The golf app for low handicappers
A 5 handicap is about 6 strokes a round behind the tour average on the benchmark model, and at that level the strokes hide in half shots: an approach to 25 feet instead of 15 is 0.15 of a stroke, every time. PinFlag measures on the same TOUR baseline professional golf uses and breaks approach play down by distance band and club with proximity, dispersion circles and lateral and long-short offsets.
On the course
The number before the swing is worth most to the golfer whose decisions are close: the flag against the middle from 160 yards on your own pattern, the driver against the 3 wood beside water, the second shot at a par 5 with the penalty priced in. PinFlag prices every one on the hole you are playing, and Shot Cloud draws your real shots around the target.
Tournament mode logs every shot and every distance in full while it holds the live number until you finish, so the round is captured completely and the full analysis is there when you walk off.
After the round
The Scratch lens reprices the round against a scratch level table so gains and losses read on your scale, and the per shot list sorts by start distance, lie or proximity. Across a season the same breakdowns by band, lie and club show which half stroke is moving.
Proximity is the number
From 150 yards in the fairway the tour average needs 2.945 strokes to hole out, so the finish decides the value of every approach: the table prices the same green hit by where the ball stops, and Insights measures it by distance band and by club with the share inside 15 and 30 feet.
An approach from 150 yards, by finish
| Finish | Expected putts | Approach worth | One putt rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 feet | 1.357 | +0.59 | 64% |
| 10 feet | 1.626 | +0.32 | 37% |
| 15 feet | 1.784 | +0.16 | 22% |
| 20 feet | 1.878 | +0.07 | 12% |
| 30 feet | 1.984 | -0.04 | 2% |
| 40 feet | 2.058 | -0.11 | 0% |
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 low handicappers 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 a 5 handicap sits 6 strokes a round from the tour average; PinFlag shows which shots.
Frequently asked questions
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Related
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.