Lehman, now 50, has lead at Transitions Championship

Two weeks after turning 50, former Ryder Cup captain Tom Lehman looked like his old self Saturday in the Transitions Championship with a 3-under 68 for his first 54-hole lead in more than four years.

Lehman ran off 4 straight birdies and shot 31 on the back nine at Innisbrook in Palm Harbor, Fla., to grab a 1-shot lead over Retief Goosen. Lehman will try to become only the seventh player in his 50s to win on the PGA Tour.

Goosen, a two-time U.S. Open champion, kept his composure on firm, crusty greens usually only seen in June. The greens were brown in spots and hard all over, reminding him of Shinnecock Hills in 2004 when he won his second major.

Lehman, who was at 8-under 205, missed five months last year with tendinitis and missed the cut in his first four starts this year before a tie for 49th against a weak field in Mexico last month.

"I really enjoyed myself today," Lehman said. "The front nine was a comedy of errors. On the back nine, things got going."

The highlight of his birdie streak came at the par-3 13th, a tee shot over the water and onto a putting surface that is so hard the ball kicks up dry soil when it lands. The ball stopped inside a foot away for the easiest birdie he had all day.

The last time Lehman was atop the leaderboard after 54 holes was in the fog-delayed Buick Invitational in 2005, when he finished in a tie for second behind Tiger Woods.

Mastercard Classic: Taiwan's Yani Tseng shot a 3-under 69 for a share of the second-round lead with South Korea's Na Yeon Choi at the Mastercard Classic in Huixquiluca, Mexico, leaving top-ranked Mexican star Lorena Ochoa a stroke back.