Australia's Minjee Lee is well in the hunt after the second round of the Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic in Alabama, tied for second behind So Yeon Ryu of South Korea.
Lee closed with a bogey for a 70. The 19-year-old Australian won last month in Hawaii for her second LPGA Tour title.
"I think the wind direction was a little bit different," Lee said. "I feel like I had more, maybe crosswinds and not as many downwind holes, so it makes it a little more trickier. But all in all, I think I played pretty solid."
Ryu birdied five of her last eight holes for a bogey-free 7-under 65 and a two-stroke lead.
Ranked 10th in the world but sixth in the race for the four spots on South Korea's Olympic team, Ryu made three straight birdies on holes two, three and four and added two more on the par-4 sixth and par-5 eighth.
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"Yesterday my shot was really great, but I couldn't make a lot of putts, but today I pretty much made everything," Ryu said.
"It was a bit windy, but we played with a lot of wind the last few weeks, so it wasn't really like really big difference.
"I think I was good at reading the wind as well, especially happy with having a bogey-free round and having seven birdies under my belt really feels good."
The 2011 U.S. Women's Open champion had a 9-under 135 total on the links-style Senator Course at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail's Capitol Hill complex.
"I heard it's not going to be this windy on the weekend, so I think the course is going to feel slightly easier," Ryu said.
"I think I just want to do what I did today, just focus on my ball and focus on each shot, focus on the moment."
First-round leader Laetitia Beck followed her opening 65 with a 73 to drop into a tie for fifth at 6-under with Caroline Masson (68) and Annie Park (71).
