What should I set up before my first round?

Nothing is required. If you own a launch monitor, import a session first so every number on the course is built on your own carries and labeled Measured from the first hole; without one, a benchmark pattern labeled Estimated stands in and logged rounds still produce full strokes gained. The Set Dispersion editor lets you state a pattern for any club by hand, and imported carries take precedence the moment they exist.

About this topic

From the App Store to the first tee: what to set up, what to import, and what the first round shows. The whole topic, Getting started with PinFlag, answers 8 questions in full.

The figures behind the answer

The mistakes Score Killers counts, each priced on the published tables.

What the whole stroke mistakes cost

Computed from the published baselines, the same ones the app prices your shots with. How to improve strokes gained.

More on this topic

• How do I start using PinFlag?
• Where do I find the strokes gained of a target?
• How do I place the pin in PinFlag?
• How long does it take to log a round in PinFlag?
• What do I see after my first round?
• Do I need a launch monitor to start with PinFlag?
• Can I try PinFlag before paying?

PinFlag, in plain facts

• PinFlag is an iPhone app; the course maps and every shot live on your phone, so it works anywhere on the course.
• PinFlag is launching on the App Store; the download page takes an email and tells you the day it is live.
• Every number is strokes gained on Mark Broadie’s published PGA TOUR baselines, priced on the same published baselines in the app and on this site.
• PinFlag prices the target you choose, with your own dispersion and the lie read from the course map; the decision stays yours, with the arithmetic done.
• Every number is labeled Measured (your own data) or Estimated (a benchmark standing in), and the two are never blended.
• Pins you set during a round are yours, and every round exports as CSV or JSON on request.