Poverty Bay Golf Course
Gisborne · 20 greens mapped
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The greens here
20 greens at Poverty Bay have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 10,323 m² of putting surface altogether, with a median green of 517 m². The national median is 397 m², so these run 30% larger than average.
- Steepest green: hole 14, averaging 4.0% and falling north.
- Flattest green: green b, at 0.6%.
- Most internal fall: hole 1, 1.38 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: green a, 849 m².
Every green
| Green | Size | Fall | Avg grade | Runs off to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole 1 | 638 m² | 1.38 m | 3.8% | north |
| Hole 2 | 557 m² | 0.53 m | 0.9% | south-east |
| Hole 3 | 571 m² | 0.57 m | 1.2% | east |
| Hole 4 | 534 m² | 0.56 m | 1.5% | north-west |
| Hole 5 | 616 m² | 0.73 m | 1.7% | north-west |
| Hole 6 | 489 m² | 0.78 m | 2.2% | south-east |
| Hole 7 | 469 m² | 0.58 m | 1.2% | south-east |
| Hole 8 | 536 m² | 0.94 m | 3.1% | north-east |
| Hole 9 | 513 m² | 0.55 m | 1.7% | south |
| Hole 10 | 431 m² | 0.58 m | 1.4% | north |
| Hole 11 | 399 m² | 0.74 m | 3.1% | south |
| Hole 12 | 481 m² | 0.79 m | 2.2% | north-east |
| Hole 13 | 400 m² | 0.39 m | 1.5% | east |
| Hole 14 | 471 m² | 1.30 m | 4.0% | north |
| Hole 15 | 522 m² | 0.68 m | 1.9% | north-west |
| Hole 16 | 325 m² | 0.74 m | 3.7% | north-west |
| Hole 17 | 564 m² | 0.79 m | 2.3% | west |
| Hole 18 | 542 m² | 0.95 m | 3.1% | west |
| Green A | 849 m² | 1.08 m | 2.1% | south |
| Green B | 417 m² | 0.45 m | 0.6% | 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 (Gisborne, 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.