Round #243 · Monday, 31 August 2026
Harrowmark Head
The daily nine for Monday, 31 August 2026 was Harrowmark Head, a Coastal Beach course of par 35 and 3,042 yards: 3 par 3s, 4 par 4s, 2 par 5s. The wind averaged 13 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 2nd, a par 3 of 151 yards, which played 1.33 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 381 yards · averaged 3.67
Wind: 11 mph, right to left. On the hole: 3 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 left.
Hole 2Par 3 · 151 yards · averaged 4.33
Wind: 17 mph, right to left. On the hole: Island green, A gust band.
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 left.
Hole 3Par 4 · 307 yards · averaged 3.00
Wind: 12 mph, right to left. 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 left.
Hole 4Par 5 · 576 yards · averaged 4.33
Wind: 11 mph, right to left. On the hole: Cart path, 2 bunkers.
The cart path runs about twice as far as fairway. On a straight stretch it's worth aiming at on purpose. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Hole 5Par 4 · 345 yards · averaged 4.00
Wind: 13 mph, right to left. On the hole: The arm, A gust band, Cart path, Water, 2 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Hole 6Par 3 · 154 yards · averaged 3.00
Wind: 17 mph, right to left. On the hole: Cart path, 1 bunker.
154 yards, playing about 154 with the wind — on paper an 8 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Hole 7Par 4 · 431 yards · averaged 3.67
Wind: 11 mph, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, A gust band, 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Hole 8Par 3 · 198 yards · averaged 4.00
Wind: 11 mph, against, right to left. On the hole: 2 bunkers.
198 yards, playing about 205 with the wind — on paper a 4 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
Hole 9Par 5 · 499 yards · averaged 4.33
Wind: 11 mph, right to left. On the hole: Water, 4 bunkers.
Water guards this hole. Laying up short costs a few yards; finding it costs a stroke and a drop. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Play it
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