The Tie Podcast - Building a Healthy Golf Environment 11/24/23

“Benjamin Warren is a golf course shaper and designer based out of North Berwick, Scotland and is currently running Artisan Golf Design, traveling to Japan, Minnesota, and South Carolina over the last few months! - - We spend a great deal of time today talking about Barrier Free Golf and Benjamin's involvement with The Loop at Chaska- a 10 hole short course to benefit people with disabilities, veterans, juniors, and beginners of all ages access to fun (and environmentally friendly) golf. - - Benjamin has spent time learning and working with the best of the best and his work speaks for itself. Enjoy!.

Golf.com: Why this pioneering golf course is focusing on access just as much as design By Josh Berhow 8/17/22

When unveiled next spring, its design and facilities will make it among the most inviting in the world — a course created predominantly for the adaptive golfer. There will be no bunkers at The Loop, and though all the grass has yet to grow in, there won’t be any rough whenever it does. Carts will be permitted to drive everywhere (even on slopes and greens), while the adjacent facilities are being constructed to accommodate disabled golfers. If anything like this has ever existed in golf, it certainly wasn’t intentional.

USGA: How Courses Can Be More Accessible for Adaptive Golfers By George Waters, 7/14/22

Making courses more accessible for adaptive golfers can make golf more enjoyable for many other players as well…Adaptive golfers can face many challenges when it comes to getting around golf courses and enjoying the game – but they are not alone in that. Beginning golfers, senior golfers and many others routinely encounter obstacles on golf courses that make the game less fun, less safe, or that prevent them from playing golf at all. The good news is that awareness of these issues is growing and there are design and maintenance solutions that can help more people enjoy our great game. Let’s take a look at some ways to improve accessibility in key areas of a golf course.

Chaska Herald: The Loop at Chaska opening pushed back to Spring 2023 By Brendan O’Brien, 6/30/22

Excitement over The Loop at Chaska continues to grow this summer.

However, plans to play the course at some point in 2022 are on hold, as the Americans with Disabilities Act accessible golf course will not be open until spring 2023.

USGA: Breaking Down Barriers With The Loop at Chaska By Bradley Klein, 2/4/22

For years now, golf industry analysts have been concerned about the barriers to entry that deter newcomers from taking up the game. In response to these issues, a nine-hole short course is taking shape in the Minneapolis suburb of Chaska that could redefine accessibility in golf.

Golf Digest: 11 Municipal courses that are getting the love they deserve By Derek Duncan, 1/27/22

The city of Chaska, near Minneapolis, is taking a lead role in making golf a sustainable and inclusive sport for everyone, including those with physical and sensory impairments. Under the guidance of designer Benjamin Warren of North Berwick, Scotland, construction is underway on a nine-hole short course…

KSTP TV STORY BY joe mazan, 12/03/20

Future Chaska golf course designed for everyone, including those with disabilities.

Golf can be a difficult game, but one city hopes to make it easily available to everyone. …

CHASKA HERALD, 10/20

In the Loop

Crews are working at the City’s 9-hole golf course to transform the Chaska Par 30 into the Loop at Chaska.

Golf course Management magazine, 02/20

Golf for All

After years of languishing in the considerable shadow of storied Hazeltine National Golf Club, the Chaska Par 30 was long overdue for a sprucing up.

Golf course architecture story, 10/19

Golf for All

Benjamin Warren of Artisan Golf Design explains how his redesign of a municipal short course in Minnesota is focused on accessibility for the entire community.

GOLF RANGE MAGAZINE story, 09/19

Short Course Renovation to Accommodate Adaptive Golf

The Chaska Par 30, a public 10-hole par 3 course, has plans for a renovation with the goal of welcoming all types of golfers.

STAR TRIBUNE story BY Katy Read, 09/20/19

Chaska to build public golf course that welcomes everyone.

Chaska is planning to build a small public golf course that will be welcoming to just about anyone — golfers with disabilities, newbie golfers, wannabe golfers, kid golfers, lower-income golfers and even skilled, seasoned golfers. …