In the land of WGT only 3 things can happen from hitting the pin. Two of them are bad.
Keep in mind, you can always put the pin back in on the fly with no consequences.
Once I noted at the top of my backswing that I'd failed to remove. I thought, "Oh, what're the odds."
Yep. Hit the pin and bounced off the green.
My vow. Never hit another stick.