[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on a dark not as chilly as yesterday morning here in WNY with work computer getting onto network and coffee in the mug for this abbreviated workday.  Got notice late last week of invite for the Tee It Up For The Troops tournament at Wanakah CC today and got the okay from boss for 2 hours telework this morning before heading to golf.  Open Mic this evening so this is a full day.  

Yesterday was PGA HOPE at CC of Buffalo, for an awesome experience on a blustery mostly cloudy afternoon with a Bills win so excellent day.  

Glad to see the pup is coming along with bright eyes and that indomitable spirit @Northern Monkey and @GolfSpy_APH looking to not miss that drop as even without the details of what it looks like, been looking to represent with a head cover for some time now and this from what little is known is "the one"

Hope golf is a part of your day too! 

[***Unofficial Review - Golf Forever Swing Trainer***]

Looks like an interesting system.  I have always been wary of the cost being doubled with the yearly membership fee for the "rest" of the package that rightly comes from an app that the company can keep current as updated and refined to reflect the latest improvements in the app, program, and provide proprietary communications with customers who decided what was offered is worth the commitment to the device, process, and concept.  This is my perspective I will be using at my Point of View regarding your test.  Best wishes for a good unofficial test and review! 

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on a quiet cold for the season sunny morning here in WNY   Golf today is the start of the last WNY PGA Section HOPE programs for 2024 this afternoon at CC of Buffalo, like most people's experience with Augusta National, I've passed the place literally thousands of times since childhood but never been into the driveway forget the rest of the place.  This is going to be an epic week for my golf odyssey and next week too, I'll let you know as it happens because it's a lot looking at it from this side of the timeline.  Hope golf is a part of your day! 

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on a quiet colder Saturday with brilliant sunshine and still air, hot tea this morning in the mug and getting ready for the family band rehearsal to be ready for Monday's Open Mic with more new numbers than the others.  House jobs today and tomorrow before the week kicks off with a tournament Monday (so you can see it's going to be a busy Monday!) 

Great to see @Javs trip is underway, so many birthdays for @Lefty11 @Josh Parker @ZJeb67 - and don't forget to celebrate one day for each year which should take you well into October...  Grateful for everyone sharing real life, it is a gift.

Still sorting out my music, hope golf is a part of your day! 

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on a delayed workday start to cover the later hours inevitable issues that happen when timecards are due for pay and my partner needs the afternoon for travel to weekend whatever so "we got this."  Yesterday's community call  was good information and fun, the HOPE session that followed for me was a great refresher for hitting out of sand hazard  and realizing I know about all there is to know but putting it to regular practice is the thing.  Weather change today is unfavorable for golf if the thunderstorms roll in as forecast and the weekend is looking wet to start and cool throughout.  New HOPE session and last one for 2024 in the WNY PGA Section is Sunday afternoon that will lead up to the beginning of Veteran curling, always something good going on.  Lots of good reading, great stories, good information, love the people in this forum and the kind way everyone interacts.  Hope golf is a part of your day! 

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies from a still dark and nicely cool WNY before the day heats up to remind us it is after Labor day but summer is still here on this community call Thursday  hot coffee  by the computer just online for the no-commute workday and thinking back to yesterday's practice round on my regular course where a delay on the tee box thanks to a surprise school group (the course didn't know they were going to be there, love the sometimes vague way things work in these parts) a delay on the first tee had me play with 2 ladies getting in a round for their league who welcomed me to join them.  Turned out they were astounded how they knew I wasn't someone they know but I have another doppelganger who also plays the way I do with same kind of attitude to golf, love it  had some really nice hits with the Paradym Ai Smoke Max D and it always amazes me how I do play better relaxed as that round was not quick at just over 2 hours and the company was pleasant.

No electric cars for me, would consider hybrid for advantages of both full torque at zero RPM motors and extended available power with the gasoline engine.  Still waiting for society to consider Hydrogen Cell and Iron Batteries as a viable option to push those developments forward.  I will still use my push cart on the golf course whenever possible. 

