Blaine, MN (My Sportsbook) - Nick Price posted a four-under 68 on Saturday and took sole possession of the lead after the second round of the 3M Championship.

Price, a first-round co-leader, finished 36 holes at 11-under 133 and is one stroke ahead at the TPC Twin Cities.

Andy Bean, who shared first with Price after Friday's opening round, carded a three-under 69 and is tied for second place with Gene Jones, who managed a four-under 68. The pair is knotted at 10-under 134.

Bernhard Langer, the leading money winner in 2009 on the Champions Tour, shot a four-under 68 and is alone in fourth at minus-nine.

Price started with steady golf on Saturday. He parred his first four holes and finally broke into red figures with a birdie at the par-four fifth. Price dropped a shot at the par-five sixth, but got it back right away with a birdie at No. 7.

The Hall of Famer hit a solid approach to nine feet at the 10th. Price made the nine-footer for birdie to get to nine-under par for the championship, but trailed Langer.

That changed six holes later.

Price ran home a 12-foot birdie putt at the 16th to match Langer in first. After Langer bogeyed the 15th and 16th holes, Price found himself atop the leaderboard.

Bean and Jones made their moves up to 10-under par, but Price had one birdie left. At the par-five closing hole, Price made birdie to take his third second-round lead on the Champions Tour.

Price hasn't been successful yet with the 36-hole lead. He failed to win either time he was in that spot last year, but finally broke through to the winner's circle this year.

He won the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am and lost a playoff to Mark McNulty at the Principal Charity Classic.

This win would be big for Price considering what's in the future. Following Sunday's round, win or lose, Price will begin a six-week vacation, which has become a somewhat annual tradition.

"I love my time with my kids during the summer," said Price. "We are going to do some fun stuff this summer and we're not going to let golf get in the way. It sounds good."

Tom Kite (67) and Scott Hoch (69) share fifth at minus-eight, while Steve Thomas fired an eight-under 64 on Saturday to sit in seventh at seven-under 137.