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Play The Dual

The Dual at The Loop is a unique golf event that affords participants the rare opportunity to play both the Red and Black routings of The Loop on the same day.

Held May 31, July 31 and August 31 of each year, The Dual at The Loop is a two-person best ball tournament with gross and net champions. Registration includes two rounds of golf, lunch, dinner, exclusive tee gifts and prizes. Upon completion, participants become members of The Loop 36ers Club and are recognized with a membership number and their names on a plaque.

The field is limited to 32 teams per event as we sometimes race available daylight to complete the August event. Demand for The Dual grew to the point where we had to implement a lottery process for registration because the amount of people trying to enter the event online crashed the system as soon as it opened.

The 2026 Lottery Registration Form can be found at the bottom of this page.

The Details

2026 Events:

• Sunday, May 31
• Friday, July 31
• Monday, August 31

Format:

2-person team; best ball; 36 holes; walking only

Cost:

$1,200 per team – includes two rounds of golf, lunch, dinner, exclusive tee gifts, prizes

Registration Lottery:

Entry window is Feb. 2 at 9 am through Feb. 4, 2026 at 11:59 pm. Limit one lottery entry per person. Winning lottery entries will have choice of an available date or waiting list for a full date.

Lottery Notification:

We will begin notifying lottery winners on Thursday, Feb. 5. The process takes a few days to complete. Once the events are filled and significant waiting list built for each event, we will let all lottery registrants know that the process has been completed.

Payment:

A full entry fee of $1,200 is required to secure your date selection. The entry fee is fully refundable if canceled at least 15 days in advance (if canceled within 15 days of the event a refund will be issued if the spot is able to be filled). You do not need to declare your playing partner until final registration information is due around the 15th of the month you are participating.

Handicaps:

GHIN handicap information is not required at time of registration, however you will need to have an established handicap set prior to the 15th of the month you are participating. Participants must have a registered GHIN handicap to be eligible for the net awards.

Pairings:

The tournament committee will pair you with a different team for each round. (In the past we honored pairing requests and allowed participants to play with the same team both rounds; however that is not the case anymore.)

Tee Times:

Tee times for the first round typically run from 7:30 am to 8:45 am. You will be notified of your first-round tee time approximately three days in advance of the event.

Play:

Competition begins with a 1/10 split start on the Red course. After golfers complete the first round they break for lunch. As soon as the last golfers are putting out on No. 9 and 18, the first wave from the morning round then heads out in the opposite direction on the Black routing utilizing a split start again. Participants gather at the Bootlegger bar following play for dinner and awards.

The Dual is a walking-only event. It began in 2018 when The Loop was a walking-only course and even though carts are now allowed on The Loop, we have kept it walking only to maintain the purity and charm of the event.

FAQs

When are The Dual at The Loop events held?

Regardless of the year, The Dual will always be held May 31, July 31 and August 31. The Loop course alternates play daily during the season with the Red routing on even calendar days and Black routing on odd calendar days. There are three months during our season with 31 days and one of the reasons we started this event was to prevent having back-to-back days on the Black routing while using this system.

Based on the logo design, shouldn’t it be spelled The Duel?

We named the event, The Dual, playing off the word’s meaning of “having two elements.” The Dual is being played on two courses and it’s a two-person best ball event.

When is the registration lottery held?

The lottery registration window each year will be a three-day window starting with the first Monday in February.