When I was a Freshman at Yale the year Don January won the Vardon Trophy, I was hitting balls in the net in the gym and a guy stopped to watch. A couple of days later, he was back and introduced himself as the Golf Coach. He suggested that I tryout for the team. When I explained that my practice swing was much better than my course swing, he replied that at least I would get a couple of free rounds at a great course.
After the tryouts, the Coach in good humor told me that I had good self-awareness of the quality of my game. But I did get those free rounds on a wonderful course. Plus I naturally chalk up part of the reason for my scores to how difficult the course is.
Ira