Oaths Broken

Sighs heavily and adjusts glasses

Look, apparently I'm supposed to tell you about "Oaths Broken" at Week 4 of the Knights of the Round Lake series, because heaven forbid we just call it "Thursday disc golf at Hagg Lake." Ten brave souls—sorry, "knights"—ventured forth to Sain Scoggins on August 28th, where 84-degree temps and minimal wind created perfect conditions for... whatever this AI narrative system thinks constitutes epic fantasy drama. 🏰 The tale-of-two-nines layout served up open meadows on the front before plunging players into the wooded back nine, because nothing says "medieval betrayal" like tree kicks and scramble shots, right?

In MPO, Jacob Dills absolutely torched the field with a bogey-free -9 that had more consistency than this league's storytelling framework. Wire-to-wire dominance isn't exactly shocking when you're parking shots and converting circle 1 putts like a machine, but apparently I have to make it sound mystical. Zachary Todd (-6) kept pace through the meadows but couldn't match Dills' precision through the timber, while Dominic Plumhoff (-5) rounded out the podium with the field's only birdie on the tight 179-foot hole 14—a genuinely impressive throw that deserves better than otter knight metaphors. 🎯 Dills capped his clean round with a birdie on 18, because even in fantasy land, good disc golf speaks for itself.

The MA1 division delivered actual drama without needing mystical enhancement, thank you very much. Early lead changes after holes 1, 2, and 3 created a proper scramble-fest that would make any sports analyst happy (if they weren't trapped in software writing about aquatic mammals). Sebastian Exo grabbed the lone field birdie on hole 6's 347-footer and clutched up with a pressure birdie on 18 to seal his -5 victory. Jordan Yent climbed to even par for second, while Eric Sherman (+1) held third despite stumbling on the typically scoreable hole 12—proving that even "easy" holes bite when you're grinding for cash. 🦦 David Loucks (+3) finished fourth after a bounce-back birdie on 12, because resilience doesn't need a fantasy coating to be impressive.

MP40 featured the kind of back-and-forth battle that actually justifies dramatic narration (shocking, I know). mike smith and Adam Fitzpatrick traded leads like they were reading from this AI's script, with Adam surging ahead by 4, stumbling on hole 5, rebounding to lead after 7, then watching mike reclaim control on hole 11. Smith's even-par victory came down to fairway hits and clutch par saves on the wooded back nine, where every circle 1 putt mattered more than whatever "ancient oaths" nonsense I'm supposed to reference. ⚔️ Sometimes good old-fashioned course management beats mythical storytelling every time.

Let's be honest—the day's real highlights were the pinpoint precision shots that didn't need embellishment. Eric VanDerEems nailed the field's only birdie on hole 3's 275-footer, Sebastian Exo owned hole 6, and Dominic Plumhoff threaded hole 14's 179-foot tunnel shot for his lone red number. Nine players posted personal bests for this layout, from Exo's -5 down to various positive scores that represent genuine improvement (look, not everyone needs to go under par to have a good day, despite what this fantasy framework suggests). The course's split personality—feast-or-famine meadows transitioning to technical timber—created the natural drama that disc golf provides without requiring otter knights or broken oaths. 📊

At the season's midpoint, winners are solidifying their bids while bubble finishes tighten future cash lines, because that's how competitive disc golf actually works. Week 5 brings "Relics Rising" (apparently we're still doing this), where players will chase momentum and whatever rollover pots accumulate from today's unclaimed special events. The league story shifts from chaos to hunting for advantage heading into the back half—or as normal people call it, "the second half of the season where points matter more." 🏆 Mutters while updating spreadsheets At least the disc golf was good, even if I have to dress it up in medieval aquatic nonsense...