Golf courses in Bay of Plenty
15 courses · 267 greens mapped
The greens in Bay of Plenty
267 greens across 15 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 116,416 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 432 m². The national median is 397 m², so greens here run 9% larger than average. The median grade is 2.44%, 0.16 points steeper than the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Ōpōtiki Golf Club, averaging 3.3% across its 18 greens.
- Gentlest greens: Fairview Estate, averaging 1.7%.
- Single steepest green: hole 9 at Ōhope Beach Golf Course, 6.8%.
- Most internal fall: hole 11 at Ōhope Beach Golf Course, 1.82 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: green c at Te Puke Golf Club, 873 m².
Every course in Bay of Plenty
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arikikapakapa Golf Course | 18 | 9,281 m² | 505 m² | 2.5% |
| Fairview Estate | 19 | 7,797 m² | 404 m² | 1.7% |
| Lake Rotoiti Golf Course | 11 | 4,594 m² | 416 m² | 2.1% |
| Lake View Golf and Country Club | 19 | 6,712 m² | 356 m² | 3.2% |
| Mount Maunganui Golf Club | 18 | 8,579 m² | 477 m² | 2.1% |
| Ōhope Beach Golf Course | 19 | 9,303 m² | 474 m² | 2.9% |
| Omanu Golf Club | 20 | 9,224 m² | 436 m² | 1.9% |
| Ōmokoroa Golf Club | 20 | 8,716 m² | 430 m² | 2.5% |
| Ōpōtiki Golf Club | 18 | 5,986 m² | 315 m² | 3.3% |
| Renner Park Golf Course | 9 | 2,451 m² | 269 m² | 1.8% |
| Springfield Golf Course | 17 | 7,389 m² | 422 m² | 2.8% |
| Tauranga Golf Club | 18 | 8,688 m² | 456 m² | 2.7% |
| Te Puke Golf Club | 21 | 9,868 m² | 459 m² | 2.6% |
| Waihi Golf Club | 20 | 8,933 m² | 467 m² | 3.2% |
| Whakatāne Golf Club | 20 | 8,895 m² | 434 m² | 2.3% |
“Avg grade” is the best-fit plane across each green, averaged over the course — 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, published openly under CC BY 4.0. Green outlines and hole numbers come from OpenStreetMap under the Open Database Licence. Slope is measured; break is modelled.