Golf courses in Gisborne
5 courses · 77 greens mapped
The greens in Gisborne
77 greens across 5 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 28,524 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 365 m². That is within a few percent of the national median of 397 m². The median grade is 1.74%, 0.54 points gentler than the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Te Puia Hot Springs Golf Club, averaging 3.3% across its 16 greens.
- Gentlest greens: Patutahi Golf Club, averaging 1.2%.
- Single steepest green: hole 5 at Te Puia Hot Springs Golf Club, 6.8%.
- Most internal fall: hole 5 at Te Puia Hot Springs Golf Club, 1.41 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: green a at Poverty Bay Golf Course, 849 m².
Every course in Gisborne
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gisborne Park Golf Club | 21 | 8,141 m² | 383 m² | 1.8% |
| Patutahi Golf Club | 11 | 3,276 m² | 287 m² | 1.2% |
| Poverty Bay Golf Course | 20 | 10,323 m² | 517 m² | 2.2% |
| Te Puia Hot Springs Golf Club | 16 | 3,708 m² | 214 m² | 3.3% |
| Tolaga Bay Golf Club | 9 | 3,076 m² | 357 m² | 1.5% |
“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.