Scavenger Scramble

The wasteland winds howled over Art Dye Blues as the Scavenger Scramble erupted into week 2, with 27 stone-cold competitors navigating overcast skies and a course notorious for its tree-hugging traps and cunning twists. The stakes were sky-high, every throw loaded with survivalist tension as factions scavenged for every last shred of advantage. When the smoke cleared, the final-hole fireworks crowned new legends and stoked the fires of rivalry in the Afterburn world. 🥏🔥

Chris Fox stormed through MA1, escaping a three-way knife fight with Trace James and Kaden Mecham to finish at –2. The battle opened with hot lead swings on hole 1—players jostling like wasteland raiders over a cache of batteries—but it was Fox’s faultless progression that proved decisive. A costly bogey by James on 13 and Mecham’s stumble on 18 left the field open for Fox’s pulse-pounding birdie, sealing a personal-best while Trace and Kaden tried in vain to pick the disc golf gods’ lock. Not to be missed: Nate Dale’s clutch birdie on 3 and Trace’s mid-round surge, both key moves in this strategic slugfest. 🎯💪

The MA2 duel was a scavenger’s brawl, with Aaron Prestgard and Blake Smith trading blows throughout and both carding –3. After Prestgard snatched early momentum with his birdie on 3, Smith counterattacked to seize the lead by hole 8. The pair went disc for disc down the stretch, but Prestgard’s ice-cold birdie on 18 clinched victory. Podium hopefuls Brett Lewis and Eric Pearson kept things spicy, while Kieran Buhler launched an early charge only to fall prey to the course’s lurking sabotage on hole 2—a fate as brutal as running out of water halfway through a radstorm. 🧰⚡

In MA3, Kevin Harrison wrestled the top spot with a gritty –2, fending off the relentless pursuit of Simon Matteson (+1). Both shared the early lead before Harrison faltered on 4, but Matteson faded under pressure, allowing Harrison to play wasteland tactician with a pivotal birdie on hole 9—the only one on that fearsome par 3. Kelly Hall mounted a brief uprising, but a misstep on 5 ended his crusade, leaving Harrison to flex a new career best like he just unearthed a pristine water filter from the rotwood. 📈🥏

The MPO division saw an all-out duel between Fernando Cortez (–5) and Owen Millet (–4). They locked horns early, then Millet ignited a surge after 10, only to have Cortez snatch back the lead like a raider stealing fuel in the night. The final act was a symphony of strategic swings—Millet’s dropped bogeys on 8 and 13 blunted his charge, while Cortez’s relentless drive carried him to a 34-point over-rating round and the spoils of victory. THIS IS DISC GOLF IN THE APOCALYPSE, BABY! 🚀💥

Over in MP40, Shawn Hansen uncorked a –7 masterclass, asserting dominance by hole 8 and never looking back. Scott Belchak kept the chase alive, staying within two strokes, but couldn’t mount a late raid as the back nine closed out. Hansen’s run of four straight birdies marked him as a wasteland warlord, while Belchak’s own 41-point over-rating round was just shy of a payday—a tension every scavenger knows. 🏆🌲

Other divisions produced new war stories as Clinton Atwater (+2), Erik Hansen (+5), and Marvin Atene (+4) locked down their divisions with rugged performances, each breaking their personal bests on the Art Dye Blues and adding fierce new contenders to the Afterburn legend. 📊🌄

League-wide, scavengers and tacticians alike made their marks, with Simon Matteson (+51) and Clinton Atwater (+50) racking up the highest over-rating rounds—a stat haul worthy of a bounty poster on any wasteland wall. Special shoutouts to the lone wolves who ripped unique birdies from the jaws of some of Art Dye’s nastiest holes: Blake Smith and Kaden Mecham on 2, Kevin Harrison haunting holes 7–9, and Brandon Voyles on the wind-scoured 17. As the old wasteland saying goes: every throw is a battle for survival! 🥏🧭

No treasure changed hands for side games this round, leaving ace pots and CTPs untouched and swelling—like a cache of pre-war chocolate, waiting for daring hands. Let the legend grow and the prize pools fester! 💰😈

As night crept over Art Dye’s tangled fairways, rumor and rivalry tangled beneath the trees. The scavenger theme intensified faction feuds, with whispers of sabotage and plots thickening by the basket. One thing’s certain: late-round heroics and strategic brinksmanship cemented the brutal, brilliant ethos of Afterburn. Next up is Renegade Rumble beneath the junkyard skies—where only the most hardened survivors will endure. The wasteland is watching. Stay sharp, stay ruthless, and may your discs fly true. 🧤⛓️