Round #276 · Saturday, 3 October 2026
Kestrelport Old Course
The daily nine for Saturday, 3 October 2026 was Kestrelport Old Course, a Volcanic Island course of par 35 and 3,148 yards: 2 par 3s, 6 par 4s, 1 par 5. The wind averaged 7 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 2nd, a par 3 of 133 yards, which played 1.99 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 424 yards · averaged 4.22
Wind: 6 mph, right to left. On the hole: The arm, A gust band, Cart path, Water, 2 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 2Par 3 · 133 yards · averaged 4.99
Wind: 9 mph, right to left. 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.
Hole 3Par 4 · 392 yards · averaged 3.76
Wind: 8 mph, 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 4Par 4 · 367 yards · averaged 4.34
Wind: 8 mph, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, Water, 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 5Par 4 · 416 yards · averaged 3.66
Wind: 5 mph, against, right to left. On the hole: 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 6Par 5 · 478 yards · averaged 4.15
Wind: Barely any wind (4 mph). On the hole: The burn, The arm, Cart path, 3 bunkers.
The burn cuts across on the diagonal. The short carry leaves a long approach; the long carry leaves a short one. Pick your price on the tee, or use the bridge.
Hole 7Par 4 · 338 yards · averaged 3.93
Wind: 7 mph, right to left. On the hole: The arm, Lava pool, 3 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 8Par 3 · 166 yards · averaged 3.40
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: Cart path, Water, 2 bunkers.
166 yards, playing about 166 with the wind — on paper a 6 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
Hole 9Par 4 · 434 yards · averaged 4.23
Wind: 9 mph, right to left. On the hole: Water, 3 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.
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.