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# Shot Cloud

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Shot Cloud draws your launch monitor shots and your past on-course shots on the hole you are playing, around the target you are considering, so your real dispersion is visible on the ground you are about to hit into and the strokes gained for that target already reflects it.


A dispersion number is an abstraction. Shot Cloud is the thing itself: every shot you have hit with that club, laid over the fairway, the rough, the bunkers and the water in front of you, centred on the target you are considering. Move the aim and the cloud moves with it. The strokes gained shown for that target is priced on the same spread you are looking at, so the picture and the number agree.


The shots come from two sources PinFlag keeps separate: launch monitor sessions you import (Trackman, Garmin and Rapsodo directly, any other monitor by CSV) and shots you have logged on the course, each of which carries where you aimed and where it finished. Switch between launch monitor, past rounds or all sessions, trim the longest and shortest shots, and read the confidence grade that says how much of your own data stands behind the cloud.


Once your own carries are in, Shot Cloud also shows the distance the target plays like for that club, so a range number becomes a course decision on one screen.


## What it does

- Your launch monitor shots and past on-course shots drawn on the hole, around the target you pick
- Two sources, never blended: imported sessions and logged rounds, switchable and labeled
- Trim the longest and shortest shots to see the pattern you hit most of the time
- A confidence grade (high, medium, low) that says how much of your own data stands behind the cloud
- The strokes gained for the target priced on the same spread the cloud shows
- Plays-like distance for the club once your own carries stand behind it
- A Set Dispersion editor for any club, with every number built on it labeled
- Works in preview before you play and live during the round


## Frequently asked questions


**What is Shot Cloud?** Your launch monitor shots and your past on-course shots, drawn on the hole you are playing around the target you are considering, with the strokes gained for that target priced on the same spread. It turns a dispersion number into a picture of your own shots on the ground in front of you.

**Where do the shots in Shot Cloud come from?** From launch monitor sessions you import (Trackman, Garmin and Rapsodo directly, any monitor by CSV) and from shots you log on the course, each recorded with the target and the result. You can switch between the two sources or show both, and each dot carries its source.

**What does the confidence grade mean?** How much of your own data stands behind the cloud for that club. Many recorded shots show high confidence; a handful show low. Import another session or log more rounds and the grade rises on its own.

**Does Shot Cloud change the strokes gained number?** The strokes gained for a target is priced on your dispersion, and Shot Cloud is that dispersion drawn on the hole, so the two always agree. Trim outliers or switch sources and the number follows the cloud you are looking at.

**Can I use Shot Cloud before I play a course?** Yes. Preview mode opens any course with full pricing and no round recorded, so you can put the aim on the tee shot you are planning and see your cloud and the number before you ever stand on the tee.
