Golf courses in Waikato
25 courses · 433 greens mapped
The greens in Waikato
433 greens across 25 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 175,771 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 369 m². That is within a few percent of the national median of 397 m². The median grade is 2.49%, 0.21 points steeper than the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Raglan Golf Club, averaging 4.3% across its 19 greens.
- Gentlest greens: Ngāhinapōuri Golf Course, averaging 1.2%.
- Single steepest green: hole 2 at Raglan Golf Club, 7.4%.
- Most internal fall: hole 11 at The Dunes Golf Course, 2.20 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: green a at Taupo Golf Course, 1297 m².
Every course in Waikato
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coromandel Golf Course | 9 | 3,056 m² | 336 m² | 3.4% |
| Hamilton Golf Club | 20 | 11,351 m² | 579 m² | 2.2% |
| Hauraki Golf Club | 18 | 7,462 m² | 402 m² | 3.0% |
| Horsham Downs Golf Club | 11 | 4,360 m² | 373 m² | 2.6% |
| Hukanui Golf Club | 9 | 3,152 m² | 366 m² | 1.6% |
| Huntly Golf Club | 19 | 5,735 m² | 295 m² | 1.8% |
| Morrinsville Golf Club | 19 | 6,457 m² | 352 m² | 2.9% |
| Ngāhinapōuri Golf Course | 11 | 2,944 m² | 256 m² | 1.2% |
| Ngāruawahia Golf Club | 19 | 9,268 m² | 496 m² | 2.2% |
| Okoroire Golf Club | 9 | 1,759 m² | 201 m² | 1.8% |
| Onewhero Golf Club | 19 | 6,539 m² | 346 m² | 2.5% |
| Piopio / Aria Golf Club | 19 | 6,759 m² | 364 m² | 3.3% |
| Raglan Golf Club | 19 | 4,720 m² | 254 m² | 4.3% |
| Taupo Golf Course | 37 | 14,240 m² | 354 m² | 2.4% |
| Te Awamutu Golf Club | 20 | 8,355 m² | 407 m² | 2.4% |
| Thames Golf Club | 19 | 6,232 m² | 337 m² | 2.8% |
| The Dunes Golf Course | 11 | 4,502 m² | 428 m² | 2.2% |
| The Kinloch Club | 20 | 11,472 m² | 550 m² | 2.9% |
| Tieke Golf Estate | 20 | 11,789 m² | 553 m² | 2.1% |
| Tirau Golf Club | 18 | 6,233 m² | 344 m² | 3.8% |
| Turangi Golf Club | 19 | 8,016 m² | 404 m² | 2.3% |
| Wairakei 9-hole Golf Course | 10 | 2,756 m² | 274 m² | 2.7% |
| Wairakei International Golf Course | 19 | 13,322 m² | 674 m² | 2.8% |
| Waitomo Golf Club | 18 | 6,232 m² | 334 m² | 2.8% |
| Whangamata Golf Club (Titoki Course) | 21 | 9,060 m² | 400 m² | 2.8% |
“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.