MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (AP) -- Karrie Webb continued to show off her Hall of Fame style Friday at the Ginn Tribute -- and just in time, Annika Sorenstam did, too.

Webb shot a 66 and shared the lead at 13-under with Sophie Gustafson (65) after two rounds of the LPGA tournament.

Sorenstam also had a 66, her lowest score in six career rounds at RiverTowne Country Club, and moved from a tie for 60th Thursday into a tie for eighth.

Sorenstam was seven shots behind, but at least she still was part of the tournament that she hosts -- something that looked doubtful midway through Friday's round.

"I'm happy with the way I played," said Sorenstam, like Webb a member of the LPGA Hall of Fame. "I'm pleased. I made some putts and I could've gone lower."

Sorenstam has had her troubles playing as tournament host.

In 2007, the Ginn Tribute was her first event back from nearly two months with back and neck injuries. Predictably, she struggled and tied for 36th, closing in very un-Annika-like fashion with a 74-76 on the weekend.

This time, she dug herself a hole Thursday with a bogey and triple bogey in her first five holes and was seven shots off the lead.

The tournament lost the world's best player when Lorena Ochoa withdrew to be with her uncle, who died in Mexico, according to Ochoa's Web site.

Losing Sorenstam would have been an additional blow to the second-year event, and that seemed likely with Sorenstam stuck on even par and without a birdie through eight holes Friday.

Then Sorenstam turned on the game that's won her three LPGA Tour titles this season, and 72 in her career. She had birdies on six of her final 10 holes, a charge that had her focused on just one thing.

"I am thinking about playing well on the weekend," she said.

That's a must if Sorenstam hopes to catch Webb and Gustafson, who finished with a tournament record-low 131 through 36 holes.

Teresa Lu (67) and Inbee Park (68) were next, tied at 9-under. Suzann Pettersen (65), defending champ of next week's major, the McDonald's LPGA Championship, was in a group of three another stroke behind.

Webb, who's got 35 LPGA Tour wins of her own, made eagle on the par-5 third hole for the second straight round and added six birdies to stay on top. It was her best best LPGA two-round total since starting the 2005 Wendy's Championship at 133.

Webb fell two shots behind Gustafson after her first bogey of the tournament, then reeled off three straight birdies on the 16th, 17th and 18th holes -- Webb started on the back nine -- to again move in front.

Another mistake on the easy par-3 second cost Webb another bogey and again put her two behind Gustafson.

Once more, Webb bounded back. She stuck a 3-wood about 18-feet away on the third and rolled home the eagle putt. Two holes later, Webb landed a 7-iron within 2 feet for a birdie, then converted a 4-foot birdie putt on No. 6.

Webb likes her play and position for the weekend.

"I haven't shot 65-66 consecutively for quite some time," said Webb, who's won 35 LPGA Tour events but none since 2006. "I'm not counting my chickens, of course, but I like the position I'm in."

Gustafson's also pleased after her lowest round of the season. A runner up to Ochoa at the Sybase, Gustafson hadn't felt confident in her game during practice at RiverTowne this week.

Even after her opening 66, Gustafson wasn't comfortable with her play. That changed on Friday, although Gustafson can't explain why.

"It's better than after yesterday's round," she said. "It was much more solid today."

Gustafson birdied two of her final three holes, the seventh and the ninth, to tie Webb.

Divots: Defending champion Nicole Castrale (144) was among the 75 golfers who made cut at even par. ... Among those who didn't was last week's LPGA Corning Classic winner Leta Lindley, who finished 2 over. ... Laura Davies turned things around at the par-3 17th. A day after taking a quadruple-bogey 7, Davies knocked in a short putt for birdie. Davies, though, missed the cut at 6 over.

WIE CONTENDS IN GERMANY: Michelle Wie shot a 3-under 69 Friday to keep pace at the Ladies German Open, where she was tied for sixth three shots off the lead after the rain-delayed second round.

The 18-year-old from Hawaii bogeyed her first hole but recovered with a stretch of three birdies in four holes midway through her round and a fourth birdie later at the Golfpark Gut Haeusern course northwest of Munich.

Lora Fairclough of England, the 1998 German Open winner, had a 68 to take the lead at 10-under 134 at the $390,000 tournament on the Ladies European Tour.

Wie was one shot off her score of 68 from Thursday.

"It was very frustrating today like yesterday. I didn't really take advantage of the par 5s," Wie said. "But I felt like my drives were more solid today and I feel more confident with my shots now. I just hope I can shoot lower scores tomorrow.

"I was really patient with myself. It was a little bit frustrating in the beginning. I had a lot of putts early and wasn't able to put them in. But I felt like the middle of my round I really pulled it together. I think I just played solid and played better than I did yesterday. And hopefully I can do that tomorrow and the day after as well."

Wie was about to size up a 10-foot birdie putt on her final hole when tournament officials ordered the final 30 players still on the course into the clubhouse, where they would remain for about two hours while two thunderstorm fronts passed through. Wie was short on the putt and finished with a par.

"If we could have just held it off for 2 more minutes I would be out of here and in my bed right now. But the weather is the weather. It's dangerous because of the lightning. I think they really made a good call."

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