How does PinFlag handle nine-hole rounds?

A nine is priced by its own nine holes and its own par, and stated per 18 holes when it is combined into a season, so nines and eighteens average together correctly. The hole count is stored with the round rather than guessed from the par.

About this topic

Every figure computed from real shots, with the leak named. The whole topic, Stats and Insights, answers 7 questions in full.

The figures behind the answer

Broadie’s published split applied to the 16 strokes a 15 handicap sits over the tour average of 71, labeled Modeled.

Where a 15 handicap loses strokes

Computed from the published baselines, the same ones the app prices your shots with. Strokes gained by handicap.

More on this topic

• What stats does PinFlag show after a round?
• Are PinFlag’s stats computed from real shots or estimated from a scorecard?
• What is a benchmark lens?
• Can I see which shots cost me the most strokes?
• Does PinFlag show proximity to the hole?
• Does PinFlag track my progress over a season?

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.