The problem is that few golfers hit enough good shots in the first place.
It is not so much the lack of 'good ones' but too many 'bad ones' that ruin our scores.
Surely, if we had a clear mental picture of what our body does when we swing, it would mean more perfect shots executed by design rather than by accident? If only we could see with our own eyes precisely what we do when we manage to get it right and wrong, wouldn't those rare acts of perfection be that much easier to repeat?
To be deadly serious, it is not a case of searching for absolute perfection. There are too many successful golfers with flawed swings to worry about trying to achieve that.
The two best women professionals in the World, Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam, move their heads alarmingly during their swings. Tiger has swing flaws that many top coaches disapprove of.
Jack Grout, who taught Jack Nicklaus as a kid, used to grab a fistful of the youngster's blond hair and hold it fast to prevent him from moving his head. After one too many painful practice sessions, Nicklaus instructed his barber to give him a crew cut!
Thanks to the advanced technology of the 21st century, at the ripe old age of 63, I can still drive the ball as far as, and probably straighter, than I did when I was 23, but I do not shoot better scores.
Apart from inevitable slippage due to aging and the statistical knowledge that I have been taking between 33 and 38 putts in every round I play, when the number should be something between 27 and 30, it is not entirely clear to me why my scores are rising.

Donal McSweeney
To help me find out and despite being told often enough that my swing is 'basically sound', I submitted to the enlightened guidance of PGA Professional Donal McSweeney who is normally attached to Limerick County Golf Club at Ballyneety.
To give his pupils an even better service, Donal has recently arranged to be allowed use of the ultra hi-tech, state-of-the-art Swing & Motion Analysis facility at UNIGOLF, beside the old Wang building in Plassey Technological Park.
Motion analysis provides the most advanced instruction available today.
This three-dimensional real-time immersive golf teaching system has, until now, only been available to top touring pros.
With this system a golfer can step straight into a tour pro's swing, to feel what it is like and not just to be instructed.
Such powerful, effective, and immediate feedback sticks! Teachers are unanimous that S&M creates faster improvements in swing performance than conventional methods; it's similar to having an MRI Scan for your golf swing.
This is cutting edge technology that was also used to devise stunts in the Lord of the Rings and Batman movies.
The golfer dons a velcro suit with electronic diodes afixed to digitise and record the various positions of key parts of the golfer's anatomy throughout the motion of the swing. Every movement is electronically dissected and measured to a level of accuracy previously unheard of when analyzing the golf swing and yet it comes up with simple, indisputable diagnoses and solutions.
McSweeney was able to point out with a measured exactness that my preshot set up was forcing me to depend too much on the unreliability of albeit, 'educated' hand action, rather than on 'dependable' big muscles, to deliver a square club face to the ball every time.
The sources of inconsistency (open shoulders, closed stance, a titled spine angle and minimal leg action) were so much easier to grasp when you could see the evidence on the monitor and have your swing superimposed with a top player's, in my case Darren Clarke.
I have always believed that golf is no more than cause and effect physics. The ball does not know who, or what, hit it.
After my session with Unigolf's S&M, I appreciate McSweeney's rallying dictum more than ever: "Do it right and you cannot fail!"
In less than an hour, despite my 'golfing future being behind me,' I received a much-needed, confidence boost and new lease on life.
On leaving, I was given a DVD of the lesson, which I can study at home whenever I want. Repetition is the mother of all knowledge, therefore when I can see over and over exactly what I must do to become a better player with my own eyes, it will be far easier to execute.
I am certain that any low handicapper, especially, would benefit from a session with S&M technology.
Besides, the experience is hugely enjoyable and Donal McSweeney, with his deep knowledge of golf, is a fun guy to be with for an hour.
Hi-tech lessons in Unigolf's Swing & Motion Room are only available strictly by appointment. Telephone: 061-633200.

Words of the Wise
Unless one is prepared to go through the pain of getting worse before getting better, improvement will always be a hit or miss affair. –
Bob Torrance