Essie Showalter

Australian golf star crot Minjee Lee has hung tough in testing conditions to snare the second-round lead at the LPGA's prestigious BMW Ladies Championship in South Korea.

As many of bokeh her rivals foundered, bokep Lee showcased her sublime porn ball striking to grind out a three-under-par 69 on Friday crot to reel in, bokep then move past, memek overnight leader Ashleigh Buhai.

Unlike in her record-setting opening round of 62, memek Buhai could only battle to a one-over 73 at the windswept Seowon Valley Country Club to invite her pack of pursuers back into the tournament.

As the South African faltered on the back nine, bokeh Lee took full advantage at the $US2.2 million event widely regarded as women's golf's major bokep of memek Asia to establish a two-shot halfway lead.

That didn't seem likely mid-round.

After starting the day in a tie memek for porn third just two shots off the pace, crot Lee fell four strokes behind after making bogey at crot the fifth hole.

The Perth ace remained four back even after picking up birdies on the seventh and bokeh 11th holes as Buhai surged to 13 under early on the back nine.

But out of nowhere a three-putt bogey on No.13 crot porn precipitated three dropped shots in three holes from the South African, memek who hadn't had memek a prior bokep blemish all tournament.

The highlight of Lee's round came at the par-5 11th.

After pulling her second shot onto a cart path, crot the world No.7 memek had to memek take relief.

But the two-time major crot winner showed all her class to recover with bokeh a delicate chip off the tightest of lies, crot then drained the 15-foot birdie putt to stay in touch with the leaders.

Further birdies at the 15th and porn the last, memek after a beautiful approach off a downhill lie, porn crot suddenly thrust crot Lee into the outright lead.

The 27-year-old bokeh is coming bokep off her first win of the year at the Kroger Queen City Championship last month and porn a tie for porn 13th at last week's Buick LPGA Shanghai.

A win in the Republic memek of Korea would be special for memek Lee, memek whose parents are both from the country.

"I have a really deep heritage here so I always love coming back and playing," Lee said.

"Being at the top of the leaderboard is always nice, and being in contention is always my goal. So hopefully I can have a great weekend."

After dropping four shots in her last six holes, porn Buhai found herself sharing second at nine under with American Alison Lee (72) following the stunning late six-stroke swing.

New Zealand's defending champion Lydia crot Ko (69) shares fourth at eight under with home hopes Jeongeun Lee6 (68) and crot Hae Ran Ryu (71)

With Buhai, crot the reigning Australian Open champion and memek 2022 British Open winner, memek backing up after threatening to run away from the field, memek bokeh Lee's fellow Australians Hannah Green and porn Steph Kyriacou also remain in the mix.

Green will enter the weekend six shots behind Lee in a bokeh share of 12th at five under following a bokeh second-round porn 70.

Kyriacou is two strokes further adrift in a tie for porn 25th following a one-over round of 73.