SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Bernhard Langer can afford to take an aggressive approach in the Champions Tour’s Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

The 57-year-old German star wrapped up the Charles Schwab Cup points title Sunday in San Antonio, taking a lot of the drama out of the season-ending event that begins Thursday at Desert Mountain.

“In the past, I was always either leading or second or third and there was still a lot to play for,” Langer said Wednesday. “There’s still a lot to play for because we’re playing for a lot of money, but the Charles Schwab Cup is wrapped up and that’s great news for me. So, I can go out there and play as aggressive as you’ll ever see me play probably because I have nothing to lose at all and everything to gain.”

Langer has a tour-high five victories – two of them majors – and also has wrapped up the season money title with $2,916,189. He has 23 career victories on the 50-and-over tour.

“It’s been a very incredible year for me,” Langer said. “I’m at a great place in life right now. Everything is good at home. I’m healthy and enjoying my game, have a great coach, good caddie and everything, good family. My oldest daughter is getting married next weekend, so a lot of good things going on. I’m very grateful and very blessed.”

The top 30 on the money list qualified for the tournament.

Colin Montgomerie is second in the Schwab Cup standings and the money list. He also has two major victories this year.

“It’s my first full year out here and it’s been a delight,” Montgomerie said. “I’ve been made very welcome by everybody, by fans and by players and everyone alike, and then all the volunteers on this tour. It’s a great place I play and I enjoy it thoroughly.”

The shiny trophy caught his eye Wednesday at the Cochise Course.

“The tournament’s a very important tournament to do well and to win,” Montgomerie said. “There’s a lovely trophy on the first tee there. I thought it was an ice trophy. I thought it might melt on the first tee. It’s fantastic glasswork and we all want to win that.”

SAN ANTONIO – Michael Allen made a 5-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a 6-under 66 and a two-stroke victory Sunday in the Champions Tour’s AT&T Championship, and Bernhard Langer wrapped up the Charles Schwab Cup title.

Allen birdied three of the final four holes on TPC San Antonio’s AT&T Canyons Course. He finished at 15-under 201 for his second victory of the season and seventh overall on the 50-and-over tour. He won the Allianz Championship in Boca Raton, Florida, in February.

Marco Dawson was second after a 71. He bogeyed Nos. 16 and 18.

Woody Austin had a 71 to finish third, three strokes back.

Langer closed with a 69 to tie for sixth at 10 under. He has a tour-high five victories – two of them majors – and leads the money list.

The top 30 on the money list qualified for the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship next week in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Esteban Toledo, 31st on the money list entering the week, birdied the final three holes for a 68 to tie for 12th at 8 under and move to 27th. Toledo made a 20-foot birdie putt at 16 and hit approach shots at 17 and 18 with 4 feet.

He bumped Mark Calcavecchia, 30th entering the week, from the Schwab field. Calcavecchia tied for 72nd in the 81-player field at 4 over with rounds of 77-72-76.

Canada’s Rod Spittle tied for 33rd at 3-under 213. Stephen Ames tied for 47th at even-par 216.

SAN ANTONIO – Marco Dawson birdied four of the first six holes Saturday and shot a 5-under 67 to take a one-stroke lead in the Champions Tour’s AT&T Championship, and Bernhard Langer moved closer to wrapping up the Charles Schwab Cup before the season-ending event next week.

Dawson also birdied two of the last four holes to reach 12-under 132 on TPC San Antonio’s AT&T Canyons Course. He won his only title in a PGA Tour-sanctioned event in 2002 in the Web.com Tour’s LaSalle Bank Open.

“I’m not going to lose any sleep, believe me,” Dawson said. “I used to be a perfectionist, but my attitude now is to play like I’m in the pro-am. Have fun. It’s not life or death out there.”

Woody Austin was second after a 65, and Wes Short Jr. was 10 under after a 67.

Langer, a five-time winner this season, was tied for eighth at 7 under after a 66. He has a 771-point lead over second-place Colin Montgomerie in the Schwab Cup and can take the title with a three-way tie for seventh or better.

“It would be nice to settle things while I’m here,” Langer said.

Montgomerie was tied for 49th at even par after a 76. He had a double bogey on No. 18.

The top 30 on the money list after the tournament will advance to the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship next week in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Austin eagled the par-5 15th, hitting a 3-wood approach to 25 feet.

“I was 240 yards to the front of the green and 260 to the hole, and I hit a dead straight shot in there,” said Austin, who won his fourth PGA Tour title last year in the Sanderson Farms event in Mississippi. “It was the shot I was trying to hit. My putt was a double-breaker. I was just trying to get it close. I would have been happy with that, I admit.”

