Originally published Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 12:00 AM

Golf | Andy Bean storms to lead in rainy Schwab Cup

Andy Bean made five birdies in six holes through intermittent rain showers Friday, finishing at 10-under-par 134 to take a one-shot lead...

By The Associated Press

SONOMA, Calif. — Andy Bean made five birdies in six holes through intermittent rain showers Friday, finishing at 10-under-par 134 to take a one-shot lead over Nick Price after two rounds in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship.

Bean rolled to a 6-under 66 at Sonoma Golf Club despite lashings from a storm that is expected to blast Northern California's wine country today. At the halfway point of the 50-and-older Champions Tour's season-ending event, he nearly made six consecutive birdies to start the back nine, barely missing a putt on the 12th hole.

"I never mind playing in the weather, as long as it doesn't get too cold," said Bean, an 11-time PGA Tour winner who is 13th on the Champions Tour money list. "The wet is never too much of a problem for me. ... The course is holding up real well. It's going to yield some birdies, and hopefully I'm going to get my share."

Price, the first-round co-leader, shot a bogey-free 69. Tom Jenkins, Scott Hoch and Gene Jones are two strokes behind the 55-year-old Bean.

Price, a three-time major winner on the PGA Tour, is seeking his first Champions Tour victory.

"There's still gremlins there, [but] they're getting fewer and fewer," the 51-year-old Price said. "I try to discard them, but they creep in there. ... I feel if I can get a win under my belt, I'm going to get going again. The competitive nature in me wants to win tournaments."

Other tournaments

• Ryan Palmer shot a 1-under 71 for a one-stroke lead in the Ginn sur Mer Classic, a PGA Tour event in Palm Coast, Fla. Palmer was at 6-under 138 for 36 holes.

Peter Lonard (69), Ken Duke (69), Robert Allenby (71) and Michael Letzig (74) were tied for second. David Duval (69) and John Huston (70) were at 140.

Jeff Gove (73) of Seattle was tied for 25th at 1 under.

• Three of 57 players finished second-round play in the Volvo Masters in Sotogrande, Spain, where there was heavy rain.

Denmark's Soren Kjeldsen, who wasn't able to start his second round, leads at 6 under.

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