The golf app for juniors
A junior who wants to play college golf needs the numbers college programs read: strokes gained by category on the TOUR baseline, approach proximity by distance band and club, and a season of rounds on one scale. PinFlag prices every target before the swing, captures every tournament round in full with the live number held back, and a Coach plan puts the whole roster on the same baseline for $80 a month.
On the course
A junior learns course management fastest with the number in front of them: the flag against the middle, the carry against the lay up, each priced with their own dispersion drawn on the hole by Shot Cloud. Tournament mode logs every shot in full and holds the live number until the round is over, and preview mode prices a course before the practice round.
After the round
Insights shows the four categories on a radar per round and across the season, proximity by band and club, the start-position table and Score Killers. On a Coach plan the coach sees every student’s shots on the same baseline, so two players who shot 75 on different courses compare honestly, and students keep their own history.
Where an 8 handicap loses strokes
The benchmark model reads an 8 handicap as about 9 strokes over the tour average, and the split says where the practice hours should go: 5.9 strokes a round in the long game against 1.4 on the greens.
Where an 8 handicap loses 9 strokes a round
| Category | Shots a round | Per shot | Per round | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off the tee and approach | 14 | 0.418 | 5.9 | 65% |
| Short game | 7 | 0.257 | 1.8 | 20% |
| Putting | 30 | 0.045 | 1.4 | 15% |
Modeled: Broadie’s published split applied to the strokes over the tour average of 71.
What it costs
Golfer is $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year with every feature included: the number before the swing, Shot Cloud, launch monitor import, two-tap logging, Insights and the benchmark lenses, with a 14-day trial on the annual plan through the App Store. Coach is $80 a month for the coach plus up to ten students and Facility $299 a month for a whole program. The strokes gained, handicap and club distance calculators on pinflag.io are free and need no account.
In PinFlag
Every number PinFlag shows junior golfers is strokes gained on Mark Broadie’s published PGA TOUR baselines, priced on the same published baselines in the app and on this site and labeled Measured or Estimated so you always know what stands behind it. On the benchmark model an 8 handicap sits 9 strokes a round from the tour average; PinFlag shows which shots.
Frequently asked questions
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Sources
- Mark Broadie, Columbia Business School (Wikidata entity)
- PGA TOUR statistics
- How PinFlag calculates strokes gained
Every figure on this page is computed from the published baselines, the same ones PinFlag prices your shots with. The scope of the figures: The handicap figures are the site’s benchmark model, Broadie’s published shares applied to the strokes over the tour average; every product claim describes the shipped iPhone app.
Get PinFlag for iPhone
PinFlag shows you this number on the course, for the shot in front of you, before you swing: any target priced with your own dispersion and the lie read from the course map, your real shots drawn on the hole, and two taps to log. Golfer is $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year, with a 14-day trial on the annual plan through the App Store.