DC300 Getting older will show you how you must put the ball in position for the next shot. Yes, we are supposed to know how to do that, from the beginning/at a young age. But, we actually do not/did not know as we are out there trying to hit it the farthest we can in order to make the next shot shorter. And as we age, we find how dumb that can be, and how dumb we were. Age will shorten those hits(for most players) and at the same time causing them to be a bit straighter, or seem like it, by not being so far out of line/in the woods/in the deep rough. I actually learned this a long time ago, back at the time I started playing. With such a wicked slice, that could never be corrected, I started using my 4 wood to tee off. Then, most times, used it again for the 2nd shot. And I could hit that club almost on a rope, dead center fw, and never tried to kill it even off the tee. It's something that has carried over all these years as a reminder to always 'try' to hit it in the fw, or not far off it, by using the club that allows that to happen, regardless of how far it it is 'to reach'. Doesn't always work, but it's the thought that counts, right? It may take me 4 shots to hit that Par 5, but I don't see many 7's in my life, and I'll gladly take the 6 for 550 yds., or even the Par, where the younger guys are taking 7 or 8. And those long Par 3's come with a lot of 2 shots-to-green, but a lot of Pars.
Right now, I've lost some(a lot of?) distance from last year(again), incredibly so that I think my GPS is screwed. But it's not. I'm now having to, sort of, relearn my club set up/distances per club. At present, I'm having difficulty with the 150 distance, and it's killing me. But, still shooting low 80's/mid-high 70's.
You're young, you'll learn. By aging, if no other way.๐