Thames Golf Club
Waikato · 19 greens mapped
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The greens here
19 greens at Thames have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 6,232 m² of putting surface altogether, with a median green of 337 m². The national median is 397 m², so these run 15% smaller than average.
- Steepest green: hole 5, averaging 6.4% and falling south-west.
- Flattest green: hole 7, at 0.9%.
- Most internal fall: hole 5, 1.17 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: hole 6, 450 m².
Every green
| Green | Size | Fall | Avg grade | Runs off to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole 1 | 367 m² | 0.66 m | 2.5% | west |
| Hole 2 | 234 m² | 0.62 m | 3.1% | south-west |
| Hole 3 | 388 m² | 1.07 m | 4.0% | west |
| Hole 4 | 322 m² | 0.99 m | 4.0% | south-west |
| Hole 5 | 296 m² | 1.17 m | 6.4% | south-west |
| Hole 6 | 450 m² | 0.64 m | 1.3% | south |
| Hole 7 | 311 m² | 0.29 m | 0.9% | south |
| Hole 8 | 347 m² | 0.26 m | 1.1% | north |
| Hole 9 | 392 m² | 0.58 m | 2.1% | east |
| Hole 10 | 329 m² | 0.36 m | 1.1% | west |
| Hole 11 | 370 m² | 0.50 m | 2.6% | west |
| Hole 12 | 337 m² | 1.08 m | 4.5% | south-west |
| Hole 13 | 248 m² | 0.93 m | 5.4% | south |
| Hole 14 | 289 m² | 0.95 m | 3.8% | south-east |
| Hole 15 | 338 m² | 0.56 m | 2.2% | south-west |
| Hole 16 | 362 m² | 0.42 m | 1.7% | north-east |
| Hole 17 | 292 m² | 0.60 m | 2.7% | south |
| Hole 18 | 365 m² | 0.60 m | 1.9% | south-east |
| Green A | 196 m² | 0.34 m | 2.0% | 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 (Waikato, 2024), 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 2024. More about how this is made.