Round #261 · Friday, 18 September 2026
Ravenbourne Downs
The daily nine for Friday, 18 September 2026 was Ravenbourne Downs, a Volcanic Island course of par 37 and 3,617 yards: 2 par 3s, 5 par 4s, 1 par 5, 1 par 6. The wind averaged 6 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 7th, a par 3 of 146 yards, which played 0.38 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 341 yards · averaged 3.66
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 · 373 yards · averaged 3.92
Wind: 7 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: A gust band, 2 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 3Par 5 · 575 yards · averaged 4.40
Wind: 7 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, Cart path, Lava pool, 3 bunkers, Basalt rock.
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 4Par 4 · 397 yards · averaged 3.71
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: Portal green, Cart path, 4 bunkers, Basalt rock.
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 5Par 6 · 885 yards · averaged 6.21
Wind: 5 mph, helping. On the hole: The arm, A gust band, Cart path, Water, 6 bunkers, Basalt rock.
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 6Par 4 · 432 yards · averaged 3.97
Wind: 7 mph, 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 7Par 3 · 146 yards · averaged 3.38
Wind: 7 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 3 · 151 yards · averaged 3.27
Wind: 7 mph, helping. On the hole: Cart path, 2 bunkers.
151 yards, playing about 147 with the wind — on paper an 8 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
Hole 9Par 4 · 317 yards · averaged 3.87
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: Water, 1 bunker.
Water guards this hole. Laying up short costs a few yards; finding it costs a stroke and a drop.
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.