Round #296 · Friday 23 October 2026
Salthill Links
The daily nine for Friday 23 October 2026 was Salthill Links, a Spooky Forest course of par 36 and 3,207 yards: 2 par 3s, 5 par 4s, 2 par 5s. The wind averaged 5 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 1st, a par 3 of 213 yards, which played 0.47 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 3 · 213 yards · averaged 3.47
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: 1 bunker.
213 yards, playing about 213 with the wind — on paper a 5 wood. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
Hole 2Par 5 · 504 yards · averaged 4.06
Wind: Barely any wind (4 mph). On the hole: Cart path, 3 bunkers, Leaf pile.
A pile of fallen leaves lies on the fairway. It plays like a bunker — 70% distance and capped at 160 yards — so keep the tee shot short of it or beside it.
Hole 3Par 4 · 315 yards · averaged 3.99
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: The arm, Cart path, 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.
Hole 4Par 4 · 440 yards · averaged 3.92
Wind: 7 mph, against, left to right. On the hole: The arm, Cart path, 3 bunkers, Jack-o'-lantern, The ghost.
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 · 314 yards · averaged 3.59
Wind: 7 mph, left to right. On the hole: The arm, Cart path, Water, 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 6Par 3 · 148 yards · averaged 2.92
Wind: 5 mph, left to right. 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 7Par 5 · 553 yards · averaged 4.17
Wind: 7 mph, left to right. On the hole: Portal green, A gust band, 2 bunkers, Jack-o'-lantern, The ghost.
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 8Par 4 · 331 yards · averaged 3.29
Wind: 10 mph, into you. On the hole: A gust band, Cart path, 3 bunkers, Jack-o'-lantern.
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 9Par 4 · 389 yards · averaged 4.13
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: A gust band, Water, 2 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.
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.