Kodak Challenge results: Northern Trust Open

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Feb. 7, 2010

THIS WEEK: Interactive Kodak Challenge scorecards make debut

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. 10 at the Northern Trust Open. 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, 315-yard 10th at Riviera C.C.

DESCRIPTION: The 10th is deceptively difficult, as extreme accuracy is required off the tee. While big hitters can easily drive this narrow green, tee shots falling to the left and right of this well-bunkered green are in trouble. The ideal spot to come into this green is from the left side of the fairway. (Click here for tour)

First round

Bo Van Pelt sank a 17-footer from off the back edge of the green at the Kodak Challenge hole at the Riviera Country Club to secure sole possession of first place in the Kodak Challenge at 3-under-par. D.J. Trahan delivered the Kodak Challenge moment of the day at the Northern Trust Open, scoring the lone Kodak Challenge eagle on an 82-foot chip-in on the par-4 315-yard hole.

Trahan was one of 13 Kodak Challengers to join the tie for second on the 2010 Kodak Challenge leaderboard at 2 under. Kevin Streelman, the 2009 Kodak Challenge champion, was among the pros to birdie the Kodak Challenge hole and move into the second place tie.

Second round

A steady rain and a tough pin placement made play more difficult for the pros on Kodak Challenge hole No. 10 at the Northern Trust Open on Friday. Matt Kuchar sank a 15-footer for birdie on the par 4 315-yard hole at Riviera Country Club to move into a first place tie for the Kodak Challenge lead with Bo Van Pelt at 3 under.

The longest Kodak Challenge birdie Friday belonged to Kevin Sutherland, who sunk a 22-foot putt for birdie. Jimmy Walker tapped in a 2-foot putt for the easiest birdie of the day on the tricky 10th green at Riviera Country Club. The field of golfers one-stroke behind Kuchar and Van Pelt grew to 29 Friday, as four Kodak Challengers move into the second place tie at 2 under.

Third round

Morning rain gave way to better weather in the afternoon, as the pros looked to advance up the Kodak Challenge leaderboard on No. 10 at the Northern Trust Open on Saturday. Brenden Pappas delivered Saturday's Kodak Challenge moment, sinking a 9-footer for birdie to join Matt Kuchar and Bo Van Pelt in a tie for the Kodak Challenge lead at 3-under. The par 4 315-yard hole at Riviera Country Club continued to test Kodak Challengers, as only 26 of the 81 players were able to birdie hole No. 10.

Steve Stricker had the easiest Kodak Challenge birdie Saturday, tapping in a 7-inch putt for birdie after nearly holing out from 85 yards. The longest Kodak Challenge birdie putt of the day belonged to Parker McLachlin, who dropped a 17-footer for birdie.

During Saturday's round 26 birdies, 47 pars and 6 bogies and 2 double bogies were recorded.

Final round

Tim Clark holed out from 67 yards to score the lone Kodak Challenge eagle on Sunday's final round at the Northern Trust Open. Clark's remarkable eagle on the par 4 315-yard Kodak Challenge 10th hole at Riviera Country Club moved him into a tie for first in the 2010 Kodak Challenge. Clark joined Matt Kuchar, Brenden Pappas and Bo Van Pelt in a four-way tie for the lead at 3 under.

Clark's eagle was one of two Kodak Challenge eagles recorded during the Northern Trust Open. D.J. Trahan scored the other eagle during the opening round at Riviera Country Club.

During Sunday's round one eagle, 25 birdies, 38 pars and 7 bogies and 1 double bogie were recorded. The Northern Trust Open was the 4th of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition. The next Kodak Challenge hole is No. 18 at Pebble Beach Golf Links during the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am on February 10-14.

2010 round-by-round statistics on the par-4 10th at the Riviera

Round	Rank	Stroke avg.	Eagles	Birdies	Pars	Bogeys	Dbl. bogeys	Other
1	12	3.962	1	33	73	20	5	0
2	T10	4.085	0	26	73	24	5	1
3	16	3.815	0	26	46	7	2	0
4	16	3.750	1	25	38	7	1	0

Current Kodak Challenge Leaderboard

Rank	Player	Holes	Score
T1	Matt Kuchar	3	-3
T1	Brenden Pappas	3	-3
T1	Bo Van Pelt	3	-3
T1	Tim Clark	2	-3
T5	Martin Laird	4	-2
T5	Ryan Moore	4	-2
T5	Matt Bettencourt	3	-2
T5	Ben Crane	3	-2
T5	Rickie Fowler	3	-2
T5	Fredrik Jacobson	3	-2
T5	John Mallinger	3	-2
T5	Troy Matteson	3	-2
T5	Carl Pettersson	3	-2
T5	Alex Prugh	3	-2
T5	John Rollins	3	-2
T5	Justin Rose	3	-2
T5	Brandt Snedeker	3	-2
T5	Kevin Streelman	3	-2
T5	Angel Cabrera	2	-2
T5	K.J. Choi	2	-2
T5	Stewart Cink	2	-2
T5	Chad Collins	2	-2
T5	Brian Gay	2	-2
T5	Lucas Glover	2	-2
T5	Jerry Kelly	2	-2
T5	Marc Leishman	2	-2
T5	Michael Letzig	2	-2
T5	Troy Merritt	2	-2
T5	Kevin Na	2	-2
T5	Rory Sabbatini	2	-2
T5	John Senden	2	-2
T5	Steve Stricker	2	-2
T5	Chris Stroud	2	-2
T5	D.J. Trahan	2	-2
T5	Omar Uresti	2	-2
T5	Y.E. Yang	2	-2
T5	Paul Casey	1	-2
T5	Sean O'Hair	1	-2