Disc golf is a rapidly growing, affordable, and accessible recreation activity. The City of Barrie's Sandy Hollow disc golf site on Ferndale Drive is the most-played course of its kind in Ontario, and Barrie wants to hear from residents and visitors on the possibility of adding another disc golf course.
Disc golf is a flying disc game in which individual players throw a flying disc at a target called a basket. The game is played like traditional golf, with 9 or 18 baskets on narrow “fairways”. When the “putt” lands in the basket, the “hole” is completed. The object of the game is to complete a course from beginning to end in the fewest number of throws of the disc.
Earlier this year, Barrie City Council approved a motion to undertake a study to investigate the feasibility, needs, and costs of developing a new nine-hole disc golf course on City-owned land near Park Place, in the Bayview Drive area.
The City is asking for community input on a proposed concept for a new disc golf course in the Park Place area. Feedback is needed to determine the level of interest in adding a course at this location.
Visit buildingbarrie.ca/DiscGolf to learn more and to take the survey. The feedback deadline is August 30, 2024.
Once the public consultation is complete, a staff report with the results of the investigation will be presented to the Infrastructure and Community Investment Committee in October of this year.
