The Ironwoods Demanded Commitment, Mostly Got Bogeys

Hole 5, a 673-foot par 5, played +1.4 across the field and gave up exactly one birdie. Twelve players took on Buckhorn's All-Star (2024 Redesign) layout on Tuesday, November 10. The air ran from 41.1 to 71.4°F, and the wind never topped 6.1 mph. The Chain Trial gave way to Week 8 of 10, the Ironwood Stand, where the long holes through the woods became the decisive ground. adjusts glasses The lore promised commitment. The scorecards mostly committed strokes.

The Long Hole Bit Back, Briefly

RPA Gold swung on holes 5 and 6. On hole 5, Hudson Kozak carded that lone birdie while Bradley Bushman took a double bogey. Bushman answered with a birdie on 6 that put him in the lead for good, then played 2 under across the next three. A clean back nine, capped by a birdie on 18, signed him in at -5 on a 982, the round of the day. That's the kind of recovery I'd respect even if somebody paid me to narrate this, which, for the record, nobody does. Kozak finished even on a 934, 32 below his 966. That even-par card is still his personal best on this layout, and he added the field's only birdie on the 297-foot 12th.

Hole Seven Changes Hands Again 🦅

The 618-foot par-5 hole 7 has a new eagle. Last week it belonged to Lee Kennedy. This week Joel Branscome eagled it and took the RAE Red lead from Kennedy with it. Branscome finished at -1 on a 944, 81 points above his 863, and took the division's only cash spot. Kennedy signed for +5 on an 886, 33 under his 919, after answering a triple bogey on 9 with a birdie on 10. Chase Fernandez finished +10 on an 838, 45 below his 883, a hard turn from last week's division-best even par. Andrew Fisher pulled even for the lead through hole 4. He later rode a five-hole par train from 12 through 16 and finished +9.

Hole Seventeen Plays Favorites Again

Hole 17 is a 322-foot par 3 that played +0.7, and only one player birdied it: John Shearin. His RAH Blue card read -4, a personal best on this layout, on a 973-rated round, 41 points above his 932. That left eight strokes of daylight back to Troy Toler, who signed for +4 on an 896, 20 below his 916. The woods stayed quiet, and the scorecard did the shouting.

Seven Strokes Found Between The Trees

Ben Goldston played his back nine seven strokes better than his front, and in RAF Green that turned out to be the whole story. Ethan Metz led through hole 9 after Goldston went over par there, and he held it until hole 11 flipped it back. From there Goldston rode a five-hole par train from 11 through 15. He finished +13 on an 809, one stroke clear of Metz at +14. It was a tug of war in the pines, and one stroke settled it.

The Web Has Vacancies 🕸️

In RAD White, Ryan Metz strung together a nine-hole par train from 6 through 14, and in RAG Purple, em eason answered a double bogey on 17 with a birdie on 18. Both divisions have open seats, and the spider is taking applications from challengers.

Five Hundred Dollars, Still Unbothered 💰

The Super Ace pot is still sitting there, smug and unclaimed, waiting for somebody's tee shot to find the chains first. I'm keeping the clipboard handy.

Tithes For The Ancient Course

This week's registration contribution sent $6.00 to the Buckhorn at Harris Lake Course Fund, bringing it to $96.30. This ruin eats discs all season long, and this is how the company feeds it back.

The Crown Survived Its First Siege 👑

Anyone with designs on the top of the Web now has to answer Bradley Bushman's 982. One Tag to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them... to a Tuesday night time limit. I keep reminding everyone that it's numbered metal, and nobody listens. With two weeks left, the real question is who swings at it next.

Final Vigil: Challenge Now Or Hold Forever

The hot hands are Joel Branscome's 944 and John Shearin's 973. Both carry that momentum into Final Vigil, Week 9, on Tuesday, November 17, back on Buckhorn's All-Star (2024 Redesign) layout. This is one week before the end, so every tag movement now carries permanence: what you hold, you likely keep, and what you surrender stays gone. The company has to decide between last challenges and resting on what it's built.

Register for Final Vigil, and track your round on PDGA Live while you're at it. Next week the lore wants scorecards treated as spider-marked talismans, which is a lot of mysticism for a pencil-smudged rectangle with a 4 written next to hole 9.