MOBILE, Ala. (AP) – Hee-Won Han and Dorothy Delasin shot 1-under-par 71s to share the lead Friday after the second round of the LPGA Tournament of Champions.

The high winds of a day earlier subsided, but conditions remained difficult because the greens were firmer and faster, leaving only the co-leaders under par after 36 holes at Magnolia Grove’s Crossings.

Han and Delasin have 36-hole totals of 143, a stroke better than Lorie Kane and Mi Hyun Kim. Kane shot a 74 after an opening round of 70. Kim, battling a sore neck and back, came in with a 68 – the low score of the tournament by two shots.

“The greens are just really firm and fast, so it’s just kind of hard to judge if the club in your hand is going to bite or release,” Delasin said. “You have a lot of downhill putts that you can’t be aggressive with so you just tap it to the hole, two-putt and get out of there.

“The wind wasn’t blowing, but it was playing just as tough as it did yesterday. It’s good because you have to bring your best golf out there.”

Delasin is trying to play her way into the top 30 on the money list and qualify for next week’s season-ending Tour Championship in West Palm Beach, Fla. She is No. 33 on the money list and needs to finish fourth or better make the top 30.

“I can’t get too excited,” Delasin said. “We’ve still got two more rounds of golf, so I’m just going to go out there and play my hardest. Either way, my plane fare is going to be pretty expensive unless I can sweet-talk somebody into a lower price.”

Delasin moved into a share of the lead by making birdies on three of the last five holes. She hit an 8-iron five feet from the pin at the par-4 14th, then two-putted for another birdie on the par-5 16th.

She followed that with a 7-iron to five feet on the par-3 17th to join Han under par. Han also birdied the 17th to go under par, hitting a 5-iron five feet from the flag.

“My putting was pretty good, but my driving was not so good,” said Han, seeking her third win of the year. “Putting is pretty tough. On this course, it is just to keep it in the fairway.”

Han’s round was highlighted by two long birdie putts. She made a 40-footer with about 10 feet of break on the par-4 fourth and dropped a 50-footer on the par-5 sixth.

“I didn’t expect those,” she said.

Karrie Webb, second to start the round, bogeyed the first six holes and looked to be out of contention until she holed a 98-yard shot for eagle on the par-4 18th to salvage a 75. That left her at 146.

“That shot really put me back in it,” said Webb, who won the event in 2000. “This is a stupid game.”

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