I see a lot of mixed comments but the poll states something a little more obvious. Yes I would consider this cheating. As people have stated it is an old trick, but never the less it's the same as using a moded controller or a moded console. It's meant for people who aren't very good players to bring them up to a 1:1 par. But they get abused obsessively. Just practice and eventually you'll look back and realize you can do what they are doing without one of those dots on your screen.