Hope to "see" many on the community call and also hope the alert banner is up early on the app to get connected before it begins, quotes as my real attention will be out the windshield as it should be, HOPE session 4 of 6 today at Niagara Frontier.  And hope golf is a part of your day! 

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies  early on this first Wednesday of the month, plenty of sunshine yesterday for the HOPE Session in Rush and tee time this afternoon after the zero commute workday.  Computer is already online and about to start the newest rendition of taking care of those who take care of Veterans.

Good to hear about the pup @Northern Monkey and appreciate the update, always a new twist to everything  Love the stories everyone tells @BIG STU @sirchunksalot @Tom the Golf Nut @Rickp @TAGolf13 and the rest of you, about past and current life, thankful for this community (as Robert @rkj427 reminds us the community call is tomorrow so get it on the to-do list!)

Then while catching up on forum yesterday came across this surprise
https://mygolfspy.com/news-opinion/forum-member-witb-easyputter/?_bhlid=e692a8276ae3860e47e1faeea7e43e26cd621947

Grateful and honored to have the first one out there and thanks for your comment on the responses there Chuck @cksurfdude!, looking forward to seeing who's next!  Hope golf is a part of your day 

[What's In Your Bag?]

On 8/19/2024 at 3:41 PM, EasyPutter said:

I had to update my WITB post after the past weekend when playing with PGA Pros in a tournament, the inevitable "why aren't you using your driver" question came up and the club came out, adjustment was made to tee height, "baseball" swing was encouraged with 2 degree up angle at ball contact, and I did not see it go but they did.  205 yards down the right middle of the fairway and kick down slope on the 10th fairway of Niagara Frontier Country Club back 9 to the creek side fairway and green.  Driver is back in the bag, now I just have to do it again... 

We started on the par 3 11th and 3 of us had pars, one had birdie, and with my handicap my adjusted score was the second birdie carded for the team.  Go Handicap! 

 

And now from the It Just Doesn't Get Cooler Than This category, so honored to have the first one profiled 

https://mygolfspy.com/news-opinion/forum-member-witb-easyputter/?_bhlid=e692a8276ae3860e47e1faeea7e43e26cd621947

I've been so busy I missed it was already posted LOL too much golf is my reason and I am sticking to it 

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies from downtown where I'm having my coffee listening to Koresma's Mystic Sea on Pandora before going into the office for my one day of the week workday away from the house.  Great to see the honeymoon trip a success Connor @Byrnzee and prayers for your pup and his sidekick @Northern Monkey who I'm certain will miss him more than anyone.  Golf yesterday was an early 18 with a couple men who are always great to spend time with on and off the course.  Hoping to get to the HOPE session in Rush NY this evening, might be a bridge too far today but I won't know until after the workday.  Hope golf is a part of your day

[Cart-Ho's Anonymous]

15 minutes ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Real men don’t ride tricycles.

 

I'll bet a push cart could be easily modified to be a trailer behind that not so real man motorized golf seat 

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies - up early on a holiday Monday for one reason only, tee time at 7:20.  All the best for today @Northern Monkey  

More later, hope golf is a part of your day 

[My 2000th Post, Sort of]

Awesome post Jason and as a numbers guy I definitely understand the joys of significant numbers and patterns, especially those associated with whatever. 

Did you ever notice that there is one time on a digital clock that you see more than any of the other 720 hours/minutes combinations possible (ignoring seconds as most readouts are just 4 digits and am/pm divisor as US clocks rarely are set for 24hr time)?  The one I see most often when glancing at a clock is 12:34.  Crazy huh?

Great seeing you too at Kingsmill and looking forward to the same in 2025 

[What Took Your Game from Good to Great?]

18 minutes ago, APKTEcheeee said:

 

I would like to comment that my response was to TriciaLee532212 who made the post that is shown in this Quoted reply as the only text visible.  The whole reply is shown below and I also noticed previously that the original post by @TriciaLee532212 no longer shows and that account does not appear to exist any longer.

@APKTEcheeee welcome into the forum and congratulations on your first posts, hope you discover the forum community here is more of a friendly place than others on the WWW.  Looking forward to seeing more of your posts.

