Otautau Golf Course
Southland · 9 greens mapped
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The greens here
9 greens at Otautau have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 1,955 m² of putting surface altogether, with a median green of 206 m². That puts them in the smallest tenth in the country — 48% below the national median of 397 m².
- Steepest green: hole 3, averaging 4.3% and falling north-east.
- Flattest green: hole 1, at 1.4%.
- Most internal fall: hole 3, 0.72 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: hole 2, 353 m².
Every green
| Green | Size | Fall | Avg grade | Runs off to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole 1 | 181 m² | 0.35 m | 1.4% | north |
| Hole 2 | 353 m² | 0.66 m | 3.6% | north-west |
| Hole 3 | 270 m² | 0.72 m | 4.3% | north-east |
| Hole 4 | 206 m² | 0.39 m | 2.3% | north-east |
| Hole 5 | 165 m² | 0.31 m | 2.1% | north |
| Hole 6 | 261 m² | 0.38 m | 2.1% | north-west |
| Hole 7 | 135 m² | 0.32 m | 1.9% | north-west |
| Hole 8 | 217 m² | 0.60 m | 3.6% | north |
| Hole 9 | 169 m² | 0.38 m | 2.3% | north |
“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.