The original pole target at Oak Grove was the complete pole when first installed as confirmed by those who played it. That's because skip shots were considered a skillful way to throw the Frisbee. In Minnesota, there were complete unmarked-target-area objects used for holing out in the Kenwood Classic events.
But actually, history doesn't matter. The sport, especially one that borrows from other sports, can define scoring for each related or derivative game within its universe (doubles, match play, mulligans) in a way that makes sense and ideally rewards skillful play. As sports learn more and conditions change, they can revise scoring just like basketball, football and other sports have done for a hundred years.
As long as every player knows what the scoring rules are for a competition game, it can work. Game revisions should determine the new rules, not the current rules restrain evolving to a more skillful game. Putting won't be any easier, just less randomly punitive.