Whataroa Golf Club
West Coast · 9 greens mapped
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The greens here
9 greens at Whataroa have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 2,133 m² of putting surface altogether, with a median green of 231 m². That puts them in the smallest tenth in the country — 42% below the national median of 397 m².
- Steepest green: green b, averaging 5.7% and falling south-west.
- Flattest green: green i, at 0.9%.
- Most internal fall: green b, 0.90 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: green a, 312 m².
Every green
| Green | Size | Fall | Avg grade | Runs off to the |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green A | 312 m² | 0.29 m | 1.5% | south |
| Green B | 162 m² | 0.90 m | 5.7% | south-west |
| Green C | 184 m² | 0.67 m | 5.1% | north-east |
| Green D | 231 m² | 0.32 m | 1.0% | north |
| Green E | 286 m² | 0.47 m | 1.4% | north-east |
| Green F | 220 m² | 0.47 m | 1.5% | north |
| Green G | 232 m² | 0.44 m | 2.2% | north |
| Green H | 286 m² | 0.41 m | 1.1% | north-east |
| Green I | 221 m² | 0.35 m | 0.9% | west |
“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 (West Coast, 2020-2022), 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 2022. More about how this is made.