Seoul: Jeev Milkha Singh continued his great run with a brilliant 66 that helped him finish the second day just one off the lead at the midway stage of the $600,000 SK Telecom Open at Sky 72 golf course in Seoul.
Jeev, winner of the Volvo China Open last month, took his total to 10-under 134 to be tied third with Lee Seung Ho of Korea, one behind joint-leaders, Thai Prom Meesawat (64) and Malaysian Iain Steel (66).
But the spotlight on the day was held by teenage Michelle Wie, who became the first woman to make the cut in a men's Asian Tour event. Se-Ri Pak made a cut in men's event on Korean Tour in 2003 and finished tied 10th.
Another Indian Harmeet Kahlon dropped a bogey on last hole and finished with a 69 that took his total to five-under 139 and tied 17th place.
Jeev, who has struck good form of late, opened with a birdie on first and had a total of seven birdies and just one bogey on 11th.
His other birdies on front nine came on sixth and ninth to be three-under. On the back stretch he started with a birdie on 10th, but dropped one on 11th and then picked birdies on 14 th and 15th. In between he missed a couple of other birdies.
Jeev said, "I am feeling pretty good and confident now. I am going to play each round as it comes. I'm not going to go out there and push myself. I'm going to play it shot by shot. I hit a few balls in the morning in peace and did not have to hurry today as I knew what I was doing."
He admitted that the win in Volvo China Open did make a difference. "It re-inforces one's belief and I always felt I could win. It was just that I was not putting it all together. Now the feel is also back," added Jeev.
"The conditions this morning was very calm compared to Thursday. Yesterday it was quite windy in the afternoon."
Jeev's fine round gave him the clubhouse lead, but he was later overtaken by the talented young Thai, Meesawat, who shot a 64.
Kahlon said, "I am playing well and I putted fairly good today," said , who has struggled this season.
"I made one or two good putts and hit the ball close. I was in a good frame of mind and played four to five holes well."
He started at the 10th tee, bogyed the 15th, birdied 17th, bogeyed 18th. On his second nine, he birdied second, third, fourth and fifth in succession.
Amandeep Johl shot a two-under 70 for a two-day total of par 144 and was at tied 64th place, which saw him make the cut on the line. It was the second time in three weeks he was doing that. Earlier in Beijing, he rose from the cut line to 20th in Volvo China Open.
Wie made history by making the halfway cut for the first time against the men after a sizzling three-under-par 69 in the second round. She became the first woman since Babe Didrikson Zaharias in 1945 to make the cut on a men's international Tour.
"I cannot believe that I have made the cut. I have the flu and it is much better so that's why I will try better tomorrow," said a delighted Wie.
Wie's two-day total of 139 sees her tied with India's Harmeet Kahlon, Thailand's Chinarat Phadungsil and American Bryan Saltus, who finished second in last week's Maekyung Open.
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