BLAINE, Minn. (AP) Hale Irwin shot a 2-under 70 in windy conditions Saturday for a share of the lead with James Mason after the second round of the Senior PGA Tour's 3M Championship.

Mason had a 72 a day after shooting a course-record 64 on the TPC of the Twin Cities. The leaders were 8 under, three strokes ahead of Bruce Fleisher (68), Bob Gilder (68), Rocky Thompson (71), Leonard Thompson (71), and Allen Doyle (71).

The wind, with gusts of more than 30 mph, did not prevent Irwin from recording a 12th consecutive round under par - the longest streak on the tour this year.

Irwin, the 1997 and 1999 tournament winner at Bunker Hills in Coon Rapids, birdied the second, 10th and 15th holes to offset a bogey on No. 8. The three-time U.S. Open champion is coming off a playoff loss to Hubert Green last week in the Long Island Classic.

Mason, the Georgia club pro who won the NFL Golf Classic in May, birdied three of the first six holes to get to 11 under, but gave back three strokes on Nos. 7 and 8. He had a double bogey on the seventh after hitting his approach shot over the green.

Don Pooley had the best round of the day, a 66 that left him four strokes back. Fleisher and Leonard Thompson had bogey-free rounds, with Fleisher managing the only birdie of the day on the 582-yard, par-5 18th hole.

Bruce Lietzke, the winner last year in his third senior start, followed his opening 69 with a 76 to fall nine strokes back.

Arnold Palmer, the 72-year-old star who teamed with former University of Minnesota player Tom Lehman to design the course, shot an 80 for a 14-over 158 total.

Baseball Hall of Famer Johnny Bench was last in the 77-player field, shooting his second straight 81.

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