May. 2, 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. 18 at Harbour Town. 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-5, 566-yard 15th at Quail Hollow Golf Club
DESCRIPTION: The par-5, 566-yard 15th hole at Quail Hollow Club plays uphill after a tricky tee shot. The water to the left and right of the fairway may appear dangerous to spectators; however, will have little effect on the professionals. A ridge running down the middle of the green requires more caution and an accurate approach, deeming this hole one of the more difficult par-5s on the PGA TOUR. (Click here for tour).
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| Final round |
Rory McIlroy delivered the day's lone eagle on Kodak Challenge hole No. 15 in a record-setting win at the Quail Hollow Championship. McIlroy's eagle on the par-5 566-yard Kodak hole puts him at 3 under on the 2010 Kodak Challenge leaderboard. What's more, McIlroy's final-round score of 62 sets a new course record at Quail Hollow Club.
Brian Davis and 2009 Kodak Challenge champ Kevin Streelman each carded birdies on Sunday, both moving to 5 under on the Kodak leaderboard. Rickie Fowler, who regained sole possession of the Kodak Challenge lead with a birdie on Saturday, sits atop the Kodak leaderboard at 8 under.
Coincidentally, McIlroy's eagle was also the Kodak Challenge Moment of the day. The 4-foot putt was made possible by McIlroy's amazing 200-plus yard approach shot into the green.
Kodak Challenge hole No. 15 was the second easiest hole of the tournament. |
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| Third round |
Rickie Fowler regained sole possession of the Kodak Challenge lead with a birdie on No. 15 in the third round of the Quail Hollow Championship. Fowler crushed the ball off the tee, hitting the longest drive of the day 360 yards on the par-5 566-yard Kodak Challenge hole. He finished the hole with an 8-foot birdie putt to move to the top of the 2010 Kodak Challenge leaderboard at 8-under-par.
Kodak Challengers Dustin Johnson, Matt Kuchar and Kevin Na, who all sit in second place, each carded birdies on the Kodak Challenge hole, which was the easiest hole at Quail Hollow on Saturday. Matt Jones delivered the Kodak Challenge Moment of the day, sinking a 16-footer from just off the green to card Saturday's lone Kodak Challenge eagle.
The 15th hole was the easiest hole on the course on Saturday. During the third round at the Quail Hollow Championship, 1 eagle, 38 birdies, 33 pars and 5 bogeys were scored on the Kodak Challenge hole.
The Quail Hollow Championship is the 13th of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition. |
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| Second round |
Dustin Johnson eagled Kodak Challenge hole No. 15 at the Quail Hollow Championship to move up two strokes and into a first-place tie for the 2010 Kodak Challenge lead. Jimmy Walker, Matt Kuchar and Kevin Na each birdied the par-5 566-yard Kodak Challenge hole to join Johnson in the tie for first place in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition. Rickie Fowler and John Senden are also tied for the lead at 7-under par.
Johnson's eagle easily won "Kodak Challenge Moment of the Day" honors, as the South Carolina-native sunk a 49-foot putt. Bill Haas and Lucas Glover each carded Kodak Challenge birdies to move into the second-place at 6 under. |
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| First round |
John Senden birdied the Kodak Challenge hol to gain a share of the 2010 Kodak lead at 7 under at Thursday. Senden's 3-foot birdie putt on the par-5 566-yard hole 15th at Quail Hollow Golf Club moves him into a first-place tie with Rickie Fowler. This is the second consecutive week that Senden has moved up the Kodak leaderboard with a birdie on the Kodak Challenge hole.
Also making moves on the Kodak leaderboard were Sean O'Hair and Lucas Glover. The duo sank birdie putts to move into a second-place tie for Kodak lead at 6 under.
The "Kodak Challenge Moment" of the day belonged George McNeill, who sank an 18-foot eagle shot from off the green at No. 15. The Quail Hollow Championship is the 13th of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition. |
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| 2010 round-by-round statistics on the par-5 15th |
| 1 |
16 |
4.787 |
1 |
47 |
93 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
| 2 |
16 |
4.760 |
3 |
47 |
88 |
12 |
2 |
0 |
| 3 |
18 |
4.545 |
1 |
38 |
33 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
| 4 |
16 |
4.662 |
1 |
34 |
35 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
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| Current Kodak Challenge Leaderboard |
| 1 |
Rickie Fowler |
10 |
-8 |
| T2 |
Jimmy Walker |
10 |
-7 |
| T2 |
Matt Kuchar |
9 |
-7 |
| T2 |
Kevin Na |
8 |
-7 |
| T2 |
John Senden |
8 |
-7 |
| T2 |
Dustin Johnson |
7 |
-7 |
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