While that may be the case Joe, he wasn't exactly an elite putter the previous years at 37th, 75th, 37th, and 69th.
The rules makers did him a favor by forcing him to commit to something instead of switching back and forth between god knows how many different styles of putters. It was only then that he got the results he wanted...
And they would do the entire tour and architect industry a favor too by implementing a distance limited tournament ball.