Round #290 · Saturday, 17 October 2026
Ravenhill Common
The daily nine for Saturday, 17 October 2026 was Ravenhill Common, a Pine Forest course of par 35 and 3,016 yards: 3 par 3s, 4 par 4s, 2 par 5s. The wind averaged 14 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 3rd, a par 3 of 140 yards, which played 0.50 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 437 yards · averaged 4.23
Wind: 12 mph, into you. 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 2Par 4 · 409 yards · averaged 3.89
Wind: 15 mph, into you. 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 3Par 3 · 140 yards · averaged 3.50
Wind: 15 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 4Par 3 · 192 yards · averaged 3.18
Wind: 13 mph, against, left to right. On the hole: Water, 1 bunker.
192 yards, playing about 201 with the wind — on paper a 4 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
Hole 5Par 5 · 494 yards · averaged 4.32
Wind: 14 mph, into you. On the hole: The arm, A gust band, 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 · 364 yards · averaged 4.13
Wind: 14 mph, into you. On the hole: The burn, Portal green, The arm, 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 7Par 3 · 144 yards · averaged 3.44
Wind: 14 mph, against, left to right. On the hole: 2 bunkers.
144 yards, playing about 151 with the wind — on paper an 8 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
Hole 8Par 5 · 511 yards · averaged 4.26
Wind: 12 mph, into you. On the hole: Portal green, A gust band, 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. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
Hole 9Par 4 · 325 yards · averaged 3.78
Wind: 16 mph, into you. On the hole: Water, 1 bunker, The squirrel.
The squirrel keeps a patch of the landing zone. Stop in it and your ball is carried back to the rough — no penalty, but a worse lie and lost yards. It's in plain sight; play past it or short. Into the wind, take one more club than the yardage says.
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.