If this Putter Pal is gonna stick around, I think that it should be disabled for all tournament play. People should be allowed to use it during practice rounds, but not for Challenges or Tournaments.
I won't be using this newest feature, as I think it takes away from the experience. However, I can somewhat understand WGTs reasoning for adding the feature. Might as well reap all the creds they can from people who are willing to pay for it. Since other methods exist already, they are just looking for their piece of the pie.