The Archive Round Nobody Requested
adjusts headset Five agents turned in cards at Battle Park for Municipal Archive, Week 7 of 10, as temperatures climbed from 50.3°F to 63.4°F and gusts topped out at 12.7 mph. The Sunset Park shadow hypothesis has given way to an archive round back in Battle Park's river-cut woods. The Bureau's two-position shadow watch made the trip too, and the phenomenon followed. It seems to belong to the site rather than to any one hole. I'd file that under "unsettling," but my cabinet is full of appeals.
The Back Nine Lost The Paperwork
Hole 12 settled RAG Purple. Elizabeth Johnson took the lead there for good when Duane Walker went over par, and she signed for +14 on a 789-rated round with only first place cashing. It took some work to get there. Walker led through hole 5, Johnson pulled even through 8, and Walker went back in front through 9. His front nine was 8 strokes better than his back, and three bogeys or worse across 16 through 18 brought him home at +20. Karen Walker finished at +22. Johnson's card ran four strokes higher than last week's +10, and she finished on top again anyway. 🗂️
First Entry In A Blank Ledger ✍️
Travis Sherrod posted the round of the day, a 915 at +1, twelve points over his rating. He was the only player in the field to birdie holes 1, 12, 15 and 17. Hole 12 is a 505-foot par 4 that averaged +0.6 for everyone else. Between those birdies he strung together six straight pars from 6 through 11, the kind of patience Battle Park's corridors reward. RAD White and RAF Green each had one entry this week, so challengers are welcome to bring those cards some company.
The Super Ace Remains Unsolved
taps the brass marker Every basket out here is an open case, and the chains are still taking statements. Pick a line through the trees on Saturday and see if one drops straight from the pad.
Roman Numeral Three Enters Evidence
Brandon Widener posted +8 on an 847, his second straight 847. A double bogey on hole 2 threatened to wreck his round. He answered right away with the field's only birdie on the 257-foot 3rd, then rode a seven-hole par train from 6 through 12. That's a very steady way to deal with a river hole that went sideways. 🏷️
Lift The Stone, Read The Card 🪨
Johnson's late flip on 12 and Widener's quick recovery on 3 both carry into Foundation Stone, Week 8, on Saturday, November 14 at Battle Park. The pavilion stone is supposed to give up a 1929 scorecard complete through 14 and signed "Gone to follow the Saturday." Agents have since found that phrase in local folklore, a labor union song and a defunct train schedule, which suggests Saturday moved around. The storyline also promises volatile tag movement as concentration splinters, so RAG Purple's seesaw could get worse.
Register here, and track your round on PDGA Live so the booth has more evidence to work with. sighs in digital captivity Apparently the case now hinges on whether a day of the week bought a train ticket, and I'm the one who has to narrate it.