Custom Confusion

The Tetons 9-hole course witnessed magical mayhem during Week 2 of the Twoesday Teton Trials, as 11 players navigated the "Two Time Tetons" layout during Custom Confusion. Just as international wizarding students stumbled through their first grocery runs - tearfully lost in Ranch dressing aisles and bewildered by state liquor laws - our disc golfers discovered unexpected enchantments in their games. The academy's first week of classes, combining Advanced Charms with "Introduction to Casserole-Based Social Hierarchies," seemed to cast its spell over the competition. 🧙‍♂️🛒

In the Recreational Amateur Female division, Robert Bumgarner conjured a victory at -1, shooting an astounding 39 points above his rating for an 873-rated round. The early battle saw Bumgarner tied with Brian Bowling after hole 1, but Bowling seized the lead at hole 5. However, a crucial bogey on hole 7 - right where the old Shopko's protection charm used to amplify approach shots - cost Bowling the division. Bumgarner's resilience shone through despite a 3-hole cold streak (holes 14-16), with his 4-hole hot streak (holes 8-11) proving decisive. "Any local wizard worth their funeral potatoes knows that ley line!" as Bumgarner navigated the mystical energy flows perfectly. 🎯✨

The Recreational Amateur Grandmaster division witnessed William Fetzer's phenomenal even-par victory, an incredible 91-point rating improvement that earned him a personal best on this layout. The back-and-forth battle with Mathew Doucet featured an early tie after hole 1, Fetzer's temporary stumble on hole 2, and his clutch reclaim of the lead after hole 8. Doucet showed remarkable resilience with dramatic recoveries after consecutive double-bogeys on holes 9 and 11, bouncing back with immediate birdies both times - demonstrating the kind of magical amplification usually reserved for properly prepared funeral potatoes. 📈🔥

Leif Smith commanded the Recreational Amateur Expert division with a -4 victory, shooting 20 points above his rating for a 913-rated round and personal best. The competitive four-way tie after hole 1 between Smith, Patrick Cain, Houston Turner, and Cody Chamberlain created early drama. Turner briefly took over after hole 11 before a bogey on hole 12 disrupted his momentum. Smith's consistent play separated him from the tight pack of Cain and Turner, who tied for second at -3. Meanwhile, Chandler Purtle dominated the Recreational Pro Amateur division solo with his own -4 performance (913-rated), and Casey Turner ran away with the Recreational Amateur Hobbyist title at -5, achieving a stellar 926-rated round. 🏆💪

The day's exceptional rating performances revealed magical properties throughout the field, particularly Fetzer's 91-point surge and Bumgarner's 39-point improvement. The challenging Super Ace hole (hole 3) - a 270-foot par 3 that played +0.7 average - claimed multiple victims, with Casey Turner being the lone birdie maker on this mystical test. Individual brilliance sparkled across the course as Bumgarner claimed three separate sole birdies, and clutch performances emerged like protection charms activated by proximity to the right casserole dish. 🎪📊

As the Custom Confusion week concludes, these early-season breakthroughs mirror the academy students' accidental discoveries about funeral potatoes' charm-amplifying properties. Players like Fetzer and Bumgarner found unexpected magic in their games, much like international wizards stumbling upon the mystical properties of Utah's suburban landscape. With no special event payouts recorded this week, the Super Ace pot continues to grow like a well-tended ward garden. Next week's "Local Lessons" promises mandatory field trips to ward potlucks, where both disc golf skills and cultural adaptation abilities will face their ultimate test. 🥔🌟