Round #253 · Thursday, 10 September 2026
Saltbrae Head
The daily nine for Thursday, 10 September 2026 was Saltbrae Head, a Highland Peaks course of par 37 and 3,676 yards: 2 par 3s, 6 par 4s, 1 par 7. The wind averaged 11 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 2nd, a par 4 of 312 yards, which played 1.01 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 350 yards · averaged 4.52
Wind: 8 mph, into you. On the hole: Cart path, 4 bunkers, Kick boulder.
A rock sits in the landing area. It stops a rolling ball and kicks it hard up the hole: fly it, steer around it, or play the rebound for extra yards.
Hole 2Par 4 · 312 yards · averaged 5.01
Wind: 9 mph, into you. On the hole: The arm, Cart path, 3 bunkers, Kick boulder.
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.
Hole 3Par 4 · 358 yards · averaged 3.83
Wind: 12 mph, into you. On the hole: A gust band, 2 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 4Par 4 · 426 yards · averaged 4.28
Wind: 14 mph, into you. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, A gust band, Water, 2 bunkers, Kick boulder.
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 · 387 yards · averaged 3.83
Wind: 12 mph, into you. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, A gust band, 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 6Par 3 · 180 yards · averaged 3.15
Wind: 10 mph, into you. On the hole: 1 bunker.
180 yards, playing about 188 with the wind — on paper a 4 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
Hole 7Par 4 · 347 yards · averaged 3.97
Wind: 9 mph, into you. On the hole: Water, 3 bunkers.
Water guards this hole. Laying up short costs a few yards; finding it costs a stroke and a drop.
Hole 8Par 7 · 1167 yards · averaged 7.56
Wind: 10 mph, into you. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, A gust band, Water, 5 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 9Par 3 · 149 yards · averaged 3.47
Wind: 14 mph, against, 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.
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.