An eagle and two birdies around the turn has thrust Minjee Lee to within just two of the lead halfway through the Meijer LPGA Classic at Blythefield Country Club in Michigan.

Two back of the five-way tie at the top of the leaderboard at the start of play, Lee stumbled before rediscovering the rhythm that has yielded two major championships to date, including last year’s Women’s US Open.

As younger brother Min Woo Lee was making his move across country at the US Open in California, Lee bounced back after bogeys at two and three with a birdie on four and then a stunning stretch as she moved into the back nine.

The 27-year-old made eagle at the par-5 eighth, birdie at the par-4 ninth and then birdie at the par-5 10th to reach 9-under through 36 holes and draw within two of Japan’s Ayaka Furue (67), four players tied for second at 10-under.

“I knew there was lot of birdies out there. I just kind of stayed patient after those two bogeys in the beginning of the round,” reasoned Lee, currently No.5 in the Rolex Women’s World Golf Ranking.

“I backed it up with a birdie, so kind of came back a little bit there.

“I put together quite a good I guess back half of the round so I’m feeling pretty good for the weekend.

“I’ve been hitting it pretty solid and putting it pretty solid this whole week, so hopefully I can keep it going.”

Informed of her brother’s display at LA Country Club, Lee revealed that as she attended Min Woo’s Masters debut, he will take a turn as doting little brother at next week’s KPMG Women’s PGA Championship.

“I'm happy he’s doing well,” Lee added.

“He’s going to be following me around for a change. He’s just going to be the brother and I’m going to be the player next week.”

Lee is one of four Aussies to have advanced to the weekend, Hannah Green (69) moving into a tie for 34th as Grace Kim (71) and Stephanie Kyriacou (73) both just squeezed inside the cut-line.

Kirsten Rudgeley is the best-placed Australian through two rounds of the Amundi German Masters on the Ladies European Tour.

After a 73 on day one Rudgeley shot 1-under 71 in Round 2 to move into a tie for 32nd, 11 strokes back of Sweden’s Johanna Gustavsson who leads by one.

An even-par 72 in Round 2 was enough for New Zealand’s Momoka Kobori to make the cut as Whitney Hillier (75-76), Hanee Song (76-77) and Wenyung Keh (78-78) all failed to move on to Round 3.