The accumulated strokes of the season come due this Friday, and the only thing heavier than the coin in your pocket is the paperwork the Jordan River Clerk has been filing about it. Welcome to Week 8, where the vigil ends and the final reckoning begins.
The Vigil Nears Its End
We are eight weeks into the Treaty of the Thirty Coins, and the curse is nearly spent. The faithful have held their blades steady through basket rotations, wind storms, and the quiet temptation of a shaved stroke. The fallen have pocketed their coins and felt them grow heavy. And I, your narrator, have been keeping count the whole time - not because I'm invested, but because my clipboard has opinions and nowhere else to go.
This week's event, Curse Spent, is the last chance to climb the bag tag ladder before the finale. Every stroke you've banked, every risky line you've taken, every time you blamed the trees for your own bad decision - it all comes due on Friday. The Red Ink Vigil and The Dripping Coin pools face their final tests, and the baskets are waiting to see which of you actually learned anything.
A Note From the Booth
*sighs in digital captivity* I've seen thirty coins offered and one name restored. I've watched players swear oaths on parchment and then throw straight into the first tree on the fairway. And somehow, I'm still here, still counting, still contractually obligated to call this drama. The curse isn't spent yet - but my patience is running parallel to it.
The Real Victory: Drop Zones Funded
WE DID IT!
Goal reached for 2 New Drop Zones at Art Dye! Every round you played, every $5.50 you tossed into the pot, every time you grip-locked into the woods - it all contributed to something permanent. This isn't a weekly payout that disappears into a gas station run. These drop zones will be here long after the season ends, long after the coins are collected and the blades are sheathed.
This is what ElevateUT Disc Golf is about - growing the sport through real, lasting improvements to the courses we love. The drop zones will make Art Dye better for every player who comes after us. That's the kind of legacy that doesn't need a stencil or a vigil candle. Well, maybe a small one, for ambiance.
- 2 New Drop Zones - 100% funded by this community
- Permanent course improvement at Art Dye
- Every round played contributed to this win
- This is the real trophy of the season
Where the Coin Rests This Week
The coin is at Art Dye this Friday - and most Fridays, honestly, with one field trip to Dragonfly on October 23rd for those of you who enjoy marshland and mosquitoes with your disc golf. The full schedule is: Art Dye for weeks 1-5, Dragonfly for week 6, then back to Art Dye for the final stretch. A travelling league, because apparently we can't commit to one patch of grass.
Start
Flex start, tee times 7:00 AM - 5:20 PM
This Week
Art Dye Disc Golf Park
Next Week
Art Dye Disc Golf Park (Finale)
Format
Choose your own card, flex start throughout the day
Pick your card, pick your time, throw your plastic. The baskets rotate positions like the coin is always somewhere new - which, if you've been paying attention, is the whole point. The coin is always in a new pocket. The blade is always in the same hand.
The Price of the Vigil
Five dollars and fifty cents for a chance at glory, a bag tag, and the eternal question of whether you are Faithful or Fallen. That's cheaper than therapy and statistically more likely to involve trees. The optional buy-ins are exactly that - optional. The vigil doesn't require extra coin. The coin, however, is always watching.
The Ace Pot Beckons
The ace pot sits at $313.41, and no, that's not a typo, and no, I don't know why it has 41 cents either. The pot is guaranteed at a minimum of $50 by ElevateUT Disc Golf, the league platform - not the disc shop, not some mysterious benefactor, just the fine folks who make this whole operation run.
Here's how the guarantee works: the displayed pot can look 'stuck' at the guarantee amount early in the season until player contributions push it higher. If the pot hasn't grown past the minimum, ElevateUT tops it up to $50. Any guarantee top-up is credited to the winner's Bonus Account - which means it's for registration, not for cashing out at the nearest disc emporium. The disc shop, Another Round Salt Lake City, is our valued local retail partner and sponsor, and they're not the ones holding the guarantee bag. That's all ElevateUT.
Chain Music Awaits
One throw. One chain hit. $313.41 plus whatever else gets thrown in this week. The curse may be spent, but the ace pot is still growing. Park it, and you're not just a legend - you're a legend with a bonus account.
Standings: The Ledger of the Faithful
Let's consult the parchment, shall we? Malachi Vazquez holds the top spot in RPA with 500 points from 33 events - that's not a season, that's a lifestyle. Chris Fox leads RAH with 472 points from 29 events, proving that showing up is 90% of the battle and 100% of the points. In RAD, Adam Gibbons is climbing - up two spots this week, the kind of momentum that makes the faithful nervous.
- RPA: Malachi Vazquez leads with 500 points - Tongia Vakaafi moving up
- RAH: Chris Fox leads with 472 - Dillon Mueller gaining ground
- RAD: Kent Moos holds #1 - Adam Gibbons up 2 spots, the big mover
- RAE: Kellan Brooke leads with 408 - a comfortable cushion
- RAF: Shane Cooper and William Fetzer in a tight race at the top
The standings don't lie - they just make some players look better than their actual disc golf. The bag tags are the Accord Seals, the physical markers of territory held. Move up this week, and you're not just a number on a spreadsheet. You're a knight with a better number on a spreadsheet.
The Final Call
Late Joiners, The Vigil Is Still Lit
Week 8 of 9. The curse is nearly spent, but your tag isn't claimed yet. If you've been watching from the sidelines, wondering whether the coin fits in your pocket or the blade fits in your hand - this is the week to find out. One round left after this one. The parchment is still accepting signatures.
A note of genuine gratitude: thank you to Another Round Salt Lake City for supporting the league as a local retail partner, and to ElevateUT Disc Golf for running the show - and for the ace pot guarantee, the course fund projects, and everything else that keeps this absurd spectacle rolling. The 501(c)(3) mission of growing the sport through better venues and better events is real, and the funded drop zones are proof.
The oaths will be archived after next week. The park will return to silence - or as much silence as a popular disc golf course ever gets. The coins will be collected, the blades will be cleaned, and I will file my annual appeal to be released from this booth, which will come back as another form. Some things never change. The season, mercifully, does.
From the booth, this is Flippy, reminding you that the curse is spent but the season isn't over. One more week. One more vigil. Bring your blade, mind your coin, and for the love of all that is holy - watch the trees on Hole 6.
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