A pin sheet is something golfers use to get an accurate understanding of where the pin is located for each round of golf. Is it front, middle or back? Left, right or center?
You may see on your local golf course scorecard, a basic pin sheet that show you an approximate section of the green where the pin will be located. What we will be showing you today, are pin sheets that are more specific than a section of the green, but specifically where the hole is cut, typically for tournaments.
Knowing where the hole is located gives the golfer an idea of how to approach each green; whether to aim for the front, back or middle of the green. Once you have a better understanding of the hole location, you will be better informed to calculate your yardage and picking your club.
Knowing the pin location can even affect your decisions off the tee. You may have a green that has a large bunker in the front right side of the green on a par 4 for example. Well, it would be a better to approach the green from the left side. This would allow you to have a direct line to the hole and reduce the risk of hitting that front right side bunker. So the pin sheet has just helped you decide on a line off the tee.
Scorelocker Tour Edition Pin Sheets.
In the Scorelocker pin sheets above, the green is represented by the circles, a straight horizontal line and one straight vertical line, and some numbers.
So, how do we read the red numbers in the example provided?
The 36 under depth is the depth of the green, typically in paces/yards. So the above green would be 36 paces deep - front to back.
So in this example, the number 12 means the hole is cut 12 paces from the front of the green. The 8 represents how close the hole is cut to the left side of the green. If the hole was cut on the right side, the 8 would go to the right side of the vertical line.
At the very top right, there is a +/- section. In the sample, we have a -6. This means the hole is cut 6 paces short of center.
So the green depth is 36/2 = 18. 18 is the very center of the green, since the hole is cut at 12, we subtract 12 from the center number, 18-12 = 6. So that turns into -6 from center.
While pin sheets seem complicated at first glance, they are an extremely important tool when playing in golf tournaments. Know exactly how many yards you have to the flagstick from from the fairway. In the example above, if you had 100 yards to the front of the green, the hole is cut at 12 paces/yards to the hole. So you can dial in to a yardage of 112.
The Scorelocker pin sheets in the Tour Edition Scorelocker have a notes section so you can prepare for tournaments. Plan out your hole by hole strategy for every golf tournament you play.
Once you get your tournament pin sheet before you tee off, simply convert the numbers to the Tour Edition pin sheet. Everything will be kept in one place with all your stats and scoring.
We hope this tip helps.
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