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Cristie Kerr and Park Sung-hyun matched Lang's 65 to sit tied
for third, three strokes behind Lang on seven under.
After a poor opening round of 75, world number one Lydia Ko got
back to level after shooting three under. Thailand's Ariya
Jutanugarn, hot on Ko's heels in the LPGA points race, struggled
again at the SKY 72 Golf Club, posting a second straight 73.
Lang trailed overnight leader Lee by four after the opening
round of the LPGA/KLPGA co-sanctioned tournament but a flawless
round of five birdies and a chip-in eagle two at the 251 yard,
par four 15th saw her claw back the deficit.
Lee fired back with a chip-in eagle at the same hole to retake
the lead but made a mess of her approach to the last and
finished with a bogey.
Lang's good form in Korea comes on the back of a dismal showing
at last week's Fuban Taiwan Championship where she finished 13
over par -- 30 shots behind winner Jang Ha-na.
"That's golf," Lang told a news conference. "You got to just
keep playing. I know I'm a good player. I tried my best and that
definitely wasn't my week. You just got to move on."
Park, the number one Korea-based player, could have gone even
lower than her 65 but her nine birdies were offset by a couple
of untidy bogeys at the eighth and 11th holes.
After taking last week off, she had struggled to adjust to the
pace of the greens in her opening round 72 but felt much more
comfortable on Friday.
"I think I definitely adjusted to the speed of the greens," she
added. "Yesterday during the first round I wasn't reading the
distance quite right, and so the ball would hit the cup and fall
out."
(Editing by John O'Brien)
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