It has been six years in the making but Tauranga finally has a permanent disc golf course, set to take on the spotlight in the annual Tauranga Xtreme Disc Golf Classic this weekend.

In recent months Tauranga Disc Golf Club members have been busily installing $9000 worth of baskets and tee pads for the 18-hole course nestled in McLaren Falls Park.

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This construction comes after years of installing temporary ‘holes' for local and national events, where Tauranga City Council late last year announced plans for the new course were finalised with the help of the sports national body.

Played much life traditional golf players use a frisbee, instead of a ball and clubs, aiming to throw the frisbee into a metal basket or ‘hole' with the least amount of shots.

This weekend's event is the first time the course will be used in an event capacity since installation.

It is part of the 17 leg nationwide tour including Gisborne, Wanaka and Waiheke Island.

Tauranga City Council confirms all of the frisbee baskets are in, and while signs and instructions for the public are yet to be installed the course will be ready for the public for free from next week.

Contributors to the project included Tauranga Disc Golf Club, Western Bay of Plenty District Council, Rotary and Tauranga City Council.

The Disc Golf New Zealand website outlines the current McLaren Falls set up as ''Extreme” disc golf at its best with punishing with gusty winds and steep hills at times.

Tauranga hosted the Disc Golf nationals in 2001, testing the country's top players to the max.

In the Bay of Plenty there are three courses, McLaren Falls Park, Omokoroa Beach Reserve and Yatton Park.

The Tauranga Xtreme Disc Golf Classic runs both today and tomorrow.