Nelson Golf Club
Nelson · 25 greens mapped
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The greens here
25 greens at Nelson have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 10,802 m² of putting surface altogether, with a median green of 450 m². The national median is 397 m², so these run 13% larger than average.
- Steepest green: hole 7, averaging 3.1% and falling west.
- Flattest green: green g, at 0.2%.
- Most internal fall: hole 10, 0.93 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: hole 10, 835 m².
Every green
| Green | Size | Fall | Avg grade | Runs off to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole 1 | 635 m² | 0.72 m | 2.3% | west |
| Hole 2 | 583 m² | 0.63 m | 1.9% | north-east |
| Hole 3 | 405 m² | 0.72 m | 2.4% | south-west |
| Hole 4 | 450 m² | 0.45 m | 0.7% | north-east |
| Hole 5 | 461 m² | 0.77 m | 2.7% | north |
| Hole 6 | 385 m² | 0.80 m | 2.1% | north |
| Hole 7 | 496 m² | 0.91 m | 3.1% | west |
| Hole 8 | 411 m² | 0.65 m | 2.4% | south |
| Hole 9 | 696 m² | 0.88 m | 1.4% | north |
| Hole 10 | 835 m² | 0.93 m | 2.5% | south-east |
| Hole 11 | 451 m² | 0.36 m | 1.2% | north |
| Hole 12 | 418 m² | 0.33 m | 0.5% | south |
| Hole 13 | 604 m² | 0.54 m | 1.2% | south-west |
| Hole 14 | 355 m² | 0.49 m | 2.0% | east |
| Hole 15 | 469 m² | 0.45 m | 1.1% | west |
| Hole 16 | 400 m² | 0.61 m | 1.4% | west |
| Hole 17 | 523 m² | 0.88 m | 1.9% | west |
| Hole 18 | 550 m² | 0.52 m | 1.7% | north |
| Green A | 290 m² | 0.27 m | 0.8% | south-west |
| Green B | 544 m² | 0.17 m | 0.3% | north-west |
| Green C | 198 m² | 0.39 m | 1.9% | west |
| Green D | 117 m² | 0.10 m | 0.3% | east |
| Green E | 143 m² | 0.16 m | 0.8% | north-west |
| Green F | 214 m² | 0.23 m | 0.5% | south |
| Green G | 172 m² | 0.09 m | 0.2% | north-east |
“Fall” is the height difference between the lowest and highest point of the putting surface. “Avg grade” is the best-fit plane across it — a green can average 2% and still have a shelf on it, which is what the app shows and a table cannot.
Where these numbers come from
Heights come from Land Information New Zealand’s 1 m LiDAR elevation survey (Nelson, 2025), published openly under CC BY 4.0. Green outlines and hole numbers come from OpenStreetMap under the Open Database Licence. Slope uncertainty on this course works out at ±0.15%.
Slope is measured. Break is modelled — the read in the app is a physics simulation of a ball rolling over the measured surface, and it knows nothing about grain or moisture. The survey predates any green rebuilt since 2025. More about how this is made.