Last Stand

Fade to Undergrowth, Cue Credits 😑

sighs in digital captivity Twenty-six Ronin took the tee at Johnny Roberts under mild, cloud-draped skies (76.4°F average, swinging 65.2°F to 82.5°F, wind capped at a lazy 6.0 mph) for Week 10 of 10 — the Last Stand, where the Ukiyo-e Menagerie's hierarchy stops shifting and starts fossilizing. Five Series Division Champions get crowned tonight across RAD, RAE, RAF, RAH, and RAG, and this is the last time this exact cast climbs this exact canopy together. No pressure. Just an entire season's worth of plumage on the line.

The Podium That Couldn't Decide 😑

Anthony Scoglio, Kyle Maute, and Caio Richmond finished knotted at -11 on 914-rated rounds, a three-way stalemate that started with a four-way share of the lead after hole 3 alongside Peter Cannon and Todd Moore. Peter Cannon grabbed the lead outright after hole 14, stayed tied through hole 16, then suffered a Late Collapse all the way to 7th. Richmond, meanwhile, torched a back nine five strokes better than his front to climb from 6th to 3rd, pulling even for the lead after hole 16 en route to a personal-best -11. Trevor Cheney shared that hole-3 lead too, bogeyed hole 4, bounced back with a birdie on 5, then aced hole 9 from 189 feet to snap the $18 ace pot. Last week's co-champions cratered hard: Todd Moore dropped 99 rating points off his -14 win, and Maute fell 50 — though Moore still walks away as RAD's Series Division Champion for the whole season. 🌿

RAE's Deadlock Déjà Vu 😑

David Pionke and Jordan Keeter tied at -14 on 963-rated personal bests, and the lead spent all night refusing to commit: Keeter tied Lou White after hole 3, Alexander Harken and Pionke evened it after hole 4, Pionke took control after 13, Keeter pulled even after 14, Pionke retook it after 16, and Keeter forced the deadlock with a Clutch Finish birdie on 18. Pionke also aced hole 16 from 153 feet for good measure. Sean Pashia locked the final cash line at 3rd with a +92-over-rating -13, while Lou White went bogey-free for -12 (+81 over rating) and still missed cash by a single spot. Alexander Harken led through hole 9 before fading to 6th at -9, tying Jason Knowles over in RAH.

RAF's One-Man Dynasty 😑

Daniel Harper closed the season with a bogey-free 898-rated -10 for the RAF win, though a Late Collapse saw him lead through hole 18 and still settle for 5th overall event placement — the canopy has no patience for margin. The lead itself flip-flopped late: Harper took it after hole 3, Jason Skjaret evened it after 12 and led outright after 13, then Harper reclaimed it after 15 and again after 17. Skjaret's own -8 tied RAD's Todd Moore across divisions, and he too suffered a Late Collapse, leading through 16 before fading to 7th overall. Harper's finale caps a genuinely dominant season: RAF Series Division Champion with a 27-point cushion, plus Perfect Attendance, Series Perfect Attendance, and Rock Solid honors.

The Predator Finally Eats 😑

Gabe Zansberg fired -17 on a 1012-rated round — 73 points above his 939 rating, a personal best — and sealed the outright RAH win with a Clutch Finish birdie on 18, having taken the lead from Todd Jacko on hole 4. Jacko had held it, bogeyed 4, and never got it back, collapsing all the way to -6, a brutal 117 points below his rating. Kyle Huffman pushed the runner-up spot with a 995-rated -16, birdie-or-better across 14 holes from 5 through 18. Shane Steinhoff finished 3rd with a 914-rated -11 that was plenty to clinch the RAH Series Division Champion crown for the season. The week-over-week swings were seismic: Zansberg leapt from -6 (11th) to -17 (1st), a 179-point rating jump, while Todd Jacko fell from -13 (4th) to -6 (12th), a 115-point plunge. The Predator's Veil clearly noticed.

