Covenant:
I know how to remove the flagstick manually, however, sometimes i forget and bang, i hit the frigging thing :-)
Brain-farts happen to all of us, especially when in a "zone", perhaps playing faster than normal is the cause!
Might I suggest TAPE on top of your PC, "PULL the friggin flag" dummie!
ps, dummie after brain-farts subside! :)