Round #255 · Saturday, 12 September 2026
Dunhill Common
The daily nine for Saturday, 12 September 2026 was Dunhill Common, a Highland Peaks course of par 37 and 3,400 yards: 1 par 3, 6 par 4s, 2 par 5s. The wind averaged 14 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 9th, a par 3 of 127 yards, which played 3.06 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 5 · 560 yards · averaged 4.45
Wind: 12 mph, against, left to right. On the hole: A gust band, 2 bunkers, Kick boulder.
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 2Par 4 · 325 yards · averaged 4.03
Wind: 14 mph, against, left to right. On the hole: Portal green, A gust band, Cart path, Water, 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 3Par 4 · 371 yards · averaged 3.52
Wind: 17 mph, left to right. 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball right.
Hole 4Par 4 · 420 yards · averaged 4.09
Wind: 16 mph, left to right. On the hole: Water, 2 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 right.
Hole 5Par 5 · 527 yards · averaged 4.57
Wind: 11 mph, left to right. On the hole: Portal green, 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball right.
Hole 6Par 4 · 378 yards · averaged 4.48
Wind: 17 mph, against, left to right. 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 7Par 4 · 360 yards · averaged 4.02
Wind: 12 mph, into you. 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 8Par 4 · 332 yards · averaged 3.92
Wind: 17 mph, against, left to right. 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 9Par 3 · 127 yards · averaged 6.06
Wind: 13 mph, 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.
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.