Round #258 · Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Cragwater Point
The daily nine for Tuesday, 15 September 2026 was Cragwater Point, a Coastal Beach course of par 39 and 3,968 yards: 1 par 3, 5 par 4s, 2 par 5s, 1 par 6. The wind averaged 10 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 5th, a par 6 of 909 yards, which played 1.21 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 417 yards · averaged 4.29
Wind: 8 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: The arm, Cart path, 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.
Hole 2Par 4 · 331 yards · averaged 4.31
Wind: 8 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, A gust band, Water, 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.
Hole 3Par 4 · 356 yards · averaged 3.56
Wind: 13 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: The crossing.
Played island to island over open water. Each shot only has to reach the next stepping stone, so choose the club for the stone, not the flag. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Hole 4Par 4 · 370 yards · averaged 3.95
Wind: 12 mph, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, Water, 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 5Par 6 · 909 yards · averaged 7.21
Wind: 10 mph, right to left. On the hole: The arm, A gust band, Cart path, Water, 5 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 4 · 333 yards · averaged 3.58
Wind: 8 mph, helping, right to left. 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 7Par 3 · 125 yards · averaged 3.42
Wind: 11 mph, helping. 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.
Hole 8Par 5 · 562 yards · averaged 5.04
Wind: 5 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.
Hole 9Par 5 · 565 yards · averaged 5.07
Wind: 12 mph, helping. On the hole: The burn, A gust band, Cart path, Water, 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.
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.