Golf is a bit like swimming up stream. You have to keep practicing and playing some just to stay where you are, and it takes a lot of effort to get better, and occasionally you go backwards and have to work just to get back to where you were.
I started the year at a 0.5 and I’m at +1.6 now and my scoring average is a 74.0, but I am losing a 65 (-5.4 differential) in my next 2 rounds so it will be going up unless I can go low again soon. I have an 81 and an 80 in my last 20 (the 80 was last weekend with a 45 on the front 9 which had me on the verge of not being a good golfer ) and just a couple under par rounds. One of my goals going into the next season is to get 20 rounds in row in the 70’s or better. Even at scratch that will be hard to do.
If I compare myself to the average weekend warrior, then yeah I’m pretty good. If I compare myself to the club champ, I’m a little worse, and if I compare myself to the pro’s, then I’m a long way off. But I prefer to compare myself to myself from yesterday or last year, and if I’m improving, then I’m good.