Copycat Jacobsen has lead

Gil Morgan is a member at the Oak Tree course where the championship is being played.
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) -- Peter Jacobsen took advantage of his playing partner's inside knowledge of Oak Tree Golf Club to take the lead at the Senior PGA Championship.
Jacobsen shot a 3-under-par 68 to move past Oak Tree member Gil Morgan on Friday for a one-stroke lead in the Champions Tour major.
Brad Bryant shot a 4-under 67 to tie Morgan (70) for second.
Jacobsen, who is looking to win his third major in as many years, played in Morgan's group in each of the first two rounds and admitted being a bit of a copycat.
"It's fun to play with somebody like Gil Morgan who not only knows the nuances of the golf course. He stands up there and drives it right down the middle and doesn't give it a second thought because he's so familiar with it," Jacobsen said. "I just try to follow what Gil's doing."
Good recovery
Jacobsen was two shots better than Morgan on Friday and took the lead with a birdie at the par-4 18th. His drive went into the rough on the right side of the fairway but he was able to chip the ball over a ridge and get it to stop about 5 feet from the hole.
"I actually took one extra club and really was playing uphill into the wind," Jacobsen said. "I tried to play about a three-quarter 6 iron and hit a perfect shot."
Morgan, who led by one stroke after the first round, had six birdies for the second straight day but this time had four bogeys to finish at 6-under after two rounds. Bryant made a long eagle putt at No. 16 and birdied the 17th hole to tie Morgan, who Jacobsen called a "hometown hero."
"I think it's great that a lot of people are talking to you and supporting, rooting you on, so to speak," Morgan said.
Jay Haas, the Senior PGA runner-up in 2004, shot a 1-under 70 and was three strokes behind Jacobsen in fourth place. Loren Roberts, Tom Watson, Jose Rivero and Dana Quigley were another stroke back in a tie for fifth.
Jacobsen, the Champions Tour's comeback player of the year in 2005, said he still feels lingering pain toward the end of his rounds from two knee surgeries last year and hip surgery two years ago. But he's happy with the way he is driving the ball and hitting his irons.
"Actually I struggled with the putter today. I missed a bunch of putts that I felt I had good chances to make," said Jacobsen.
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