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PRATTVILLE, Alabama (AP) - So Yeon Ryu birdied five of her last eight holes for a bogey-free 7-under 65 and a two-stroke lead Friday in the windy Yokohama Tire LPGA Classic.
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 Nos. 2-4 and added two more on the par-4 sixth and par-5 eighth.
“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.”
Minjee Lee, Morgan Pressel and Ryann O’Toole were tied for second.
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.”
Pressel had a bogey-free 68.
“I’ve only made one bogey over the last two days, which is helpful,” Pressel said. “I’ve made a lot of good putts, both for birdie and for par, and just haven’t put myself in a lot of trouble. … It’s very difficult to play in the wind. I just really tried to stay patient out there and get birdies when I had the opportunity, but kind of sometimes play a little safer than going at every pin.”
O’Toole birdied her final hole for a 67.
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).
“I’m going to learn from today and hopefully handle the pressure a little better tomorrow,” said Beck, the first Israeli player to qualify for the LPGA Tour. “I think the wind made it a little harder, and some pin placements were tricky, and for me today the putts were harder.”OUR
Fourth-ranked Stacy Lewis, the 2012 winner, topped the group at 5 under after a 68. She birdied the final two holes.
“Stayed patient there on the back nine and was rewarded at the end with two good birdies,” said Lewis, winless in 48 events. “It’s playing hard, so I knew every shot you can get back and get a little closer is always good. It was blowing harder yesterday afternoon, but it was still going pretty good.”

SCOREBOARD

1	So Yeon Ryu	70	65						135
T2	Minjee Lee	67	70						137
T2	Ryann O'Toole	70	67						137
T2	Morgan Pressel	69	68						137
T5	Annie Park	67	71						138
T5	Laetitia Beck	65	73						138
T5	Caroline Masson	70	68						138
T8	Paula Reto	71	68						139
T8	Ariya Jutanugarn	70	69						139
T8	Brittany Lincicome	72	67						139
T8	Gerina Piller	71	68						139
T8	Stacy Lewis	71	68						139
T8	Amy Yang	71	68						139
T8	Hyo Joo Kim	71	68						139
T15	Sarah Jane Smith	70	70						140
T15	Pornanong Phatlum	75	65						140
T15	Alena Sharp	73	67						140
T15	Perrine Delacour	70	70						140
T15	Caroline Hedwall*	75	65						140
T20	Anna Nordqvist	75	66						141
T20	Candie Kung	69	72						141
T20	Brittany Lang	71	70						141
T20	Heather Bowie Young	73	68						141
T20	Hee Young Park	71	70						141
T20	Alejandra Llaneza	68	73						141
T20	Jing Yan	73	68						141
T20	Ayako Uehara	72	69						141
T28	Cydney Clanton	71	71						142
T28	Beatriz Recari	71	71						142
T28	Austin Ernst	73	69						142
T28	Simin Feng	72	70						142
T28	Brittany Altomare	73	69						142
T28	Tiffany Joh	73	69						142
T28	Jodi Ewart Shadoff	73	69						142
T28	Ashleigh Simon	73	69						142
T28	Vicky Hurst	69	73						142
T28	Jennifer Johnson	71	71						142
T38	Mi Hyang Lee	75	68						143
T38	Rachel Rohanna	74	69						143
T38	Christina Kim	70	73						143
T38	Christine Song	71	72						143
T38	Haru Nomura	72	71						143
T38	Michelle Wie	71	72						143
T44	Sandra Gal	71	73						144
T44	Joanna Klatten	71	73						144
T44	Ai Miyazato	70	74						144
T44	Su-Hyun Oh	77	67						144
T44	Lindy Duncan	75	69						144
T44	Min Lee	72	72						144
T44	Chella Choi	70	74						144
T44	Jessica Korda	73	71						144
T44	Asako Fujimoto	73	71						144
T53	Christel Boeljon	71	74						145
T53	Q Baek	71	74						145
T53	Jane Rah	78	67						145
T53	Karrie Webb	72	73						145
T53	Samantha Richdale	72	73						145
T53	Cheyenne Woods	70	75						145
T53	Haeji Kang	76	69						145
T53	Lee-Anne Pace	71	74						145
T53	Gaby Lopez	73	72						145
T53	Brooke  M Henderson	72	73						145
T53	Marina Alex	75	70						145
T53	Alison Walshe	74	71						145
T65	Dewi Claire Schreefel	75	71						146
T65	Moriya Jutanugarn	72	74						146
T65	Katie Burnett	79	67						146
T65	Danielle Kang	75	71						146
T65	Cyna Marie Rodriguez	73	73						146
T65	Carlota Ciganda	74	72						146
T65	Sakura Yokomine	73	73						146
T65	Nontaya Srisawang	74	72						146
T73	Bertine Strauss	75	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Caroline Westrup	75	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Kim Kaufman	74	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Hannah Collier	73	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Dori Carter	75	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Sadena Parks	74	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Marion Ricordeau	74	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Karlin Beck	74	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Briana Mao	77	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Natalie Gulbis	73	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Stephanie Kono	70	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T73	Stephanie Meadow	75	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	147
T85	Mina Harigae	73	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Ssu-Chia Cheng	76	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Catriona Matthew	75	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Julieta Granada	74	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Kristy McPherson	73	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Amelia Lewis	76	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Ji Young Oh	75	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	P.K. Kongkraphan	74	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Anne-Catherine Tanguay	76	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Mi Jung Hur	70	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Karine Icher	74	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Yani Tseng	77	71	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Angela Stanford	75	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T85	Giulia Molinaro	75	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	148
T99	Benyapa Niphatsophon	74	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T99	Min Seo Kwak	75	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T99	Charley Hull	73	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	149
T102	Giulia Sergas	78	72	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T102	Jacqui Concolino	77	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T102	Katherine Kirk	77	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	150
T105	Jaye Marie Green	75	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T105	Sandra Changkija	77	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T105	Nannette Hill	78	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T105	Wei-Ling Hsu	77	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T105	Lisa Ferrero	70	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T105	Maude-Aimee Leblanc	76	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T105	Ilhee Lee	76	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T105	Megan Khang	81	70	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T105	Victoria Elizabeth	76	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T105	SooBin Kim	75	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T105	Lee Lopez	76	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	151
T116	Mariajo Uribe	76	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T116	Pannarat Thanapolboonyar	79	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T116	Chirapat Jao-Javanil	74	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T116	Julie Yang	79	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T116	Prima Thammaraks	78	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	152
T121	Casey Grice	74	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T121	Grace Na	78	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T121	Paz Echeverria	80	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T121	Dani Holmqvist	76	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T121	Kelly Shon	80	73	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T121	Sydnee Michaels	75	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T121	Thidapa Suwannapura	77	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T121	Daniela Iacobelli	78	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T121	Kris Tamulis	76	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T121	Amy Hung	78	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	153
T131	Nicole Jeray	73	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T131	Ashlan Ramsey	80	74	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T131	Felicity Johnson	75	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T131	Brianna Do	76	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T131	Budsabakorn Sukapan	75	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	154
T136	Jaclyn Jansen	76	79	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T136	Kelly Tan	78	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T136	Jiayi Zhou	77	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
T136	Maria McBride	80	75	MC	MC	-	-	-	155
140	Belen Mozo	78	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	156
T141	Celine Herbin	81	77	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
T141	Demi Runas	80	78	MC	MC	-	-	-	158
143	Ginger Howard	83	76	MC	MC	-	-	-	159
144	Hanule Seo	79	81	MC	MC	-	-	-	160
-	In Gee Chun	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Jane Park	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Sun Young Yoo	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
* player started on back nine.