What is actually making you miserable?
Playing poorly or not winning or placing in the comps? There is a huge difference.
If you want a lower handicap, then as others have said - submit general play cards.
Golf at our level is for me a case of L&P - leisure and pleasure. The way I look at things - my #1 priority is my family, #2 is my financial and physical well being - anything after that is a distant 3rd, so on that basis, playing less than stellar golf doesn't make me miserable. If it does for you - perhaps you need to re-assess your priorities or find something else to do that makes you happy.
