Joey Sindelar heading for first win on

United States Champions' Tour

American Joey Sindelar, 50, chasing his first win on the US Champions (Seniors) Tour took a big step towards breaking his duck with a second-round two-under-par 70 for 10-under 134 to lead by one shot from Don Pooley, going into the third and final round of the AT&T Champions Classic at Valencia Country Club, California.
"I'm pretty comfortable out there," Sindelar said. "I'm not trying to ignore it. I'll be excited on the first tee (Sunday) and in four hours I'll know the result. I'm looking forward to it."
Sindelar stretched his bogey-free streak to 42 holes before dropping a stroke on the par-4 fifth. He also bogeyed Nos. 8 and 10, but played the final seven holes in four under par to top the leaderboard for the second straight day.
"I'm having a bit of a fight with the front nine," Sindelar said. "It was a mess. Nothing to be proud of. I had much better ball-striking on the back nine."
Pooley shot a bogey-free 65, the best round of the day. He had only 25 putts.
"I was lost in my short game," Pooley said. "It's helped a lot. I've had very few bad days putting this year where last year I had very few good days."
Jay Haas (69) was two strokes back at eight under, Steve Thomas (66) was seven under, and Tim Simpson (69) and Bruce Lietzke (70) were another stroke behind.
Nick Price withdrew after the round. Price, eight over through 36 holes, dropped an iron on his toe in his hotel room on Thursday.
SECOND-ROUND TOTALS
Par 144 (2 x 72)
134 Joey Sindelar 64 70
135 Don Pooley 70 65
136 Jay Haas 67 69
137 Steve Thomas 71 66
138 Bruce Lietzke 68 70, Tim Simpson 69 69
139 Robert L Thompson 69 70, Ken Green 71 68, Dan Forsman 72 67, Jeff Sluman 69 70, Tom McKnight 71 68
140 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 68 72, Fulton Allem (Rsa) 69 71, Tom Purtzer 65 75, Mark Wiebe 70 70, Ben Crenshaw 68 72
141 Andy Bean 69 72, Phil Blackmar 70 71, Fred Funk 72 69, Jerry Pate 70 71
142 Mike McCullough 71 71, Gene Jones 70 72, Scott Hoch 71 71, Tom Kite 72 70, Lonnie Nielsen 74 68, Wayne Levi 69 73, David Edwards 67 75, John Cook 68 74, Loren Roberts 72 70, Dave Stockton 72 70, David Eger 70 72, Bobby Wadkins 70 72
143 Mark O'Meara 73 70, Dana Quigley 74 69, Fuzzy Zoeller 69 74, John Morse 72 71, Morris Hatalsky 73 70, Hale Irwin 69 74, Bob Gilder 70 73
144 Gary Hallberg 69 75, Mike Goodes 70 74
145 Bruce Fleisher 74 71, Denis Watson (Zim) 75 70, Tom Jenkins 73 72, Graham Marsh (Aus) 74 71, Ian Woosnam (Wal) 73 72, Eduardo Romero (Arg) 70 75
146 Mark McNulty (Irl) 72 74, Allen Doyle 74 72
147 Jim Thorpe 71 76, Joe Ozaki (Jpn) 74 73, Keith Fergus 73 74, Wayne Grady (Aus) 76 71, Vicente Fernandez (Arg) 73 74
148 D A Weibring 74 74, Bruce Summerhays 71 77, Craig Stadler 81 67, Larry Nelson 78 70, John Jacobs 76 72, Michael Turner 71 77
149 Tom Wargo 74 75, Dave Eichelberger 77 72, Massy Kuramoto (Jpn) 77 72, Larry Mize 73 76, Hal Sutton 76 73
150 Mark W Johnson 74 76, Gary McCord 78 72, Sandy Lyle (Sco) 75 75, Jeff Roth 77 73
151 Jay Sigel 82 69
152 James Mason 79 73, Bruce Vaughan 71 81, Isao Aoki (Jpn) 75 77
153 Jim Colbert 81 72
154 Hubert Green 75 79, Rich Contreras 79 75
156 Blaine McCallister 77 79
158 Gary Player (Rsa) 80 78
Withdrew: 152 Nick Price (Zim) 76 76