RICHMOND, Virginia -- Scott McCarron and Tom Byrum shared the Dominion Charity Classic lead Saturday, with Bernhard Langer two strokes back in the second of three US PGA Senior Tour Champions play-offs.
McCarron shot his second straight 5-under 67, and Byrum had a 69 to reach 10-under 134 on The Country Club of Virginia's James River Course. Langer also had a 69 in his return from a left knee injury that forced him to withdraw from the play-off opener last week in California.
McCarron birdied the par-5 16th and 18th for the second day in a row, holing a 12-footer on 18.
"I made two nice putts on 2 and 3 from probably 30 feet or so," McCarron said. "It's always nice to get off to a good start when you're making putts like that. Then just played pretty solid and took advantage of the par 5s coming in. Really like this golf course. It's a great track. It's in perfect shape, we have unbelievable weather, so looking forward to tomorrow."
Byrum closed birdie-bogey-birdie, making a 20-footer on 18 to tie McCarron.
"I hung in there. Just tried to stay patient," Byrum said. "Hit the ball decent on the front nine, struggled a lot on the back nine. I had to scramble a little bit, but all in all it was a good day playing under the pressure of leading and guys coming after me. ... Maybe I can be a little more aggressive tomorrow."
Langer is fighting the knee injury that he re-aggravated at home doing routine spinning. The 59-year-old German star leads the Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs standings, had a tour-high our victories and has wrapped up the season money title with $2,697,459.
"The worst thing for me is walking downhill and bending," Langer said. "I can't bend my knee very well, so I'm just trying to avoid all stress, if possible."
The playoff field was cut from 72 to 54 for the event, and  Tom Lehman dropped out because of an elbow injury. The top 36 after the week will qualify for the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship next week in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Each dollar earned in the first two events is worth two points -- first place is worth $305,000 and 610,000 points this week -- and is added to the regular-season total. At the Charles Schwab Championship, points will be reset so that the top five only have to win to capture the Charles Schwab Cup.
The 51-year-old McCarron is fifth in the standings. He won the Principal Charity Classic in Iowa in June for his first victory on the 50-and-over tour.
"I'm having an absolute blast," the three-time PGA Tour winner said. "I'm playing with some of my best buddies. When you get to play with Hall of Famers like Bernhard Langer it really is a lot of fun."
The 56-year-old Byrum is 27th in the standings. He's winless on the senior tour after winning once on the US PGA Tour.
Jay Haas (71), Michael Allen (69), Rocco Mediate (71), Scott Parel (66), England's  Paul Broadhurst (68) and Brandt Jobe (69) were on 6 under 138.
Colin Montgomerie is T13 on 140 after a second-round 69.
The 62-year-old Haas won a month ago in Newport Beach, California, to become the second-oldest winner in tour history.

SCOREBOARD
par 144 (2x72)

T1 Tom Byrum 65   69 . 134
T1 Scott McCarron 67   67 134
3 Bernhard Langer 67 69 136
T4 Michael Allen 69 69 138
T4 Jay Haas 67 71 138
T4 Rocco Mediate 67 71 138
T4 Paul Broadhurst 70 68 138
T4 Brandt Jobe 69 69 138
T4 Scott Parel 72 66 138
T10   Fred Funk 70 69 139
T10   Tom Pernice Jr. 68 71 139
T10   Duffy Waldorf 68 71 139
T13   Billy Mayfair 68 72 140
T13    Jerry Smith 70 70 140
T13 Doug Garwood 71 69 140
T13 Colin Montgomerie  71 69 140
T13 Jeff Sluman 70 70 140
T18 Carlos Franco 69 72 141
T18 Jesper Parnevik 70 71 141
T18 Joe Durant 71 70 141
T21 Marco Dawson 69 73 142
T21 Miguel Angel Jimenez 66 76 142
T21 Rod Spittle 70 72 142
T21 Kevin Sutherland 70 72 142
T21 Willie Wood 72 70 142
T21 Mark Brooks 73 69 142
T21 Lee Janzen 74 68 142
T21 Joey Sindelar 73 69 142
T21 David Frost 75 67 142
T30 Glen Day 70 73 143
T30 Scott Dunlap 71 72 143
T30 Jeff Maggert 71 72 143
T30 Tommy Armour III 73 70 143
T34 Paul Goydos 71 73 144
T34 Kenny Perry 71 73 144
T34 Billy Andrade 74 70 144
T34 Woody Austin 73 71 144
T34 Mark O'Meara 72 72 144
T39 Esteban Toledo 69 76 145
T39 Bart Bryant 73 72 145
T41 Loren Roberts 72 74 146
T41 Steve Pate 73 73 146
T41 Gene Sauers 73 73 146
T44 Mike Goodes 72 75 147
T44 Kirk Triplett 72 75 147
T46 Wes Short Jr. 74 74 148
T46 Ian Woosnam 76 72 148
48 Jim Carter 76 73 149
T49 Stephen Ames 76 74 150
T49 Todd Hamilton 75 75 150
T49 Larry Mize 75 75 150
52 Olin Browne 75 76 151
53 Scott Verplank 73 81 154