Montgomerie up by three

FRENCH LICK, Ind. — Defending champion Colin Montgomerie shot a 2-under 70 on The Pete Dye Course at French Lick Resort to take a three-shot lead in the Senior PGA Championship. Montgomerie birdied the par-4 18th to reach 5-under 211. The Scot won last year at Harbor Shores in Michigan, and also won the U.S. Senior Open in July in Oklahoma. Bernhard Langer was second after a 68. He eagled the 415-yard, par-4 eighth hole — holing a 7-iron from 162 yards — and closed with consecutive birdies after a bogey at the par-5 16th. Scott Verplank, Esteban Toledo and Brian Henninger were tied for third at 1 under. Verplank shot 70, Toledo 73, and Henninger 74.