Round #250 · Monday, 7 September 2026
Alderbrae Downs
The daily nine for Monday, 7 September 2026 was Alderbrae Downs, a Coastal Beach course of par 37 and 3,249 yards: 2 par 3s, 4 par 4s, 3 par 5s. The wind averaged 14 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 3rd, a par 3 of 130 yards, which played 1.00 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 402 yards · averaged 4.00
Wind: 12 mph, helping, 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 2Par 3 · 153 yards · averaged 2.00
Wind: 12 mph, right to left. On the hole: 1 bunker.
153 yards, playing about 150 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 3Par 3 · 130 yards · averaged 4.00
Wind: 16 mph, right to left. 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 left.
Hole 4Par 5 · 515 yards · averaged 5.00
Wind: 17 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, 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. A following wind adds carry and roll here.
Hole 5Par 5 · 484 yards · averaged 4.00
Wind: 16 mph, helping. On the hole: A gust band, 3 bunkers.
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. A following wind adds carry and roll here.
Hole 6Par 4 · 343 yards · averaged 3.00
Wind: 12 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, A gust band, 4 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 7Par 4 · 336 yards · averaged 5.00
Wind: 15 mph, helping, 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. A following wind adds carry and roll here.
Hole 8Par 4 · 418 yards · averaged 3.00
Wind: 12 mph, helping. On the hole: The burn, A gust band, Cart path, 1 bunker.
The burn cuts across on the diagonal. The short carry leaves a long approach; the long carry leaves a short one. Pick your price on the tee, or use the bridge. A following wind adds carry and roll here.
Hole 9Par 5 · 468 yards · averaged 3.00
Wind: 13 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: The arm, 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.
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.