Round #217 · Wednesday, 5 August 2026
Saltport Links
The daily nine for Wednesday, 5 August 2026 was Saltport Links, a Pine Forest course of par 36 and 3,178 yards: 2 par 3s, 5 par 4s, 2 par 5s. The wind averaged 13 mph across the holes.
How the field played
No verified cards were posted for this day.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 3 · 149 yards
Wind: 15 mph, against, left to right. On the hole: Island green.
All carry and no bailout. Take enough club for the middle of the green — short is wet, and the thin collar only just holds. Allow for the wind pushing the ball right.
Hole 2Par 4 · 414 yards
Wind: 15 mph, into you. On the hole: Portal green, A gust band, Cart path, 3 bunkers.
A portal green sits short of the real one. Sink it and you come out beside the pin — but a ball that misses it stops dead, so only go for it with a clean strike. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 3Par 4 · 410 yards
Wind: 11 mph, into you. On the hole: 3 bunkers, Leaf pile.
A pile of fallen leaves lies on the fairway. It plays like a bunker — 70% distance and capped at 160 yards — so keep the tee shot short of it or beside it. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 4Par 4 · 313 yards
Wind: 14 mph, against, left to right. On the hole: Portal green, A gust band, Cart path, 2 bunkers.
A portal green sits short of the real one. Sink it and you come out beside the pin — but a ball that misses it stops dead, so only go for it with a clean strike. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 5Par 4 · 328 yards
Wind: 13 mph, left to right. On the hole: 2 bunkers.
Fairway first. Rough keeps only 84% of your distance and stops the ball dead, so a shorter, straighter tee shot often finishes further up. Allow for the wind pushing the ball right.
Hole 6Par 5 · 513 yards
Wind: 12 mph, against, left to right. On the hole: Cart path, 3 bunkers.
The cart path runs about twice as far as fairway. On a straight stretch it's worth aiming at on purpose.
Hole 7Par 4 · 362 yards
Wind: 13 mph, left to right. On the hole: 2 bunkers.
Fairway first. Rough keeps only 84% of your distance and stops the ball dead, so a shorter, straighter tee shot often finishes further up. Allow for the wind pushing the ball right.
Hole 8Par 3 · 184 yards
Wind: 13 mph, left to right. On the hole: A gust band, 1 bunker.
A band of fast air crosses the hole. Fly over it or stay under it — what you can't do is hang the ball in it. Allow for the wind pushing the ball right.
Hole 9Par 5 · 505 yards
Wind: 8 mph, against, left to right. On the hole: The arm, 3 bunkers.
The arm sweeps a stretch of the hole and knocks the ball clear. You can't shoot around it, so land short of it or beyond it.
Play it
Past courses can be played in Practice, under the Daily 9 tab — unranked, so they never reach the leaderboard. Today's course is a new one: play today's nine.