Min Woo Lee chasing leaders at Baycurrent Classic after 'gritty' second-round

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lee-min-woo/IwMMLluD/"]Lee[/a] hit six birdies and two bogeys to card a 4-under-par 67 at Yokohama Country Club, taking him to 8-under overall.[/p][p]Americans [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/mitchell-keith/6RR4FL9F/"]Keith Mitchell[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bridgeman-jacob/xdp19XIg/"]Jacob Bridgeman[/a] topped the leaderboard heading into the weekend at 11-under par, two shots ahead of the chasing pack.[/p][p]Lee said he was "hanging in there" in a field that also includes multiple major winners [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/schauffele-xander/OnIoiVkm/"]Xander Schauffele[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/morikawa-collin/0UlRrMgE/"]Collin Morikawa[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/spieth-jordan/p0739Ny4/"]Jordan Spieth[/a].[/p][p][b]"It was pretty scrappy but on the scoreable holes I did really well,"[/b] said Lee, who is looking for his second win on the PGA Tour.[/p][p]"I'm pretty happy with the way it went. It was gritty, which was good."[/p][embed guid="91708a38-9f08-410d-9c21-48d5b4817960" url="https://x.com/PGATour/status/2108450228605210889" social-type="twitter" /][p]Defending champion Schauffele was on 3-under overall after finishing 2-under for the day.[/p][p]Playing partner Morikawa was one shot further back on 2-under after a disastrous end to his round that saw him hit five bogeys on the last six holes.[/p][p]Spieth, who is looking for his first win on the tour since April 2022, heads into the weekend on 4-under.[/p][p]Japan's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/matsuyama-hideki/GOHJOEb5/"]Hideki Matsuyama[/a] was on 3-under.[/p][p]Lee headed to Japan after playing at the President's Cup last month at Medinah.[/p][p]His Internationals team lost after a stunning rally by the United States but Lee said he had "learned a lot" from the tournament.[/p][p][b]"There were some times when I didn't feel like I contributed enough but also I felt like I did hit some really good shots and hole some good putts,"[/b] he said.[/p][p]"Every hole counts, you don't want to let your team down."[/p]