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Get a friend, pref. someone who is better than you. Practise putting, by doing putting contests. I do this with a buddy of mine, and putting is by far the strongest in my game. Our routine is as follows: 1. Rock/paper/scissor, best of 1, the winner decides who starts. 2. The one who is selected to start, get to chose which hole we shoot for, from where. 3. The one furthest away putts next. 4. If draw, the one who lost rock/paper/scissor decides which hole we shoot for next (we always start by the hole we just ended at), and start again. 5. If there's a winner and a loser, the winner goes 1 hole up, and now the loser starts next hole, by deciding which hole. 6. We usually play a set number of holes, that could be 5, or 7, or 9, or even 18. The reason a putting contest is good, is because there's something on the line, which will keep you focused, and make it good practise for the course - good luck!

Just as the above, I'm in no position to lecture you, or give you any good advice, but I'll tell you my own experience. I just recently just started playing (august last year), and I've had the exact same experience as you. I'd hit my 6-iron and up pretty good (7-iron around 150 meters, 8-iron around 140 and so forth), but when I started with a 3, 4 or 5, I would hit the ground, or top the ball, or just hit a terrible shot if I made contact. I went to a coach for the first time this week, and she explained to me, that I've had a very steep upright swing, where the shorter clubs were pretty forgiven. To make my swing work, I had made several adjustments to my grip and so forth, to make up for the bad swing. Now with the adjustments, I'm tying to get a little wider swing, and hopefully that'll get my longer irons straighten out. Do note though, my distance on the shorter irons are terrible at the moment, but hopefully the distance will get back, as I get used to a new swing. :) Best of luck to you, hope you sort it out!