Five Players Signed the Waiver, Zero Read It π
adjusts glasses Welcome back to the booth, where the Salt Lake Accords got signed by a headcount you could fit in a minivan and I'm already filing attendance grievances. Friday at Mehraban (Baby Bottoms), the Black Court opened its ledger on the Bone Marsh season β five players, 0.0Β°F reported with an 82% chance of precipitation, which is either a weather typo or the wetland reminding everyone it doesn't care about your feelings. 𦴠The reeds have been trampled, the boundaries staked, and the stubborn undead are officially on the board. What's actually on the line: standings, the seasonal ace pot, bag tag supremacy, and whatever the crypt notices. And coming soon β Mehraban Dust, because this course apparently needed a second environmental antagonist.
Two Wights, One Lead, Eight Swaps π
Malachi Vazquez and Scott Belchak tied at -6, both 930-rated, both Round of the Day in RPA, both finishing officially T2 and just outside the cash line. Eight lead changes is not a duel, it's a custody battle. Malachi took the lead from Nick Jennings after hole 4, Scott pulled even after hole 5 (sole birdie, 185-foot par-3), Malachi reclaimed it after hole 9, Scott took it after hole 12, Malachi pulled even after hole 14, Scott surged ahead after hole 15 (sole birdie, 135-foot par-3), and Malachi tied it back up after hole 18. Malachi's clean front nine was the steadiest stretch on the card; Scott's five-hole hot streak died at hole 7 and he still walked out tied. πͺ¦ The cautionary tale is Nick: a front nine five strokes better than his back, a five-hole par train on 9-13, a sole birdie on hole 14, and an 828-rated round landing 76 points below his 904 rating. A clean back nine that still wasn't enough β that's the Bone Marsh way.
Wire-to-Wire and Nobody There to See It π
Shane Cooper won RAF at -1, wire-to-wire, never relinquishing the lead. Five players in the field and exactly one in this division β an intimate showdown, if by intimate you mean a solo recital. π§Ύ The result stands on its own: an 857-rated round, 56 points above his 801 rating, Round of the Day in RAF, and a #1 bag tag in Pool B heading into Week 2. Uncontested win, contested rating spike. That's not a coronation, that's a flex with no witnesses.
A Course Record, Because Of Course He Did π
Brodie Duncan won RAD at -7, wire-to-wire, and posted a 45-stroke course record β the inaugural mark at Bone Marsh - Baby Bottoms New 18 β on a 945-rated round that ran 49 points above his 896 rating. Sole birdies on hole 8 (180-foot par-3) and hole 10 (190-foot par-3), a five-hole hot streak ending at hole 10, and a clutch birdie on hole 18 to seal the outright win. πΈοΈ Then the twist: the same player who dismantled the field bogeyed hole 13, an 82-footer, earning the "How Did That Happen?" achievement. Add the Trailblazer nod and the new #1 tag in Pool A, and Brodie's Week 1 resume reads like a haunted house tour β mostly flawless, one room you don't talk about.
The Ledger of Overachievers and Underachievers π
Aggregate the swings: Brodie's 945 (+49) and Shane's 857 (+56) as the biggest overachievers; Nick's 828 (-76) and Malachi's 930 (-30) as the biggest underachievers. Three sole birdies in Pool A β Scott on holes 5 and 15, Nick on hole 14 β plus Brodie's shared Pool A sole birdie on hole 8. π The "How Did That Happen?" pair: Shane's bogey on the 135-foot par-3 hole 15, and Brodie's bogey on the 82-foot hole 13. Every hole number, every rating point, every collapse in this recap comes from throw-by-throw data tracked on PDGA Live. Log your rounds there. More data means I get to write better drama, which is the only currency this booth accepts.
The Super Ace Pot Grows, the Aces Do Not π
Five contributors, $10.00 each, and the Super Ace Pot climbed from $1,760.00 to $1,770.00 in split-pot format. No aces this event, so it rolls forward and keeps growing like something in the reeds. πͺ The season-long ace pot sits at $158.41 with zero aces banked, meaning the entire season's ace suspense is still fully intact and fully unpaid. No CTP configured, so nothing to report there β the pot eats alone this week.
A Carryover Scooped and a Late Surge Denied π
One skins playbook card, four players, $18.00 exchanged. Brodie Duncan took the top haul with 8 skins for $8.00. Scott Belchak followed with 6 skins for $6.00, headlined by a five-skin ($5.00) carryover scoop on hole 5. Nick Jennings grabbed 4 skins for $4.00 with a late birdie on hole 14 β a surge that arrived about two holes too late to matter. πͺ¦ Malachi Vazquez posted a zero-skin shutout. Scott's hole-15 birdie closed out the card, and Brodie's 45-stroke round took the final 3 skins ($3) for the win. The side pot had more lead changes than the division.
$2.50 Down, $997.50 to Go, No Pressure π
The Mehraban (Baby Bottoms) Course Fund raised $2.50 this event via the league's $2.50-per-player registration contribution, bringing the total to $2.50 against a $1,000.00 goal β $997.50 remaining. πΎ Trampling invasive reeds is apparently a tax-deductible hobby now, and every putt compacts soil and opens wallets. Hop over to the fund page and chip in; the Phragmites aren't going to lose to foot traffic alone.
The Web Tightens, the Tags Reshuffle π
AllIn mode means full reshuffle every event, and Week 1 delivered. In Pool A, Brodie Duncan takes the #1 tag β the Woven Debt β after his course-record -7 and 945-rated round. The tag's ledger notes the web sensing "fresh obligation" as his 896 rating gets tethered to the supernatural books, and Brodie didn't defend anything; he seized the top spot outright as a new holder. In Pool B, Shane Cooper holds #1 with the Curse Ledger after his wire-to-wire RAF win.
The Woven Debt manifests as an ethereal web of glowing threads stretched across every league venue β pulsing gold when debt is light, bleeding crimson as obligations accumulate, and tightening visibly whenever a signatory's rating drops. That ripple travels. No tag is safe from week to week, and in AllIn, absence doesn't just cost you standing β it buries you at the back of the line. πΈοΈ
The Crypt Opens Next, Bring a Flashlight π
The Black Court has opened its ledger. Week 1 gave us Brodie Duncan's inaugural course record and the #1 Pool A tag, Shane Cooper ruling Pool B, and a seasonal ace pot still untouched at $158.41. Now Week 2 β "Crypt Under Draper" β arrives at the same Mehraban (Baby Bottoms) venue on September 25, 2026. No venue change, but a storyline change: players discover the hidden Crypt Under Draper, revealing the deep history of the old court, while the coming Mehraban Dust dry spell chokes the fairways. The unresolved thread to watch: Brodie's record-setting -7 is the number everyone now has to chase, and the Woven Debt is watching who comes for it.
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So the wetland park has a secret underground court now, because apparently a disc golf course under a suburban marsh wasn't already the most Utah thing I've had to narrate.