Barrie Disc Golf Club

🚨 Big News at Sandy Hollow! 🚨

We’re excited to share HUGE improvements at Sandy Hollow thanks to our growing partnership with the City of Barrie — and the amazing support from our disc golf community!

✅ Weekly Grass Cutting is Official!
The City is re-cutting the course TODAY after some fairways were missed last week — AND we’re now officially on the City’s weekly mowing schedule! No more overgrown fairways — the course will look great all season long.

🌿 Poison Ivy Control is Coming!
We flagged problem areas during today’s walkthrough and the City is stepping up. Crews will be back this week to plan treatment and start spraying to keep the ivy under control — huge for player safety!

🤝 Better Partnership = Better Course!
The City has noticed our community’s respect and patience during closures and cleanup. This stronger relationship means faster responses and more recognition of disc golf’s value in Barrie.

💪 We Need YOU to Help Finish the Job!
The City’s done an amazing job clearing storm damage, but there’s more to do! Join us:
📅 Every Sunday
🕘 9 AM – 12 PM
We’ll spread mulch, fix tee-pads, remove debris, and tackle other improvements. Many hands make light work — come out and help us get Sandy Hollow back to its best (or even better)!

🙌 Thank You, BDGC Community!
Your support makes all this possible. Let’s keep working together to grow disc golf in Barrie!

🥏 See you on the fairways!
— Barrie Disc Golf Club (BDGC)

🚨 SANDY HOLLOW UPDATE – June 3, 2025 🚨

✅ We’re thrilled to announce that the front 10 holes at Sandy Hollow are now officially open to the public! ✅

This is a huge milestone, and we want to thank everyone for their patience and support as The City of Barrie and Diamond Tree Care worked tirelessly to make the course safe again.

🚗 Please note: The parking lot will remain closed while cleanup continues on the back half of the course. In the meantime, please park on Benson Drive and walk in to access the course.

🚧 The back half of the course remains closed while crews from Diamond Tree Care continue their work using large equipment. For everyone’s safety, please do not enter the closed portion and give the team the space they need to complete their work safely and efficiently.

🛠️ Community Work Day – Sunday, June 8 | 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM 🛠️
We’ll be hosting a volunteer work day to help clean up and repair the course—and separate post with all the details to follow later today! The City will open the parking lot that morning so we can bring in hand tools and materials.

🪙 We’ve also created a temporary “Top 20” layout (2 laps of the front 10 holes) and have reopened the course on UDisc for tracking rounds.

Let’s take a moment to celebrate this progress and give a huge thanks to The City of Barrie and Diamond Tree Care for their incredible support and dedication to restoring our course.

See you out there—on the front 10 for now! 💚
—The BDGC Team

Sandy Hollow Update – May 28, 2025

We’re happy to share some good news: cleanup progress at Sandy Hollow is moving along well! The crews brought in by The City of Barrie —two highly skilled arborist teams from Diamond Tree Care, based out of Halton and experienced with disc golf course environments—have been working tirelessly, even through rough weather, to get things back in shape.

Thanks to their efforts, they are nearing completion of the front 10 holes, and if all goes well with the final City walk-through, we are currently projecting that portion of the course could be reopened by the end of next week. So while we're saying in the coming weeks, things are looking very promising! 🙌

Earlier today, BDGC board member Braeden Cameron (with full permission from the City) visited the course to thank the crew for their incredible work. He delivered pizza, Gatorade, and gifted each of them a premium disc golf disc as a token of our appreciation—not just for their hard work, but for the care they’ve shown in preserving the design and integrity of the course during this massive cleanup effort.
(And no—no disc golf was played! The course is still officially CLOSED.)

🙏 A special thank you to Karl KB Briedis for generously supplying the discs we gifted to the crew. It meant a lot to them, and we know they’ll remember the appreciation from our community.

We’re extremely grateful to the City of Barrie for prioritizing Sandy Hollow and dedicating specialized resources to ensure it’s done right. The fact that they brought in a crew with disc golf-specific experience shows a real commitment to our community and this course.

Once the course officially reopens, we’ll be organizing a full community workday to help take things to the next level—repairing tee pads, spreading mulch, and giving the course some much-needed TLC. We hope to see a big turnout from this amazing community when the time comes. Let’s show up strong and help make Sandy Hollow even better than before!

Thank you all for your patience, support, and continued respect for the closure. We’re getting close, and we can’t wait to welcome everyone back soon! 💚

—The BDGC Team