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Just a heads-up Thomas. Linkster is also working on Royal Birkdale.

2026 U.S. Open - 1st Rd - Pin Position


We have had a last minute change in courses.I'm not fond of changing at such a late date but the pro's outweighed the con's.
On the pro side, The greens are shaped like the greens are today not of 2011. The pin locations have been updated and the course overall length has been increased.
Over on the con side, the rough and deep rough are not as penal as the 2011 version (I hear you crying), so recovering will be pretty easy.
We are playing a more accurate course than before, but we have no practice round on it.
I would suggest you play a round before playing your "official" tournament round.
With that said...... Have Fun and Good Luck guys ;-))



********* WARNING - CHANGE IN CRZ *********
*********** plz download new beta crz ************
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Shinnecock Hills 2026 Beta
https://linkscorner.org/courses/course.php?crz=2865
Release Date 2026-06-16 : LC_ID # 2865
CRZ Filename: Shinnecock 2026 Beta.crz

dko wrote: ↑June 18th, 2026, 5:12 am Just a heads-up Thomas. Linkster is also working on Royal Birkdale.

Thanks D

Difficult.

I had already downloaded the course and had a couple of practice rounds.

Perhaps a bad omen was it crashed on first loading on my desktop.

I could not make the fairway on some tee shots.

Warning do not go over the back of the 1st green! It is very easy to go over the back of the greens.

A 73 from me.

It is very easy to drop shots but hard to pick them up again.

Linkster has done a good job on the course.

Des

I'm honestly not sure how, but I shot a 68. It seems to me that this course plays exactly how it's supposed to in real life. The greens are diabolical but didn't seem unfair. If you hit a bit short, they roll back; if you hit a bit long, they roll away down the back. I did birdie the first. I reached the par 5 5th in two from the grass and managed to putt off the green and had to "save" a bogie. I made what seemed like a lot of par saves, and somehow managed to birdie 16 and 17.

https://youtu.be/mX-NtmtZKzo?si=piB7PyY9nr_Ul1BW (just the first two holes)
https://youtu.be/1RrgqaAslN4?si=N09UIy5ltu7FqwP3 (The rest)

Well played gentlemen.

I have only played one round, (Ballyneal), in the last two weeks and it showed in my round today.
I seemed to leave 80% of my approach shots well short. Front nine 1 over, but I must have tired on the back nine, scoring 4 over.
Therefore my round was 36/39 for 75.
I thought the greens played very well - at least the ones I reached.

Ian

Good round there Doug.

Much appreciated Des

https://youtu.be/riCsnlW5-9s A decent start, actually a very good start for this hacker...

Pinseeker wrote: ↑June 18th, 2026, 3:13 pm https://youtu.be/riCsnlW5-9s A decent start, actually a very good start for this hacker...

Im sorry Cam, you played the HD tournament version. The crz was changed last night at the 11th hour to the BETA version.

These will be your course and conditions for First round...

********* WARNING - CHANGE IN CRZ *********
*********** plz download new beta crz ************
*************************************************

Shinnecock Hills 2026 Beta
https://linkscorner.org/courses/course.php?crz=2865
Release Date 2026-06-16 : LC_ID # 2865
CRZ Filename: Shinnecock 2026 Beta.crz
Cond. - Windy - M/FC = 12.0

Pin Placements for your
First round.....
Hole - pin #....
1- 9 10- 9
2- 6 11- 0
3- 16 12-17
4- 7 13-11
5- 9 14- 0
6- 11 15- 0
7- 3 16- 3
8- 3 17- 0
9- 0 18- 9
* = Closest available Pin