I am 34 and I have pretty good althletic ability. I don't have any specific glaring weaknesses. I am ok with everything, but that being said, I can get squirrley with everything as well. I can skull a chip here and there as well as 3 putt from 20ft. every once in a while. My problem is that I have difficulty assessing the on course issues when they arise. The other day, for example, I played a whole round with a bad hook off the tee. I tried to fix it, but it didn't help. I ended up aiming severely right all day and scrambled through the round. I feel if I had someone to look at these things when they happened, I would remember the advice and would be able to 'fix myself' going forward. But, when I show up for a lesson, I usually don't have a specific bug going, so the pro looks at my swing which may be great that day and will make a little suggestion here or there, but nothing that is nearly as signifigant as the advice I needed on the course.

P.S. I know that there are worse problems in life than to play golf at a 9 HDCP, but it is one of my goals in life to become scratch and it is very important to me. I just want to know the best way to progress from this level.