KAHUKU — Hawai'i's Michelle Wie moved into a tie for the lead with Angela Stanford in today's blustery second round of the SBS Open at Turtle Bay, positioning herself for a shot at victory tomorrow in her first tournament as an LPGA member.

Wie, who shot a 2-under-par 70 this morning to go to 8-under for the tournament, is tied with first-round leader Stanford (71) at 136 entering tomorrow's third and final round at Turtle Bay's Palmer Course.

"It was pretty tough out there," said Wie, a Punahou graduate now in her sophomore year at Stanford. "The wind was blowing pretty hard yesterday and I woke up and went out to look and  was almost blown off my feet. It was pretty tough so I was just trying to play patiently and not be too greedy."

Angela Park shot the low round of the day (68) and was one stroke behind Wie and Stanford.

First prize is $180,000.

Wie, who has been playing on the LPGA tour since she was 12 years old — mostly on sponsor's exemptions, started her round by making a monster birdie putt for the second straight day.

Starting off on the 10th hole just after 7 a.m., she dropped a 40-footer to get to 7-under, but gave it back with a three-putt bogey on the 17th and made the turn even. That changed quickly when she chipped in at No. 2, hit her approach to nine feet on the next hole then rolled in a 40-footer at No. 4 for her third straight birdie.

Suddenly she was on top of the leaderboard, but all the near-misses on her first nine returned on the second. She missed birdie putts from inside 10 feet at Nos. 6 and 7 — after nearly holing out from the fairway — and three-putted for bogey on the eighth.

"I'm satisfied because I shot a solid round, but I feel like I left a couple out there, especially because of what happened at the end," Wie said. "But, I was patient, really kept my cool. I wasn't greedy out there and I had fun so mission accomplished."