KCee
The "lifespan" of a successful swing key? That's a great topic all to itself! Yes, I agree. What worked yesterday might not work today. What might work today doesn't always work tomorrow. Somedays I'm left thinking it depends on which side of the bed you get up from in the morning. Had a 5 shot lead in the club championship 9 years ago. Shot 77 on a very windy day, first round of a 2-day stroke play championship. Thought for sure that I'd be trailing by several strokes by the time I'd finished, but went to sleep that night on a 5-shot lead. Got up the next morning, went to the range and went through my routine just like I'd done the day before.
Felt good. Didn't feel cocky or arrogant. But felt confident.
I was a 2-handicap. Shot 53 going out, 36 coming in, barely breaking 90 in the final round. Had this been a simple round with my buddies - I'm probably good for a 75 on a day with good greens and no wind. But despite good greens and no wind that Sunday - I shot 89. It was a very humbling experience for me. Learned from it, won it the next year, however. 🙂
Golf is just hard most of the time for me. Doesn't mean I can't enjoy the experience with friends even when I'm sucking, just makes those rare good rounds even better. And "hard" is relative. But the struggles and mental demons, by and large, are pretty much the same, regardless of skill level.