J.J. Henry is in the running for the $1 million first prize in the PGA Tour’s Kodak Challenge.
Tour player J.J. Henry initiated his little gag.
It went like this: Henry, chasing the $1 million first prize in the PGA Tour’s Kodak Challenge, decided to switch from his normal 44.75-inch driver to a 48-inch driver at the Justin Timberlake event.
Why would he switch? So he could hit an extra-long drive, reach the green with his second shot, then putt for an eagle on the designated Kodak hole, the par-5 16th at TPC Summerlin.
Henry did in fact eagle the hole. With three holes left in the year-long competition, he stands at 14-under-par, trailing leader Kevin Streelman by two shots.
However, Henry did not use a 48-inch driver. He joked to Callaway tour reps that he would do it, although he stuck with his customary FT-9 Tour Authentic driver – actual loft, 9.7 degrees, with an X-flex UST Axiv Core shaft. The length is 44.75 inches, and the swingweight is D4.
Callaway’s public relations department briefly circulated the 48-inch story, then offered a correction.
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