Golfweek invited four professional football players to take part in the first-ever Golfweek Skills Challenge.
Host Averee Dovsek guides Robbie Gould of the San Francisco 49ers, Mason Crosby of the Green Bay Packers, Brandon McManus of the Denver Broncos and Jake Elliott of the Philadelphia Eagles through each battle.
These kickers have faced off in driving and chipping. The final event in this challenge is putting. Each player will choose a distance and then has the option of hitting the regulation-size hole or a smaller hole. Each player gets four putts to put points on the board. The distance from the hole equals how many points they earn. Making the putt in the smaller hole doubles the points.
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First challenge: Driving.
The rules are easy, as the longest tee shot takes the prize in this category. Each player got three chances to hit the long ball, with the longest drive worth 16 points, second longest worth 12, third good for 8 points and last place getting four points.
Second challenge: Chipping.
Each player gets five chances to score points on the Chippo board. The two small holes are worth five points, the larger holes three points and simply hitting the board is worth oine point. If you can bounce it off the front mat and then get it into a hole, that’s worth double points.