Expand / Collapse search
Watch TV
Menu

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2024 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by Refinitiv Lipper.

Sports

Montgomerie maintains U.S. Senior Open lead

By Sports Network
Published | Updated

Edmond, OK (SportsNetwork.com) - Colin Montgomerie carded an even-par 71 on Friday and kept his 1-stroke lead through two rounds of the U.S. Senior Open.

Montgomerie, the reigning Senior PGA Championship winner, finished 36 holes at Oak Tree National at 6-under-par 136.

"It's a long way (to the end)," Montgomerie said. "I look forward to getting in a position to contend for tomorrow evening and I'm playing well. It's just a matter of trying to be as patient as possible and let things happen. But it's not easy out there, not easy."

Scott Dunlap shot a 3-under 68 to jump into second place at 5-under 137 while 2010 U.S. Senior Open champion Bernhard Langer (69) and Gene Sauers (69) shared third at minus-4.

Mark Brooks (71), Lance Ten Broeck (69), Jeff Sluman (69) and Doug Garwood (69) are tied for fifth at 3-under. Vijay Singh (71) is alone in ninth at 2- under 140.

Montgomerie parred his first two holes before tripping to bogeys at the third and sixth to fall to 4-under and hand the outright lead to Dunlap, who had set the clubhouse mark at 5-under earlier in the day.

Montgomerie bounced back with a birdie at the seventh to reclaim a share of the lead. He then reeled off nine straight pars before recording a 4-foot birdie at the par-3 17th to move back into sole possession of the lead.

"I got off to a poor start, to be honest," said Montgomerie. "It's not easy to repeat a good round as yesterday's was but this was as good, to be honest. Seventy-one out there was a good effort."

Dunlap started on the 10th tee and parred his entire outward nine before doing all of his scoring around the turn.

He picked up his first shot with a birdie at the second and after parring the next two holes, rolled in birdies at the fifth and seventh to reach 5-under.

Dunlap parred his final two holes to claim the clubhouse lead.

"I have been particularly good with the putter this week. Been tidy, I have made a couple, made all my short ones," Dunlap said. "That's what a guy does to win something like this."

Langer birdied the fourth, seventh and eighth to reach 5-under. After posting a bogey at the 10th, he birdied the 12th and 14th to move to 6-under and claim the outright lead.

But he tripped to bogeys at the 15th, 16th and 18th around a birdie at the 17th to fall two shots off the pace.

Sauers countered three bogeys with an eagle and three birdies to earn his share of third place.

NOTES: Montgomerie's win at the Senior PGA was his first major championship win on any tour, and his first win in the United States ... Montgomerie has eight top-10 finishes in his 10 previous Champions Tour starts this year ... Langer posted an under-par round for the 35th time in 38 rounds this year ... The cut line fell at 7-over 149 with 66 players advancing to the weekend, including amateurs Jeff Wilson (146) and Mike McCoy (148).