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Mashy Courses Guide

3 October 2026 · 5 min read

Mashy has five 9-hole courses: Mashy Park, Dogleg Downs, Salty Links, Puffin Point and Pinewood. Each one has its own look and its own main problem to solve, from geese and ponds in the park to big wind on the links.

Every hole is a par 3 or a par 4, and there are no par 5s, so a full course par sits somewhere between 27 and 32. You pick the course at the top of the game menu, then choose a mode.

The five courses at a glance

Mashy Park

The original nine, and the course a first round starts on when you tap TEE OFF NOW. It's the friendliest place to learn the three-tap swing.

Expect ponds, geese wandering about, and a cart path that can send a ball skipping somewhere you didn't plan. The job is mostly distance control and finding the green.

How to play it: take the club that carries the trouble comfortably, and aim for the fat part of the green rather than a pin tucked behind water.

Dogleg Downs

Parkland again, but the fairways bend. Five of the holes are par-4 doglegs that turn round copses of trees and ponds, so you can't see or reach the green from the tee in one shot.

That makes it the course where you think in two shots. Your tee shot sets up the approach, and a ball that runs through the corner can leave you blocked by trees.

How to play it: pick a spot on the fairway at the corner, not the flag. If you want the basics, read how to play a dogleg.

Salty Links

A seaside links with big wind, deep pot bunkers, dunes and the beach. The dunes play as out of bounds, so a wild shot is costly.

Wind is the story here. Check the wind indicator before every shot: a headwind makes the ball come up short, a tailwind sends it further, and a crosswind pushes it sideways. Pot bunkers are small but hard to get out of, and a low bunker shot can catch the lip and roll back in.

How to play it: club up into the wind, aim off for crosswinds, and keep the ball on the grass. More on the real thing in what is a links golf course.

Puffin Point

Clifftop holes that ask you to carry inlets of sea and a chasm. There's very little room to be short, and the drop is not where you want your ball.

The good news is that the targets are usually clear. The difficulty is committing to a full carry when the gap below looks big.

How to play it: take enough club to land on the far side with a bit to spare. A ball that finishes past the pin is far better than one in the sea.

Pinewood

Narrow fairways cut through pine forest. The wind is gentle, so the ball flies true, but the forest punishes anything that strays: rough far from the fairway becomes out of bounds among the pines.

This is the course for straight hitting. A tap that is a fraction early or late curves the ball, and on Pinewood that curve is often the difference between fairway and trees.

How to play it: favour a club you can time cleanly over the one that just reaches, and keep your rhythm steady.

Which course should you start with?

1. Mashy Park to learn the swing and putting.
2. Dogleg Downs once you want to plan two shots ahead.
3. Pinewood to test your timing.
4. Puffin Point when you trust your carry distances.
5. Salty Links last, because wind makes every shot harder to judge.

Try them in Mashy

Every course works in every mode in Mashy: play the full nine in stroke play, try its par 3s in closest to the pin, or open any single hole in practice. Each course has its own leaderboard, so a good score on Salty Links is worth more bragging than one in the park.

New to the shapes of a golf hole? See par 3 vs par 4 vs par 5.