My brother is paralyzed from the waste down and recently discovered this course. Him and our father went and played a round and absolutely loved it. He didn't play as good as he did before he was paralyzed but I guess that's to be expected. This course is amazing and I hope other courses catch on with the para friendly carts that they have so it opens up more options for the disabled.
Enjoyed this video. This year I moved to within a few minutes of the Loop and I’ve played it about 4 times and a couple times with my 5 year old. Lots of fun and great rates and the putting course is really cool too, for $5. The Minnylayas. It’s very unjulating!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video and even more glad you love the course. Always special to play golf with your kids! Yea! I had a tough time getting the putting course into the video as it was more of a focus on the design elements of the course but you’re right, putting course is VERY Cool! Thanks again for watching
I've golfed here a few times; it's an absolute joy! I love Par 3/exec courses and this is definitely one of the best in MN. I went down to Birmingham, AL this year and played The Back Yard (an RTJ course) and The Loop feels VERY similar. Great video!
I Love learning about this and I agree about this being the future of golf. Just the other day while playing a round I was wondering about how sustainable golf is for the environment and my thought was it’s not. But this would fix that for sure! Great share.
Not sure who “you people” are. The hope of the video is to highlight the work that Barrier Free is doing for a sustainable future in golf. The Loop just happens to be their first project. Thanks for watching
Land required for that stuff is often turned into housing nowadays. Additionally the resources to maintain courses that long is extensive Thanks for watching
Seems fun once or twice but we’ll certainly disagree…its not the future of golf. Players, especially the younger generation dont want or like short courses.
Some people like short courses, some don’t. - The reason I think it’s the future of golf because of the environmental sustainability and all of the selling points Barrier Free makes to municipalities trying to save public green space. Thank you for watching
Seems to me you focused on ACCESSIBILITY which is fine. However calling this "the future of golf" is an overreach. The future of golf is a 12-13 hole course, that is reasonably priced, a fun but challenging track, and has traps and typical hazards. It has wide open tee shot landing areas, and tighter approaches to greens. Typical hole yardages are Par4.....330 yds, par 5....475 yds. Greens are not "gimmicky" with crazy pitches, slopes etc. If you want that....play putt putt golf.
You are right, it was accessibility focused, I should have driven home more the environmental impact instead of just throwing it in at the end. Still learning in video creation. Thank you for watching
I'm not sure the future of golf is in MN. My folks left MN in 1949. The City of Long Beach California operates six public courses ten minutes away from one another.
While there are some cool new courses popping up in Minnesota, the future of golf has less to do with the location and more about the ideals of Barrier Free Golf. That is to provide golf that is accessible, sustainable and profitable for local municipalities. Thanks for watching the video.
I can't argue that California has a longer golf season, but the Midwest makes its own case. The most courses per capita are almost all Midwest states (MN ranking 9th, while CA is last). Minnesota also has the highest rate of public courses (90%). And like the comments below said, it's not that MN is a destination state (at least year round), but its about the design of the course. But if you really want more proof that MN isn't just flyover country, look up the history of Hazeltine National, the big course just a short walk away from this one (The Loop).
Played there and was alot of fun
Yeah it’s super fun!
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My brother is paralyzed from the waste down and recently discovered this course. Him and our father went and played a round and absolutely loved it. He didn't play as good as he did before he was paralyzed but I guess that's to be expected. This course is amazing and I hope other courses catch on with the para friendly carts that they have so it opens up more options for the disabled.
That is an awesome story! Thanks for sharing and glad your brother found the course.
Awesome design and truly a wonderful experience. The putting course is amazing!!!!
I’d love to get back and check out the putting course! - any excuse to get back
Thanks for watching!
Enjoyed this video. This year I moved to within a few minutes of the Loop and I’ve played it about 4 times and a couple times with my 5 year old. Lots of fun and great rates and the putting course is really cool too, for $5. The Minnylayas. It’s very unjulating!
Thanks for watching, glad you enjoyed the video and even more glad you love the course. Always special to play golf with your kids!
Yea! I had a tough time getting the putting course into the video as it was more of a focus on the design elements of the course but you’re right, putting course is VERY Cool!
Thanks again for watching
I've golfed here a few times; it's an absolute joy! I love Par 3/exec courses and this is definitely one of the best in MN. I went down to Birmingham, AL this year and played The Back Yard (an RTJ course) and The Loop feels VERY similar. Great video!
Thank you for the kind words!
That is funny that it is an RTJ because The Loop is a renovated RTJ as well. What a small world
@ yeah, when you said that, it kind of blew my mind.
I Love learning about this and I agree about this being the future of golf. Just the other day while playing a round I was wondering about how sustainable golf is for the environment and my thought was it’s not. But this would fix that for sure! Great share.
Thanks for the kind words and for watching! - what a great coincidence you stumbled upon this video after playing the other day 😂
@@agoodwalkspoiledgolf I was thinking the same thing! I am hitting the subscribe button now! Hands 🙌🏽
Appreciate the love 🫶 - hope you enjoy some of the older stuff in the backlog.
Trying to make UA-cam more of a priority going forward
I miss when this course was a cross county golf course
Tell me more about that. I gathered what information I could from limited sources but that never came up. Would love to hear about it
This was the first course I ever played and you people think you changed golf????
Not sure who “you people” are. The hope of the video is to highlight the work that Barrier Free is doing for a sustainable future in golf. The Loop just happens to be their first project.
Thanks for watching
Da loop
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Why are golf courses 7000+ yards not sustainable?
Land required for that stuff is often turned into housing nowadays. Additionally the resources to maintain courses that long is extensive
Thanks for watching
Seems fun once or twice but we’ll certainly disagree…its not the future of golf. Players, especially the younger generation dont want or like short courses.
Some people like short courses, some don’t. - The reason I think it’s the future of golf because of the environmental sustainability and all of the selling points Barrier Free makes to municipalities trying to save public green space.
Thank you for watching
Seems to me you focused on ACCESSIBILITY which is fine. However calling this "the future of golf" is an overreach. The future of golf is a 12-13 hole course, that is reasonably priced, a fun but challenging track, and has traps and typical hazards. It has wide open tee shot landing areas, and tighter approaches to greens. Typical hole yardages are Par4.....330 yds, par 5....475 yds. Greens are not "gimmicky" with crazy pitches, slopes etc. If you want that....play putt putt golf.
You are right, it was accessibility focused, I should have driven home more the environmental impact instead of just throwing it in at the end. Still learning in video creation.
Thank you for watching
You want to believe that, and that’s fine. It’s not the future of golf
Thanks for watching
I'm not sure the future of golf is in MN. My folks left MN in 1949. The City of Long Beach California operates six public courses ten minutes away from one another.
While there are some cool new courses popping up in Minnesota, the future of golf has less to do with the location and more about the ideals of Barrier Free Golf. That is to provide golf that is accessible, sustainable and profitable for local municipalities.
Thanks for watching the video.
They didn’t say MN is the future of golf. The course design and idea is the future of golf to get more people to play….
Correct. Thank you for clarifying.
There are some exciting new things on the horizon for Barrier Free Golf so stay tuned.
As someone who moved to Chaska from CO, a place where tee were often impossible to get, keep telling everyone that!
I can't argue that California has a longer golf season, but the Midwest makes its own case. The most courses per capita are almost all Midwest states (MN ranking 9th, while CA is last). Minnesota also has the highest rate of public courses (90%).
And like the comments below said, it's not that MN is a destination state (at least year round), but its about the design of the course. But if you really want more proof that MN isn't just flyover country, look up the history of Hazeltine National, the big course just a short walk away from this one (The Loop).