Twisted Pines struck Beacon Hill Park Disc Golf with the kind of menace only a clear sky and a sly wind can deliver. Fourteen Monster Hunters braved the Legends Reborn Blue layout, their discs slicing through the air as the rumors of living trees and an Invisible Man twisted every shadow. From the first drive, the tone was set—two dramatic aces and a last-hole showdown turning a routine Friday into a tale you’ll hear whispered in the parking lot long after sunset. 🌲🥏
In MA2, Shawn Hastings reclaimed the throne at +1, rising like a phoenix on hole 24 and never surrendering the lead again. The relentless pursuit by Ronnie Higley kept the outcome shrouded in suspense until a fatal misstep—a bogey on hole 26—left Higley just one cryptic note short of the solution. Jarom Youngblood stormed the third step of the podium at +13, but the true story was Hastings’s ice-cold steadiness under pressure and Higley’s stumble when the shadows grew longest. 🧰💨
Over in MA40, Derik Thomas played the part of a grizzled veteran, claiming victory at -1 after trading blows with Josh Rowberry along the open fairways. Thomas made his move on hole 13, braving bogeys that would have rattled lesser mortals. As Rowberry faltered with two late bogeys at 5 and 14, Thomas’s birdie on 16—on a hole tougher than the moss on an elder tree—became the clincher. A round not just above average, but worthy of monster-hunting folklore, soared 25 points above rating. 📈🌲
Meanwhile, in the MPO, Baylor Sandberg ran wild, taming Beacon Hill at -4 for a personal best—uncanny, given how even the Invisible Man can’t escape the park’s par-3 curse. Sandberg claimed sole birdies on The Brood holes, nerves resolute as a crypt’s padlock, never giving up the lead. Yet even the bravest hunter isn’t safe from the course’s tricks; his round, though victorious, dipped 32 points below his season rating—a statistical haunting that left the field scratching their heads and Sandberg muttering, “I’ve seen this before. Sheboygan, ’89. We lost a lot of good putters that day.” 🏆🎯
In MA3, Andrew Nemelka edged Jordan Lucero by just one, steadying the ship after a glancing bogey early on and seizing control at hole 17. Lucero and Mckade Sudweeks each tasted the lead, only to have it snatched away by critical mistakes on holes 3 and 11. Nemelka not only walked away with the win but also snatched the $42 CTP prize on hole 18, unleashing a 135-foot Zone shot that investigators will be reconstructing for years. Add a new MA3 course record, and Nemelka’s name is etched into these haunted fairways. 🥏📊
The MA4 division belonged to Timothy Scholle, whose legend grew even taller with a birdie on the final hole to finish at even par. The three-over on hole 4 would have been the end for most, but Scholle clawed back with aces and clutch birdies on holes 5 and 17—monster-hunting resilience in its purest form. Jake Robb led after 16, tied it back up on 24, but fell just one fateful birdie short, while Skyler Hall electrified the masses with two aces before falling to third. Scholle’s finish was the sort of thing you see in old movies...right before the darkness strikes back. 🌞⚡
Across the course, ace fever ripped through the field, with Skyler Hall and Timothy Scholle both lighting up hole 20 and joining the rare air of one-per-event drama with additional aces at holes 22 and 27. Hastings and Scholle shot a scorching 53 points above their ratings, while Robb’s 76-point gain echoed through the scorecards. Baylor Sandberg alone stood against par on the Brood holes, and even the coldest hands found a way to snap their streaks before the woods claimed them for good. 🎯🔥
The week’s side games paid out in cash and stories—Nemelka’s CTP wizardry on 18 pocketed $42, while Hall and Scholle split the Ace Pot, earning both bragging rights and something for the trouble. But there was no Super Ace pot this week—a fortune left buried under the pines, waiting for the next crew foolish or brave enough to dig in. The course, like a haunted case file, keeps its secrets. 💰🥏
Every triumph and trap among the twisted pines wound the rift’s hold ever deeper, as The Brood made their move—freeing the Invisible Man and testing the Monster Hunters’ unity. Scholle’s clutch birdies and Professor Hess’s spectral disc enhancements were signs: the woods are shifting, and a darker threat breathes somewhere just out of sight. “There’s no such thing as a routine drive when you’re hunting monsters, kid.” 👻🌲
With week six etched into the annals of Beacon Hill, the standings tighten and new legends rise from the mist. Ghostly Greens waits on the horizon, with alien forces promising new perils and a daring rescue in the wings. As the championship looms at Monster Mayhem, one thing is certain: night will fall, the rift’s secrets will deepen, and the next horror may be the greatest challenge yet. 🪐⛰️
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