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I'd love to know what percentage of your game you're happy with - realistically/relevantly speaking. If I take what I know I can do versus what I end up doing I'd say I'm happy (on average, and excluding putts) with about 20% of my shots - that's 1 in 5! Not something I should be confessing on this forum.

I don't even want to talk about the 'thrilled' factor (the type you literally jump & shout for joy). Last weekend I was really chuffed with only 2 (two) shots in 18 holes! (one was a 30 meter chip - 2 feet from pin) Carramba!! That's a 2.5% 'thrilled' factor! And yet those two 'beauts' somehow made up for all the not-too-hot shots.

i couldn't be much happier with my driver, 3 wood, and sand wedge. my 6 wood, irons and my lob im still working on. my putter just ***, but im getting a new one soon.

Seriously depends on the day, especially after the round I posted about in the "Bi-polar" thread...... Usually love the driver, 8, 60*, and putter....everything else is so so

This might not answer your question, but I am happy with 0% of my game. I do everything OK to good, and iron play is sickly. I shoot in the mid-eighties rather consistantly. I cannot be satisfied with this if I am to improve. Even though some of the guys I play with think I'm good, considering the time and rounds I've put into the game, I cannot be very happy. That's just the way I see it.

I'm never satisfied here. It's always a learning experience for me. I guess I feel proud when I pull of shots as intended. As for the bad ones, I try to figure out how and why and also try to maintain my composure. You know, that whole, "you don't always get what you want" thing.

I'm happy when I get to play golf at all, thrilled that I live in a place where I can play year-round.

As for levels of satisfaction with various aspects of my game, I split my game into 4 areas - driving, shots over 130 yards, shots 130 yards and in, and putting. The only consistent factor is that I'm never thrilled with more than 2 of them at a time, might be happy with one, and whatever is left makes me sick.If I'm driving the ball well and putting well, I'll be pitching and chipping off and on, and slicing or chunking irons out of the fairway. If I'm chipping great, and putting well, my driver is ending up OOB, in the lake or three fairways over, and my second shots hits whatever foul piece of real estate my driver missed!

All in all, I love it!

I think this is a very honest reply and probably applies to 90% of the amateur golfers of the world.

Seems that the more I practice, the better I get and the lower my scores go, the less satisfied I am with my game...I view it as a good thing because I am the type who would lose interest if I was satisfied...there is always room for improvement and by saying I'm not happy with my game does not mean I am not happy playing golf...for instance, when I started playing it took almost two years before I got a birdie...now I get between one and three a round...still think about the ones that got away and what I need to work on to get them the next time...

Driver - happy
Fairway woods - sometimes happy, sometimes downright ******
Irons, 4-6 - not so happy
Irons, 7-9 - very happy
Wedges - happy
Putting - thrilled - I've always been a good putter, and that's the only part of my game I can consistently count on.

I got hurt in a car wreck back in 2001. Going from an 13 handicap to a 20+ handicap when you finally get to return to the sport, I don't think you can be thrilled with any part of your game when you know you can do better. I've worked very hard to get my scores back into the 80's, and even got my lowest score ever (an 80) just a few weeks ago. Golf is the most frustrating, most satisfying game ever invented. Ain't it great?!

I can be really hard on myself, expecting to hit perfect shots with every swing. The hardest thing for me is to allow myself some slack.

An honest evaluation says I have a killer short game and even when I am not putting great, I can still out-putt most of my friends. When my putter gets hot, look out.

If I could get my driver into the fairway, I might just get into the 60's. Normally, when I shoot in the low 70's its because I had 22 to 26 putts. That should tell you I am not hitting that many greens in regulation, but I am chipping and putting it great. With me, not hitting the greens is a lot more about not hitting fairways than poor iron shots.

i definitely agree with just about everything on this post. i don't shoot in the 70s, but i tend to think im a pro during some of my rounds. my cousin usually yells at me and then im good.

Who said life was about being happy?

It's like this...I hit about five shots a round that I love. Might be a drive, mid iron, long iron, all depends. Then I hit another 10 I like pretty well. Of those ten a few will be putts.

The rest are just ok. For most of my life my driver has been my best club. It's still my best, but I am busting my keyster to become a great putter. Not a good one, a great one. That's where the money is, and that's where I'm going. Progress is slow, but I'm getting there.

In the last year, my irons have gotten tons better, so I have to say I'm getting to where I can tolerate myself in my overall game. I don't **** at anything anymore, and were it not for my propensity to sky the green, I'd be bordering on content.