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on a beautiful Sunday aptly named for the brilliant sunshine this morning here in WNY.  Weather supposed to move in by midday so will be getting the grass cut while it is still dry.

Great to see the Formula 1 venue Connor @Byrnzee and awesome you are there for it!  Always a great moral story @BIG STU and the telling is always a great story.  Awesome day for you and Leader Dogs Robert @rkj427 and looks like a really nice countryside venue where cars accentuate the scenery.  Great to know you got some club action yesterday Jason @sirchunksalot and Chuck @cksurfdude but remember everything in moderation keeps us doing it longer!

No golf plans for the middle day of this holiday weekend for me but hope golf is a part of your day   and Happy first day of September!

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on this last Saturday and day of August, here in the States it is our Federal Holiday for Labor Day so Monday is the added day for the 3-day weekend.  Love seeing the photos and thanks for taking us along @Byrnzee It's good to be reading more good news than not which is uplifting, and also uplifting those with things shared especially @Shrek74 as spirits are forever and though we part we are never really apart. 

Love your stories @BIG STU as they never fail to help me appreciate those things I would have liked to do but have been your life so grateful for you sharing, and really did miss them for some time.  My friend Robert @rkj427 you are doing amazing work constantly knocking it out of the park  

Family rock-n-roll band rehearsal today in an hour for Monday's open mic, no golf in my plan but that has ways of changing.  Hope golf is a part of your day  and let's give August a good send off whatever you are doing!

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on the last early start for this workweek with the commute a walk to the basement coffee in hand and computer going online for Friday's rendition of workday.  Yesterday afternoon was the PGA HOPE session 3 of 6 at NFCC and those on the community call were treated to the second consecutive week view from the city of Tonawanda just before entering Niagara county and a more or less direct route through the residential are of Niagara Falls to the northern edge close enough to Lake Ontario for the weather to be cooler by the lake.

It was a good session and helped the teaching pro facilitate chipping and pitching mostly by wrangling the balls hit onto the practice green and surrounding grass for the next part of the session.  Left the course in that low sunlight, got gas at the Tuscarora Nation Territory we call the Rez and then home arriving after dark as it is about an hour drive time north.

Great to see the early morning sunshine @Byrnzee on the buildings in your photo as low angle light always brings out the colors.  Great news Jason on Mr Socksie's return to health and thoughts prayers and well wishing for your pup @Northern Monkey and your family as it is going to be a thing for a while.  Best intentions for everyone and whatever challenges are in play.

No golf in the plan today, recovery of sorts by the time Friday rolls around and the weekend looks like mixed bag for weather and family things to attend to.  Hope golf is a part of your day 

[Forum Community Calls]

9 minutes ago, RoverRick said:

Thanks. I was texting with @William P today, and he told me about it, so since it was convenient I decided to hop on. I doubt I make a habit of it, because usually, I’m playing golf at that time, or running around so that I can play golf the next day at that time. 

The regulars will tell you that not only will I login and show my view out the windshield while driving to a golf event but I will login and show my play while on a course, started last year when our friend Jason @sirchunksalot was unable to get out on course due to recovering from an injury so I was able to share an hour of my round with him and everyone else who was no doubt entertained with the way I golf  

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on an early Thursday community call day from WNY on a zero-commute workday with coffee in hand and computers going online, and laundry already started - sometimes the mind is active early and I do tend to get most of my tasks done early each day.  Golf yesterday was with regular partners Marc @Marc Threeput and Jim @The1C3man on Arrowhead GC in Akron NY, great round on a hot humid day with lumpy clouds more than direct sunshine that at times made it look like there was rain in the distance, that was only the shadow of the thicker clouds in the haze.

We did have a brief sun shower but nothing more until we had turned in the carts to head to dinner, and it poured as soon as we were in the restaurant.  Driver continued to be more on than off, still trying to get it as dependable as the hybrid, mostly bogies with a couple either side of that.  

Great to see Italy @Byrnzee and hear of things no as bad as thought, prayers and intentions for all who are facing health issues with loved ones, and for good health and strength for everyone.

