Advice - to start I would recommend 3 evenly spaced wedges - this will help your scrambling a lot, and get the ball closer to the hole on approaches, hence making putting easier.
If your meter if not smooth, have you tried to maintain your PC and optimise it for this game? Heaps of help in the forum on this - even for the computer challenged.
Obviously a better ball would help and slow the meter slighly - to me your stats tell me you have difficulty hitting the ding (or close to it) on a regular basis.But I hear you - yes wedges and balls cost money.
Your CC has quite a few legends - play with them and ask for advice - hit me up for a game and we can talk through shots (but somedays I am crap, others I play well but I always have fun regardless of score).
Friend me if you want to take up the offer - I do admire is your tenacity and attitude, but lets work on your skills :)