Montgomerie, Langer tied at top, to battle for season-long Charles Schwab Cup on final day

Colin Montgomerie and Bernhard Langer (Associated Press)

Paul Goydos is a round away from a possibly monumental victory, but his quest may not be the most interesting storyline going into Sunday.
Goydos opened in 62 at the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the season finale for the US PGA Tour Champions, and followed up with 67 for a two-shot lead going into Sunday’s final round.
This is, of course, the last event of the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs. Goydos, 52, is projected to jump from 24th to third in the standings, and the race for the season-long Charles Schwab Cup is paramount at this event. It appears that race, with its $1 million bonus, will come down to a different duo, though.
Colin Montgomerie, 53, sits in second at 9 under and Bernhard Langer, 59, is third at 7 under at Desert Mountain Club’s Cochise course in Scottsdale, Arizona, after matching 66s. 
As the projections stand now, the duo would tie for first in the Charles Schwab Cup standings. Langer entered the week first and Montgomerie third, but it will be quite a battle down the stretch.
Langer is going for his third straight Schwab Cup season-long title and fourth overall, but with this being the inaugural year of the playoff, it would be his first in this format. Those semantics don’t matter to Montgomerie, who is going for his first Schwab Cup crown regardless, as he has finished second to Langer in the race the last two years.
Goydos has just this tournament victory on his mind. It would be his second of the year and fourth overall on PGA Tour Champions since becoming eligible for the circuit in 2014.
If Langer could pull off the overall win (which would obviously lock up the Schwab Cup crown), it would be the 30th of his PGA Tour Champions career. For Montgomerie, who became eligible for the circuit in 2013, it would be his fifth Champions win.
A victory by Montgomerie would secure him his first Charles Schwab Cup title no matter what. If Montgomerie were to finish second, Langer would have to place worse than solo third for the Scot to hold his first outright Schwab crown.

SECOND-ROUND SCOREBOARD
 Par 140 (2x70)

1	Paul Goydos	62	67	.				129
2	Colin Montgomerie	65	66					131
3	Bernhard Langer	67	66					133
4	Duffy Waldorf	67	67					134
T5	Jay Haas	68	67					135
T5	Jesper Parnevik	70	65					135
T7	Bart Bryant	68	68					136
T7	Mike Goodes	70	66					136
T9	Tom Pernice Jr.	67	70					137
T9	Scott Dunlap	71	66					137
T9	Doug Garwood	70	67					137
T12	Paul Broadhurst	67	71					138
T12	Kevin Sutherland	69	69					138
T12	Esteban Toledo	70	68					138
T15	Woody Austin	70	69					139
T15	Joe Durant	70	69					139
T17	Kirk Triplett	68	72					140
T17	Scott McCarron	69	71					140
T17	Rocco Mediate	70	70					140
T17	Tom Byrum	71	69					140
T17	Gene Sauers	73	67					140
22	Miguel Angel Jimenez	74	67					141
23	Joey Sindelar	73	69					142
T24	Tommy Armour III	72	71					143
T24	David Frost	73	70					143
T24	Fred Funk	73	70					143
T24	Billy Andrade	73	70					143
T24	Jeff Sluman	73	70					143
T24	Olin Browne	75	68					143
30	Jeff Maggert	70	74					144
T31	Michael Allen	72	74					146
T31	Wes Short Jr.	80	66					146
T31	Jerry Smith	73	73					146
34	Brandt Jobe	75	72					147
35	Carlos Franco	76	75					151
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