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Schulz grabs three-stroke lead at First Tee Open

Sat 4th, September 2010

Pebble Beach, CA (Sports Network) - Ted Schulz fired a eight-under 64 at Pebble Beach on Saturday to grab a three-stroke lead after two rounds of the First Tee Open.

Schulz, who is making his 12th Champions Tour start of the year, completed two rounds at 12-under-par 132. The 64 was Schulz's best round on the Champions Tour.

Pebble Beach and Del Monte Golf Course were used for the first two rounds. Sunday's final round will be contested at Pebble Beach.

First-round leader Mark Calcavecchia managed a one-under 71 Saturday, but slipped into a tie for second place at minus-nine. Tom Kite, who won the 1992 U.S. Open at Pebble Beach, carded a four-under 68 at Pebble to join Calcavecchia in second place.

Tom Pernice, Jr. is alone in fourth place at eight-under-par 136 after shooting 70 at Del Monte.

Schulz started on the back nine at Pebble Beach and got off to a fast start with birdies on 10 and 11. He posted back-to-back birdies from the 13th to jump to eight-under.

The 50-year-old birdied the 16th from 12 feet out, but gave that stroke right back with a three-putt bogey from the fringe on No. 17. Schulz made the turn at minus-nine thanks a 10-foot birdie putt on the 18th.

Schulz, who won twice on the PGA Tour, made it two in a row again as he birdied the first.

He birdied the third, from three feet out, and sixth, from three feet, to move to 12-under. Schulz parred his final three holes to grab the second-round lead for the first time on the Champions Tour.

"I hit it close a lot, but you are still making four-and five-footers with a lot of break in them," Schulz said. "I played pretty solid and drove the ball well. Hit a long good iron shots."

Calcavecchia started on the first at Pebble Beach on Saturday. His front nine consisted of eight pars and a single birdie on the par-three fifth.

Around the turn, Calcavecchia got to 10-under with a birdie on No. 10. However, he bogeyed three of the next four holes to slide to minus-seven. He got two of those strokes back with birdies at 16 and 17.

Jay Haas carded a five-under 67 at Del Monte on Saturday. That moved him into a share of fifth place at seven-under-par 137. He stands alongside Jay Don Blake (68), Olin Browne (70), Fred Couples (70) and Scott Simpson (70).

NOTES: Tom Watson, who celebrated his 61st birthday Saturday, shot five-under 67 at Pebble Beach to move into a share of 18th...Schulz and Kite's teams are tied for the lead in the amateur competition.