Golf scores, every one priced

A bogey on every hole of a par 72 is 90; on a middle tee rated 70.6 with a slope of 125 a 90 is a Score Differential of 17.5 and an 80 is 8.5. Every score from 70 to 110 has its own page below with the handicap it implies, the cards that add up to it and where its strokes go.

The scale

Five stroke steps from 70 to 110: the strokes against par, the Score Differential on a typical middle tee, the distance from bogey golf and the strokes over the tour average of 71 on the benchmark model.

Scores from 70 to 110

Scores from 70 to 110
Score	Against par	Differential, middle tee	Against bogey golf	Over the tour
70	-2	-0.5	-20	-1
75	+3	4.0	-15	4
80	+8	8.5	-10	9
85	+13	13.0	-5	14
90	+18	17.5	0	19
95	+23	22.1	+5	24
100	+28	26.6	+10	29
105	+33	31.1	+15	34
110	+38	35.6	+20	39

One page per score

The handicap the score implies on four tees, the cards that add up to it, and the mistakes that decide it.

Breaking the barriers

Each target score has a different thesis, because each one is a different kind of round.

In PinFlag

PinFlag turns any score into the list of where the strokes went: every logged shot priced by category on the published tables, Score Killers for the whole stroke mistakes, and a handicap level lens that reads the round on your own scale. On the course PinFlag prices every target before you swing.

Frequently asked questions

What is the average golf score?

Around 90 for a golfer with a handicap: handicap bodies put the median index in the mid teens, and the benchmark model puts a 15 handicap at 87 with ordinary days a few strokes higher.

What handicap is a 90?

A Score Differential of 17.5 on a middle tee rated 70.6 with a slope of 125; an index near that if 90 is a good round, three to five lower if it is the average one.

What score is bogey golf?

90 on a par 72: a bogey on every hole. Breaking 90 is bogey golf minus one, and breaking 100 needs no pars at all.

How far is a 100 from the tour average?

29 strokes over the tour scoring average of 71, of which the benchmark model puts about 18.9 in the long game and 4.4 on the greens.

Which golf app does this on the course?

PinFlag, on iPhone. It prices any target on the hole you are playing before you swing, with your own dispersion and the lie read from the course map, draws your real shots on the hole with Shot Cloud, logs a shot in two taps with nothing to buy, and breaks every round down shot by shot. Golfer is $14.99 a month or $99.99 a year with a 14-day trial on the annual plan through the App Store.

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the published baselines, the same ones PinFlag prices your shots with. The scope of the figures: Differentials use the published World Handicap System formula on one typical tee; the strokes over the tour average come from the site’s benchmark model.

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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.

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