O'Meara joins Langer in US

Seniors Tour lead

It's been a while since two-time major winner Mark O'Meara won anything. But he might just break his duck on the US Champions (Seniors) Tour in the Toshiba Classic at Newport Beach Country Club, California today.

O'Meara shaved a shot off his opening 67 to return a for a five-under-par 66 to join Bernhard Langer in the lead nine-under-par 133.

The American will have to beat a "League of Nations" to win. Apart from Germany's Langer,
Eduardo Romero (68) of Argentina is one stroke behind at 8-under 134 and Denis Watson (68) from Zimbabwe is at 7 under.
O'Meara, who won 16 US PGA Tour events -- including two majors -- has not won on America's over-50s circuit in 33 outings.
"It would mean so much to win, especially here," said O'Meara, who grew up about 20 miles away in Mission Viejo and played high school golf matches at Newport Beach Country Club. "It was a rough ride last year, but I have it straightened out again."
O'Meara replaced all of his woods this week and is ninth in driving distance and 12th in total driving.
He hit 13 of 14 fairways and 16 of 18 greens in the second round.
Langer, who began the day with a one-stroke lead, was even par through 14 holes, but played the last four holes in three under, including birdies on 17 and 18, finishing with a 68.
It was the second consecutive day Langer has finished strongly.
"It might be an advantage in the final round," Langer said. "I think the course is easier at the end with two par 5s. My finishes might give me some positive vibes going in to the final round."
Langer is tied for first in greens in regulation, missing five greens in 36 holes, but is tied for 60th in putting.
"It just shows how well my ball striking is," Langer said. "I played well off the tee, but I couldn't make any putts."
SECOND ROUND TOTALS

Par 142 (2 x 71)
133 Bernhard Langer (Ger) 65 68, Mark O'Meara 67 66
134 Eduardo Romero (Arg) 66 68
135 Denis Watson (Zim) 67 68
136 John Cook 69 67, Tom Jenkins 69 67, Fred Funk 69 67
137 Gene Jones 68 69, Jim Thorpe 69 68, Jeff Sluman 69 68, David Eger 70 67, Morris Hatalsky 70 67, Sandy Lyle (Sco) 70 67
138 Andy Bean 68 70, Mike McCullough 70 68, D A Weibring 71 67, Bobby Wadkins 69 69, Tim Simpson 68 70
139 Robert l. Thompson 70 69, Mark W Johnson 70 69, Keith Fergus 70 69, Bob Gilder 66 73, Wayne Levi 72 67
140 Joey Sindelar 68 72, Bruce Vaughan 69 71, Mark Wiebe 74 66, Tom Watson 68 72, Tom Kite 70 70, Fuzzy Zoeller 70 70, Don Pooley 73 67
141 Fulton Allem (Rsa) 70 71, Scott Hoch 70 71, Jim Colbert 66 75, Mike Goodes 74 67, Nick Price (Zim) 72 69, Larry Mize 72 69
142 Bruce Fleisher 72 70, Bruce Lietzke 69 73, Massy Kuramoto (Jpn) 69 73, Ronnie Black 75 67, Allen Doyle 69 73, Larry Nelson 69 73
143 Ben Crenshaw 71 72, Blaine McCallister 71 72, Lonnie Nielsen 71 72, Tom Wargo 71 72, Brad Bryant 70 73, Dan Forsman 72 71, John Morse 73 70, John Jacobs 70 73
144 Jay Sigel 70 74, Dana Quigley 73 71, Dave Stockton 74 70
145 Joe Ozaki (Jpn) 71 74, Vicente Fernandez (Arg) 75 70, Wayne Grady (Aus) 72 73, Hal Sutton 76 69, James Mason 72 73, Ken Green 77 68, Ron Streck 72 73, Lee Trevino 71 74, Loren Roberts 69 76, Hale Irwin 72 73, Javier Sanchez 73 72
146 Bob Murphy 72 74, Craig Stadler 73 73, Graham Marsh (Aus) 72 74, Gary McCord 75 71, Tom McKnight 74 72, Steve Thomas 72 74
147 Isao Aoki (Jpn) 77 70
148 Gary Player (Rsa) 76 72, John Harris 74 74, Ian Woosnam (Wal) 72 76, Mark McNulty (Irl) 74 74
149 Hubert Green 75 74
151 Bruce Summerhays 77 74, Greg Hopkins 74 77