USA CHAMPIONS' TOUR FINALE

Langer two off the lead at the Charles Schwab 

Cup Championship but Monty trails

Bernhard Langer remains in a strong position to defend his Champions Tour season points title, despite dropping from the lead at the second round of the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Second round leaders

-11 Michael Allen (USA)
-9 Bernhard Langer (Ger)
-8 Billy Andrade (USA)
-8 Kenny Perry (USA)
-7 Jeff Sluman (USA)
-7 Olin Browne (USA)
Others
-6 Tom Lehman (USA)
-4 Mark O'Meara (USA)
-2 Colin Montgomerie (Sco)
-1 Jeff Maggert (USA)
+2 Ian Woosnam (Wal)

The 58-year-old was top of the leaderboard after an opening round 63 on Desert Mountain's Cochise Course, but could only follow that up with a two-under 68 as Michael Allen moved in to a two-stroke lead.
Langer, who came in to this week third in the points standings behind pacesetter Colin Montgomerie and Senior Open champion Jeff Maggert, birdied three of his opening four holes before carding a three-putt bogey at the seventh.

After restoring his lead with a gain at the ninth, the two-time Masters champion bogeyed the 12th after failing to get up-and-down from the rough and missed a eight-foot par save at the 17th before finishing with a gain at the last.
"Things just didn't go my way," Langer said. "I think 68 is most of the time a great score, just not necessarily today for me when I had that start, 3 under after four. I really had it going."

Allen, without a win this year, was left frustrated after being warned for slow play but picked up five shots over his final six holes to post a six-under 64.
Having chipped in at the short 13th and post a two-putt gain at the par-five 15th, Allen posted a ten-foot birdie at the 17th before moving in to the outright lead by sinking a 30-foot eagle the last.
"It was just a little bit lucky," Allen said about the final putt. "I knew it wouldn't break quite as much, at least I thought it wouldn't, but it was really hard to see with the sun in my eyes.
"I was just trying to get the right speed because when the sun's in your eyes like that, you can sometimes hit it a little hard and kind of lose it a little bit. I was happy it was really close, but it went in."
Montgomerie sits nine off the lead in a tie for 18th after a two-under 68, while Maggert sits in the group a further stroke adrift.

SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
 Par 140 (2x70)

1	Michael Allen	65	64						129
2	Bernhard Langer	63	68						131
T3	Kenny Perry	66	66						132
T3	Billy Andrade	65	67						132
T5	Jeff Sluman	69	64						133
T5	Olin Browne	66	67						133
7	Tom Lehman	69	65						134
T8	Woody Austin	71	64						135
T8	Joe Durant	69	66						135
T8	Kevin Sutherland	68	67						135
T8	Stephen Ames	68	67						135
T8	Bart Bryant	68	67						135
T8	Fred Couples	66	69						135
T14	Paul Goydos	68	68						136
T14	Duffy Waldorf	68	68						136
T14	Mark O'Meara	68	68						136
17	Jerry Smith	74	63						137
T18	Colin Montgomerie	70	68						138
T18	Tom Pernice Jr.	70	68						138
T18	Kirk Triplett	70	68						138
T18	Russ Cochran	70	68						138
T22	Marco Dawson	73	66						139
T22	Jeff Maggert	72	67						139
T22	Lee Janzen	72	67						139
T25	David Frost	72	68						140
T25	Wes Short Jr.	68	72						140
27	Scott Dunlap	71	70						141
28	Ian Woosnam	70	72						142
T29	Gene Sauers	73	72						145
T29	Esteban Toledo	72	73						145

T22	Woody Austin	71	12:55 pm	-	-	-	F	+1	71

T7	Mark O'Meara	68	1:55 pm	-	-	-	F	-2	68
T7	Wes Short Jr.	68	1:55 pm	-	-	-	F	-2	68
T7	Stephen Ames	68	2:05 pm	-	-	-	F	-2	68
T7	Bart Bryant	68	2:05 pm	-	-	-	F	-2	68
T14	Joe Durant	69	1:25 pm	-	-	-	F	-1	69
T14	Tom Lehman	69	1:25 pm	-	-	-	F	-1	69
T14	Jeff Sluman	69	1:35 pm	-	-	-	F	-1	69
T17	Colin Montgomerie	70	12:55 pm	-	-	-	F	E	70
T17	Tom Pernice Jr.	70	1:05 pm	-	-	-	F	E	70
T17	Kirk Triplett	70	1:05 pm	-	-	-	F	E	70
T17	Russ Cochran	70	1:15 pm	-	-	-	F	E	70
T17	Ian Woosnam	70	1:15 pm	-	-	-	F	E	70
T22	Scott Dunlap	71	12:45 pm	-	-	-	F	+1	71
T22	Woody Austin	71	12:55 pm	-	-	-	F	+1	71
T24	Jeff Maggert	72	12:25 pm	-	-	-	F	+2	72
T24	Lee Janzen	72	12:35 pm	-	-	-	F	+2	72
T24	Esteban Toledo	72	12:35 pm	-	-	-	F	+2	72
T24	David Frost	72	12:45 pm	-	-	-	F	+2	72
T28	Marco Dawson	73	12:15 pm	-	-	-	F	+3	73
T28	Gene Sauers	73	12:25 pm	-	-	-	F	+3	73
30	Jerry Smith	74	12:15 pm	-	-	-	F	+4	74

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