[TwillDog]

I know I should play my close to home course that I've played 100 times but I'm starting to rethink this strategy... First off, I'm convinced the slope is off. This course has supposedly been rated for a while, but they just recently became a member of the Louisiana Golf Association (LGA), which administers golf and handicapping for the state. It rates 74.3 and slopes 135 from the back tees at 7031 yards, and rates 72.0 and slopes 127 at the tees I normally play, which is 6521 yards (I'd likely play the back tees for OG/YG because I'd likely shoot the same score from the back and it will rate better for scoring...). This course has OB on all but one hole on the course and water on all but a few. Seems like the slope should be higher... Conversely, there is a course close by, usually not in the best of shape that I recently shot ok on. It has OB only on maybe 3 holes (could just be hazard...). It rates 70.7 and slopes at 132. I consistently shoot better scores there because I'm less likely to lose strokes for penalties. But the course is ratty and uninteresting. Thoughts?