Flag in hole emoji meaning

The flag in hole emoji depicts a golf flagstick with a flag on it and inserted into a hole on a green, typically used in the game of golf. The flagstick itself is usually shown as a thin, white pole with a flag of a solid red, blue, or other color on top. The hole itself is usually indicated by a small, black circle. It's often used in relation to golf or other sports, achievements or success, the flagstick shows that the objective of the game has been reached, hole-in-one in golf or a accomplishment in general. It can also represent victory, success, and other similar concepts.

The flag in hole emoji was approved in Unicode 5.2 and added in Emoji 1.0, see related proposal L2/09026L2/07257