Becoming too familiar with your home course

[DaSportsGuy]

It's a good thing if you play competitively. In matches, I'm about as confortable with my home course as you can be.

[NOVAgolfer]

I work at a course near my home, so naturally i guess thats what i consider my home course (free range and play time, who wouldn't i guess) even though their are courses much more convenient to my location. Anyways, I must have played it maybe only 30 rounds this season (unfortunate, a busy year in hindsight!) but i already feel i've played it 4 times that amount. Every club selection off the tee is automatic, every little "shortcut" is mentally documented, shoot i know how the greens are playing that day because more often than not i was out there cutting them a few hours prior! My inconsistent shooting aside, i'm very comfortable with the course and enjoy it very much regardless of how much i've played it, although its not quite on the level of some of the more premium facilities here in Northern VA. The only holes I hate are the first 2 roadside holes, with not very much trees of rough to save you from an errant shot. Who came up with the idea of having the road so close to the first two holes of a course, and to the RIGHT of all places? I can't count on two hands how many poor folks have sliced a bad one into a car and had to pay for it =/

[DaSportsGuy]

The only holes I hate are the first 2 roadside holes, with not very much trees of rough to save you from an errant shot. Who came up with the idea of having the road so close to the first two holes of a course, and to the RIGHT of all places? I can't count on two hands how many poor folks have sliced a bad one into a car and had to pay for it =/

Haha...it's a good thing that's not my home course. I bet you I would've hit plenty of shots that would've ended up bouncing down that street.

[kevin.chan]

I normally will play better on the 2nd outing on the foreign course.

Even I have the golfshot gps or a local caddie.

The green speed and approach are normally different for different course