Placing today's pin

PinFlag defaults to an estimated pin at the green's center until you set today's real one — scroll the green under the reticle and tap Done, and it's clamped to the actual green so it can't land off the putting surface. Setting the pin is one of the conditions that upgrades your on-course numbers from Estimated to Measured; there's no shared pin database behind it.

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Open Set Pin
From the aim screen, open the pin-setting flow for the hole. The pin pennant locks to the center reticle — you scroll the green underneath it, exactly like aiming.
2
Scroll to today's real pin
Find where the pin actually is today, center it under the reticle, then tap Done. PinFlag clamps your placement to the real green polygon, so the pin can never end up off the putting surface.
3
Cancel without changing anything
Tap Cancel to leave set-pin without committing a change — you're returned to your exact aim, and the hole keeps its previous pin (your set pin if you'd already placed one, otherwise the green-center estimate).
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Know what setting the pin actually does
Until you set it, every distance-to-pin and strokes-gained number on that hole is measured against an estimated, green-center pin and reads Estimated. A user-set pin is one of the conditions PinFlag requires — alongside verified geometry, a supported lie, and a real GPS position — before a number can read Measured.
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There's no shared pin database
Pins you set are scoped to your own round — PinFlag doesn't crowdsource or publish pin locations across golfers. Each new round starts from the green-center estimate again until you set that day's pin yourself.

Placing today's pin

The PinFlag iOS app is in pre-release. Leave your email and we’ll tell you the moment it’s available.

Open Set Pin

From the aim screen, open the pin-setting flow for the hole. The pin pennant locks to the center reticle — you scroll the green underneath it, exactly like aiming.

Scroll to today's real pin

Find where the pin actually is today, center it under the reticle, then tap Done. PinFlag clamps your placement to the real green polygon, so the pin can never end up off the putting surface.

Cancel without changing anything

Tap Cancel to leave set-pin without committing a change — you're returned to your exact aim, and the hole keeps its previous pin (your set pin if you'd already placed one, otherwise the green-center estimate).

Know what setting the pin actually does

Until you set it, every distance-to-pin and strokes-gained number on that hole is measured against an estimated, green-center pin and reads Estimated. A user-set pin is one of the conditions PinFlag requires — alongside verified geometry, a supported lie, and a real GPS position — before a number can read Measured.

There's no shared pin database

Pins you set are scoped to your own round — PinFlag doesn't crowdsource or publish pin locations across golfers. Each new round starts from the green-center estimate again until you set that day's pin yourself.