Jul. 10, 2011
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.
THIS WEEK: No. 17 at TPC Deere Run
This challenging 557-yard, par-5 is reachable in two for big hitters, but they will have to perfectly place a tee ball on this slight dogleg left to do it. The fairway is tight and tree-lined leading up to the slightly elevated green which is guarded by front bunkers. Miss the green, and you will have a very tough up-and-down.
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| Fourth round |
| PGA TOUR players continued their mastery over Kodak Challenge hole No. 17 at TPC Deere Run during the final round of the John Deere Classic. Amidst an avalanche of birdies (29), rookie Matt McQuillan and veteran Kirk Triplett scored the round's two Kodak eagles on the penultimate hole. |
| The Kodak Challenge Moment of the Day belonged to McQuilllan when he drained a 36-footer from just off the green for the Kodak eagle. Triplett dropped his 256-yard approach to 23 feet of the cup, setting up the eagle putt. |
| Cameron Tringale's second-round Kodak birdie on the 557-yard par-5 17th moved him into second place on the Kodak Challenge leaderboard at 12-under-par in the $1 million competition. Tringale sits one stroke behind frontrunner Bill Lunde, who was idle this week. |
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| The Kodak Challenge hole played well under par in all four rounds of the John Deere Classic. On Sunday, No. 17 was the third easiest hole at TPC Deer Run, yielding two eagles, 29 birdies, 33 pars, eight bogeys, and one double bogey. |
| The next Kodak Challenge hole is the 532-yard par-5 18th at Annandale Golf Club in Madison, Miss., in the Viking Classic, July 14-17. The Viking Classic will be the 22nd of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million competition. |
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| Third Round |
| Birdies outnumbered pars 41 to 26 on No. 17, as the Kodak Challenge hole at TPC Deere Run gave the pros plenty of scoring opportunities on moving day. Leading the charge were Scott Piercy and Marco Dawson, who carded eagles on the 569-yard par-5 Kodak hole during the third round of the John Deere Classic. |
| Piercy delivered the Kodak Challenge Moment of the Day on the 17th when he dropped his 190-yard approach to four feet of the cup to set up the eagle putt. Dawson drained an 11-footer for the Kodak three. |
| Cameron Tringale scored his second birdie of the week on hole No. 17 at TPC Deere Run. Tringale sits at 12-under-par in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition, one shot behind frontrunner Bill Lunde, who is idle this week. |
| Kodak Challenge hole No. 17 was the second easiest hole on Saturday at the John Deere Classic. The long par-5 yielded two eagles, 41 birdies, 26 pars and four bogeys. |
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| Second round |
| Cameron Tringale sunk a five-footer for birdie on hole No. 17 at TPC Deere Run during the second round of the John Deere Classic to move into second place in the $1 million Kodak Challenge. Tringales sand shot from 67 feet set up an easy Kodak birdie, moving the third-year pro to 12-under-par, one shot behind leader Bill Lunde, who is idle this week. |
| The Kodak Challenge moment of the day belonged to Jason Bohn, who dropped a 37-footer for the lone Kodak eagle of the second round on the 557-yard par 5 No 17. |
| Kodak Challenge hole No. 17 was the second easiest hole during the second round of the John Deere Classic, yielding one eagle, 68 birdies, 59 pars and 18 bogeys. |
| The John Deere Classic is the 21st of 30 tournaments to host the Kodak Challenge in 2011. |
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| First round |
| With several Kodak Challenge frontrunners idle this week, Charles Howell III led a group of opportunistic contenders to move up the Kodak leaderboard during the opening round of the John Deere Classic. Howell hit his 237-yard approach to five feet to set up one of four Kodak Challenge eagles on the 557-yard hole No. 17 at TPC Deere Run Thursday. Howell jumped up two strokes to 10-under-par in the $1 million competition, three shots behind leader Bill Lunde, who is among a trio of top Kodak competitors not playing this week. |
| While Kodak Challenge shot of the day honors belonged to Howell, several other pros took advantage of the forgiving par 5 No. 17 to move into Kodak contention. Jarrod Lyle joined Howell at 10-under-par with a four-footer for birdie, while Pat Perez and Blake Adams each posted birdies to move to 9-under-par. |
| Nathan Green, Brian Maurer and Matt Weibring each followed Howell with eagles on No. 17, highlighted by Greens monster 53-foot putt. |
| Kodak Challenge hole No. 17 was the third easiest hole during the first round of the John Deere Classic, yielding four eagles, 61 birdies, 74 pars and 14 bogeys. |
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