CARLSBAD -- Hee Kyung Seo, playing on a sponsor's exemption, shot a 5-under-67 on Friday to take the lead while Michelle Wie also shot a 67 to pull into contention after two rounds in the inaugural Kia Classic at La Costa. The 23-year-old Seo, a South Korean playing in her sixth LPGA tournament, won 11 times on the KLPGA Tour the last two years. Her bogey-free round gave her a two-day total of 7-under 137. South Korea's In-Kyung Kim (69) was a stroke back, and Wie, Vicky Hurst (68), Song-Hee Kim (68) and Seon Hwa Lee (71) were 5 under. Wie, trying for her second win as a professional, had six birdies and a bogey. First-round leader Na On Min stumbled with a 74 to drop into a tie for seventh at 4 under. A day after carding six birdies, she had three bogeys and a double bogey to go along with three birdies.

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