After wearing contacts for over 30 years, I did the Lasiks procedure back in '00. It's worked out very nicely. No regrets whatsoever. Unfortunately, old age mandates the need for reading glasses on occasion especially with the fine print.

Right now I'm playing to about an unsanctioned 15. For years, I was in a 16 player group that played $2 skins, polees, sandies, and other various and sundry games which ended up shooting my course management to hell. I often took risky and otherwise dumb shots just to win a skin and I sandbagged on holes that I knew I was going to lose just to add to my handicap. I started to lose my appreciation of golf, so I ended up quitting the group.

Now a days, I'll often play as a single at the local course during twilight hours when there's nobody around, when it's just me, the course, and the little white ball.