Golf courses in Otago
23 courses · 328 greens mapped
The greens in Otago
328 greens across 23 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 139,779 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 395 m². That is within a few percent of the national median of 397 m². The median grade is 2.54%, 0.26 points steeper than the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Roxburgh Golf Club, averaging 4.1% across its 18 greens.
- Gentlest greens: 12 Oaks Golf Course, averaging 1.1%.
- Single steepest green: hole 6 at Roxburgh Golf Club, 9.3%.
- Most internal fall: green g at The Hills, 3.08 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: hole 1 at The Hills, 1734 m².
Every course in Otago
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Oaks Golf Course | 9 | 2,875 m² | 326 m² | 1.1% |
| Ardleigh Golf Club | 9 | 3,280 m² | 347 m² | 2.9% |
| Arrowtown Golf Course | 21 | 6,634 m² | 305 m² | 2.7% |
| Chisholm Park Golf | 18 | 7,015 m² | 375 m² | 2.1% |
| Clyde Golf Course | 9 | 4,468 m² | 493 m² | 1.6% |
| Frankton Golf Centre | 10 | 3,069 m² | 305 m² | 1.5% |
| Gladfield Country Club | 9 | 2,490 m² | 291 m² | 4.0% |
| Island Park Golf Club | 10 | 3,470 m² | 353 m² | 2.3% |
| Jacks Point Golf Course | 19 | 13,260 m² | 687 m² | 2.9% |
| JTee's Golf Course & Function Centre | 10 | 2,329 m² | 229 m² | 3.7% |
| Kaitangata Golf Club | 9 | 2,515 m² | 266 m² | 2.3% |
| Kingston Golf Club | 9 | 2,127 m² | 239 m² | 3.2% |
| Middlemarch Golf Club | 10 | 2,771 m² | 274 m² | 1.9% |
| Millbrook | 29 | 18,041 m² | 618 m² | 2.8% |
| Omakau Golf Club | 9 | 3,387 m² | 363 m² | 3.0% |
| Otago Golf Club | 21 | 10,515 m² | 483 m² | 2.9% |
| Ōwaka Golf Club | 9 | 2,524 m² | 285 m² | 2.7% |
| Roxburgh Golf Club | 18 | 6,097 m² | 298 m² | 4.1% |
| St Clair Golf Course | 20 | 10,535 m² | 514 m² | 2.8% |
| Taieri Lakes Golf Club | 20 | 9,089 m² | 467 m² | 2.2% |
| The Hills | 30 | 16,501 m² | 493 m² | 3.2% |
| Toko Golf Club | 10 | 3,972 m² | 382 m² | 2.5% |
| Waikouaiti Golf Club | 10 | 2,815 m² | 300 m² | 2.1% |
“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.