Pin sets should be where they are in real life as well. In my opinion. I strongly believe that the greenspeeds should be an accurate reflection of its real life counterpart by default.
This falls into the category of "gimmicky modes are ok as long as the core gameplay stays in tact". We all basically agree with this statement BUT, by dumbing down the greenspeeds "on the default" setting for online easier type matches (with assists) you are doing just that. The reason being that YES we can adjust the greenspeed to fast(163) or very fast (187) but neither of these two adjustments will place the pga course recreation at the proper speed to reflect the reality of how the green actually plays at sawgrass, at eastlake, at bay hill and, on and on.
Where's my coffee? Pay me on my off time, I'll pace the hallways.