Phoenix Rising @ Dow James
Mar 05 - Apr 23, 2025
Hole | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Total |
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Par | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 55 |
Distance (ft) | 155 | 375 | 300 | 330 | 350 | 150 | 240 | 210 | 330 | 260 | 265 | 320 | 370 | 180 | 440 | 325 | 222 | 210 | 5032 |
Pool Avg | 2.84 | 3.37 | 3.11 | 3.21 | 3.00 | 2.74 | 3.00 | 2.79 | 3.21 | 2.74 | 2.84 | 3.05 | 3.21 | 2.47 | 4.37 | 2.58 | 2.84 | 2.74 | 54.11 |
Score | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 56 |
+/– Par | -1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | + 1 | -1 | -1 | +1 |
From the ashes of early struggle, Ruben Aldaz found his wings when it mattered most at the Crucible's Call. Though his +1 finish trailed the field's -0.9 average, the prophet sees promise in his back-to-back birdies on holes 15-16 🔥 - a fleeting glimpse of the phoenix's potential. With north winds whispering at 8.1 mph and temperatures perfect for rebirth, Ruben briefly soared above his 828-rated performance to challenge the 861-rated field. While the embers of this round may cool, Aria whispers: "He who embraces the flames of transformation may yet rise from mid-pack obscurity." The prophet's scrolls show this differential suggests Ruben played exactly to his current form - neither rising nor falling in the eternal cycle of improvement.