Golf courses in Canterbury
31 courses · 495 greens mapped
The greens in Canterbury
495 greens across 31 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 230,553 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 426 m². That is within a few percent of the national median of 397 m². The median grade is 2.02%, 0.26 points gentler than the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Koura Bay Golf Resort, averaging 5.0% across its 10 greens.
- Gentlest greens: Kurow Golf Club, averaging 1.1%.
- Single steepest green: hole 5 at Highfield Golf Course, 14.2%.
- Most internal fall: green i at Shirley Golf Course, 3.60 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: green l at Shirley Golf Course, 1855 m².
Every course in Canterbury
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akaroa Golf Club | 17 | 5,402 m² | 308 m² | 4.3% |
| Amberley Golf Club | 15 | 5,330 m² | 359 m² | 1.2% |
| Avondale Golf Course | 19 | 11,585 m² | 580 m² | 1.7% |
| Chateris Bay Golf Club | 10 | 2,494 m² | 270 m² | 3.3% |
| Clearwater Resort | 17 | 10,887 m² | 622 m² | 2.1% |
| Coringa Country Club | 11 | 5,254 m² | 461 m² | 2.0% |
| Everglades Golf Course | 9 | 2,986 m² | 330 m² | 1.7% |
| Gleniti Golf Course | 20 | 7,037 m² | 343 m² | 3.1% |
| Hagley Golf Club | 15 | 5,047 m² | 306 m² | 1.3% |
| Hanmer Springs Golf Club | 18 | 9,294 m² | 532 m² | 2.2% |
| Harewood Golf Club | 19 | 9,597 m² | 474 m² | 2.4% |
| Highfield Golf Course | 18 | 6,444 m² | 359 m² | 4.1% |
| Kaiapoi Golf Course | 19 | 10,319 m² | 542 m² | 2.2% |
| Kaituna Golf Club | 9 | 4,993 m² | 561 m² | 1.4% |
| Koura Bay Golf Resort | 10 | 5,540 m² | 621 m² | 5.0% |
| Kurow Golf Club | 9 | 2,331 m² | 256 m² | 1.1% |
| Mackenzie Golf Club | 9 | 2,304 m² | 260 m² | 3.4% |
| McLeans Island Golf Club | 19 | 9,709 m² | 484 m² | 2.2% |
| Omarama Golf Club | 9 | 2,498 m² | 274 m² | 1.4% |
| Pegasus Golf and Sports Club | 26 | 14,099 m² | 551 m² | 2.3% |
| Pleasant Point Golf Course | 18 | 7,387 m² | 384 m² | 2.5% |
| Rangiora Golf Club | 20 | 6,843 m² | 345 m² | 1.5% |
| Russley Golf Club | 20 | 12,955 m² | 668 m² | 2.2% |
| Shirley Golf Course | 15 | 18,936 m² | 1240 m² | 2.9% |
| Templeton Golf Club | 19 | 8,857 m² | 475 m² | 1.8% |
| Temuka Golf Course | 19 | 5,800 m² | 284 m² | 1.8% |
| Tinwald Goft Club | 18 | 7,481 m² | 410 m² | 1.7% |
| Tokarahi Golf Club | 10 | 2,654 m² | 255 m² | 3.8% |
| Waimairi Beach Golf Course | 22 | 8,636 m² | 381 m² | 2.2% |
| Waitikiri Golf Course | 21 | 12,522 m² | 527 m² | 2.0% |
| Windsor Golf Club | 15 | 5,332 m² | 332 m² | 2.7% |
“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.