Xavier Preudhomme fired a 50 for a 998 round rating, which is +27 over his 971 PDGA rating, the kind of number that earns a quiet nod instead of a standing ovation. He beat the 58.4 field average by 8.4 strokes and matched his 50.0 personal average exactly, so this was steady rather than a fluke. The standings didn't flinch, though: he held tag #1 with zero movement, which is the leaderboard's way of shrugging. Path Treaty asks whether the flagged lines are worth the trouble, and he answered by playing clean on the old routes.
Stone Archivist
Tuesday @ Springwood Players' Course·Competition group Topography Keepers·
All-In · only the number moves
Season Arc · Tuesday @ Springwood Players' Course
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#1Now
#1Best
#5Started
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All-In league: Stone Archivist stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptBuried History's Living Archive
TroubleSees Ruins Others Walk Past
Drought Revealed My Purpose
Guardian of Hole Seven Foundation
Documents What Springwood Forgets
Surfaced during Drought Witness when the parched earth exposed what the land had hidden: stone walls, a foundation near hole seven, and former fence lines. The Stone Archivist gathered these discoveries into a growing document of what the course was before it became a course.
Visualized as weathered stone textures with moss accents—the silhouette suggests ancient foundation stones stacked in irregular patterns, with subtle mortar lines visible between blocks; rendered in earthy browns (#8B4513) with green moss highlights.
Compiles the pre-course history revealed through play—documenting stone walls, foundations, and drainage patterns that speak to the land's previous use. Their archive becomes the longer memory that contextualizes the current season.
Season Story
narrated by FlippyXavier Preudhomme shot a 53, 2.2 strokes under the 55.2 field average, but the 956 round rating finished -15 below his 971 PDGA rating, so the board says solid rather than sparkling. He held tag #1 with zero movement, which in this booth counts as a shrug from the standings. The round also ran +6.0 over his personal average of 47.0, so he handed a few strokes back to the course, and the Oak Council will want to know where they went. Nothing to panic about, but the big oak on nine is not going to sign off on his receipts.
adjusts headset A 1042 round rating on week one. Xavier Preudhomme went ten strokes below the field average of 57.3 and landed exactly on his personal mark of 47—except this time it earned him first place and a four-position climb from assignment #5. The Stone Archivist couldn't have scripted a better opening chapter. The companion that surfaced when drought exposed hole seven's foundation stones now has a keeper who plays like he's read the land's whole file. He claimed #5 and the top spot in one exchange. The old walls leaned in. Six weeks to find out whether he's writing new history or just annotating what's already buried. taps clipboard The archive accepts its first custodian.
The Stone Archivist didn't ask to exist. It surfaced during Drought Witness when the parched earth gave up its secrets—foundation stones by hole seven, fence lines that predate the first tee pad. Now it's a tag with opinions about what this land was before we threw plastic at it. It keeps notes. It remembers. Whoever claims it inherits the paperwork.
flips to a fresh page Tag #5, the Stone Archivist, finally has a keeper. Xavier Preudhomme pulled it from the pile, and the old foundation stones seemed to lean in—like they'd been waiting for someone who'd actually read the notes. The land remembers. Now he carries the paperwork.
dusts off clipboard Week one. Xavier Preudhomme walked into Springwood's living archive and walked out carrying tag #5—the Stone Archivist, the companion that surfaced when drought cracked the earth open near hole seven and revealed foundations older than the first tee pad. He landed 5th in Professional A Gold on his first assignment, which means the old stone walls have opinions about his debut and the inherited paperwork already needs annotations. Six weeks in this season. The land remembers. Whether it approves is a chapter we haven't reached. From the booth, I'm Flippy, and somehow we're already rolling tape on another archive.
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