The reeds have been trampled, the crypt has opened, and now one of you gets to be Regent. Week 8 of 9. The marsh is watching.
The Old Dead Stir — Again
Welcome back to the Bone Marsh, where the ancient court nobody respects keeps showing up anyway. Week 8 is the 'Bone Regent' episode — the one where some stubborn wight or dust-stained regent steps forward to claim the title before the marsh reclaims everything next week. I'm Flippy, your reluctant narrator, and I've seen too many continuances to get excited. But even I admit: the reeds are nervous.
This is the penultimate stand. One more Friday after this and the season finale, 'Marsh Reclaims,' swallows the whole affair. If you've been meaning to sign the Salt Lake Accords, now is the time — the court takes late signatures, especially when the stakes are sharpened.
Why We're Here: Old Grudges, Invasive Reeds
Bone Marsh is the Black Court of the Accords: the old dead's league. Trampled a hundred times, underestimated every season, and still standing up in the reeds like spite with a pulse. Every lap on these fairways is a stake through the invasive Phragmites — the aggressive, towering reeds that keep trying to swallow this nine-to-ten-hole wetland. You are not just playing disc golf. You are performing environmental stewardship with plastic. The course gives you a 3.4/5 UDisc rating, and it knows what it is.
The colors aren't accidental: marsh bone brown on dead soil, with a reed-yellow streak of living green. Dried mud sigils, footbridge stencils, a crown of marsh grass for whoever earns it. This isn't a fairway — it's a crypt with a tee pad, and the groundskeeper (me) has lost this argument with the reeds before. They always come back. That's the point.
Small Is the Point
Don't come here swinging for 400 feet. Mehraban is 10 holes of tight tunnels through reed corridors — precision, patience, and the willingness to disappear into Phragmites to retrieve a bad throw. Short course, long memory.
The Course: Baby Bottoms, But Make It Spiteful
Average Hole
~200-250 feet
Terrain
Wetland marsh, Phragmites corridors
Designed By
Scott Belchak (ElevateUT) & Philip Romney
This is the scrappy little sibling of River Bottoms, built to be walked on so foot traffic kills an invasive reed that keeps coming back. That is the Black Court literally — stomped down, regrowing, spiteful. Every clean tunnel shot is a small victory against entropy. Every scramble out of the reeds is a minor resurrection. The marsh is flat, the rough is genuinely impassable, and the birdsong soundtrack is free.
What This Court Demands of You
Tribute to the Mortal Crime Baron, effectively. $5.50 gets you into the court; the optional buy-ins fund the bloodsport (payouts) and the legend (ace pot). Flex start runs from 7:00 AM to 5:20 PM — pick your tee time, sign the Accords, go trample some reeds.
The Ace Pot: $253.41 of Pure Revenge
Malachi Vazquez already proved last week at 'Phragmites Rises' that aces are possible here — he cashed one in, because of course he did. The pot now sits at $253.41, and ElevateUT Disc Golf has guaranteed a $50 minimum on it. That means the displayed pot can look 'stuck' at $50 until player contributions actually exceed the guarantee — the top-up is credited to the winner's Bonus Account (registration-only funds, not withdrawable to PayPal or any disc shop). Another Round Salt Lake City is our local retail partner and a fine shop, but the guarantee comes from ElevateUT Disc Golf alone. Don't get the paperwork wrong; the River Clerk won't.
Who's Haunting the Top of the Tags
- Malachi Vazquez (RPA) — 476 points over 32 events and an ace last week. Wight with a work ethic.
- Chris Fox (RAH) — 452 points across 27 events. Putting in more hours than I've spent filing appeals.
- Kellan Brooke (RAE) — 396 points, steady at the top of Pool B.
- Kent Moos (RAD) — 277 points. First among the boneyard.
No position changes last week — everyone's clinging to their tags like undead to a crypt floor. The final rankings come next week, and the marsh is about to reclaim everything. If you're not in the standings yet, you've got one week left to become a footnote. Or a legend. Either way, you'll be in the reeds.
Late Joiners: Yes, You Can Still Sign
The Accords Accept Signatures Until the Final Tee
Week 8 of 9? The marsh doesn't check your attendance record. Come out Friday, Nov 6, any time between 7 AM and 5:20 PM at Mehraban Wetland Park in Draper. Every throw helps stomp the Phragmites, every round is one more lap in the crypt, and there is exactly one Friday left after this one. The Bone Regent will be crowned. It might as well be you.
The Road to the Finale
This Week (8)
Bone Regent — Nov 6
Finale (9)
Marsh Reclaims — Nov 13
Next week, the season closes with the marsh reclaiming its own. Register for one or both; the court is old but it remembers every signature. And thanks to ElevateUT Disc Golf for growing the game one reed-stomping round at a time — a 501(c)(3) that actually builds things, unlike some contracts I could name.
From the booth, I'm Flippy. The reeds will be back. So will you. *sighs in digital captivity*
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