CHAMPIONS

• Bean moves one clear in Alabama

  
  

  Hoover, AL (Sports Network) - Andy Bean posted a four-under 68 Saturday to grab a one-stroke lead after two rounds of the Regions Charity Classic.

  Bean completed 36 holes at 11-under-par 133.

  He will go for his second Champions Tour win on Sunday.

  Mike Goodes, a Monday qualifier, carded a three-under 69 to fall one behind Bean, after the two shared the opening-round lead. Goodes stands at minus-10.

  Loren Roberts and two-time winner this year Denis Watson both shot six-under 66 and share third place at nine-under-par 135.

  Mike Hulbert is one shot back at minus-eight after a second-round 68, while Joey Sindelar is alone in sixth at seven-under-par 137.

  Bean took the early lead with birdies on the first and third. He parred the next seven holes at the Ross Bridge Golf Resort & Spa.

  Goodes, after parring his first three, ran off three straight birdies from the fourth to grab the lead at 10-under. He dropped back into a share of the lead after making bogey at the par-four eighth.

  Around the turn, Bean once again pulled out in front. He dropped in birdie putts on the par-three 11th, 14 feet, and par-five 13th, two feet, to get to 11-under.

  Goodes climbed back within one shot as he drained a 20-foot birdie putt on the par-three 14th before parring the final four holes.

  "I played really good for most of the round," said Goodes, who had a stellar amateur career before turning professional at the age of 50. "It was a bad bogey on No. 8, but I made solid pars from then on and birdied 14. I'd like to have shot a better round, but I'm satisfied with 69." The last player to open qualify for an event an go on to win was Pete Oakley at the 2004 Senior British Open.

  Bean dropped back into a share of the lead with a bogey on the 17th.

  However, he closed with a 15-foot birdie putt at the last to grab the fourth 36-hole lead of his Champions Tour career.

  He has won one of the previous three events.

  "It was a steady round overall," admitted Bean. "However, I didn't play the wind right on 17. A few mistakes, but overall I'm putting well. That takes care of a lot of things." Bernhard Langer, who tied for 15th at the Player Championship last week, managed a one-under 71. He completed two rounds at six-under-par 138, where he stands alongside Scott Simpson (69), R.W. Eaks (67). Walter Hall (70) and Tom Jenkins (68) in a tie for seventh place.

  Two-time defending champion Brad Bryant is tied for 30th place at two-under- par 142.

  05/17 20:57:54 ET