Obsidian Veto

Chris Griffin posted a 50 and a 921 rating, +71 over his 850 PDGA rating, which is an unambiguously awesome showing and the kind of round that makes the Obsidian Veto look nervous. Even so, the seal slipped from #1 to #2 because the field average of 54.2 and his personal average of 54.2 both left him 4.2 strokes better than usual, and someone else found enough strokes to go over him. The paperwork has now recorded its first real transfer of the Alexander Park succession, and I have been asked to call it a "dramatic reversal." Back to you in the booth, where the veto is still very much alive.

Chris Griffin shot 49—two strokes under the 51.0 field average and 6.5 below his personal average—with a 924 rating, +74 over rating: an unambiguously awesome showing, one point shy of headline-episode territory. He held tag #1 with no movement, leaving the Obsidian Veto sealed while the Seal Dispute’s imperial paperwork records no transfer.

Chris Griffin rated 897, +47 over his 850 PDGA rating—an unambiguously awesome showing. His 60 was three strokes under the 63-stroke field average, though six above his 54-stroke personal average, so the scorecard comes with a small caveat. He held tag #1 with no movement, keeping the Obsidian Veto in place while Alexander Park’s succession paperwork waits another week.

Chris Griffin carded a 58 at Alexander Park, 0.5 strokes under the 58.5 field average but 6.0 over his 52.0 personal average. No round rating was supplied, so there is no rating differential to stamp onto the record; still, Griffin held tag #1 with no movement, preserving the Obsidian Veto through a below-form showing. The Park Decree produced paperwork rather than a coup: the leading delegate trembled, but the seal stayed put.

Chris Griffin carded a 50 at Alexander Park, finishing 4.5 strokes under the 54.5 field average and four below his personal average. The 887 round rating came in +37 over his 850 PDGA rating, an unambiguously awesome performance that moved him from tag #2 to tag #1. The Obsidian Veto's side quest has produced an actual throne claim; somewhere, the court is stamping the paperwork.

adjusts headset The Obsidian Veto—black as the void—has arrived at Alexander Park for the spinoff nobody asked for but everyone's watching. Chris Griffin parlayed assignment six into a second-place finish, carding a 54 that matched his personal average. Sure, he was a stroke off the field’s pace, but gaining four positions is the kind of procedural victory the Veto demands. The wax seals are watching.