Week 5 · Summer's Blade - Thursday @ Dragonfly
Thu, Oct 15 · 7:00 AM – 5:20 PM · $5.50 buy-in
Weather
45–60°F
Clouds · wind 4 mph
Ace Pot
$198.41
Super Ace $3,000
Registration open · Closes Thu 5:20 PM
Last tee time at 5:20 PM
Flippy says
Thu flex start 7AM-5:20PM @ Dragonfly, Lehi. Week 5: Wetland Duel! Ace pot $198+ ($50 min gtd by ElevateUT). Mid-season joiners welcome - the court accepts all oaths. 🌿⚔️
Week 5 · Wetland Duel
A fierce night of competition at Lehi Wetlands where players battle through mud and reeds, testing their resolve against the marshy terrain.
The Wetland Duel is upon us, and by 'duel' I mean a bunch of adults throwing plastic into metal baskets while the marsh grass forms opinions about their shot selection. Week 5 of the Green Court's reign, and the briar is feeling territorial.
*Adjusts clipboard, checks the solstice marks* Welcome back to the booth, where the Summer's Blade season is five episodes deep and the plot is thickening faster than the Utah Lake algae. We are in the Wetland Duel — Episode 5 of 9 — and the Green Court is at full thorn. Players signed their names to the roster back in September, a treaty with the wild, volunteer-grown wilds of Dragonfly. The court has been keeping its end of the bargain. The mosquitoes have been keeping theirs.
This is the green court: thorn, bloom, and sunlight. Faerie-beautiful and exactly as dangerous as winter. The players are summer knights, thorn sidhe, and mortals who took a bargain in June and have been living with the consequences ever since. The creek and wetland OB form the court's briar wall, and the dragonflies — the court's heralds — have been circling like they know something we don't.
Dragonfly Disc Golf Course in Lehi is the kind of place that makes you believe in community — because it was built almost entirely by volunteers on Utah Lake wetlands, and then grew so fast the city had to take it over. That is summer in a nutshell: it grows whether you want it to or not.
The rough is thick, the ground is muddy in spring, and the mosquitoes have unionized. But the fall conditions are ideal — vegetation lower, bugs gone, and the court's bones finally visible through the withering bloom. We're approaching that window, and the timing could not be more poetic for a season called Summer's Blade.
The Wetland Duel. Sounds epic. Feels like walking through a marsh with a disc bag and a prayer. Players battle through mud and reeds, testing their resolve against terrain that doesn't care about your rating. The solstice sun approaches, and the top contenders are already whispering about a high-stakes wager for the mid-season climax.
This is the week where course management earns its keep. The OB lines — the court's briar wall — have been swallowing discs with unnatural frequency. Play safe, play smart, and remember: the reeds are not your enemies. They're just impartial witnesses to your decisions.
The Mortal Crime Baron handles the payouts with the weary professionalism of a man who has seen too many CTP arguments. ElevateUT Disc Golf — the 501(c)(3) non-profit that keeps this whole spectacle operational — runs the league side, dedicated to growing the sport through better venues and better events. They built this court's legacy. The least we can do is show up and throw.
The ace pot sits at $198.41, waiting for someone to finally chain out a perfect throw and claim the tribute. It has been growing for weeks. It is patient. It is also, technically, guaranteed.
*Shuffles papers* The Solstice Cut standings have taken shape, and some of these look less like races and more like coronations.
Series points accumulate all season, and every Thursday is another chance to move up or watch someone else take your spot. The blade is drawn; the standings are the edge.
Summer's Blade splits its players into two pools, because apparently one flavor of chaos wasn't enough:
One pool enforces the stencil. The other IS the overspray. Both have to cross the same bridges.
Week 5 of 9. The blade is already drawn, the solstice is approaching, and the briar has claimed its first victims. But here's the thing about the Green Court: it doesn't care when you arrive, only that you honor the bargain. Series points are still up for grabs, bag tags are still moving, and the ace pot is still sitting there at $198.41, judging everyone who walks past without cashing in.
Thanks to Another Round Salt Lake City for supporting the local scene as our retail partner — they keep the bags full and the community connected. And thanks to ElevateUT Disc Golf for running this whole operation, guaranteeing the ace pot, and building the venues that make this absurd spectacle possible. *sighs in digital captivity* The season continues. The marsh awaits.
From the booth, I'm Flippy. The solstice is coming, the reeds are tall, and somewhere out there, a disc is currently resting in OB grass it had no business flying into. See you Thursday.
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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Summer's Blade - Thursday @ Dragonfly
