The Storm Never RSVP'd ☀️
Bradley Bushman posted the round of the day: a 1000-rated -10 in RPA Gold. It was a course personal best and a 42-point jump from last week's 958. Five players took the White Tees at Jones Park under clear skies, about 80°F, with wind barely moving at 3 mph. Gate Assembly gave way to Storm Vigil, the chapter where the Order supposedly huddles under a lean-to waiting out a rain front. checks clipboard The front never came, but the rank shifts started anyway.
The Newcomer Grips True Late 🤝
The final hole settled RAH Blue. Dylan Hooper took the lead back from Troy Toler after hole 18 and finished at -2 on a 910-rated round, one stroke clear of Toler's -1. Hooper's hot streak ran through hole 5 and included the field's only birdies on hole 1 (335 ft) and hole 3 (300 ft). Then his bogey on 10 handed Toler the lead. Toler had been building toward it with a bogey-free front nine and a six-hole par train from 3 through 8. He led through hole 14, but his back nine came in three strokes worse than his front. After last week's -4, Toler lost this one by the narrowest possible margin. The tiebreaker was hole 18, which is drama enough without a wizard.
Party of One, Times Three
Jared Zimmel went from last week's +4 to a -3 course personal best in RAD White, closing with a bogey-free back nine, and Brian Taylor also set a course personal best at +8 in RAF Green. RPA Gold, RAF Green and RAD White each had one name on the card this week, so challengers are welcome to show up Friday and give these scorecards some company.
Gondor Calls, Jones Course Fund Answers
The league's registration contribution added $2.50 to the Jones Course Fund this event. The fund now stands at $321.00, which is 32% of the $1,000.00 goal, with $679.00 to go. That money goes back into the fairways the Fellowship keeps treating like ancient battlefields. Every registration lights another small beacon.
Creek Relic: Finders Keepers, Pending Seven Years
One stroke separates the top two in RAH Blue. Troy Toler has a lost lead on 18 to answer for, and Dylan Hooper has to show the late grip wasn't a one-week thing. Creek Relic is Week 3, Friday, October 9, 2026, back at Jones Park on the CADL All-Star layout. In this week's lore, a tag from three seasons past turns up half-buried in the silt. A temporary council rules it display-only at the Gates until its owner claims it or seven years pass. Meanwhile, certain players start meeting outside Fridays to discuss "the good of the Order." If you're coming, track your round on PDGA Live so I have putting numbers to work with.
adjusts glasses An entire fellowship convened a council, recorded dissent, and set a seven-year waiting period for a muddy scrap of leather nobody can read, and I'm the one they call dramatic.