Canada’s Rod Spittle is tied for 18th at 4-under 140 (73-67).

Canadian Golf Hall of Fame honoured member Stephen Ames had a share of 58th at 1-over 145 (72-73).

SAN ANTONIO – John Cook and Marco Dawson shot 7-under 65 on Friday to share the first-round lead in the Champions Tour’s AT&T Championship, the final full-field event of the season.

Scott Dunlap was a stroke back at TPC San Antonio, and Jay Hass was at 67 along with Guy Boros, Bart Bryant, Gary Hallberg, Jay Hass, Tom Lehman, Peter Senior, Wes Short Jr., and Kirk Triplett. Haas won the Greater Hickory Kia Classic last week at 60 to become the 18th player to win a Champions Tour event at 60 or older.

Cook won the event in 2007 and 2008 at Oak Hills.

The top 30 on the money list after the tournament will advance to the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship next week in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Bernard Langer, the Charles Schwab Cup points leader, opened with a 71. Langer has a tour-high five victories – two of them majors – and also leads the money list. Colin Montgomerie, second in the Schwab Cup standings, shot 68.

Defending champion Kenny Perry also had a 68.

Canada’s Stephen Ames was tied for 44th after an opening-round 72 that left him even par after the opening round.

Rod Spittle was a shot back at 1-over. The St. Catharines, Ont. native is tied for 54th after a 73.

CONOVER, N.C. – Jay Haas became the 18th player to win a Champions Tour at 60 or older, closing with a 5-under 66 on Sunday for a two-stroke victory in the Greater Hickory Kia Classic.

The 60-year-old former Wake Forest player has 17 victories on the 50-and-over tour after winning nine times on the PGA Tour. He also won the event in 2005 and 2009.

Haas extended his streak of under-par rounds to 23 and finished at 17-under 196 on Rock Barn Golf and Spa’s Champions Course. He ended a 27-month, 49-event winless streak since June 2012.

Players 60 and older have won 22 events on the tour, with Hale Irwin accomplishing the feat three times and Tom Watson and Jimmy Powell doing it twice each. Mike Fetchick is the oldest winner at 63 years in the 1985 Hilton Head Seniors Invitational.

Joe Durant and Kirk Triplett tied for second. Durant and Triplett, the winner last week in Cary, shot 66.

Calgary’s Stephen Ames tied for 6th after a final round 65 left him at 11-under 202 for the championship.

Rod Spittle of St. Catharines, Ont. finished tied for 26th at 6-under 207.

Jim Rutledge of Victoria, B.C. tied for 55th at even-par 213.

CONOVER, N.C. – Jay Haas shot a 4-under-par 67 Saturday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Champions Tour’s Greater Hickory Kia Classic.

Haas, the 60-year-old Wake Forest player who won the event in 2005 and 2009, had a 12-under 130 on Rock Barn Golf and Spa’s Champions Course. He extended his streak of under-par rounds to 22, making five birdies and a lone bogey on No. 17.

“I played well again today – maybe not quite as well as yesterday, but I had some chances today and didn’t capitalize,” Haas said. “It was a little tougher today. The wind was stronger in places, and the course played differently. But I’m pleased. Obviously I did some good things out there.

“I’m glad to be in the lead. But in looking at that leaderboard, there were two 63s yesterday and a couple of 65s today. There are scores like that that can be shot out there. I’m just going to have to be aggressive, and capitalize when I have the good shots.”

A 16-time winner on the 50-and-over tour, Haas has gone 27 months without a tournament win. His last title came in June 2012 in Des Moines, Iowa – also the last time that Haas has had sole possession of the lead entering a tournament’s final round.

“I haven’t had the lead going into Sunday, but I’ve had four or five really good chances to win and haven’t done it,” Haas said. “It has been a while since I’ve won, but I’ve played as consistently this year as I ever have. I feel like I’m going to go out and play a pretty good round tomorrow. Whether it’ll be good enough, well, we’ll see.”

Joe Durant, tied for the first-round lead with Haas at 63, had a 69 to drop into a tie for second with Kirk Triplett and South Africa’s David Frost. Triplett, the winner last week, had a 66, and Frost shot 65.

Frost, a five-time Champions Tour winner, had seven birdies and a bogey to make the best round of the day with Skip Kendall and Kenny Perry.

“There are a lot of birdies out there,” Frost said. “All in all, I played well. I feel like right now I’m playing unconscious golf, having played so much golf the past three months. I’m just going with the flow.”

Triplett had six birdies and a bogey, while Durant birdied the final three holes to finish with six birdies and four bogeys.

