Round #260 · Thursday, 17 September 2026
Craghill Point
The daily nine for Thursday, 17 September 2026 was Craghill Point, a Coastal Beach course of par 37 and 3,688 yards: 2 par 3s, 5 par 4s, 1 par 5, 1 par 6. The wind averaged 10 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 4th, a par 4 of 426 yards, which played 0.75 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 391 yards · averaged 3.92
Wind: 10 mph, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, A gust band, 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Hole 2Par 4 · 389 yards · averaged 4.03
Wind: 12 mph, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Hole 3Par 6 · 840 yards · averaged 6.33
Wind: 11 mph, right to left. 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Hole 4Par 4 · 426 yards · averaged 4.75
Wind: 10 mph, helping. On the hole: Cart path, 4 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 5Par 4 · 396 yards · averaged 3.48
Wind: 9 mph, 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.
Hole 6Par 5 · 563 yards · averaged 4.82
Wind: 7 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: A gust band, Cart path, 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 7Par 4 · 354 yards · averaged 3.81
Wind: 12 mph, helping, right to left. 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Hole 8Par 3 · 142 yards · averaged 3.56
Wind: 10 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 9Par 3 · 187 yards · averaged 3.55
Wind: 12 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: Cart path, 2 bunkers.
187 yards, playing about 180 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.