Whakatāne drawn from GolfCore's traced course vectors — fairways, tees, greens, bunkers and water, in the app's own colors. This is the same geometry the app maps a round on.

19Greens Mapped 187Elevation Contours 6.4%Steepest Slope 18Holes 70Par

Green contour map of Whakatāne in Thornton, New Zealand — 187 elevation contours at a 8-centimeter interval with fall-line arrows, traced from 1-meter lidar — One of 19 mapped greens at Whakatāne, drawn from GolfCore's contour data baked from 1-meter national lidar elevation data, in the same colors the app uses. Elevation bands run cool-low to warm-high; white lines are contours at a 8-centimeter interval, and dark arrows point down the fall line.

The course, by the numbers

Location	Thornton, New Zealand
Address	181 Golf Links Road, Thornton 3191, New Zealand
Phone	+64 7 308 8117
Website	whakatanegolf.com
Holes	18
Par	70
Greens mapped	19
Elevation contours	187
Contour interval	8-centimeter
Largest green elevation span	1.20 m
Steepest measured slope	6.4%
Course map	Traced hole by hole
Wind modeling	Live wind grid, 16 directions
Tree canopy	1-meter canopy height model
Course data updated	2026-08-07

The card

Hole	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Out
Par	5	4	4	4	3	4	4	4	4	36
Yards	495	349	309	406	212	407	409	330	419	3,336

Hole	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	In
Par	4	3	4	5	3	4	3	4	4	34
Yards	394	172	442	542	169	379	198	460	396	3,152

Total70 Yards6,488

Hole	Par	Yards
1	5	495
2	4	349
3	4	309
4	4	406
5	3	212
6	4	407
7	4	409
8	4	330
9	4	419
Out	36	3,336
10	4	394
11	3	172
12	4	442
13	5	542
14	3	169
15	4	379
16	3	198
17	4	460
18	4	396
In	34	3,152
Total	70	6,488

Hole data is what GolfCore holds for the course's layout. Clubs correct their own data in the app.

What GolfCore has for Whakatāne

GolfCore's library covers Whakatāne Golf Club green by green: 19 putting surfaces traced with 187 elevation contours from 1-meter national lidar elevation data. The steepest measured slope on these greens tilts at 6.4 percent — the difference between a putt that dies at the hole and one that runs four feet past.

In the app, players and caddies read the same data live on the course: contour bands with fall-line arrows, wind simulated at the player's position, and pin positions that clubs on GolfCore set each morning. Whakatāne Golf Club is one of more than six thousand courses GolfCore has mapped green by green.

For clubs, the same system runs the tee sheet and the caddie yard — assignments off real tee times, SMS confirmations, and a caddie network that spans every club on the platform. Read how caddie management on GolfCore works.

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Staff at Whakatāne can claim this course by signing in with an email address at the club's own domain. That sets the club up on GolfCore with you as an administrator.

GolfCore maps courses from public elevation data and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Whakatāne. Represent this club? Request changes or removal through our contact page.