“If you’re striking the ball solid, you’re going to have some birdie chances,” Triplett said. “You can’t be thinking you’ve going to shoot 2 under and move up or hold your place. You’ve got to be aggressive, and try to make a half-dozen birdies.”

Stephen Ames is sitting at 5-under 137 (69-68) to lead the Canadian charge into the final round. He’s tied for 17th.

Jim Rutledge carded another 71 to remain at even par 142, falling three leaderboard spots into a tie for 52nd.

Rod Spittle shot a 4-over 75 Saturday to slip 37 spots down the leaderboard into a tie for 62nd. He’s sitting at 2-over 144.

CONOVER, N.C. – Jay Haas and Joe Durant shot 8-under 63 on Friday to share the first-round lead in the Champions Tour’s Greater Hickory Kia Classic.

The 60-year-old Haas, the 2005 and 2009 champion, had an eagle and seven birdies on the first 14 holes, dropped a stroke on the par-4 15th and closed with two pars. The former Wake Forest player won the last of his 16 Champions Tour titles in June 2012.

Durant had his best score since joining the 50-and-over tour in April. He rebounded from two early bogeys with eight birdies and an eagle on Rock Barn Golf and Spa’s Champions Course.

Roger Chapman and Scott Dunlap shot 65. Kirk Triplett, a two-time winner this season, was another stroke back along with Bill Glasson, Mike Goodes, John Riegger and Rocco Mediate.

Colin Montgomerie opened with a 69. A two-time major winner this season, Montgomerie is second in the Charles Schwab Cup standings – 771 points behind Bernhard Langer with three events left.

Langer is skipping the tournament. He has a tour-high five victories, two of them majors.

Also opening with 69s were Canadians Stephen Ames and Rod Spittle.

Jim Rutledge was even after an opening-round 71.

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Greg McLaughlin is taking over as president of the Champions Tour.

McLaughlin was the president of the Tiger Woods Foundation for 14 years until he left this year to join the PGA Tour management. The PGA Tour said he will start his new job in January and replace Mike Stevens, who is stepping down after 35 years in golf administration.

McLaughlin previously was a tournament director at the Nissan Open in Los Angeles, the Honda Classic and the Western Open. He was the first tournament director to give Woods a sponsor’s exemption to a PGA Tour event when Woods was 16.

Part of his job at the Tiger Woods Foundation was to oversee three tournaments – the Quicken Loans National, Deutsche Bank Challenge and the World Challenge.

CARY, N.C. – Kirk Triplett won the SAS Championship on Sunday for his second victory of the year and fourth in three seasons on the Champions Tour.

The 52-year-old Triplett closed with a 3-under 69 for a three-stroke victory over Tom Lehman. Triplett finished at 14-under 202 at Prestonwood Country Club.

Triplett followed each of his three bogeys with birdies.

“I had a few bogeys, and I had some bounce-backs,” Triplett said. “That was the key to today.”

The three-time PGA Tour champion also won the ACE Group Classic in February.

Lehman eagled the par-5 17th in a 70.

“I was playing with Paul (Goydos) and Tom, and neither one of them were really – they were getting some chances, but they weren’t converting, and I just felt like I had that nice cushion,” Triplett said. “After that, a tough old guy, Tommy Lehman, made an eagle, birdied 16, eagled 17. I’m like, `Come on, man.'”

But Triplett converted his sixth birdie of the day on the 17th to maintain a three-shot lead.

“With a three-shot lead, everybody watching on TV feels comfortable,” Triplett said. “The guy with the three-shot lead still doesn’t feel comfortable.”

Bernhard Langer and Kenny Perry tied for third at 10 under. Langer, the 2012 winner, finished with a 68. Perry, the 2011 champion, had a 67.

“I hit a lot of fairways, a lot of greens,” Langer said. “When I did miss a green I got it up and down, so that’s a great performance. Just usually, I make more birdies when I play that well. But as I said, the putter wasn’t quite cooperating, especially not today.”

Langer extended his lead in the season-long race Charles Schwab Cup race, adding 138 points this week. He has a tour-high five wins – two of them majors – and leads the money list. Colin Montgomerie finished outside the top 10, earning no points this week.

“We’ve still got three more tournaments,” said Langer, who now holds a 771-point lead over Montgomerie. “I’m not playing next week, Colin is, so he’s got a great opportunity to make up ground. But I did everything I could, I think, this week to stay in front of him.”

Goydos, Mark McNulty and Kevin Sutherland tied for fifth at 9 under. McNulty had a 67, Sutherland shot 70, and Goydos 72.

Jim Rutledge carded a final round 2-under 70 to tie for 50th as the leading Canadian at even-par 216.

Rod Spittle tied for 55th at 1-over 217, while Stephen Ames tied for 65th at 3-over 219.