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# Why does the leave matter more than the up and down?

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Because the up and down credits the chip for the putt’s work. On the published putting table about 37 percent of 10 footers drop and 12 percent of 20 footers, so a chip that finishes inside 6 feet converts far more often than one outside 15 whatever the putter does. PinFlag scores the chip by its leave and the putt by whether it dropped, separately, so a great chip that lips out still reads as a great chip.


Topic: The short game in PinFlag, https://pinflag.io/answers/around-the-green


## 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.
