Bernhard Langer shoots 67 to grab second-round lead at Montreal Championship

SAINTE-JULIE, Que. – Bernhard Langer shot a 5-under 67 on Saturday to take the second-round lead at the Champions Tour’s $1.6 million Montreal Championship.

Langer, who is second to points leader Kenny Perry in Charles Schwab Cup standings, had a bogey-free round on the Vallee du Richelieu’s challenging Rouville course.

The two-time Masters champion finished with five birdies to move to 6-under 138 through 36 holes after opening with a 71.

Perry, who has 2,619 points to Langer’s 1,830, is in a five-way tie for second at 3-under 141.

He birdied two of his first five holes but bogeyed the eighth and played par the rest of the way to finish with a 1-under 71 after finishing alone in second on Friday with a 70.

Willie Wood and Chien Soon Lu each shot 4-under 68 for a share of second at 3 under through 36 holes along with Perry, Bill Glasson and Anders Forsbrand.

Rocco Mediate was also among the eight golfers to shoot 4 under or better Saturday after Dick Mast’s 3-under 69 on Friday was good enough for the outright lead through a blustery first round.

Mediate, who cruised to his second Champions Tour win last weekend in Calgary, shot a 68 to move to 1 under after opening with a 75 on Friday.

Rod Spittle of Niagara Falls, Ont., shot his second straight 72 to remain the top Canadian. He is one of eight players tied for 17th, including Mast, who shot a 75 to fall back into the pack one day after claiming his first outright lead in 165 Champions Tour starts.

Victoria’s Jeff Rutledge is 6 over through two rounds after shooting a 74. Marc Girouard of Saint-Sauveur, Que., had six bogeys and three double-bogeys and finished with an 81 to fall back to 15-over 159.