Apr. 18, 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-4, 452-yard 18th at Harbour Town Golf Links
DESCRIPTION: In this emerald-hued finale, the famous lighthouse becomes a beacon to landlubbers. A successful shot is one aimed toward the cherished landmark. The goal is the wide landing area jutting into Calibogue Sound. A word of advice on one of golf's most spectacular finishing holes: The long approach to the flag offers ample bailout to the right where the innocent-looking but insidious mounding has caused many a wannabe champ to lose a sought-after par. (Click here for tour).
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| Final round |
| Rickie Fowler grabbed sole possession of the 2010 Kodak Challenge lead with a final-round birdie on the 18th hole at the Verizon Heritage. Fowler's 19-foot putt on the par-4 452-yard 18th at Harbour Town Golf Links moves him to 7-under-par on the Kodak leaderboard. Fowlers birdie wasn't the only action on No. 18, as Jim Furyk went on to win the Verizon Heritage in a playoff on the Kodak Challenge hole. |
| The "Kodak Challenge Moment" of the day belonged to Steve Lowery, who holed his second shot from 167 yards out for eagle. The impressive shot moved Lowery into a tie for third on the Kodak Challenge leaderboard at 5 under. Lowery is joined by several others, including Matt Bettencourt, who also carded birdie on the fan-favorite 18th hole. |
| The difficult front-left hole location on No. 18 proved difficult for pros on Sunday, as the famous finishing hole was the 2nd hardest hole on the course, yielding 1 eagle, 6 birdies, 40 pars, 21 bogeys and 3 double bogie. |
| The Verizon Heritage was the 11th of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition. The next Kodak Challenge hole is the par-3 17th at TPC Louisiana during the Zurich Classic of New Orleans on April 22-25. |
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| Third round |
Jim Furyk sank an 11-foot birdie putt on Kodak Challenge hole at Harbour Town Golf Links to take sole possession of the Verizon Heritage lead heading into Sunday at 11 under. The impressive putt on the picturesque par-4 452-yard 18th moved Furyk into a tie for third on the 2010 Kodak Challenge leaderboard at 3 under.
Kodak contenders Matt Kuchar, Kevin Na and Rickie Fowler remain tied for Kodak Challenge lead at 6 under and have yet to birdie the famous "lighthouse" hole during the Verizon Heritage. Marc Leishman joined the trio atop the Kodak Challenge leaderboard with a birdie during Friday's round.
The "Kodak Challenge Moment" of the day belonged to Carl Pettersson, who sank an improbable 29-foot birdie putt on the memorable hole. |
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| Second round |
Marc Leishman sank a 9-foot birdie putt on Kodak Challenge hole No. 18 at the Verizon Heritage to move into the first place tie for the Kodak Challenge lead at 6-under. Leishmans birdie on the par-4 452-yard hole at the Harbour Town Golf Links ties him with Matt Kuchar, Kevin Na and Rickie Fowler in the $1 million competition.
Also climbing the 2010 Kodak Challenge leaderboard are Martin Laird and Jimmy Walker, both of whom carded birdies to move into a tie for second-place at 5-under-par.
The "Kodak Challenge Moment" of the day belonged to Rory Sabbatini, who sank an improbable 42-foot birdie putt on the memorable lighthouse hole. The signature at Harbour Town Golf Links was tied for being the 7th hardest hole on the course during Fridays round, yielding 15 birdies, 92 pars, 21 bogies and two double bogies. |
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| First round |
Lucas Glover and Tim Clark both moved within one stroke of the Kodak Challenge lead with rare birdies Thursday on Kodak Challenge hole No. 18 at the Verizon Heritage. The picturesque lighthouse par-4 452-yard 18th at the Harbour Town Golf Links was the second hardest hole on the course.
Joining Glover and Clark in a move up the leaderboard today was Bill Haas. Haas sank an impressive 24-foot birdie putt to join Glover and Clark in a second-place tie at 5 under. Kodak Challenge co-leaders, Matt Kuchar, Kevin Na and Rickie Fowler all played 18 at par to remain tied at 6-under in the $1 million competition. |
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| 2010 round-by-round statistics on the par-4 18th |
| 1 |
2 |
4.220 |
0 |
13 |
87 |
23 |
8 |
1 |
| 2 |
8 |
4.076 |
0 |
15 |
94 |
21 |
2 |
0 |
| 3 |
13 |
3.963 |
0 |
15 |
56 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
| 4 |
2 |
4.319 |
1 |
6 |
40 |
21 |
3 |
1 |
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| Current Kodak Challenge Leaderboard |
| 1 |
Rickie Fowler |
9 |
-7 |
| T2 |
Matt Kuchar |
8 |
-6 |
| T2 |
Marc Leishman |
8 |
-6 |
| T2 |
Kevin Na |
7 |
-6 |
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