I'm not so sure I'd agree it was a huge step, despite my post.

A lot depends on your individual game, the type of course you play and some other factors. If a 12 h'cap player is not so great at putting or hits some real nasties (not normally me) or has a poor short game, gaining 3 shots is not such a challenge with some improvement on these areas.

The problem I find with my game is that my main strength (being fairly straight) is going to require quite a long haul in work to find even better consistency......the rest is OK, if I felt one thing was really bad.....I'd fix that and probably come down 3 shots in a short time.

If I was to guess at what costs me now than compared to 11 years ago is probably as easy as....

1 or 2 double bogeys that should be "boring" single bogeys.
2, maybe 3 putts per round
1 or 2 more GIR.

If all that came together in one game, I reckon I'd play to 8 (like I did in the game against TonyN!) If I could hit it 10% further, I reckon 6 or 7 could be done. After that, I've had it.....