 17 birdies for the tournament. Haas also led all players in Greens in Regulation at 78%.

• Darrell Kestner had the fewest putts in the tournament -- 107.

• Dana Quigley, the 2005 Champions Tour Player of the Year, had his best finish of the campaign when he finished fourth. It was his first top-10 effort of the year. Quigley has been plagued by some health-related issues in recent weeks.

• Low round on Sunday was turned in by Bob Gilder, who matched Gil Morgan's opening-round 66. It was a 12-shot swing for Gilder, who shot a 78 on Saturday.

• Bruce Summerhays was another player who turned things around on Sunday, bouncing back from an 81 on Saturday with a 69 on Sunday.

• Defending champion Mike Reid finished tied for 23rd. Hale Irwin, a four-time winner, was also tied for 23rd.

• Below are Jay Haas' tournament statistics/rank.

Fairways Hit – 37 of 56 (66.1%/23rd)
Greens in Regulation – 56 of 72 (77.8%/1st)
Putts Per Round – 30.50/44th
Driving Distance – 261.1/26th
Total Birdies – 17/T1
Par 3's -- 4-under par
Par 4's -- 2-under par
Par 5's -- 1-over par