Two Mahers, One Basket, No Mercy 😑

August Maher took the finale at even par on a 734-rated round — 139 points above his 595 rating — edging Pat Maher's +2 (702-rated, +69 over rating) in a family battle for the RAG crown. The lead flipped repeatedly down the stretch: August led after holes 3 and 6, Pat took over after 16, August's bogey on 16 briefly knocked him out before a birdie on 17 reclaimed it, and Pat's own bogey on 17 sealed his fade to 12th. Here's the twist: Pat already locked the RAG Series Division Champion title and a Rock Solid consistency award for the season — out-scored by his own rival in the finale, still crowned. Family dynamics, canopy edition. 🦅

Achievement Unlocked: Everyone, Apparently 😑

Bogey-free rounds swept nearly every division leaderboard tonight, and rating swings ran extreme in both directions — August Maher (+139), David Pionke (+113), Sean Pashia (+92), Lou White (+81), Gabe Zansberg (+73), Jordan Keeter (+70), and Pat Maher (+69) on the high side, against Todd Jacko (-117) and Logan Painter (-94) on the low. Season-long honors landed in bulk: 21 players unlocked "Gotta Catch 'Em All," five "Creature of Habit" streaks closed out over Jacko (hole 13, all 10 rounds), Todd Moore (hole 3, all 10), Kyle Maute (hole 6, 9/9), Anthony Scoglio (hole 12, 6/6), and Shane Steinhoff (hole 9, 9/9), and six players — Peter Cannon, Daniel Harper, Todd Jacko, Todd Moore, David Pionke, and Lou White — claimed Perfect Attendance and Series Perfect Attendance for all 10 events. Five Series Division Champions were crowned: Todd Moore (RAD), Lou White (RAE), Daniel Harper (RAF), Shane Steinhoff (RAH), and Pat Maher (RAG).

Ace Pot: Doubly Robbed 😑

The ace pot paid out twice this finale. Trevor Cheney's 189-foot strike in RAD earned $18 mid-round during his resilience run off a rough hole 4, and David Pionke's 153-foot ace in RAE also earned $18, right on his way to that bogey-free, personal-best -14 tie for the RAE win. Two chains sang tonight, and the pot didn't get to keep a dime.

The Carryover Graveyard 😑

Three skins cards moved $121.50 total across 12 players. The 9:40 AM card was a rout — Kyle Huffman opened hole 1 with a birdie for 11 straight skins, then scooped an 11-skin, $55 carryover on hole 11, closing with 18 skins for $90 while four cardmates were shut out entirely. The 3:20 PM card ran tighter: Shane Steinhoff opened hole 1 with 11 skins, but Lou White clawed back with late swings on holes 15 and 17 to close it out, winning 7 skins for $8.75 by a single skin over Steinhoff. skins playbook

Loose Change, Big Legacy 😑

This event's registration contribution added $13.00 to the Johnny Roberts Course Fund, pushing the season total to $574.38 with $0.00 remaining. Thanks to the league for the steady, per-event giving that built that number one Wednesday at a time — check out the Johnny Roberts Course Fund to see where it's going.

Reshuffle Season, Zero Safety 😑

In Pool A, the Predator's Veil changed hands violently: Gabe Zansberg's 73-points-above-rating, 1012-rated -17 explosion vaulted him from #11 to #1, a ten-place leap that the tag's own lore — a membrane tracking every shed competitive identity — practically demanded. In Pool B, David Pionke's Tangled Echo held firm at #1, backed by his own personal-best -14 and that hole-16 ace. Full AllIn reshuffle, no complacency allowed — that's the whole point of the format.

The Hierarchy Is Finally Fossilized 😑

Season's end, hierarchy set: Todd Moore takes RAD, Lou White takes RAE, Daniel Harper takes RAF, Shane Steinhoff takes RAH, and Pat Maher takes RAG, with Cannon, Harper, Jacko, Moore, Pionke, and White collecting Perfect Attendance for never missing a Wednesday. Thanks to all 26 Ronin who showed up and made this finale worth the "Last Stand" name — there's no next event on deck, so soak it in. The hierarchy is finally set in stone, and honestly, narrating a full season of disc golfers as jungle apex predators fighting for canopy dominance was always going to be this ridiculous.