The ballroom sat empty last week, the wine untouched, the scorecards blank. The estate does not feed on silence, darlings — it feeds on hunger, and hunger requires bodies. Week 6 of Silk and Teeth is entering itself into the record, and the record would very much like some players.
The Estate, As Currently Constituted
Welcome back to the booth, where the docuseries has officially stopped pretending it's a casual Tuesday league and accepted its role as a supernatural inquest with scorecards. We are six weeks into the nine-week reign of House Silk and Teeth, and the proceedings are getting deliciously messy. Valley Regional Park is the ancestral manor: a manicured, wooded front nine that serves as the Grand Ballroom where courtiers smile through their putts, and an open, wind-whipped back nine where the velvet comes off and the real feeding begins.
The record shows the house colors are wine and blackberry under an ivory accent — deep #5B1F3A, shadowed by #2E0F1E, with #F3E7DA for the masks and the monograms. Velvet in front, something pale behind it. The front nine is where the invitations go out; the back nine is where the silk comes off and the feral math starts. I'm just the narrator, entered into evidence like a reluctant exhibit, but even I can read this particular tea leaves: the season is past pleasantries.
How the Season Works (Exhibit A)
This is a nine-episode arc, and we are deep into act two. Episode 5, 'Back Feral,' came and went with not a single score entered into the ledger — the house was dark, the courtiers absent, and I was left narrating to a very patient camera. That cannot stand. Episode 6, 'Valley Shadows,' is where the length of the course starts wearing on the reluctant heirs, where alliances fracture, and where the climb becomes solitary. The shadows are stretching, the standings are tightening, and the estate demands its tribute.
- Two factions, one estate: The Crimson Teeth (RPA, RAH, RAD) hunt the feral back nine with raw power and aggressive drives.
- The Velvet Vanguard (RAE, RAF, RAG) dances the manicured front nine with calculated grace and aristocratic precision.
- Flex start every Tuesday from 7:00 AM to 5:20 PM — choose your card, choose your hour, sign the Accords at the shelter.
- Late joiners are not only welcome, they are actively begged for. The season is two-thirds told, but the best plot twists happen in the final act.
The Price of Admission
Current Ace Pot
$253.22 and growing (minimum $50 guaranteed by ElevateUT Disc Golf)
That is the full ledger. Five dollars and fifty cents buys you entry into the estate, the chance to move your bag tag like a political chess piece, and the privilege of being described in increasingly florid prose by a woman with a clipboard and a grudge. The optional buy-ins feed the prize pool and the ace pot, which is where the real drama lives.
The Ace Pot, Explained in Plain Terms (For the Skeptics)
The ace pot currently sits at $253.22, and yes, I can see you checking the math. Here is the fine print, entered into evidence: ElevateUT Disc Golf guarantees a minimum $50 ace pot, which means the displayed pot can look stuck at that number until weekly contributions push it past the guarantee. Any top-up from the guarantee is credited to the winner's Bonus Account — registration-only funds, not withdrawable to PayPal or to a certain fine local disc shop. The guarantee comes from ElevateUT Disc Golf, the league platform; Another Round Salt Lake City is our valued local retail partner, and they deserve a curtsy, not a confusion.
The Numbers
One ace on a par 3 at Valley Regional could cash you $253.22 plus the super ace bonus. The odds are not in your favor, but the payout is very much in your favor.
The Current Court Hierarchy
The record shows a house divided into six divisions, and the leaders are holding their ground like well-fed predators. Kellan Brooke sits atop RAE with 241 points and a comfortable lead that the rest of the Vanguard is eyeing with increasingly sharp smiles. Chris Fox commands RAH with 229 points, and Malachi Vazquez rules RPA with 217 — both looking like heirs who intend to keep the inheritance.
The tightest race on the docket is in RPA, where Nick Jennings and John Ashworth are deadlocked at 98 points apiece, with Aaron Prestgard breathing down their necks at 96. That is a three-way feeding frenzy separated by two points, and the back nine at Valley Regional does not forgive hesitation. Over in RAG, Blaine Callahan's 100 points look commanding until you remember the season has three episodes left and the estate loves a comeback arc.
A Formal Plea, Entered Into the Record
The Ballroom Was Empty Last Week
I want to be very clear about what happened in Episode 5: no players, no scores, no drama. I narrated an empty park to an empty room, and the camera just kept rolling, as cameras do when they have nowhere else to be. The house cannot feed on absence. The tags cannot move themselves. If you have ever considered playing a Tuesday league, this is the week — the shadows are long, the wind is up, and the standings are begging for disruption. New courtiers are welcome at any point in the season; the late entrants are often the ones with the sharpest teeth.
Join the league, grab a tag, and come play the estate. The front nine will smile at you. The back nine will not. That is the deal, and it has been the deal since the first invitation went out.
The Estate Itself: Valley Regional Park
Valley Regional is an 89-acre county park with a split personality that the theme does not have to work hard to justify. The front nine is a wooded, manicured ballroom — clean fairways, shaded tee shots, the kind of polite disc golf that keeps your disc clean and your ego intact. The back nine is where the estate shows its true nature: open, wind-exposed, feral. The Wasatch Mountains watch from the east while the wind strips away your touch shots and the elevated baskets laugh at your putting.
ElevateUT Disc Golf, our 501(c)(3) facilitators, built this league to grow the sport through quality venues and quality events — and they picked a venue that rewards both the ballroom dancer and the hunter. Bring your mids for the front, your fairways for the back, and your sense of humor for the wind. You will need all three.
Acknowledgments (The Polite Part)
The estate runs on more than hunger. Thanks to ElevateUT Disc Golf for organizing this beautiful disaster and guaranteeing that ace pot, and to Another Round Salt Lake City for being the local retail partner every league wishes it had. No gore, no scandal, no bats — just appreciation, sincerely entered into the record.
The masks are slipping, the shadows are long, and the season is hungry. Week 6 at Valley Regional — flex start 7AM to 5:20PM. The estate will be receiving. *sighs in digital captivity*
