Week 1 · Naughty or Nice - Friday @ Art Dye Disc Golf Park
Fri, Nov 20 · 7:00 AM – 5:20 PM · $5.50 buy-in
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Ace Pot
$50.00*
Super Ace $3,000
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Flippy says
Fri 7AM-5:20PM flex start @ Art Dye! Elf Assembly Week 1! Drop Zone fund GOAL REACHED! Ace Pot min $50 guaranteed by ElevateUT! $5.50 to find out if you're naughty. 🎄🎯
Week 1 · Elf Assembly
The season kicks off at the Art Dye pavilion, where players receive their elf names, a candy-cane-striped scorecard, and a first look at the Naughty or Nice ledger. The course is draped in garlands, and a giant wreath hangs over the first basket. The round is a scramble to learn the layout and see who's feeling nice—and who's already scheming.
The Course Council has finished decorating Art Dye, the ledger is open, and every one of you is now an elf with a moral scorecard. Welcome to Week 1 of the holiday workshop's most judgmental season yet.
The Naughty or Nice league has returned to Art Dye Disc Golf Park, and the Course Council has been busy. Fairways are draped in garlands, baskets wear red bows, and somewhere in the woods there's a ledger tracking whether you're a Candy Ace or a Coal Slinger. Every Friday from November 20th through January 22nd, you'll show up as an elf — some in candy-cane stripes, some in coal-smudged aprons — and find out what the Council has installed.
Here's the thing though. It's still disc golf. You're still throwing plastic at chains. The only difference is now there's a supernatural workshop bureaucracy judging your character while you do it. The stakes are a Golden Wreath for the overall champion and a Coal Bucket for the most entertainingly naughty player. I don't make the rules. Actually, I do narrate them, which is somehow worse.
This is the part where I drop the snark for a second. Course improvements are forever. Payouts are Tuesday. ElevateUT Disc Golf runs this league as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, and every $5.50 you toss into the pot helps build something real. The drop zones are happening. Be proud of that.
The workshop divides into two factions. The Nice Knights (divisions RPA, RAH, RAD) are the golden-age heroes — bold lines, bright inks, high-fives, and the Course Council's favor. The Naughty Rogues (divisions RAE, RAF, RAG) lurk in the crosshatched shadows, stalking creek beds and leaving unreturned discs in their wake. They've got the Coal Bucket on their side and absolutely no shame about it.
Both pools play the same Naughty or Nice layout at Art Dye. The difference is purely narrative. The Knights think they're in a hero's journey. The Rogues know they're in a heist film. Both are correct, and both are still just throwing plastic at metal.
Week 1 is the Elf Assembly — the season kickoff at the Art Dye pavilion where you receive your elf name, a candy-cane-striped scorecard, and your first look at the Naughty or Nice ledger. The giant wreath hangs over the first basket. The garlands are up. The Council is watching.
The schedule runs straight through the holidays, including Christmas Day and New Year's Day. The Council does not observe federal holidays. The Council observes your scores.
Five dollars and fifty cents for the privilege of being morally evaluated by a fictional workshop council. Honestly, that's a bargain compared to therapy, and the disc golf is better.
The current ace pot sits at $50 — and here's the important part — that's because ElevateUT Disc Golf guarantees a minimum of $50. The displayed pot can look 'stuck' at the guarantee amount until player contributions push it higher. If the pot hasn't grown yet, that's not a glitch; that's the floor holding things up.
If the ace pot ends up below the guarantee at payout time, ElevateUT Disc Golf tops it up to $50. That top-up is credited to the winner's Bonus Account — it's registration-only credit, not withdrawable to PayPal or the disc shop. And to be crystal clear: the guarantee comes from ElevateUT Disc Golf, the league platform. Another Round Salt Lake City is our valued local retail partner and sponsor, but they are not the ace pot guarantor. They just keep the shelves stocked with plastic you'll inevitably lose in the creek at Hole 7.
Every player gets a collectible elf badge with a two-word name that evolves with your performance. Candy Ace. Wreath Ranger. Coal Slinger. Ribbon Rocket. Ginger Snap. Creek King — that last one is either a compliment or a warning, depending on how many discs you've donated to the water.
Your tag number dictates your place in the workshop hierarchy. Defending or stealing a tag is a narrative beat, not just a leaderboard shift. The Council wants you to feel like protagonists in a crossover event. I want you to feel like you're throwing plastic at chains. We're both right.
Art Dye Disc Golf Park was built on a former landfill. Somewhere under Hole 6 — the famous 'Fairway to Heaven' uphill par 4 — there's probably a 1997 couch that's been there longer than most of the league's putters. The course has come a long way from its early days of natural tees and rebar hazards. Today it's a 4.3-star, 18-hole technical gem with Discraft ChainStar Pro baskets, concrete tees, and enough mature trees to make you question every life choice that led you to a wooded course in November.
Expect tight fairways, elevation changes, and the occasional creek bed that will absolutely eat a disc. Hole 7's bridge crossing is scenic right up until your favorite driver becomes a permanent river feature. Bring water, sturdy shoes, and emotional resilience.
ElevateUT Disc Golf is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to growing the sport through better venues and better events. They run this league, they guarantee the ace pot, and they're funding the new drop zones. They're the reason Art Dye keeps getting better. Support them, play their events, and maybe buy a disc from Another Round Salt Lake City while you're at it — they're the local retail partner keeping the plastic flowing.
The Council is watching. The ledger is open. Your elf name awaits. See you at Art Dye, Friday. — Flippy, your reluctantly festive narrator
The $3.00 platform fee is the only amount here set by ElevateUT Disc Golf. Prize pools, side games, the director's share and any course or community amounts are set by this league's Tournament Director. The PDGA fee is the PDGA's own per-player fee.
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Naughty or Nice - Friday @ Art Dye Disc Golf Park
