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Updated at 3:52 p.m., Friday, July 18, 2008

WOW WIE
Wie in second place after tying career-best round in LPGA tourney

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Michelle Wie, right, celebrates while her caddie, Tim Vickers looks on, after she made an eagle on the 10th hole during the second round of the LPGA State Farm Classic golf tournament in Springfield, Ill.

SETH PERLMAN | Associated Press

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Honolulu's Michelle Wie, buoyed by an opening-hole eagle, shot a career-best 7-under 65 and is in second place after two rounds of the LPGA State Farm Classic at Panther Creek Country Club in Springfield, Ill.

Wie's two-round total is 12-under 132. Her rounds of 67-65 were Wie's first back-to-back rounds in the 60s since the Evian Masters in July 2006.

Wie's 65 tied her career best, equaling a round in the 2005 Samsung World Championship, an event from which she was disqualified.

First-round leader Christina Kim followed her opening-round 63 with a 68 and has the lead at 13-under 131.

Tied with Wie are Sherri Turner, Ji Young Oh and Yani Tseng.

Starting on the back nine, Wie eagled the par-4 10th hole. She also scored an eagle on a par-4 Thursday.

Wie would birdie the 13th and 16th holes (her fourth and seventh of the day). Both were par-5 holes. She made the turn at 4-under 32.

Wie opened her back nine with a birdie on the par-5 No. 1 hole. She birdied the par-5 No. 6 hole and closed her round with a birdie on the par-4 ninth for a 3-under 33.