Golf courses in Southland
16 courses · 190 greens mapped
The greens in Southland
190 greens across 16 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 60,630 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 315 m². The national median is 397 m², so greens here run 21% smaller than average. The median grade is 1.74%, 0.54 points gentler than the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Dipton Golf Club, averaging 6.3% across its 9 greens.
- Gentlest greens: Invercargill Golf Course, averaging 1.2%.
- Single steepest green: hole 9 at Dipton Golf Club, 9.8%.
- Most internal fall: hole 4 at Dipton Golf Club, 1.93 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: hole 7 at Wyndham Golf Club, 708 m².
Every course in Southland
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluff Golf Course | 9 | 2,170 m² | 248 m² | 4.2% |
| Dipton Golf Club | 9 | 2,606 m² | 333 m² | 6.3% |
| Drummond Golf Club | 10 | 2,600 m² | 264 m² | 1.3% |
| Gore Golf Club | 19 | 8,877 m² | 459 m² | 3.0% |
| Green Acres Country Club | 18 | 6,249 m² | 358 m² | 1.8% |
| Hedgehope Golf Course | 9 | 1,476 m² | 157 m² | 3.4% |
| Invercargill Golf Course | 20 | 7,774 m² | 390 m² | 1.2% |
| Lumsden Golf Club | 10 | 2,991 m² | 335 m² | 1.4% |
| Mataura Golf Course | 9 | 3,076 m² | 336 m² | 1.6% |
| Nightcaps Golf Course | 10 | 2,420 m² | 241 m² | 3.0% |
| Otautau Golf Course | 9 | 1,955 m² | 206 m² | 2.6% |
| Riversdale Golf Club | 9 | 2,770 m² | 279 m² | 1.5% |
| Riverton Golf Course | 10 | 2,820 m² | 292 m² | 1.7% |
| Waikaia Golf Course | 10 | 2,707 m² | 270 m² | 1.6% |
| Winton Golf Course | 19 | 5,445 m² | 302 m² | 1.5% |
| Wyndham Golf Club | 10 | 4,694 m² | 469 m² | 1.6% |
“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.