Jun. 26, 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. 15 at TPC River Highlands
Unless you're playing for the Travelers Championship title, or you're having the round of your life, take out the driver and have some fun. You will have few opportunities in your life to say you drove a par 4 at a TPC. In windy conditions, the pros often hit an iron off the tee, leaving a full wedge to the green.
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| Final round |
Kodak Challenge hole No. 15 at TPC River Highlands, the shortest par-4 on the PGA TOUR, saw its share of great shotmaking during the final round of the Travelers Championship. Steve Flesch and Chris Stroud led the way with identical Kodak eagles on the drivable 296-yard Kodak hole. Flesch dropped his 278-yard tee shot to 13 feet and drained his putt for the deuce, while Stroud hit his approach to just under 13 feet of the cup and holed out for eagle.
The top Kodak Challengers also made the most of their week in Connecticut. Frontrunner Bill Lunde carded a Kodak birdie on Friday to maintain sole possession of first place in the $1 million competition at 12-under-par. Cameron Tringale and Charley Hoffman scored birdies of their own to stay within one shot at 11-under and four other pros kept pace with birdies to leave TPC River Highlands just two shots behind Lunde.
The Kodak hole played under par in all four rounds of the Travelers Championship. On Sunday, No. 15 at TPC River Highlands yielded two eagles, 32 birdies, 31 pars, eight bogeys, and one double bogey.
The next Kodak Challenge hole is the 212-yard par-3 17th hole at Aronimink Golf Club in New Square, Pa., during the AT&T National, June 30 - July 3. The AT&T National will be the 20th of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million competition. |
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| Third round |
As favorable skies greeted the pros at TPC River Highlands Saturday, Spencer Levin dropped a six-footer for birdie on Kodak Challenge hole No. 15 to move to 10-under-par, two strokes behind leader, Bill Lunde.
The drivable 296-yard hole No. 15 gave the pros plenty of scoring opportunities during the third round of the Travelers Championship. Blake Adams delivered the Kodak Moment of the Day, holing out for eagle from 35 yards out. Also delivering Kodak eagles Saturday were Vijay Singh and Joe Durant. Singh hit the drive of the day, landing his 305 yard tee shot to just five feet from the cup. Hunter Mahan sank a seven-footer for birdie to move to 9-under-par in the Kodak standings.
The drivable par-4 15th was the easiest hole at Travelers Championship Saturday, yielded three eagles, 31 birdies, 37 pars and three bogeys. |
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| Second round |
As the pros raced to complete the first and second rounds of play Friday at the Travelers Championship, Kodak Challenge frontrunner Bill Lunde drained a 12-footer for birdie on Kodak hole No. 15 to retain sole possession of first place at 12-under-par in the $1 million competition.
Charley Hoffman and Cameron Tringale kept pace with Kodak birdies of their own to move within a shot of Lunde at 11-under on the Kodak Challenge leaderboard. Hoffman knocked in a five-footer on the 296-yard par-4 15th at TPC River Highlands, while Tringale sunk his birdie putt from eight feet. Among the other top Kodak contenders to gain ground were Kevin Na and J.B. Holmes, who trail Lunde by two strokes at 10-under.
David Hearn delivered the Kodak Challenge Moment of the Day when he dropped his 273-yard approach to six feet, setting up a putt for one of Friday's two eagles. The other eagle belonged to Jerry Kelly, who holed out from 36 feet.
The drivable par-4 at the Travelers Championship yielded two eagles, 90 birdies, 81 pars, 24 bogeys, and two double bogeys on Friday. |
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| First round |
Paul Goydos tapped in from two feet for an opening-round birdie on hole No. 15 at the Travelers Championship to move to 10-under-par on the Kodak Challenge leaderboard. Goydos currently sits one shot behind Kodak frontrunner, Bill Lunde, who played No. 15 at par. Goydos and Lunde were two of only 53 pros who played through No. 15 before action was suspended at TPC River Highlands due to heavy rain. Play will resume at 7 a.m. Friday.
Kris Blanks ran away with the Kodak Challenge Moment of the day with the opening round's lone eagle on the 296-yard par-4 15th. Blanks drove his ball short of the green and then chipped in for the Kodak Challenge eagle from 54 feet.
Prior to suspension, Kodak Challenge hole No. 15 was Thursday's third easiest hole at TPC River Highlands. The drivable par-4 yielded one eagle, 22 birdies, 22 pars, seven bogeys, and one double bogey.
The Travelers Championship is the 19th of 30 tournaments to participate in the $1 million Kodak Challenge competition. |
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