Round #259 · Wednesday, 16 September 2026
Heronfield Golf Club
The daily nine for Wednesday, 16 September 2026 was Heronfield Golf Club, a Volcanic Island course of par 36 and 3,300 yards: 2 par 3s, 5 par 4s, 2 par 5s. The wind averaged 4 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 9th, a par 3 of 172 yards, which played 0.43 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 5 · 483 yards · averaged 4.06
Wind: 5 mph, helping. On the hole: A gust band, 4 bunkers, Basalt rock.
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.
Hole 2Par 4 · 406 yards · averaged 3.61
Wind: Barely any wind (2 mph). On the hole: Cart path, Lava pool, 3 bunkers.
The cart path runs about twice as far as fairway. On a straight stretch it's worth aiming at on purpose.
Hole 3Par 4 · 439 yards · averaged 3.71
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: A gust band, Water, 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.
Hole 4Par 5 · 480 yards · averaged 5.40
Wind: 6 mph, helping, left to right. On the hole: The arm, Cart path, 3 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 5Par 4 · 371 yards · averaged 3.50
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: A gust band, Water, 4 bunkers, Basalt rock.
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.
Hole 6Par 3 · 153 yards · averaged 3.31
Wind: 6 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 7Par 4 · 375 yards · averaged 3.73
Wind: 5 mph, helping. On the hole: Portal green, 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.
Hole 8Par 4 · 421 yards · averaged 3.51
Wind: Barely any wind (2 mph). On the hole: Water, Lava pool, 2 bunkers, Basalt rock.
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 9Par 3 · 172 yards · averaged 3.43
Wind: 7 mph, helping. On the hole: Water, 1 bunker.
172 yards, playing about 167 with the wind — on paper a 6 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
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.