Long-distance putter: Consider that to make putts totalling 500 feet in one 18-hole round, you first have to leave yourself putts totalling 500 feet in one 18-hole round, i.e. an average distance to the pin of 9 yards per hole - and then make those putts. Who wants to leave the ball 9 yards from the hole on every hole?
Choke relief: not only do you have to make par after hitting your drive less than 100 yards, but first, obviously, you have to hit your drive less than 100 yards. Who ever does that? I can see this happening occasionally on only two holes here: the 2nd at Bethpage and the 4th at Congressional, because of the trees encroaching on the drive. But 10,000 times? That's just to be eligible to notch up shot toward the award. If that happened, it would obviously be great to make par from that position. But 10,000 times?