Round #274 · Thursday, 1 October 2026
Heroncombe Warren
The daily nine for Thursday, 1 October 2026 was Heroncombe Warren, a Coastal Beach course of par 37 and 3,526 yards: 2 par 3s, 6 par 4s, 1 par 7. The wind averaged 8 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 1st, a par 4 of 324 yards, which played 0.71 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 324 yards · averaged 4.71
Wind: 7 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 2Par 4 · 338 yards · averaged 3.91
Wind: 6 mph, left to right. On the hole: The arm, 1 bunker.
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 3Par 3 · 118 yards · averaged 2.96
Wind: 7 mph, against, left to right. 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 4Par 4 · 361 yards · averaged 3.56
Wind: 6 mph, left to right. On the hole: Cart path, Water, 4 bunkers.
The cart path runs about twice as far as fairway. On a straight stretch it's worth aiming at on purpose.
Hole 5Par 4 · 366 yards · averaged 3.69
Wind: 8 mph, against, left to right. 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 4 · 398 yards · averaged 4.13
Wind: 7 mph, left to right. On the hole: Portal green, A gust band, Cart path, 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 7Par 4 · 383 yards · averaged 4.16
Wind: 9 mph, against, left to right. 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 8Par 3 · 189 yards · averaged 3.45
Wind: 10 mph, into you. On the hole: A gust band, 1 bunker.
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 9Par 7 · 1049 yards · averaged 7.16
Wind: 10 mph, left to right. On the hole: The arm, A gust band, 2 water hazards, 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.
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.