C'mon guys, you can't call this characteristic realistic. These pins are like granite sticks! I don't view professional golf too much but I play the real game frequently. The only time I've seen a WGT type of bounce of 30+ yds IRL was at Merion (Mickelson IIRC), and these sticks are three times the usual diameter to support the baskets, and really stiff! And, how often will a real ball bounce away more than the original shot was, 200, 300 yds, and at an angle >140° (towards the back end of the hole)?
OTOH, have you ever seen a WGT flagstick allow the ball to hit it near the top and drop into the hole vertically? Not me, but these shots happen in the real world - I had one!
Gimme a break - WGT's sticks are of a special kind!
OTOH, we can pull the flags from the tee if we want - quite impossible in the real game. Or, unlikely, if you remember Phil's action from last year, sending his caddy to tend the flag for a shot from 90 yds out.