[Another Primate]

Another complication:
I watched Pina-the-third park it about thirty feet from the pin. So measuring through the air to the pin, for him, makes sense. When I throw, my goal is to put it at the bottom of the hill, this side of the road. Next shot, across the road and while it would be sweet to make it past the gully, it ain't gonna happen in most cases. Then up the hill to the pin. So if we were to make a triangle (not a right-angle triangle, either) out of that picture, Pina's got the top leg, and I have the other two legs (pad to bottom of gully to top of pin hill)... grinning... my route, even if I throw it straight, has to add many extra feet to that hole.
Yeah, I'm sure pin distances don't account for my "along the ground" route. But. What if it's more extreme than that, and even a good player can't count on his shots traveling that plane? Let's say Grizzly. Shouldn't the distances be measured between a pro's best shot points, then added together?
Oh, wait. That's stupid. Sorry. C'mon, Sue... the reason, the reason for distances, is "hey, how far away is that pin", not "how far am I gonna have to walk to get to that pin"?
Carry on.