Coquitlam's Ron Petersen fired a second round 2-under-par 70 to assume the lead in the B.C. Senior Men's Championship at Squamish Valley Golf Club in Squamish.
Petersen, who had the low round of the day, sat at 4-over-par 148 for the tournament and headed into the final round with a one stroke lead over first round leader Ron Bell of Vancouver.
Planted in a two-way tie for third place is 2006 BC Senior Men's Champion Tony Hatchwell of Nanaimo, and Russ Bentley of Kelowna, both at 6-over-par 150. In a five-way tie for fifth place at 7-over-par 151 were Marty Holman of Victoria; Grant Oben of Kelowna; Brian Di Biasio of Nelson; Paul Batchelor of New Westminster; and Earl MacPherson of Surrey.
Port Moody's Gudmund Lindjberg -- the three-time defending champion in the tournament for shooters aged 55 to 64 -- shot a second-round 71 and carded an 8-over 152 in a three-way tie for 10th. Peter Roberts of Port Coquitlam is deadlocked in 28th at 13-over 157.
Missing the cut were Coquitlam's Keith Bonner (19-over), Ollie Lantela and Gary Robson (both at 21-over), along with PoCo's Stan Reid (24-over) and PoMo's Saul Schubert (38-over).
The 67-year-old Petersen also overtook the lead in the Super Senior Division and is trailed by Victoria's Barry Clark, who sits in second place at 13-over-par 157. Noel Pumfrey of Victoria is third at 14-over-par 158.
Following second-round play the Zone Team Championship was awarded to Russ Bentley, Dave George, Terry Nicol and Brock Waldron of Zone 2 (Okanagan), finishing at 31-over-par 463.
The Zone teams consist of players who were chosen by each zone in advance of the championship. The final round was set to tee-off on split tees (No.'s 1 and 10) Thursday (after The News' deadline).
