DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- Weaving her way through a narrow hallway next to the grill room Thursday, Michelle Wie was stopped by a woman who asked if she would pose for a picture with her young daughter.

Focusing her camera, the woman asked how she played.

"OK," Wie said with a smile and shrug.

If that were an honest assessment, Wie should be in good shape at the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament.

Changing her tactics off the tee on the more forgiving Champions Course at LPGA International, the 19-year-old from Hawaii hit driver on all but two holes and ran off four straight birdies late in her round for a 7-under 65 that put her in a tie for the lead with Shiho Oyama of Japan after the second of five rounds at Q-School.

Oyama shot 70 on the Legends Course and joined Wie at 10-under 134. The top 20 players after the 90-hole tournament Sunday earn their LPGA Tour cards for next season. Through two rounds, Wie was eight shots clear of the cutoff.

Stacy Lewis, a former NCAA champion at Arkansas who tied for third at the U.S. Women's Open in her pro debut this summer, shot a 66 for the best score this week on the Legends Course and one shot behind at 9-under 135.

Tied for fourth at 6-under 138 are Mollie Fankhauser and Amy Yang, while Janell Howland and Lisa Strom are tied for sixth at 5-under 139. The tie for eighth place at 4-under 140 includes Carolina Llano, Sophie Giquel and Japanese amateur Mika Miyazato.

Former Duke star and 2005 NCAA Championship medalist Anna Grzebien is tied for 11th place along with, among others, former Washington standout Paige Mackenzie and LPGA veteran Audra Burks. A large tie for 19th place includes, among others Carri Wood, Charlotte Mayorkas, Emily Bastel, Anna Rawson and South African prodigy Ashleigh Simon.

Former Auburn All-American is in a big pack tied for 30th place along with Sweden's Louise Stahle, Beth Bader, Ashli Bunch and six other players.

This was the first time since the second round of the 2006 Evian Masters that Wie had a share of the lead after any round, and the first time since the Ladies German Open in late May that she put together consecutive rounds in the 60s -- at least officially.

Wie had three straight scores in the 60s at the LPGA State Farm Classic in July when she was disqualified for leaving the scoring area without signing her card after the second round, so only the first round is in the books.

Without that disqualification, Wie might have earned enough money to avoid Q-School. She also could have skipped the worst school in golf if she had showed this form earlier in the season.

But she is here with no other choice but to get a card, and she's making the most of it.

The first two rounds were strong indicators that a teenager who once had unlimited potential is closer than ever to recovering from injured wrists, shattered confidence and humbling performances.

After hitting only four drivers Wednesday on the Legends Course -- a tighter, more punishing track -- Wie was far more aggressive in the second round and holed enough putts for her lowest round on the LPGA Tour since a 65 at the Samsung World International in 2005, the week of her pro debut (which also ended in disqualification).

Swing coach David Leadbetter wasn't around, but Wie carried out his hopes -- avoid mistakes and big numbers. There was nothing close to the quintuple-bogey 9 that knocked her out of the U.S. Women's Open this year, and even the three fairways she missed in the second round were not far from her target.

The longest putt she had for par came on No. 11, her second hole, when she ran a 25-foot birdie attempt 4 feet past the hole. Wie took only 24 putts, helped by three simple up-and-downs and a 40-foot chip she holed for birdie on No. 17. She missed birdie putts of 8 feet and 6 feet on consecutive holes early on her back nine, and while she continued to hit driver, Wie also stayed conservative on the par 5s by laying up three times when she could have reached the green. On the fifth, she had only 210 yards off a slight hill, but played a short iron and then stuffed a wedge to 3 feet.

That began the late run of birdies. She hit her tee shot to 7 feet on the 145-yard sixth, holed another 7-foot birdie putt on the seventh hole and closed out her birdie string with an 8-foot putt.

Through two days on each course, Wie's only mistake has been a three-putt bogey from 25 feet Wednesday.

Among others also in the field are Angela Jerman (tied for 44th), France's Patricia Meunier-Lebouc (tied for 58th), vetern Jackie Gallagher-Smith (tied for 66th), former Duke standout Liz Janangelo (tied for 66th), Naree Song (tied for 80th), former Georgia star Taylor Leon (tied for 80th), veteran Kim Williams (tied for 106th), Candy Hannemann (tied for 123rd), Melissa Reid (tied for 123rd), A.J. Eathorne (tied for 123rd) and Vicki Goetze-Ackerman (tied for 134th).

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