Play a Favorite or a New Course?

[Ty_Webb]

I saw this and I immediately answered new courses. I keep track of everywhere that I play and I'm always trying to add to it. I'm around 330 different courses played now. Should get another one later this month. So I put down play somewhere new. I still think that's the right answer, but it really depends. If I travel to England for golf, I'm always playing courses I've played before. I don't think I've played a new to me course in England in probably 15 years. 

But, I'm not sure that I've played a new course anywhere for quite a while without at least having an idea of what I was getting myself into. I don't get to play all that much, so, within reason, I'd probably choose to play somewhere new even if I don't know vs playing somewhere I've played before. But that's all within reason too. Given the option of playing Pine Valley, which I have played before, and playing a municipal in south Jersey that I haven't played, then PV is getting the nod every day and twice on Sundays. So if it's a choice between a top 10 that I've played before or a not top 1000 I haven't then I'll take the one I've played. If it's two courses that are both top 100 I'll take the new one. 

[phan52]

I am going back to Ireland this summer (for the fourth time) and I did not put together the itinerary, as I would have done it differently. We are playing five courses and I have already played four of them. They are all great and fun courses and I will enjoy them immensely, but I am looking most forward to the one I haven't played. 

[mcanadiens]

Given the limitations of my golf game in general, my wide-open and friendly home course never sounds like a bad idea. 

Practically, family obligations have me fairly tied to the Miami Valley. There are probably only a few public courses left around here that I haven't played at least once.