Back 9 Bandit Competition

Changelog · current version 1.0.2

1.0.2 – 27 October 2026

Added this changelog: open What’s new in the game, or use the What’s new link at the bottom of the page. The website also has a changelog page.

New fiction notice on the start screen and in the Copyright, privacy and credits section (and the privacy page): "Golfers, clubs, courses and competitions are fictional. Countries appear by name only. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any governing body or tour."
The version number now shows at the bottom of the game.
Kestrel Carr redesigned from scratch. The first layout was adapted from a real course; the new one is generated for the game and checked hole by hole against that course, with no hole matching. Still par 70 parkland (5,881 yards) with water, woods, a railway down the 10th and an orchard behind the 18th, and the same rating (67.6) so handicaps carry over. New hole names and stroke indexes.
A round in progress at Kestrel Carr when you update is scrapped, because the holes have changed. Saved careers, handicaps and money carry over.
Everything else is unchanged: the Continental Cup, golf trips to real countries, the career ladder and the six venue courses.

First web release.
A golf career from age 20 with no handicap: practice evenings, lessons, coaches, personal trainers, gear, balls and golf trips.
Handicaps worked out the way amateur golf does it, with course rating and slope.
Club competitions with side prizes, county and national amateur events, three professional tours, four majors and the Continental Cup.
Kestrel Carr home course and six venue courses: Saltmarsh Links, Harrowdene Heath, Fellside, Blackwater Abbey, Pinecrest National and Cypress Bay.
3D shot view with ball tracers, shot shapes (hook, draw, straight, fade, cut) and left- or right-handed golfers.
Optional player names file, read and kept in your browser only.
Fonts and 3D engine served from the site itself, with no third-party requests.