promising round and led to Cornell Bean's undoing here yesterday in the second round of the Xerox BC Open at Predator Ridge.

Bean strode to the ninth tee at one over par following par on seven of the first eight holes. But a bad pull into the deep rough to the left of the fairway, and a seven-iron that flew the green two shots later led to a double-bogey seven from which he never recovered.

The Belmont pro finished the day with a seven-over-par score of 80 in the cool, breezy conditions. Bean concluded his Canadian tour debut at 161, 15 over par and 13 shots off the 36-hole cut of 148.

Eric Woods, a 29-year-old blonde-haired Californian who says he would rather be a professional surfer, has the 36-hole lead. He is at 132, 14 under par, after his second consecutive 66. Woods is five shots ahead of Canadian Cam Emerson and seven shots up on first-round leader Norm Jarvis of Vancouver who fired a one-over 74 yesterday to go with the course-record 65 he carded on Thursday.

Rattled by his disastrous showing at the ninth hole, Bean struggled on the back nine, carding a four-over 42. After just one bogey on the front, he finished the day with five, thanks in part to poor tee shots at the 11th and 14th. Bean's drive on the 481-yard par-four 11th was unplayable while his tee ball on the 510-yard par-five 14th found the water that guards the left side of the fairway.

Bean finished the day with 12 pars, five bogeys and one double bogey. He drove just five fairways, but hit 11 greens in regulations. He needed 35 putts.

"I was playing pretty good until the ninth, where I got a couple of bad breaks,'' Bean said. "My tee shot found the heavy grass on the side of a mound and it was all wet after the morning rain. I thought I still had a good chance to rescue par but I hit a seven-iron from 171 yards and it just went on me and flew over the green. After the bad tee shot on the 14th, I was just basically racing to get in.'' Bean was happy with his play early in the day. He hit the first six greens in regulation, but could not buy a birdie. "It really helped me today that I played the course before,'' Bean said. "That's the reason I hit so many more greens today. I felt pretty comfortable out there.

"It was a very good experience for me. It can only better one's game to get out into this type of competition.'' Canadian Craig Marseille, second at last year's Bermuda Open, carded a three-under 70 for the second straight day and sits in eighth place after 36 holes. Tim Balmer of Florida, the 1990 Bermuda Open champion, is at 148.