Round #281 · Thursday, 8 October 2026
Hollowmoor Head
The daily nine for Thursday, 8 October 2026 was Hollowmoor Head, a Volcanic Island course of par 37 and 3,443 yards: 2 par 3s, 5 par 4s, 1 par 5, 1 par 6. The wind averaged 14 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 9th, a par 3 of 206 yards, which played 1.16 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 372 yards · averaged 4.44
Wind: 16 mph, into you. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, A gust band, Cart path, 2 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 2Par 5 · 516 yards · averaged 4.42
Wind: 15 mph, into you. On the hole: Cart path, 1 bunker, 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 3Par 4 · 340 yards · averaged 4.04
Wind: 16 mph, against, right to left. 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 4Par 4 · 332 yards · averaged 4.29
Wind: 11 mph, against, right to left. On the hole: The burn, Portal green, A gust band, Cart path, 1 bunker.
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 5Par 4 · 354 yards · averaged 4.60
Wind: 12 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 6Par 4 · 318 yards · averaged 4.31
Wind: 17 mph, into you. On the hole: The arm, Cart path, Water, Lava pool, 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 7Par 6 · 849 yards · averaged 6.18
Wind: 14 mph, against, right to left. 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 8Par 3 · 156 yards · averaged 3.56
Wind: 17 mph, into you. 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 9Par 3 · 206 yards · averaged 4.16
Wind: 10 mph, into you. On the hole: 1 bunker.
206 yards, playing about 214 with the wind — on paper a 5 wood. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
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.