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Poverty Bay yardage book

Golf course in Elgin, Gisborne, New Zealand

Holes
18
Par
72
Length
6,016 m6,579 yards
Bunkers
36
Water
2 holes

18 holes, par 72, about 6,016 metres (6,579 yards) along the hole lines. The par 3s are 2, 6 and 11. The par 5s are 1, 5 and 12. The longest hole is the 5th at 476 m, the shortest the 6th at 115 m. The map shows 36 bunkers. Water is in play on holes 5 and 16.

Poverty Bay course map

Every hole, numbered, as the app draws it.

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Poverty Bay hole by hole

Each hole turned so it plays up the page, from the tee at the bottom. Every green's slopes are mapped: flip a card to see its green.

Hole 1

Par 5 · 473 m

Plays west. 2 bunkers.

Green 35 m deep, 25 m wide. Falls 4% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 2

Par 3 · 198 m

Plays west. 5 bunkers.

Green 36 m deep, 18 m wide. Nearly flat overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 3

Par 4 · 354 m

Plays north-west. Dogleg left.

Green 35 m deep, 20 m wide. Falls 1% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 4

Par 4 · 367 m

Plays east. Dogleg right. 1 bunker.

Green 32 m deep, 22 m wide. Falls 2% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 5

Par 5 · 476 m

Plays east. 1 bunker and water.

Green 32 m deep, 29 m wide. Falls 2% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 6

Par 3 · 115 m

Plays north-west. 5 bunkers.

Green 29 m deep, 22 m wide. Falls 2% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 7

Par 4 · 317 m

Plays north-west. Dogleg right. 3 bunkers.

Green 33 m deep, 22 m wide. Falls 1% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 8

Par 4 · 331 m

Plays south. 6 bunkers.

Green 31 m deep, 27 m wide. Falls 3% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 9

Par 4 · 382 m

Plays north-east. 6 bunkers.

Green 33 m deep, 21 m wide. Falls 2% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 10

Par 4 · 282 m

Plays south-west. Dogleg left. 4 bunkers.

Green 32 m deep, 21 m wide. Falls 1% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 11

Par 3 · 174 m

Plays north. 2 bunkers.

Green 26 m deep, 20 m wide. Falls 3% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 12

Par 5 · 457 m

Plays west. Dogleg right. 2 bunkers.

Green 36 m deep, 19 m wide. Falls 2% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 13

Par 4 · 331 m

Plays west. 1 bunker.

Green 25 m deep, 22 m wide. Falls 1% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 14

Par 4 · 303 m

Plays south. 1 bunker.

Green 31 m deep, 24 m wide. Falls 4% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 15

Par 4 · 379 m

Plays north-east. 3 bunkers.

Green 35 m deep, 23 m wide. Falls 2% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 16

Par 4 · 345 m

Plays south-east. Dogleg left. 3 bunkers and water.

Green 23 m deep, 19 m wide. Falls 4% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 17

Par 4 · 376 m

Plays east. Dogleg left. 3 bunkers.

Green 35 m deep, 21 m wide. Falls 2% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole 18

Par 4 · 355 m

Plays north-east. 3 bunkers.

Green 33 m deep, 22 m wide. Falls 3% overall. An arrow every 4 m here, every 2 m in the app.

Hole distances

HoleParLengthBunkersWater
15473 m2–
23198 m5–
34354 m––
44367 m1–
55476 m11
63115 m5–
74317 m3–
84331 m6–
94382 m6–
Out363,013 m
HoleParLengthBunkersWater
104282 m4–
113174 m2–
125457 m2–
134331 m1–
144303 m1–
154379 m3–
164345 m31
174376 m3–
184355 m3–
In363,002 m

Lengths are measured along each hole's line on OpenStreetMap, so they can differ from the club's card. A bunker between two holes counts on both.

The app

Poverty Bay in your pocket

On your iPhone and Apple Watch, Number & Line turns this map into a yardage book, with distances to the front, middle and back of each green from where you stand. You can plan each hole at home and get club advice from your own distances and the day's wind.

The app is coming soon to the App Store, and this course is already built for it.

See the app

The app on the course: a hole in colour with distances from the player and the caddie's note

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Course map © OpenStreetMap contributors, under the Open Database Licence. See it on OpenStreetMap, where anyone can correct it. Green slopes: LINZ New Zealand LiDAR 1 m DEM (CC BY 4.0). Our maps are open data too. Number & Line isn't connected with the club.