Stadler vaults into lead with 64

Craig Stadler shot a 7-under 64 Saturday and took a two-stroke lead over Bob Gilder in the second round of the $1.5 million SBC Championship at Oak Hills Country Club.

Stadler, ranked 19th on the money list in his first year on the Champions Tour, was 11-under 131 after getting eight birdies on the 6,661-yard Oak Hills course.

"I needed to drive the ball better today than yesterday," said Stadler, who started the day at 4 under. "I had lots of wedges into these holes today. I also got some good breaks and turned a mistake at 15 into a birdie. I'm glad I have a little cushion heading into tomorrow."

Stadler made a 25-foot birdie putt on No. 6, a 371-yard par 4, to get to 7 under and take a one-stroke lead.

Stadler is a two-time winner on the Champions Tour this year, including the Ford Senior Players Championship. He followed that with a victory in the B.C. Open on the PGA Tour the next week.

Gilder, the SBC runner-up the past two years and 13th on the money list, had five birdies in a 4-under 67.

Tom Watson, Walter Hall and Bruce Fleisher were at 136. Watson shot a 66, Hall a 67 and Fleisher a 70.

First-round leader Jim Thorpe had a 1-over 72 and was at 137.

Hall of Famer Arnold Palmer shot a 7-over 78 and was 11 over for 36 holes.

Mike Hill won his second Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions over-60 title of the year in a one-hole playoff with Raymond Floyd. Hill won

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