Golf courses in Manawatū-Whanganui
12 courses · 213 greens mapped
The greens in Manawatū-Whanganui
213 greens across 12 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 82,247 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 386 m². That is within a few percent of the national median of 397 m². The median grade is 1.96%, 0.32 points gentler than the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Apiti Golf Course, averaging 2.7% across its 9 greens.
- Gentlest greens: Castlecliff Golf Course, averaging 1.7%.
- Single steepest green: hole 6 at Apiti Golf Course, 6.0%.
- Most internal fall: hole 7 at Wanganui Golf Club, 1.47 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: green a at Manawatu Golf Course, 988 m².
Every course in Manawatū-Whanganui
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apiti Golf Course | 9 | 965 m² | 91 m² | 2.7% |
| Castlecliff Golf Course | 18 | 7,194 m² | 379 m² | 1.7% |
| Dannevirke Golf Course | 17 | 6,519 m² | 374 m² | 1.8% |
| Feilding Golf Club | 18 | 7,276 m² | 403 m² | 1.7% |
| Manawatu Golf Course | 20 | 9,335 m² | 418 m² | 1.9% |
| Ōtaki Golf Club | 20 | 7,613 m² | 372 m² | 2.0% |
| Pahiatua Golf Club | 18 | 4,926 m² | 270 m² | 2.5% |
| Palmerston North Golf Course | 18 | 8,779 m² | 459 m² | 1.8% |
| Rangatira Golf Club | 18 | 7,881 m² | 425 m² | 2.5% |
| Rangitikei Golf Club | 19 | 5,566 m² | 268 m² | 2.6% |
| Taumarunui Golf Club | 19 | 7,285 m² | 356 m² | 2.6% |
| Wanganui Golf Club | 19 | 8,908 m² | 435 m² | 2.0% |
“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.