The Council Voted, the Sky Abstained
adjusts headset Nine players, clear skies and a 58.2°F average for Cedar Council at Cedar Hills, with temperatures running from 48.1°F to 68.2°F and wind averaging 8.6 mph, gusting to 11.5. That's the breeziest Wednesday in weeks. Last week's stump argument went to a full vote at the Second Breakfast: Boundary, Warning or Invitation, no consensus, and now we have factions wearing cedar-cone, bark and sap colors while the One Tag quietly changed addresses again.
The Eagle Landed, the Lead Didn't Budge
Hole 8 is the course's toughest by league scoring, 325 feet, and it gave up exactly one birdie, to Bradley Bushman. That birdie anchored a bogey-free -8 that led RPA Gold wire to wire. It came on a 976, the round of the day, and matched his Week 4 score to the stroke. Xavier Preudhomme carded an eagle on the 415-foot par-4 12th, the kind of shot that usually flips a leaderboard. It didn't. He finished three back at -5 on a 940, 31 below his 971 rating and a long way from last week's -12 fireworks.
The Newcomer Read the Map First
RAH Blue was decided on hole 13, where Stephen Mehalek took the lead from Troy Toler and never handed it back. Mehalek set it up with the field's only birdie on the 369-foot par-3 11th, which pulled him even right after Toler had reclaimed the top spot. He closed bogey-free at -5 on a 940, two clear of a familiar knot. Toler led through 12 off a front nine three strokes better than his back and finished tied at -3 with Cornelius Farmer: same pair, same score as last week. Farmer did it the gritty way, answering a +3 on hole 2 with a birdie on 3. 🌲
Party of One, Seats Still Available
Chris Bower of RAD White shot a 928, 33 above his 895 rating, for a -4 personal best that included the field's only birdies on 14 and 17. Joe Puckett of RAF Green posted an 818, 34 above his 784, for a +5 personal best, and both rounds are sharp rebounds from a week ago. RAG Purple and RAE Red are open too, so anyone who wants a card alongside Jesse Fletcher or Brandon Mayes can pull up a chair at Second Breakfast.
A Dragon's Hoard Gets Heavier 🐉
The Super Ace Pot sat untouched again, which is the most Smaug thing a pile of prize money can do. Every tee shot next week is another chance to wake it, so aim for chains, not just fairway.
Tending the Fire, One Fee at a Time
The league's registration contribution added $4.50 this event, bringing the fund to $222.15 of its $1,000 goal (22%). There's $777.85 to go, and the Cedar Hills Course Fund welcomes anyone who has ever lost a disc in these woods.
The Fog Picked Its Favorite Again
Under AllIn, every tag gets reshuffled every week, and Bushman's 976 lifted him from tag #2 back to #1 and the Mistwalker Token. It's dark metal wreathed in coiling fog, with runes glowing faint blue, and the lore says it grants second-sight on putts that hang on the edge. One Tag to rule them all, and in the darkness bind them... to a Tuesday night time limit. Fine, it's Wednesday. My clipboard doesn't care.
Green Tide: The Woods Are Rearranging Furniture 🏗️
Green Tide lands October 28 on the Blue layout (Skip 8, Play 13B), so Bushman carries the Mistwalker into the week the One Tag is foretold to change hands more than ever, and he does it without the hole that handed him his lone birdie. Mehalek's clean card gets a sterner test. The lore has the Tunnel of Cedars blocked, the Ford of Whispering Creek flooded and a new fairway emerging, with the hidden advantage going to the observant. Track your round on PDGA Live if you want receipts for your reads.
The prophecy's big twist is hobbits eating Second Breakfast standing up in rain cloaks, which is just a league night where somebody forgot the folding chairs.