{"id":219968,"date":"2025-10-17T10:14:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:14:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/219968\/"},"modified":"2025-10-17T10:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:14:07","slug":"minjee-lee-shoots-six-under-second-round-at-lpga-bmw-ladies-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/219968\/","title":{"rendered":"Minjee Lee shoots six-under second round at LPGA BMW Ladies Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"

In-form Minjee Lee has made a big move, powering once again into contention for a 12th LPGA Tour title.<\/p>\n

Australia’s world number three and player-of-the-year contender carded a second-round six-under-par 66 to climb from equal 21st into a tie for sixth at the Ladies BMW Championship in South Korea on Friday.<\/p>\n

Lee collected six birdies in a bogey-free round of stellar ball-striking, finding 12 of 14 fairways and hitting 17 of 18 greens at the picture-perfect Pine Beach Golf Links.<\/p>\n

Third last week in Shanghai, Lee is hoping to cut into Jeeno Thitikul’s season-long points lead as Thailand’s world No.1 sits out the sixth-last event of the year.<\/p>\n

But home hope Sei Young Kim remains the player to catch on Korea’s south-west coast after following up her first-round 62 with a 66 to reach 16 under.<\/p>\n

Chasing a first LPGA Tour win in almost five years, the 2020 player of the season was slow out of the blocks, one over par through her first five holes.<\/p>\n

But a hat-trick of birdies before the turn and another five on the back nine restored Kim’s one-stroke lead over American Brookes Matthews at the halfway point of the $US2.3 million ($3.56 million) tournament.<\/p>\n

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Matthews’ blemish-free 64 was the low round of the day and helped the 26-year-old into Saturday’s final group alongside Kim and Japan’s Rio Takeda, who is outright third at 13 under following her own second-round 66.<\/p>\n

Another Japanese, Nasa Hataoka (65) and leader Kim’s compatriot Hyo Joo Kim (69) are joint fourth at 12 under.<\/p>\n

At 10 under, Lee shares fifth with Frenchwoman Celine Boutier (65), Japan’s reigning British Open champion Miyu Yamashita (66), American Yealimi Noh (68) and Korea’s former world No.1 Hye-Jin Choi (66).<\/p>\n

At seven under and nine shots off the pace, defending champion Hannah Green (69) is back in a tie for 22nd with fellow Australians Steph Kyriacou (69) and Robyn Choi (67).<\/p>\n

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