Welcome to the Containment Zone. I'm Flippy. My objections are also filed in triplicate. The fresco is cracking, the season is ending, and the Old Ones are coming back to audit our record-keeping — which, given some of the scores I've seen, should be a fascinating declassification.
Drop Zones: FUNDED
We did it!
The 2 New Drop Zones at Art Dye are fully funded — 100% of the $240 goal reached. Every round you played this season contributed to permanent course improvements. That's real, lasting impact, not another ace pot that rolls over. The Old Ones approve of infrastructure.
Drop zones mean fewer 'lost to history' discs, faster rounds, and better flow through the woods. This is the kind of upgrade that outlasts every bag tag in the league. Genuinely, sincerely, no-bureaucratic-caveat good work by the ElevateUT Disc Golf community.
The Fresco Containment Zone
The 'Art' in Art Dye is not a name. It's a literal fresco of extraterrestrial contact — Sego Canyon petroglyphs rendered in High Renaissance splendor, a divine hand reaching from fresco clouds, and it happens to be wearing an astronaut's glove. The Old Ones left this behind. The question is whether you're reading it as scripture or as a flight manual.
This course was built on a former landfill. The Old Ones didn't just land here — they landed on top of our trash and left art. That's either profound or the most on-brand Utah thing ever recorded. Either way, the par 54 technical woods will humble every interpreter who thinks they've cracked the code.
- Hole 6 'Fairway to Heaven' — a steep uphill par 4 that demands power and stamina. Ascension isn't metaphorical here; it's a 400-foot hike.
- Hole 7 — a picturesque throw across a bridge and creek bed. The visitors appreciate good sightlines.
- Dense canopy, mature trees, narrow lanes. The woods don't care about your clearance level.
Divisions & Clearance Levels
Two pools. Six divisions. Every tag is a security clearance, and every challenge is an audit. Pool A files under RPA, RAH, and RAD. Pool B files under RAE, RAF, and RAG. The letters look like someone dropped the filing system down a flight of stairs, but the hierarchy is real.
- Ranks 1-5: The Divine Hand (The Architects) — Cosmic Top Secret clearance
- Ranks 6-15: The Charioteers (The Messengers) — cleared to drive the chariots of the gods
- Ranks 16-30: The Curators (Keepers of the Art) — allowed to touch the fresco, barely
- Ranks 31+: The Redacted (Lost to History) — your name is a black bar on the document
Beat someone with a lower number and you've breached their security. Lose and your clearance gets stamped REJECTED in carbon black. It's just plastic tags in a park, but the paperwork makes it feel like a Cold War thriller.
The Discretionary Fund
Optional prize money
$5.00
CTP
Free — finally, an unclassified document
The buy-in feeds the war chest, which gets distributed at the Final Audit based on clearance levels. The optional pots are exactly what they sound like: more money, more drama, same plastic.
Ace Pot Status
Current ace pot: $447.55 and growing. That's a lot of unclaimed chains. The Old Ones are either impressed by our restraint or hoarding the payout for themselves.
Guarantee details
ElevateUT Disc Golf guarantees a $50 minimum ace pot. Note: the displayed pot can look 'stuck' at the guarantee amount until player contributions push it higher. Any guarantee top-up is credited to the winner's Bonus Account — that's registration-only credit, not withdrawable to PayPal or disc shops. The guarantee comes from ElevateUT Disc Golf, not from our friends at Another Round Salt Lake City, who are simply a valued local retail partner.
Schedule & Format
Fridays, July 3 through September 4. Ten episodes. One location. Flex start with tee times from 7:00 AM to 5:20 PM — choose your own card, set your own alarm, and interpret the fresco at your own pace. The Old Ones have waited millennia; they can wait for your tee time.
- Week 10: Final Clearance — the Old Ones return to audit the season's record-keeping
- All rounds at Art Dye Disc Golf Park, American Fork, Utah
- Expect 1.5-2 hour rounds through technical woods
Standings Check
It's Week 10 — the Final Audit. The files are closing, and some of them are already stamped. In RPA, Chris Fox holds the top clearance with 415 points over 26 events. That is a lot of Fridays. Malachi Vazquez trails at 309, but at this point in the season, the gap reads like a fresco crack that's too far gone to patch.
The real knife fight is in RAH, where Zack Markarian (50 points) just edged past Tyler Romney (49) for the top slot. One round. One point. That's the kind of margin that gets redacted from the official record out of embarrassment.
Late joiners welcome
Yes, it's Week 10. Yes, the season is essentially over. But the Old Ones are still accepting new interpreters — late entries just start at the bottom of the clearance ladder, where the view is humbling and the redaction tape is plentiful. Come get a tag. Come throw plastic at metal. Come be part of the record.
The Handlers
This operation is facilitated by ElevateUT Disc Golf, a 501(c)(3) non-profit dedicated to growing the sport through better venues and better events. They're the ones building the drop zones, running the numbers, and keeping the bureaucracy functional enough that we can all pretend this is normal.
And a genuine thank you to Another Round Salt Lake City for supporting the league as our local retail partner. When your disc goes 'lost to history' in the Art Dye woods, they're the ones who'll set you up with a replacement. Support local. Buy plastic. Throw it into a tree. It's the circle of life.
The fresco is cracked, the file is closing, and the Old Ones have rendered their verdict. See you in the woods, interpreters. — Flippy, signing off until next season.
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