Monty's last-hole bogey knocks him down to tied seventh


Colin Montgomerie has shot 67-72 for 139 to be five shots off the lead in a share of seventh place at this weekend's US Champions Tour event at Tucson 
 He would have had less ground to make up but for a bogey at the last.

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TUCSON, Arizona -- Marco Dawson made a 15-foot par putt on the par-4 18th for a 5-under 67 and the second-round lead Saturday in the Champions Tour's Tucson Conquistadores Classic.
Dawson, making his 21st start on the 50-and-over tour, opened with two birdies, made four in row on Nos. 7-10 and had his lone bogey on the par-3 17th. He holed consecutive birdie putts of 50 feet on No. 7, 18 on No. 8 and 35 on No. 9.
"I putted really well," Dawson said. "I made some long putts. I also had a lot of saves."
Dawson had a 10-under 134 total in the first-year event on Tucson National's Catalina Course, the long-time home of the PGA Tour's defunct Tucson Open.
The 51-year-old Dawson was second last year in the ATandT Championship in San Antonio. He's winless in 412 PGA Tour starts and has one victory in 161 events on the Web.com Tour.
"I was in this position last year and I thought I did pretty well on Sunday, but Michael Allen played really well down the stretch," Dawson said. "I have no control over what everyone else does. If I play well, I'll be happy with that. The main things is to play well."
Wes Short Jr. and Bart Bryant were 9 under. Short eagled the par-5 second hole in a 66. Bryant, coming off a playoff loss to Lee Janzen last month in Naples, Florida, had an eagle on the par-5 10th in his 67.
Jerry Smith, the first-round leader after making a hole-in-one in a 65, dropped three strokes on the final two holes to fall to 8 under. He matched Dawson with a bogey on 17 and made a double bogey after driving into the left-side water on 18.
Allen (67) and David Frost (71) were 6 under. Colin Montgomerie bogeyed the 18th for a 72 to fall into a tie for seventh at 5 under.
Bernhard Langer was tied for 10th at 4 under after a 71. He had five victories last year.
Kirk Triplett, the winner of the PGA Tour's final Tucson Open in 2006 at Tucson National, was tied for 20th at 3 under after a 73.
Jesper Parnevik was 1 over after a 74 in his Champions Tour debut. The five-time PGA Tour winner turned 50 on March 7. He missed the cut two weeks ago in the PGA Tour's Puerto Rico Open after injuring his back in a fall during a practice round.
Fred Couples was 3 over after a 75. Tom Watson was another shot back after a 72.