How to play Daily 9
Daily 9 is a free daily 9 hole golf game. One new nine-hole course arrives every day, the same holes, pins and wind for everyone. Here’s how a round works, and how to score well on it.
Play today’s nine →The short version
- Aim: tap to lock the swinging aim line.
- Power: tap to stop the meter at your distance.
- Curve: tap to strike. On the line is straight; early draws, late cuts.
- Putt: read the slope, set your pace. Inside five feet is a gimme.
The daily round
A new course is set at midnight US Central time: a front or back nine from a course inspired by a real-world layout. Your first round is your score for the day. It goes on the day’s leaderboard and the weekly board, and your progress is saved after every shot, so you can close the tab and pick up on the same shot later.
The daily holes play from forward tees. Par 3s are 200 yards or shorter, and par 4s and par 5s play about 12% shorter than the back tees, so a round takes about five minutes.
Hitting a shot
Every shot is three taps. The club is picked for the distance you have left, and you can change it. Bad lies make the aim harder, the rough takes spin off the ball, and a big hook or slice can go out of bounds. Treat it like real golf: take the line that leaves the easiest next shot, not the longest drive.
Wind
The wind arrow shows its direction and strength for the hole. It’s the same for every player all day. Into the wind, take more club; downwind, the ball runs. A crosswind moves the ball sideways, so aim off and let it drift back, or shape the shot against it.
Putting and green slopes
Greens are built from real elevation data, so they break. Shading and arrows show which way the green falls on longer putts. Pace matters more than line: a putt that dies at the hole takes the most break, a firm one takes less. Anything inside five feet is conceded.
Scoring and the leaderboard
Your total and score to par go on the day’s board, with golf-style ties. Share your card as a spoiler-free emoji grid: one square per hole, from birdie to double bogey, with a star for a hole in one. Every past day has its own page in the daily holes archive, with the winning score and how the field played it.
Breakfast Balls
Not happy with your round? Share your scorecard with a friend or watch a 30 second gear showcase for a free Breakfast Ball: another go at the day’s nine, and your better score counts.
More ways to play
- Closest to the Pin: one par 3 a day, five tee shots, your closest counts.
- Weekend Tournament: Thursday to Sunday, with a cut after Friday.
- Friends and leagues: play a friend live, send a 4-hole challenge, or run a private weekly board.
- Practice: unlimited, unranked practice nines.
Tips for a better score
- Lay up short of trouble on long par 4s; a wedge in beats a long iron from the rough.
- Aim for the fat part of the green, not a tucked pin.
- On long putts, get the pace right first. Two putts from 40 feet is a good result.
- Watch how yesterday’s course played in the archive to calibrate what a good score looks like.
- Study the hole before you play it: every Daily 9 course has a map of each hole, its yardage and how the green breaks.
More about the game: the daily holes, the daily golf challenge and a Wordle-style golf game.