GOLF Leader Barrett awaits 'amazing' eagle putt

Her ball hung on the lip before falling into the cup.
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AURORA, Ill. -- Tina Barrett hit her approach at the pin and watched in disbelief as it stopped short and hung on the lip.
Then, after a long walk and a longer wait, it finally dropped. That eagle at No. 2 and a birdie on the final hole gave her a 6-under 66 at the Kellogg-Keebler Classic on Friday for a one-shot lead over a bunched field heading into the weekend.
"When we were walking up I thought, 'I can't believe this.' They were saying to my caddie that he has to pull the pin. Then all of a sudden it fell in," Barrett said. "It was pretty amazing."
Barrett played a bogey-free round to lead five players grouped at 5 under: Nancy Scranton, Liselotte Neumann, Jessica Reese, Cristie Kerr and Catherine Cartwright.
There was one noticeable name absent atop the leaderboard: Annika Sorenstam.
The two-time defending champion, who opened with rounds of 62 and 63 the last two years and has never trailed after a round here, finished five strokes off the lead with a 1-under 71.
Champions
ADA TOWNSHIP, Mich. -- Sammy Rachels birdied five of the last seven holes for an 8-under-par 64 and a one-shot lead after the opening round of the Farmers Charity Classic.
Rachels didn't have a putt longer than 12 feet in the back-nine run and posted his best round of the season. He played just seven tournaments in 2003 after a motorcycle injury led to rotator cuff surgery on his right shoulder last June.
Champions Tour rookie Sam Torrance was second after an opening 65 at the 7,080-yard Egypt Valley Country Club.
In contention
Fred Gibson, Stewart Ginn, Dave Eichelberger, Vicente Fernandez and Bob Gilder are two shots back at 6 under. Gilder had two eagles on the back nine, including holing a 7-iron shot from 161 yards at No. 18.
Fifty-one golfers in the 78-player field shot par or better in the opening round.
Torrance needed just 21 putts in his first competitive round at Egypt Valley. Playing in the first group, Torrance had seven birdies in a bogey-free round.
The 2002 European Ryder Cup captain's best finish on the Champions Tour was a tie for seventh at the MasterCard Classic three months ago.
Hale Irwin, coming off a victory at last week's Senior PGA Championship, had a 1-under 71.