Round #264 · Monday, 21 September 2026
Saltcombe Warren
The daily nine for Monday, 21 September 2026 was Saltcombe Warren, a Coastal Beach course of par 38 and 3,741 yards: 2 par 3s, 4 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 6th, a par 3 of 145 yards, which played 1.18 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 5 · 508 yards · averaged 4.48
Wind: 10 mph, left to right. 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball right.
Hole 2Par 3 · 156 yards · averaged 3.98
Wind: 9 mph, left to right. On the hole: A gust band, 2 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 3Par 4 · 441 yards · averaged 4.21
Wind: 9 mph, left to right. On the hole: The arm, Cart path, 4 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 4Par 4 · 387 yards · averaged 3.70
Wind: 12 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 · 495 yards · averaged 4.19
Wind: 13 mph, left to right. 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball right.
Hole 6Par 3 · 145 yards · averaged 4.18
Wind: 10 mph, left to right. On the hole: Island green, A gust band.
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.
Hole 7Par 4 · 326 yards · averaged 3.81
Wind: 9 mph, against, left to right. On the hole: The arm, 4 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 8Par 4 · 415 yards · averaged 3.84
Wind: 13 mph, left to right. On the hole: Cart path, 3 bunkers.
The cart path runs about twice as far as fairway. On a straight stretch it's worth aiming at on purpose. Allow for the wind pushing the ball right.
Hole 9Par 6 · 868 yards · averaged 7.13
Wind: 8 mph, left to right. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, A gust band, 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.
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.