Volunteers restore Timber Beast course in Troy for tournament reopening
Volunteers, road crews and contractors cleared about 130 loads of debris from Timber Beast, and 18 new baskets helped Troy's course reopen for tournament play.
Timber Beast was not just cleaned up in Troy. It was hauled back from the edge by a full community effort, with enough labor to make the reopening feel like a rescue mission more than routine maintenance. After weeks of intensive restoration at Callahan Park, the disc golf course reopened June 12 in time to get ready for the annual Timber Beast Tournament.
The scale of the work showed how fragile small-town disc golf infrastructure can be when weather damage and neglect pile up. The Lincoln County Troy Road Crew hauled away roughly 70 loads of brush and stumps, while the city’s public works crew removed an estimated 60 to 70 more loads with excavators and dump trucks. That is the kind of cleanup that tells you a course did not simply need grooming. It needed a reset.
Contractors and volunteers filled in the gaps that machinery could not solve alone. Cabinet Mountain Contracting helped clear brush and deck logs, Mo Huisentruit donated time and equipment, and Ekstedt Tree Services removed a hazardous cottonwood tree that threatened the course. Dozens of volunteers raked fairways, stacked brush and cleared debris, turning a municipal project into a true town-wide save. The course at Callahan Park was playable again because people showed up to do unglamorous work that disc golf venues often depend on but rarely get in full view.
There was also a real investment in the future. Lincoln County Commissioner Jim Hammons purchased 18 new baskets for the course, a concrete upgrade that gives Timber Beast a better chance of staying tournament-ready rather than slipping back into disrepair. City officials singled out Mike Wallace for coordinating the volunteer effort and credited the broader community for pulling the project across the finish line. For a course that hosts the annual Timber Beast Tournament, that matters. In disc golf, a venue can lose an event as fast as it can lose a fairway, a basket or a safe line to the pin.
Timber Beast’s reopening was bigger than a fresh mow and a few repaired tees. It was a reminder that disc golf in smaller towns survives on local ownership, donated time and heavy equipment, and that without sustained support, even a tournament course can quickly become unusable. Troy kept this one alive.
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