The golf app for weekend golfers
A weekend golfer uses one number and two taps: glance at the strokes gained of the target, pick the safer play when the number says so, log the shot. An 18 handicap gives up about 19 strokes a round to the tour average on the benchmark model, and the recoverable ones are the penalties, three putts and doubles that Score Killers names after the round. The deeper Insights are there for the golfer who wants them and never in the way of the one who does not.
On the course
The number is the strokes gained of the target under the aim, readable at a glance; move the aim and it moves. Logging is the target, then where the ball finished, with the club and lie confirmed in one sheet, built for one thumb and working with no signal. Two taps per shot is faster than writing a score, and the scorecard scores itself.
After the round
Score Killers names the one mistake, a three-putt, a penalty or a double, that decided the score, which is the fastest way to a lower one, and a handicap level lens puts the round on your own scale. Rounds upload to your account when the phone next has a connection and export whenever you want them.
The whole stroke mistakes
Each costs a full stroke or more on the published baseline. An 18 handicap gives up about 19 strokes a round on the benchmark model, and one fewer of these per round is worth more than any range session.
Mistakes that cost a stroke or more
| Mistake | Cost in strokes |
|---|---|
| A tee shot out of bounds on a 400 yard hole | 2.05 |
| Three putting from 20 feet | 1.12 |
| Three putting from 30 feet | 1.02 |
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 weekend 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 18 handicap sits 19 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.