Golf courses in Northland
18 courses · 300 greens mapped
The greens in Northland
300 greens across 18 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 116,149 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 368 m². That is within a few percent of the national median of 397 m². The median grade is 2.55%, 0.27 points steeper than the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Okaihau Golf Club, averaging 4.2% across its 9 greens.
- Gentlest greens: La Pointe Golf Course, averaging 1.5%.
- Single steepest green: green g at Kauri Cliffs, 12.6%.
- Most internal fall: hole 14 at Carrington Estate, 2.17 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: hole 5 at Carrington Estate, 1122 m².
Every course in Northland
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay of Islands Golf Club | 20 | 8,545 m² | 388 m² | 2.3% |
| Carrington Estate | 19 | 11,270 m² | 556 m² | 3.0% |
| Hikurangi Golf Club | 18 | 5,389 m² | 286 m² | 3.8% |
| Houhora Golf Club | 9 | 2,199 m² | 235 m² | 2.9% |
| Kaikohe Golf Club | 18 | 5,973 m² | 342 m² | 4.1% |
| Kamo 9 Hole | 9 | 1,526 m² | 181 m² | 3.3% |
| Kauri Cliffs | 25 | 11,885 m² | 548 m² | 3.5% |
| La Pointe Golf Course | 9 | 2,237 m² | 232 m² | 1.5% |
| Mangawhai Golf Club | 19 | 10,398 m² | 551 m² | 3.4% |
| Northern Wairoa Golf Club | 18 | 7,651 m² | 399 m² | 3.0% |
| Northland Golf Club | 20 | 7,095 m² | 348 m² | 2.7% |
| Okaihau Golf Club | 9 | 2,332 m² | 255 m² | 4.2% |
| Pines Golf Club | 20 | 6,580 m² | 337 m² | 2.4% |
| Rawene Golf Club | 9 | 1,986 m² | 202 m² | 3.4% |
| Sherwood Park Golf Club | 20 | 6,964 m² | 370 m² | 2.5% |
| Waipu Golf Club | 20 | 8,478 m² | 405 m² | 2.6% |
| Waitangi Golf Club | 19 | 7,231 m² | 365 m² | 2.3% |
| Whangarei Golf Club | 19 | 8,410 m² | 412 m² | 2.6% |
“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.