Eleven Raiders, One Very Hungry Par 5

glubs deeply Eleven raiders took the White Tees (2024 Redesign) at Buckhorn on Tuesday, October 6, and the 673-foot par 5 hole 5 played +1.2 over par across the field like it had a quota to meet. Conditions offered no alibi: 54 to 71°F, with wind topping out under 9 mph. Moss Market gives way to the Vault Raid chapter, Week 3 of 10. The script promised that a stranger from the deep tags would upset the established order. The scorecards, rudely, cooperated.

The Vault Had No Lock, Apparently

Hole 5 gave up exactly one birdie all night, and Bradley Bushman took it. He also had the field's only birdie on the 609-foot par 4 second, where everyone else averaged +0.5. He finished RPA Gold at -10, wire to wire and bogey-free. His 1034 is the round of the day, 48 points above his 986 rating, and a new course personal best that tops last week's -9 and 997. The security system was apparently decorative. Hudson Kozak finished +6 with an 882, 82 under his 964, and his front nine was six strokes better than his back.

Trained in Secret, Debuted Rudely

Eric Guess held the RAD White lead through hole 5. Ryan Metz had it back through hole 7 and never handed it over again. A bogey-free back nine, capped by pars on 14 through 18, sealed -2 against Guess's +1. Metz's 958 sits 71 points above his 887 rating, the biggest leap of any division winner. The prophecy asked for a deep-tag upset, and he filed one. Guess didn't roll over either, posting a 930, 27 above his 903.

Hole Five Changes the Locks

Travis Preston led RAH Blue into hole 5 and came out with a double bogey. Troy Toler took the lead there and kept it. Preston answered with a birdie on 6 but finished cold, with bogey or worse on 16 through 18, and ended at +9 with an 854, 66 below his 920. Toler copied Metz's five-par closing script for a bogey-free back nine, then signed for -2 and a 958, 42 above his 916. It's a personal best and three strokes better than last week's +1. John Shearin finished +5 with an 892, 36 under his 928.

Halfway Mark, Hand on the Loot

Lee Kennedy took the RAE Red lead after hole 9, and nothing afterward pried it loose, not even an OB scramble on 10. He finished +3 with a 911, 28 above his 883 and up from last week's 894. His field-only birdie on the 287-foot fourth did the early damage. Joel Branscome finished +8 but refused to fold. After a double on 5, he went 2 under across the next three holes, including the field's only birdie on the 276-foot eighth.

Solo Vaults Need More Burglars 🕵️

In RAF Green, Brian Taylor posted a 901, 93 above his 808 rating, and a course personal best at +4, answering a four-over on hole 5 with a birdie on 6 and a bogey-free back nine. em eason carried RAG Purple alone at +15, and both RAF Green and RAG Purple have open seats for anyone who wants a card-mate.

The Real Vault Keeps Growing 💰

Nobody cracked the Super Ace pot, so the one vault nobody raided carries into Week 4 untouched. Thanks to everyone who chips in. You're the reason the eventual ace will be worth screaming about.

Every Raid Leaves a Deposit 🌲

The league's $5.50 registration contribution went to Buckhorn's course fund this week, which brings the total to $74.80. It's the only heist where the raiders tip the building. Join the good kind of crime at the Buckhorn at Harris Lake Course Fund.

Full Reshuffle, Fresh Spider on Top

Whispering Weavers runs AllIn, so every tag was redistributed by standings, and Lee Kennedy rode that 911 to the #1 Fate Weaver tag. According to lore, it's the tag that decides which performances the chronicles remember. It is a numbered piece of metal. I'm aware. The precioussss... I mean, the current standings reset completely next week, so the throne is Kennedy's for exactly seven days.

Ranger Council: Speeches Now, Ambushes Later 🗡️

Ranger Council arrives Tuesday, October 13, back at Buckhorn but on the All-Star (2024 Redesign) layout. The question on my clipboard: can anyone stop Bushman's escalating personal-best run, or will Metz carry that back-nine composure into the mid-season council? The agenda promises honors for most improved and most tags defended, plus a pre-renovation map the veterans can trace like fallen kingdoms. The council's peace cannot hold, though, and fresh challengers are already warming up. Track your round on PDGA Live so the chronicle has receipts. Register here. An awards ceremony in the woods for people who throw plastic at chains, and somehow I'm the one expected to wear something nice.