# Why is strokes gained better than fairways hit, greens in regulation and putts per round? > Canonical: https://pinflag.io/answers/strokes-gained/why-is-strokes-gained-better-than-fairways-hit-greens-in-regulation-and-putts Those counts treat every fairway, green and putt as equal. A 3-foot putt and a 40-foot putt both count as one putt; a green hit to 60 feet and one hit to 6 feet both count as a green. Strokes gained weighs each shot by the distance and lie it started from and finished at, so it credits the approach that left 6 feet and charges the one that left 60. PinFlag still shows fairways, greens and putts, derived from the same logged shots, and leads with the number that explains them. Topic: Strokes gained, explained, https://pinflag.io/answers/strokes-gained ## 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.