Defending champion Suzann Pettersen moved to within just one shot of pacesetters Anna Nordqvist and Katherine Hull-Kirk after 36 holes at the LPGA KEB-HanaBank Championship in South Korea on Saturday.
The world No.2 from Norway carded her second straight three-under-par 69 at the Sky72 Golf Club in Incheon, west of capital Seoul.
Pettersen is seeking her fourth win of the season, and third since September, as she tries to overtake South Korean Park In-Bee on the money list and the world rankings.
Swedish golfer Nordqvist and Australia's Hull-Kirk both have identical scores of 67 and 70 over the first two rounds of the 54-hole tournament.
On Saturday, Nordqvist had four birdies against two bogeys, while Hull-Kirk had a more eventful day with five birdies and one eagle negated by three bogeys and one double bogey.
Joining Pettersen on six-under-par were South Koreans Amy Yang and Park Ju-Young. Both shot a one-under 71 on Saturday.
Park, the younger sister of two-time US LPGA winner Park Hee-Young, is playing in her first LPGA tournament.
The crowded leaderboard has four golfers at five-under 139, including the 2011 US LPGA Rookie of the Year Seo Hee-Kyung.
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