Golf courses in Hawke's Bay
13 courses · 181 greens mapped
The greens in Hawke's Bay
181 greens across 13 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 77,119 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 406 m². That is within a few percent of the national median of 397 m². The median grade is 2.24%, about the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Wairunga Golf Course, averaging 6.3% across its 10 greens.
- Gentlest greens: Awatoto Public Course, averaging 1.6%.
- Single steepest green: green j at Wairunga Golf Course, 14.9%.
- Most internal fall: green j at Wairunga Golf Course, 2.26 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: green r at Wairoa Golf Club, 870 m².
Every course in Hawke's Bay
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awatoto Public Course | 9 | 2,118 m² | 227 m² | 1.6% |
| Cape Kidnappers Golf Course | 19 | 11,648 m² | 627 m² | 3.1% |
| Golflands | 11 | 3,261 m² | 295 m² | 2.4% |
| Hastings Golf Club | 17 | 7,942 m² | 483 m² | 2.9% |
| Hawke's Bay Golf Club | 20 | 11,153 m² | 557 m² | 2.3% |
| Māhia Golf Course | 10 | 3,404 m² | 300 m² | 1.9% |
| Maraenui Golf Club | 19 | 10,029 m² | 532 m² | 1.7% |
| Napier Golf Club | 11 | 5,483 m² | 510 m² | 2.3% |
| Onga Onga Golf Club | 9 | 3,145 m² | 350 m² | 2.6% |
| Te Pohue Golf Club | 9 | 2,674 m² | 308 m² | 3.5% |
| Waipukurau Golf Course | 19 | 6,279 m² | 347 m² | 1.7% |
| Wairoa Golf Club | 18 | 7,393 m² | 380 m² | 2.2% |
| Wairunga Golf Course | 10 | 2,590 m² | 252 m² | 6.3% |
“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.