Round #302 · Thursday 29 October 2026
Windstead Old Course
The daily nine for Thursday 29 October 2026 was Windstead Old Course, a Spooky Forest course of par 38 and 3,692 yards: 2 par 3s, 4 par 4s, 2 par 5s, 1 par 6. The wind averaged 5 mph across the holes.
How the field played
The hardest hole was the 4th, a par 3 of 136 yards, which played 1.22 over par on average.
Hole by hole
Hole 1Par 4 · 385 yards · averaged 4.04
Wind: 5 mph, against, right to left. On the hole: 3 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.
Hole 2Par 4 · 397 yards · averaged 3.35
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: Cart path, Water, 4 bunkers.
The cart path runs about twice as far as fairway. On a straight stretch it's worth aiming at on purpose.
Hole 3Par 6 · 902 yards · averaged 5.37
Wind: 7 mph, into you. On the hole: The burn, Portal green, The arm, A gust band, Cart path, 5 bunkers, Jack-o'-lantern.
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 4Par 3 · 136 yards · averaged 4.22
Wind: 6 mph, against, right to left. On the hole: Island green, A gust band.
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 5Par 3 · 160 yards · averaged 3.12
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: Water, 1 bunker.
160 yards, playing about 162 with the wind — on paper an 8 iron. Aim at the front half: the green rolls out.
Hole 6Par 4 · 351 yards · averaged 3.75
Wind: 7 mph, against, right to left. On the hole: Portal green, The arm, A gust band, Cart path, 3 bunkers, Jack-o'-lantern.
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 4 · 336 yards · averaged 3.60
Wind: 7 mph, against, right to left. On the hole: The arm, Water, 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 · 518 yards · averaged 4.24
Wind: Barely any wind (2 mph). On the hole: Water, 1 bunker, Jack-o'-lantern.
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 9Par 5 · 507 yards · averaged 4.01
Wind: Barely any wind (3 mph). On the hole: Cart path, 2 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.
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.