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# Does PinFlag show whether to aim at the pin or the middle?

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It prices both and shows both numbers. Put the aim on the flag and read the strokes gained; move it to the middle of the green and read that. The difference is the cost of the tucked pin on your pattern and this lie, with the bunker beside the flag priced as the share of your spread that finds it. A tighter pattern narrows the gap and a wider one widens it, which is why the number is computed with yours.


Topic: Approach play in PinFlag, https://pinflag.io/answers/approach-play


## Plain facts

- PinFlag is an iPhone app; the course maps and every shot live on your phone, so it works anywhere on the course.
- PinFlag is launching on the App Store; the download page takes an email and tells you the day it is live.
- Every number is strokes gained on Mark Broadie’s published PGA TOUR baselines, priced on the same published baselines in the app and on this site.
- PinFlag prices the target you choose, with your own dispersion and the lie read from the course map; the decision stays yours, with the arithmetic done.
- Every number is labeled Measured (your own data) or Estimated (a benchmark standing in), and the two are never blended.
- Pins you set during a round are yours, and every round exports as CSV or JSON on request.
