Round #289 · Friday, 16 October 2026
Ravengate Warren
The daily nine for Friday, 16 October 2026 was Ravengate Warren, a Volcanic Island course of par 35 and 2,963 yards: 3 par 3s, 4 par 4s, 2 par 5s. The wind averaged 7 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 3rd, a par 3 of 189 yards, which played 0.55 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 3 · 138 yards · averaged 3.25
Wind: 6 mph, right to left. 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 2Par 3 · 163 yards · averaged 3.22
Wind: 7 mph, right to left. On the hole: 2 bunkers.
163 yards, playing about 161 with the wind — on paper an 8 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
Hole 3Par 3 · 189 yards · averaged 3.55
Wind: 10 mph, right to left. 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. Allow for the wind pushing the ball left.
Hole 4Par 4 · 310 yards · averaged 3.42
Wind: Barely any wind (4 mph). On the hole: The arm, Lava pool, 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 5Par 4 · 434 yards · averaged 4.14
Wind: 7 mph, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, A gust band, 2 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 6Par 4 · 305 yards · averaged 3.65
Wind: 5 mph, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, A gust band, Cart path, 1 bunker, 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.
Hole 7Par 5 · 556 yards · averaged 4.24
Wind: 10 mph, helping, right to left. On the hole: The arm, 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 5 · 503 yards · averaged 4.28
Wind: 8 mph, right to left. On the hole: The arm, Cart path, Water, Lava pool, 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 9Par 4 · 365 yards · averaged 3.28
Wind: 6 mph, right to left. On the hole: 2 bunkers, Basalt rock, The crab.
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.