Nestled in Kelvin Grove, near Queenstown Golf Club and the Wakatipu Yacht Club, the course sits on a site featuring tight tree coverage and a range of elevation — making it a difficult area to repurpose.
Subsequently, Queenstown Disc Golf Club has been allowed to use the land to create a new course, unlike any other in the region.
Avid disc golfer, Chris Dickson acknowledges the rarity of having lake-front real estate to use for recreational purposes.
"To get land like this could cost half a million dollars elsewhere in the region, so we want to make sure we are mindful of the area and the groups that utilise nearby spaces.
"If you were to come out and play, you would see see most of us picking up rubbish."
So far, five baskets and tee pads have been installed in the course, funded by the club, but there’s a heap more work to be done before it’s fully playable — that could take more than a year.
Meantime club members, including Cory Gray, are doing the heavy lifting on the course’s development, dedicating hours of his own time to help clear debris.
Dickson: "As the club grows, we’re starting to allocate certain Sundays and hold a working bee for members of the club to help out."
