Wairakei International Golf Course
Waikato · 19 greens mapped
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The greens here
19 greens at Wairakei International have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 13,322 m² of putting surface altogether, with a median green of 674 m². That puts them in the largest tenth of greens in the country — 70% above the national median of 397 m².
- Steepest green: hole 14, averaging 6.2% and falling east.
- Flattest green: hole 7, at 1.1%.
- Most internal fall: hole 14, 2.20 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: hole 14, 995 m².
Every green
| Green | Size | Fall | Avg grade | Runs off to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole 1 | 938 m² | 1.53 m | 3.4% | north |
| Hole 2 | 809 m² | 1.35 m | 2.6% | north-east |
| Hole 3 | 652 m² | 1.77 m | 4.0% | east |
| Hole 4 | 634 m² | 1.09 m | 2.3% | south-east |
| Hole 5 | 557 m² | 1.37 m | 3.9% | south-west |
| Hole 6 | 595 m² | 0.90 m | 1.8% | west |
| Hole 7 | 666 m² | 0.58 m | 1.1% | west |
| Hole 8 | 703 m² | 1.08 m | 2.4% | south |
| Hole 9 | 697 m² | 1.08 m | 2.6% | south-west |
| Hole 10 | 574 m² | 0.89 m | 2.4% | east |
| Hole 11 | 583 m² | 1.09 m | 2.2% | east |
| Hole 12 | 730 m² | 0.97 m | 2.4% | south |
| Hole 13 | 570 m² | 1.31 m | 3.1% | east |
| Hole 14 | 995 m² | 2.20 m | 6.2% | east |
| Hole 15 | 706 m² | 0.91 m | 2.4% | south-west |
| Hole 16 | 763 m² | 0.60 m | 2.0% | north-east |
| Hole 17 | 674 m² | 0.82 m | 2.0% | south-west |
| Hole 18 | 640 m² | 1.25 m | 3.1% | south-west |
| Green A | 836 m² | 1.40 m | 2.7% | 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 (Waikato, 2021), 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 2021. More about how this is made.