After 40. I did not play till I was 22 and then only occasionally. I was about 40 when I began to play more than two or three times a year. In my early 40's I had the opportunity to begin to play several times a week, took lessons and started to practice. My best golf was in my late 40's. In all the sports I have played, baseball, tennis, and basketball, I tend to be hot and cold, but when I was hot I was hot. In golf I set a new course record for several courses in our area of SW Michigan during a 2-3 year stretch. My game was still solid as I entered my 50's and moved to KY, until I injured my left knee. I had to go under the knife and was a year and a half rehab. Although I still can occasionally play well, I have never gotten my former game back. I simply can not put the strain on my left knee I did prior to injury.
I get hot once in a while even now, but it is unusual and does not last. When, I was 68 my low round playing from the blue tees at my club was a -2 (70) round. Last year, I played in a "beat the pro event" at our club. I beat the pro and the field with a 73, from the senior tees - hey I was 72. I don't normally play the senior tees. I regularly play with some seniors that still play with some length off the tee. So we play from the blue tees and we are generally in the low to high 80's.