Article: Pavon in Charge Riding an Eagle // Lefty's 69 Sets Women's Course Record

Last year Chicago's LPGA tournament was decided by the unexpected - a final-hole eagle by Wisconsin resident Martha Nause.

Friday's first round of the Sun-Times Challenge wasn't much different.

Another Wisconsin golfer, Judi Pavon, holed a 4-iron shot from 148 yards for an eagle. It was on the first hole, rather than the last, but it propelled the only left-handed golfer on the LPGA circuit to the first-round lead in the $450,000 championship that ends tomorrow.

Pavon writes and throws with her right hand, but plays golf, tennis and wields a baseball bat from the left side.

She bettered 70 for the first time in 43 LPGA starts over two seasons, touring the White Eagle Golf Club in ...

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