To: "alanti".......Well, don't get discouraged. I looked at your STATS.....and many are better than MINE!
Course difficulty is different for most......I tended to hammer on Kiawah's Back 9 & St. Andrew's Front 9. But, WGT has added some new pin locations to Kiawah....so, it's not quite as easy as it was this past Summer. But, trust me, you do have to put in the time. But, the fact that you have just under 400 ranked rounds....I think you're doing exceptionally well.
One of my good WGT friends reminded ME.......when he said "Bob, enjoy the journey...it' not all about the destination". And....he was RIGHT. Tournments, Matches, Blitzs & CTTH challenges are part of the FUN here. I think you DO LEARN from playing all of those! Though, I will say....I sort of avoided "Tournaments" & "Matches" for the 4-1/2 mos. I was working on getting to Legend.....I was very focused on getting low scores and meeting WGT's criteria for each new TIER. But NOW.....just having fun and not worrying about my avg.
For some reason, my "ranked round" play has just not been very good since making "Legend"......and,I don't think it's because I'm playing from the Championship Tees.....with me, it's probably "weak putting". And yes, having good equipment, should improve your game......good variety of wedges, the best driver and good balls. The better balls (Callaway & Nike) slow down the meter.....that's helped me.
You'll get there................but, just don't forget to have FUN along the way. I thought I had hit a LOT of rounds (approx. 800)....but, one of my WGT friends has hit OVER 14,400 ranked rounds.....now, THAT's a LOT of WGT golf.
GOOD LUCK!
Bob