Tom Jenkins moved into contention for his seventh career Champions Tour victory, shooting a 6-under 66 in cool and misty conditions Saturday to take the lead into the final round of the SAS Championship.

The 58-year-old Jenkins had a 10-under 134 total on the Prestonwood Country Club course, one stroke better than Champions Tour money leader Loren Roberts and tour newcomer Chip Beck.

``Warming up, it was miserable,'' Jenkins said. ``It must have been 45 on the practice tee. I didn't think it was every going to get warm.''

Jenkins made four birdie putts of at least 20 feet, including a 40-footer at the 10th, and made six birdies overall. He took the lead for good on the par-5 17th, overcoming a poor second shot and draining a 15-foot putt for birdie.

``I've been playing up and down the last month or so,'' Jenkins said. ``I've been fairly consistent this year.''

Roberts, a four-time winner this year who also tops the Charles Schwab Cup points race, followed a first-round 67 with a 68, while Beck, making his third Champions Tour start, shot a 65. Jay Haas, 20 points behind Roberts in the Schwab Cup standings, was three strokes back at 7-under.

``Loren is on top of his game,'' Haas said. ``He will be tough to catch.''

Beck, a native of nearby Fayetteville, N.C., birdied the last four holes in front of a gallery of about 20 family members.

``I thought that my career was over,'' said Beck, a four-time PGA Tour winner and one of three players to shoot a 59 on the tour. ``I thought I would never play again. I had actually surrendered to that. That was my lot in life.''

Andy Bean, the Greater Hickory Classic winner last week, shot a 69 to join Jim Ahern (70) at 5-under.