Kodak Challenge update: Crowne Plaza Invitational

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May. 22, 2011

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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.

THIS WEEK: No. 13 at Colonial Country Club
Kodak Challenge hole No. 13 at Colonial Country Club is an exhilarating, risk-reward par 3. The tee shot carries over the water to a two-tiered narrow green. Winds can make this hole very difficult, but a pinpoint tee shot can provide a birdie opportunity. In 2010, Paula Goydos and Ben Crane each posted a hole-in-one on the 171-yard Kodak Challenge hole.

Fourth round

Kodak Challenge leader Bill Lunde saved his best swing on Kodak hole No. 13 at Colonial Country Club for the final round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational. Lunde hit his 184-yard tee shot within five feet of the cup, setting up the short birdie putt that moved him to 11-under-par on the Kodak Challenge leaderboard. The frontrunner sits two strokes ahead of PGA TOUR pros Kevin Na, Paul Goydos and Charlie Hoffman in the season-long $1 million competition.

The Kodak Challenge moment of the day was delivered by William McGirt, who drained a 28-footer for Sundays longest Kodak birdie putt on the 13th. Stewart Cink carded the easiest Kodak birdie from four feet.

Kodak Challenge hole No. 13 was the hardest hole during the final round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Gusting winds sent one of every five tee shots into the water on Sunday. The Kodak hole yielded eight birdies, 38 pars, 11 bogeys and 11 double bogeys.

The next Kodak Challenge hole is the 363-yard par-4 14th at Muirfield Village Golf Club in Dublin, Ohio during the Memorial Tournament presented by Nationwide Insurance on June 2-5. The Memorial will be the 17th of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition.

Third round

Matt Kuchar made the most of moving day with a birdie on Kodak Challenge hole No. 13 at Colonial Country Club. Kuchar drained a 25-footer during the third round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational, climbing to 8-under-par on the Kodak Challenge leaderboard. The PGA TOUR pro sits two strokes behind frontrunner Bill Lunde, who played feisty 13th at par.

The Kodak Challenge moment of the day belonged to Kris Blanks when he holed out from 44 feet on the 171-yard par-3. Blanks carded Saturday's longest Kodak putt for birdie, while Kevin Stadler scored the easiest with a nine-footer.

In contrast to 22 water-logged tee shots and 20 double bogeys on No. 13 yesterday, calmer winds kept all balls in play during Saturday's third round. The Kodak Challenge hole at Colonial yielded six birdies, 49 pars, 15 bogeys and no double bogeys.

The Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial is the 16th of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition.

Second round

Mike Weir was one of the few pros to master Kodak Challenge hole No. 13 at Colonial Country Club during the second round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational. Weirs 85 foot putt, the third longest on the PGA TOUR this year, secured one of just 13 birdies scored Friday on the tricky par 3.

Most players were happy to escape the 171-yard 13th with par today. A total of 22 balls found the water Friday on the picturesque par 3, an astounding 17 percent of all shots on the Kodak Challenge hole.

While Weir easily captured Kodak Challenge Moment of the Day honors, Jeff Overton had the easiest Kodak Challenge birdie after landing his tee shot 21 inches from the cup. Also noteworthy was David Frost, who sunk a 42-footer for birdie.

The Kodak Challenge hole No. 13 was the hardest hole on the course Friday at the Crowne Plaza Invitational, yielding 13 birdies, 80 pars, 11 bogeys and 20 double bogeys.

First round

Matt Bettencourt delivered the Kodak Challenge shot of the day Thursday, nearly acing Kodak hole No. 13 at Colonial Country Club. Bettencourt hit his 174-yard tee shot to one foot, setting up the easiest birdie during the opening round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational.

Not to be outdone, John Merrick carded a Kodak Challenge moment of his own when he holed out from 49 feet for Thursdays longest birdie putt on the par-3.

PGA TOUR pro Martin Laird drained a four-footer on No. 13, moving up the Kodak Challenge leaderboard to 7 under. He sits three strokes behind current frontrunner, Bill Lunde, in the $1 million season-long competition. Lunde played the Kodak hole at par on Thursday.

The Kodak Challenge hole played under par in the opening round of the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial. Hole No. 13 yielded 23 birdies, 88 pars, 14 bogeys and one double bogey.