Boabski.....

i.m.o. you are slap bang in the middle of nowhere's-ville off 9. I got there, had a child and found it so hard to keep it up, I quit.

As crazy as it sounds, I reckon you've got as much chance of going round in scratch as playing to 18, the thing that stops you playing to 18 is that no matter how bad (relatively) you play, you WILL make pars.

So to get more consistent you've got to make more pars (and birdies)....BUT, I always feel there is a MASSIVE difference between pars and bogeys. Players can make bogeys with virtually no good shots on a hole. Pars pretty much require all good shots or a crack short game. This is where the problem lies.

I feel that a player off 9 has a game which on the surface seems much better than 3 shots better than mine. I also feel the someone off 6 is either a short game genius or plays seemingly more than 3 shots a round better than a 9.

Interestingly, at mine, we have plenty of players off 1-8 and lots off 11-18, and not many in-between. It's not a surprise to me......once you can play to 9, you can play to much less (potentially) but you need either a lot of talent, a really solid swing, or the time to grind out the consistency.

Just my thoughts......even if they're a bit muddled.