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# What should I set up before my first round?

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Nothing is required. If you own a launch monitor, import a session first so every number on the course is built on your own carries and labeled Measured from the first hole; without one, a benchmark pattern labeled Estimated stands in and logged rounds still produce full strokes gained. The Set Dispersion editor lets you state a pattern for any club by hand, and imported carries take precedence the moment they exist.


Topic: Getting started with PinFlag, https://pinflag.io/answers/getting-started


## 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.
