Mar. 28, 2010
MORE: Interactive Kodak Challenge scorecards
The Kodak Challenge is a first-of-its-kind competition for PGA TOUR players, who must play at least 18 of the 30 Kodak Challenge holes to be eligible to win. A player's lowest score relative to par on his best 18 Kodak Challenge holes will be counted. The player with the lowest cumulative score relative to par wins $1 million and the Kodak Challenge trophy.
2010 KODAK CHALLENGE: The 2010 Kodak Challenge schedule continues this week on hole No. 16 at TPC Scottsdale. The second year of the competition includes 21 of the original 30 holes, with two tournaments joining the Kodak Challenge: No. 15 at Quail Hollow Club in Charlotte, N.C., site of the Quail Hollow Championship; and No. 14 at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio, home of the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley.
The remaining new holes appear at returning tournaments that move to new courses and two existing courses that have changed holes. Twenty-nine of the 30 Kodak Challenge tournaments for 2010 have been finalized. An announcement on the 30th tournament will be made in the near future.
THIS WEEK'S HOLE: The par-4, 485-yard 18th at Bay Hill Golf Club & Lodge
DESCRIPTION: The par-4, 485-yard finishing hole looks simple on paper. It's straight away to a wide fairway, but that's where simple ends. The large, kidney shaped green is fronted by rocks and water, requiring a longer carry to the right half. The bunkers left of the green await errant shorts of the hydrophobic. (Click here for tour).
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| Sunday's action |
Dustin Johnson and Sean O'Hair made good use of early tees times Sunday to birdie the Kodak Challenge hole before storms moved into the Orlando area. Final round play at Bay Hill Golf Club & Lodge was suspended due to unrelenting rains at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard. The Kodak Challenge hole Sunday was just as unforgiving, as the par-4 485-yard hole was the third hardest hole on the course, yielding only 9 birdies.
Johnson and O'Hair both carded birdies to move into a second-place tie at 5-under par, one shot behind leader Kevin Na. Johnson's birdie came on a 6-footer, while O'Hair's was slightly longer at 17 feet.
The Kodak Challenge moment of the day belonged to Trevor Immelman, who sank a 25-foot putt for birdie on the rain-soaked 18th hole.
Before play was suspended, No. 18 saw a total of 9 birdies, 34 pars, 10 bogeys and 7 bogeys. The final round of play will resume Monday morning at 10:00 a.m. on GOLF CHANNEL.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard is the ninth of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition. The next Kodak Challenge hole is the par-4 18th hole at the Redstone GC (Tournament Course) during the Shell Houston Open on April 1-4. |
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| Third round |
Kodak Challenge hole No. 18 at Bay Hill Golf Club & Lodge gave the pros all they could handle during the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard. The par-4 485-yard hole was the third-hardest hole on the course Saturday, yielding only six birdies.
Among Kodak Challenge contenders, only John Senden was able to advance his position in the Kodak field. Senden sunk a 17-footer for birdie to move to 5 under, just one shot behind leader Kevin Na. Na birdied the Kodak Challenge hole for the second time this week. The longest Kodak Challenge birdie belonged to Retief Goosen, who drained a 50-footer late in the round. Bill Haas had the easiest Kodak Challenge birdie from just 3 1/2 feet.
Chris Couch delighted the crowd with today's Kodak Challenge moment. Couch's second shot bounced among the front-side rocks three times before miraculously settling on the green. Couch finished the hole at par. |
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| Second round |
Rickie Fowler scored one of the day's few birdies on Kodak Challenge hole No. 18 at Bay Hill Golf Club & Lodge, sinking a 13-foot putt to propel himself into a second place tie for the Kodak Challenge lead at 5 under. Fowler's birdie on the par-4, 485-yard finishing hole at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard puts him one shot off the Kodak Challenge lead and tied with Marc Leishman and Sean O'Hair. Kevin Na currently sits alone atop the Kodak Challenge leaderboard at 6 under.
Retief Goosen also carded a birdie during Friday's round, holing a 5-foot putt that puts him at 4 under on the Kodak Challenge leaderboard. Jason Gore secured the "Kodak Challenge Moment" of the day by sinking an extremely long and challenging 53-foot putt for birdie. Gore's putt is one of the longest made through the first eight tournaments participating in the Kodak Challenge. |
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| First round |
Despite the Kodak Challenge hole No. 18 at Bay Hill Golf Club & Lodge playing extremely difficult on Thursday, Kevin Na carded one of few birdies scored on the hole to gain sole possession of the Kodak Challenge lead at 6 under. The par-4, 485-yard finishing hole was the fourth hardest hole of the day.
Another notable birdie on the Kodak Challenge hole came from Sean O'Hair, who put his second shot within 21 inches from the cup, sinking the day's easiest Kodak Challenge birdie putt. The "Kodak Challenge Moment" of the day belonged to John Rollins, who sank an improbable 32-foot putt.
The Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MasterCard is the ninth of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition.
The Kodak Fan Photo Zone, located within the popular MasterCard Club on the ninth hole, allows fans to have a picture taken of their golf swing by Kodak photographers. The swing images will be printed and placed into a free commemorative folder that also includes a photo of Arnold Palmer's vintage golf swing. |
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| 2010 round-by-round statistics on the par-4 18th |
| 1 |
4 |
4.183 |
0 |
11 |
81 |
23 |
5 |
0 |
| 2 |
4 |
4.218 |
0 |
17 |
71 |
23 |
5 |
3 |
| 3 |
3 |
4.293 |
0 |
6 |
47 |
14 |
5 |
0 |
| 4* |
3 |
4.426 |
0 |
8 |
29 |
7 |
7 |
3 |
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| Current Kodak Challenge Leaderboard |
| 1 |
Kevin Na |
6 |
-6 |
| T2 |
Rickie Fowler |
7 |
-5 |
| T2 |
Marc Leishman |
7 |
-5 |
| T2 |
Matt Kuchar |
6 |
-5 |
| T2 |
John Senden |
6 |
-5 |
| T2 |
Sean O'Hair |
5 |
-5 |
| T2 |
Paul Casey |
3 |
-5 |
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