Golf courses in West Coast
4 courses · 50 greens mapped
The greens in West Coast
50 greens across 4 courses have been mapped from the national LiDAR survey — 13,391 m² of putting surface, with a median green of 274 m². The national median is 397 m², so greens here run 31% smaller than average. The median grade is 1.48%, 0.80 points gentler than the national median of 2.28%.
- Steepest greens: Lake Brunner Golf Course, averaging 2.8% across its 9 greens.
- Gentlest greens: Reefton Golf Club, averaging 1.6%.
- Single steepest green: green b at Whataroa Golf Club, 5.7%.
- Most internal fall: hole 2 at Westport Golf Club, 0.98 m between its low and high point.
- Largest green: hole 17 at Westport Golf Club, 452 m².
Every course in West Coast
| Course | Greens | Putting surface | Median green | Avg grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Brunner Golf Course | 9 | 1,285 m² | 138 m² | 2.8% |
| Reefton Golf Club | 14 | 4,348 m² | 318 m² | 1.6% |
| Westport Golf Club | 18 | 5,625 m² | 311 m² | 1.7% |
| Whataroa Golf Club | 9 | 2,133 m² | 231 m² | 2.2% |
“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.