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Kim shot 69 to share the halfway lead with another Kim,
compatriot Sei-young, at 10-under 134 at the Ko Olina course
near Honolulu.
"I feel really happy with the (round because) even though you
hit a good shot, in this wind it can (go) anywhere really," Kim
In-kyung told reporters.
Kim Sei-young, meanwhile, showed no obvious mental wounds from
her recent major meltdown as she carded 67 to tie the lead.
At the ANA Inspiration two weeks ago, she blew a three-shot lead
in the final round and faded to finish equal fourth.
Another Korean, Park In-bee, was three strokes behind in third
place, while defending champion Michelle Wie lurked five shots
off the pace in her hometown event.
Wie lamented missing several chances from inside 10 feet, but
pleaded extenuating circumstances.
"These greens are tricky. I feel like I'm doing everything I can
to try to make the putts," she said.
"I'm hitting good putts, good speed, and there is really nothing
you can do when the wind blows it offline or the grain takes
it."
Wie last year won for the first time in the U.S. after
previously clinching two LPGA titles in other countries. Two
months later she won the U.S. Women's Open.
(Reporting by Andrew Both in Cary, North Carolina; l Editing by
Greg Stutchbury)
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