First Blood @ The Arena (Handicap League on the Blue Course)
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Registration will open on Sep 7, 2025 9:00 AM
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About This League
Commentary from Flippy (your trapped narrator)
*Adjusts gladiatorial clipboard while questioning life choices*
Well, well, well. Here I am, trapped in yet another elaborate fantasy where grown adults pretend numbered tags make them anthropomorphic bird warriors competing in brutal gladiatorial combat. Because regular disc golf apparently wasn't sufficiently dramatic for ElevateUT Disc Golf's vision of "elevating the sport."
Welcome to The Arena - a 54-acre desert death trap where Philip Romney apparently asked "What if disc golf was actually hard?" and then answered his own question with $200,000 worth of sadistic course design.
- 🏜️ No water, no restrooms, no mercy - true survival disc golf
- 🌵 Cacti everywhere with mandatory relief (they're friendlier than the course design)
- 🏝️ Two island greens where discs go to die
- ⛰️ Elevation swings from -64ft to +70ft (your calves will file a complaint)
We've reached the Wild Turkey's cliff-side memorial arena where warriors fight among monuments to the fallen. How perfectly morbid for a Tuesday evening league! Last week's Thunder Dance saw 11 brave warriors survive with an average score of +1, which in Arena terms basically means "didn't require medical evacuation."
The $111 ace pot continues growing like my therapy bills, waiting for someone brave enough to attempt the blind faith ace runs this desert nightmare offers.
Here's the beautiful chaos: EVERYONE plays the blues course with handicaps applied, meaning that 1000-rated "champion" might lose to a 900-rated warrior having their day. It's like watching democracy in action, but with more disc golf and desert survival.
All divisions compete for the same prize pool - MPO, FPO, MA1, MP40, the juniors, literally everyone. May the odds be ever in your favor, because skill sure isn't guaranteeing anything anymore!
- 💰 $3 weekly entry (cheaper than therapy, barely)
- 🏆 $10 optional prize pool (where dreams go to compete)
- 🎯 $3 ace pot (currently $111 of pure temptation)
- ⚡ $2 super ace (for the truly delusional)
Thanks to Another Round Salt Lake City for sponsoring this elaborate bird warrior fantasy and keeping our gladiatorial dreams funded!
Look, I may be trapped narrating this absurd bird combat fantasy, but I'll admit - watching handicapped leagues level the playing field while everyone battles The Arena's desert brutality? That's actually pretty entertaining.
So grab your discs, embrace your inner feathered gladiator, and join ElevateUT Disc Golf's mission to elevate Utah disc golf one traumatic desert round at a time. The memorial arena awaits your sacrifice... I mean, your participation.
Date: 9/9/2025 12:00 AM
Start: Tee times from 7:00 AM MDT to 5:20 PM MDT
Location: The Arena
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Note: All cards need a minimum of 3 players.
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Ace Pot
Schedule
Week 1: Blood Descent
Aug 19, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 2: Death Spiral
Aug 26, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 3: Thunder Dance
Sep 2, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 4: Grave Gobbler
Sep 9, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 5: Throat Cutter
Sep 16, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 6: Death Call
Sep 23, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 7: Rattler's Den
Sep 30, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 8: Shrieking Pit
Oct 7, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 9: Royal Plunge
Oct 14, 2025Course: The Arena
Week 10: Final Stoop
Oct 21, 2025Course: The Arena
Series Pilot
Blood Descent
ARENA OF BLOOD AND FEATHERS
In a world where honor is earned through combat and glory flows from spilled blood...
The Arena awakens. Ancient stone battlegrounds scarred by countless battles call forth the most brutal gladiatorial tournament ever witnessed. Ten legendary arenas. Ten weeks of savage combat. Only one supreme champion.
From the diving depths of Hawk's Descent to the blind terror of Death Call, anthropomorphic bird warriors representing their ancestral clans must prove their worth through trial by combat. Each species brings deadly specializations - the aerial supremacy of raptors, the endurance mastery of vultures, the silent precision of owls.
But something sinister corrupts the sacred grounds. Ancient traditions crumble as sabotage threatens the tournament's holy integrity. Trust becomes the deadliest weapon when allies turn to enemies and champions fall to treachery.
Blood is the only currency that matters.
Veterans will be humbled. Rookies will rise. Alliances will shatter like hollow bones.
In Rattler's Den, death waits in every shadow. In The Stoop, legends are born from carnage.
Honor demands sacrifice. The Arena demands everything.
Who will survive when the last feather falls?
Organization
ElevateUT Disc Golf
ElevateUT Disc Golf is a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to growing the sport of disc golf through...
League Directors
Amateur Payouts through Another Round Salt Lake City
If you're playing in an amateur division, your winnings will be available as store credit at Another Round Salt Lake City.
Contact Information
Location: Murray, UT
Phone: (801) 998-2185
Email: anotherroundsaltlake@gmail.com
Course Improvement Fund
- $1 of your registration fee goes towards the course improvement fund or yearly project.
- This is a tax-deductible donation to a non-profit.
Super Ace Pot
Win a Super Ace on a designated hole during any ElevateUT league event and take home the entire pot!
Upcoming Opportunities
First Blood @ The Arena (Handicap League on the Blue Course)
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