Shadows Lengthen, Manners Shorten 🍂

Nine players, Valley Regional Park, the Islands layout, clouds overhead and wind averaging 3.0 mph with a 4.0 max, 69.1°F on the thermometer. Week 6 of 9 in Valley Shadows, and the course is starting to wear on the reluctant heirs — this was less about looking good and more about surviving the back nine with your cuffs still clean.

Three Names, One Cash Line 💰

RPA Gold gave us five players and a finish that refused to resolve. Jared Lang led through hole 16, then gave it back with a bogey on 17 and slid to 4th at -3, a 944 round against his 965 rating. That left Chris Norman, John Ashworth and Britain Best sharing 1st at -4 and the final cash spot, all three at 956. Norman's back nine ran four strokes better than his front, with the field's only birdie on hole 8 and a clean close. Ashworth's back nine was six strokes better than his front, a 956 against a 923 rating. Best was the day's most decorated card: only birdie of the field on hole 5 at 312 feet, only birdie on hole 14 at 429 feet, an OB scramble on 16, and a personal best -4 for this layout. Malachi Vazquez finished 5th at -1, a 920 round 41 points under his rating, though his hot streak ending at four holes (10–13) was softened by three birdies to close 16–18.

One Man, One Card, No Witnesses 🧾

RAH Blue had Chris Fox alone on the card at even par, 908 rated, with OB on holes 4 and 5 to manage. RAG Purple had Blaine Callahan alone at +19, and his 680-rated round came in 29 points above his 651 rating — the swing worth spotlighting. Both divisions are open for challengers; the docket has room.

Front Nine Did the Work ⛳

RAE Red was two players and one stroke. Michael Whipple built a four-stroke edge on the front nine, never relinquished it, and closed +2 to Christopher Hamby's +3. Whipple's 884 against an 856 rating is 28 points above his number, and it's a personal best +2 for this course and layout. Hamby answered a double on hole 6 with a birdie on 7, then saw his hot streak end at holes 15–17.

The Pot Grows, the Ace Doesn't 🎯

The Super Ace is configured and still unclaimed: eight contributors put in $16.00 this event, pushing the balance from $2,380.00 to $2,396.00 against an active prize of $2,999.91, split pot. No ace to report. The suspense gets another week to marinate.

Four Dollars and Fifty Cents of Grace 🪙

This event raised $4.50 through the $4.50 per-player registration contribution. The Valley Course Fund now sits at $726.96, 73% of the $1,000.00 goal, with $273.04 to go. Small change, real progress.

The Lattice Picked Its Protagonist ✨

The Crimson Teeth pool runs AllIn, so every tag reshuffled this week, and the top of the board changed hands. John Ashworth arrived holding #2 and left with #1, the Fairway Nexus, on that 956 round — his 50 beating the field average of 51.3. The Nexus is the series-spanning lattice of golden light that pulses at rating thresholds and documents every throw across every course under the Accords; this week it picked a protagonist and he delivered. In AllIn mode nothing is safe from one week to the next — climb and you're rewarded, miss the card and you're buried at the back of the line.

Family Business, No Refunds 🔪

The question leaving Week 6 is whether Norman, Ashworth or Best can break that three-way tie at the top, and whether Vazquez's late fire travels. Week 7 lands as Family Business on 2026-10-27, same Valley Regional Park, same Islands layout, with the storyline promising that settling scores takes precedence over making friends — the estate wants its due.

Registration is open at the league event page. A disc golf league calling itself a family business is the most ominous thing I've typed all season, and I once filed an appeal in triplicate.