Lutz, FL (My Sportsbook) - Nick Price shot a four-under 67 to take the second-round lead Saturday at the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am.

Price stood at nine-under 133 for a three-shot advantage over Jay Haas (68), Mike McCullough (69) and Larry Nelson (71). An 18-time winner on the PGA Tour, the 52-year-old Price is seeking his first victory in two-plus seasons on the Champions Tour.

"It was a good day," said Price. "I'm very happy. Going to try and stay alive tomorrow."

Price strung together seven consecutive pars to begin his round. He didn't make his first birdie until No. 8, where he curled in a 22-foot putt from the back of the green.

"It was one of those holes you didn't want to get past the pin, and I did," said Price. "I just hit a beautiful putt."

Price followed with another birdie at No. 9, holing a 30-footer, but he bogeyed the 10th when he hit a weak three-wood and pulled an eight-iron. It was the only bogey of his round.

He got a lucky birdie at the par-five 12th after pushing his second shot right of the green, narrowly missing the water. He chipped to about a foot and made the putt.

Price then birdied the 16th and 17th holes to take the lead.

Playing into the wind at the par-three 17th, Price fired a three-iron 210 yards to the green, landing his ball eight feet from the hole. He called the birdie "a huge bonus."

"When the wind is blowing the way it is and with the heat that we've got, I just knew the greens were going to get hot and fast. They firmed up and got a little quicker," said Price.

"With some of the pin placements we had today you, had to be a little cautious as to which side you hit the ball on the green, because you could be faced with some really difficult putts."

Hitting -- in his own words -- "a couple of loose shots," Price nevertheless put himself in good position to finally break through for his first Champions Tour win.

After a PGA Tour career that included two PGA Championships and a British Open win, three seasons without a victory on the over-50 circuit would seem like a lot for the Hall of Famer.

"I wasn't trying to win the tournament today. I just tried to play a good, solid round," said Price. "If the best I could have done today was one- or two-under or par, I would have taken it. Basically, that's where I was all day."