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SAN ANTONIO -- Former Lamar University star Chris Stroud moved into position to make a big jump on the PGA Tour money list, shooting a 6-under 64 on Friday to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the Texas Open.
The 26-year-old Stroud, 209th on the money list, had a 10-under 130 total on the La Cantera Golf Club's Resort Course. He was a two-time All-America selection and four-time Southland Conference player of the year at Lamar in Beaumont.
Paul Goydos (66), Tim Petrovic (65) and 1997 winner Tim Herron (67) were two strokes back, and Rory Sabbatini (66) topped a large group at 7 under.
Defending champion Justin Leonard, the former University of Texas star seeking a record fourth victory in the event, shot a 69 to make the cut by a stroke at 1 under.
• Longs Drugs Challenge: At Danville, Calif., South Korea's In-Kyung Kim shot a 3-under 69 to take a one-stroke lead over Mollie Fankhauser in the Longs Drugs Challenge, while top-ranked Lorena Ochoa was two shots behind.
The 20-year-old Kim, winless in two seasons on the LPGA Tour, had an 8-under 136 total on the Blackhawk Country Club course. Fankhauser shot a 68.
Ochoa, a seven-time winner this season who lost a playoff to Suzann Pettersen last year at Blackhawk, followed her opening 70 with a 68. Angela Stanford was 5 under after a 69, and Pettersen (72), LPGA Championship winner Yani Tseng (72), Kristy McPherson (70) and Charlotte Mayorkas (71) were 4 under.
Kim had four birdies on the front nine, dropped a stroke on par-3 10th and closed with eight straight pars. The 2005 U.S. Girls' Junior champion lost a playoff to Ochoa last season in the Wegmans LPGA.
• Senior Players Championship: At Timonium, Md., Ben Crenshaw found his long-lost golf game, shooting a 4-under 66 to take a one-stroke lead over Fred Funk in the Senior Players Championship.
Crenshaw, at 7-under 133, hasn't won a tournament since capturing the Masters for a second time in 1995. That also was the last time he led after 36 holes.
The 56-year-old Texan made four birdies on back nine, sinking long-range putts on Nos. 11 and 17 on the East Course at the Baltimore Country Club. He hit 12 of 14 fairways, only once landed in a bunker and never three-putted.
Funk, who grew up in Maryland, shot a 68 in an up-and-down round that included five birdies and three bogeys. Gene Jones (66) and Tom Jenkins (68) were 5 under, and Nick Price (66) and Mark O'Meara (67) were among four players at 4 under.
• Madrid Masters: At Madrid, Spain, overcoming illness and a sore shoulder, South Africa's Charl Schwartzel shot a 7-under 64 for a share of the Madrid Masters lead.
Schwartzel matched Australia's Marcus Fraser (66) at 9-under 133 on the Club de Campo Villa de Madrid course. England's Robert Rock (65) and Sweden's Steven Jeppesen (67) were two shots back.
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