I played for funsies today with a couple of buddies. 41-40, 35 putts, 9 GIR. Still not hitting irons worth a damn. It's mental. Both of my partners were older than me and they kicked my ass. Then again, they are not chunking irons.
We offered a solo guy who was in the line at the (busy) tee box, former NFL player Michael Crabtree, a chance to fill our foursome, but he decided he would just go to the range instead. The word is he doesn't like to share a cart with others.