Nightcaps Golf Course
Southland · 10 greens mapped
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The greens here
10 greens at Nightcaps have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 2,420 m² of putting surface altogether, with a median green of 241 m². That puts them in the smallest tenth in the country — 39% below the national median of 397 m².
- Steepest green: hole 6, averaging 6.5% and falling west.
- Flattest green: green a, at 0.9%.
- Most internal fall: hole 6, 1.27 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: hole 1, 329 m².
Every green
| Green | Size | Fall | Avg grade | Runs off to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole 1 | 329 m² | 0.65 m | 2.7% | north-west |
| Hole 2 | 240 m² | 0.37 m | 1.9% | south |
| Hole 3 | 230 m² | 0.31 m | 1.7% | south |
| Hole 4 | 196 m² | 0.54 m | 3.3% | south-west |
| Hole 5 | 243 m² | 0.60 m | 3.3% | west |
| Hole 6 | 297 m² | 1.27 m | 6.5% | west |
| Hole 7 | 275 m² | 0.87 m | 3.8% | west |
| Hole 8 | 244 m² | 0.65 m | 3.4% | north-west |
| Hole 9 | 203 m² | 0.42 m | 2.4% | south-west |
| Green A | 165 m² | 0.20 m | 0.9% | south |
“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 (Southland, 2020-2023), 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 2023. More about how this is made.