Note: With the summer approaching, local disc golf enthusiasts are rallying to maintain area courses and increase opportunities to play. The News Star visited our local courses and interviewed people interested in growing disc golf opportunities in Garvin County. See also articles on Pauls Valley and Elmore City.
In Lindsay, Kaleb Arter built a disc golf course around the lake at George Brown Park, north of town and near the Municipal Golf Course, as an Eagle Scout project in 2014.
The course is nine holes. Over time, brush hogs have hit the poles that serve as tees as well as some of the baskets. The signs at the starting location and the tees have become worn in the sun.
Now, 12 years later, Arter’s sister Kylie Clerc has led an effort to restore the course.
“It is important to me to go back and do some restoration,” Clerc said. “We’re trying to bring it back to what it was.”
Using new tools that have been developed since 2014, Clerc and her family have created new signs with maps for the tees using high-quality, UV-resistant materials.
They also replaced tee posts that had been knocked over and repaired broken baskets. They painted the top rim of the baskets to make them more visible. The group is still working on a new sign for the start of the course.
“It is super exciting for me to see the course used again for the community of Lindsay, and for my brother’s work to be utilized by our community,” Clerc said.
Lindsay Recreation Director Kim Griffith appreciated the assistance of the volunteers.
“A lot of people just don’t know it is there,” Griffith said about the course. “Once we have the fresh coat of paint and a facelift completed, we are planning to let people know that it’s out there again.”
