Golf courses in Taranaki
8 courses · 144 greens mapped
The greens in Taranaki
144 greens across 8 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 52,643 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 350 m². The national median is 397 m², so greens here run 12% smaller than average. The median grade is 1.85%, 0.43 points gentler than the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Waverley Golf Club, averaging 3.7% across its 18 greens.
- Gentlest greens: Eltham Golf Club, averaging 1.6%.
- Single steepest green: hole 12 at Waverley Golf Club, 6.9%.
- Most internal fall: hole 18 at Ngamotu Golf Course, 2.55 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: hole 8 at Ngamotu Golf Course, 773 m².
Every course in Taranaki
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eltham Golf Club | 12 | 4,032 m² | 328 m² | 1.6% |
| Fitzroy Golf Club | 18 | 5,125 m² | 270 m² | 3.1% |
| Hawera Golf Club | 19 | 7,268 m² | 349 m² | 1.7% |
| Manaia Golf Club | 19 | 5,668 m² | 290 m² | 1.7% |
| Ngamotu Golf Course | 20 | 9,366 m² | 455 m² | 2.2% |
| Opunake Golf Club | 18 | 7,199 m² | 441 m² | 2.2% |
| Te Ngutu Golf Club | 20 | 6,282 m² | 322 m² | 1.8% |
| Waverley Golf Club | 18 | 7,703 m² | 431 m² | 3.7% |
“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.