Round #278 · Monday, 5 October 2026
Heronport Head
The daily nine for Monday, 5 October 2026 was Heronport Head, a Highland Peaks course of par 37 and 3,489 yards: 2 par 3s, 5 par 4s, 1 par 5, 1 par 6. The wind averaged 4 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 9th, a par 4 of 311 yards, which played 0.70 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 5 · 559 yards · averaged 4.71
Wind: Barely any wind (2 mph). On the hole: The arm, 3 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 6 · 904 yards · averaged 6.52
Wind: 7 mph, helping, left to right. On the hole: The burn, The arm, A gust band, Cart path, Water, 5 bunkers, Kick boulder.
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 3Par 3 · 159 yards · averaged 3.43
Wind: Barely any wind (1 mph). 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 · 394 yards · averaged 3.68
Wind: Barely any wind (2 mph). On the hole: The arm, A gust band, 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 5Par 3 · 159 yards · averaged 3.14
Wind: 6 mph, left to right. On the hole: Cart path, 2 bunkers.
159 yards, playing about 157 with the wind — on paper an 8 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
Hole 6Par 4 · 388 yards · averaged 4.02
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). 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 · 308 yards · averaged 4.30
Wind: 5 mph, helping. On the hole: 2 bunkers, Kick boulder.
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 8Par 4 · 307 yards · averaged 3.66
Wind: 8 mph, left to right. On the hole: Portal green, Cart path, 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 9Par 4 · 311 yards · averaged 4.70
Wind: Barely any wind (4 mph). 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.
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.