Every day at midnight UTC a new nine-hole course appears. It is generated from the date, so everyone who plays that day gets the same holes, the same wind and the same ground. You play it once for the leaderboard, then compare scores with friends, a league or everyone else who played.
The game is top-down. You set a target, lock a swinging aim line and stop a power meter. That is the whole control scheme, but the course asks a lot of it: which club to take, whether to lay up short of water, how far the ball will run on a firm day, and whether a wedge from the rough will still stop near the flag.
Why one round a day
A single attempt makes every shot count, and it means a score of 34 today is directly comparable with anyone else's 34 today. Your streak counts the days in a row you have played. If you want more golf, practice rounds and the target range sit alongside the ranked round and never touch the leaderboard.
Keeping it fair
- Your browser sends the shots you played, not your score. The server plays every shot again with the same game engine and records the score it works out.
- Each account gets one ranked round a day, and only on that day.
- A round's shots stay private until its day is over, so nobody can copy the leader's round. After that, anyone can watch it back shot by shot.
- Members get more practice and the target range. They get no extra ranked attempts and no help with their score.
Accounts are optional
You can play the daily round without signing up. An account adds your name to the leaderboards, keeps your streak and stats, and lets you add friends, join leagues and play live matches.
Who makes it
Par 36 is an original game, made and run independently in the UK. It is new and still changing: see what's new for recent changes, and get in touch if something is broken or could be better.