Hope to see/hear many on the community call later, will be on my travels to the HOPE session in Niagara County, and hope golf in any of its manifestations is part of your day! 

[The Good Morning Thread]

17 hours ago, sirchunksalot said:

My wife got the computer packed up and sent off for repairs so hopefully they'll be able to fix the issue and get it done fairly quick. 

The vet called about the cat and said his thyroid levels were off and she's got to take him back in tomorrow. He's such a good bean and I hope they can get him back to normal. 

I appreciate all the kind words today. 

Sending thoughts for all good things for your furry kid and both you and wife, so much goodness in your family.  I know you have got this as you do all things but I also know how it seems like if it isn't one thing it's another... because that is how we are challenged to find out if we are still being the person we are supposed to be.  I'd say you're doing very well my friend, prayers of strength and peace are constantly coming your way.  Can you believe it is now 90 days since we met at Kingsmill?  Time flies much too quickly 

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on a half no-commute workday for me and the cool of the night here in WNY went all the way down to 75F after yesterday's 90 with high humidity.  I'm always reminded that the air conditioning, that I had to wear winter layers for while at work in the office and changed out of leaving the building, was invented right here in Buffalo by the Carrier Corp no doubt inspired by the industrial and architectural advances of the day and the abundance of electricity from nearby Niagara Falls.  The other half of the day is golf.  It was another good HOPE session again yesterday evening in Rush NY with the entire time on the range assisting the pros guiding our Veterans to hitting lofted clubs of all kinds and the drives really were amazing "not swinging hard but swinging controlled" as I could attest to being effective from my Monday round.  Always a long day, made it home in time to unwind and get to bed.

Golf today is with regular playing partners Marc @Marc Threeput and Jim @The1C3man at Arrowhead GC.  Glad to see everyone getting out on the course and hearing about travel desinations as well as all the other stories people share   Hope golf is a part of your day too! 

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies from the streetlights dark thirty of downtown by the office building for today's workday, listening to Ryan Farish's Starlight on Pandora and sipping coffee before heading in. Golf yesterday was a great experience with driver working right for the first time in 2024 and the tee shot on the 6th that needs to carry reeds, trees and water on the end of South Park lake was found in the middle of the fairway inside the 150 stake and 227 appeared on the club tracking before GPS settled on 226, longest yet for the Callaway Ai Smoke Max D. I'm seeing an erosion in my app calculated handicap so sometimes going well this year. 

Lovely photos everyone of Italy, golf courses and wildlife! Thoughts are for peaceful focus and letting stress slip away like water draining away to uncover the spirit in all of us that is who we really are, sending intentions for strength and endurance to get there.  As AK's Life's so Short is reminding me as the last Pandora sounds leaving the vehicle, make today yours.

HOPE session in Rush NY this evening for me, hope golf is part of your day  

[Callaway Ai-Smoke Drivers: 2024 Forum Review]

It's back in the bag and back better than before.  As expected it was me all along and not the club.

9 days ago got a spot on my driver by PGA Teaching Pro and Glen Oak GC owner Tim Fries who got me swinging the baseball bat swing, slowly transferred to an angle off horizontal plane, adjusted my set-up and put the ball on a higher tee than I think I ever used (felt like T-ball but nothing of that height lol) and voila, a long drive on the last hole of the tournament we were playing together in our foursome.  

All the others in the foursome were PGA Pros and one was last year's WNY PGA Professional Champion of the Year (and #2 this year) and it took them 17 holes to ask me why I was not using my driver... hahaha the respect going both ways in the Section for Veterans and Pros is really awesome and they had not wanted to ask until that point.   I told them it was in time-out, or maybe it was me in time-out as the draw bias of the club face wasn't stopping my slight to strong fade.

Today's practice round was just put the ball on the tall tee, relax and swing.  3 drives today captured with SwingU app club tracking were better than anything during testing:
1st tee - 158 yards = wide right and no surprise pretty much why it's/I'm in driver time-out.
2nd tee - 169 yards = fairway and hello.
3rd tee - 154 yards = got underneath it and not too far right.
5th tee - 116 yards = into the wind and provisional with first lost off tree into the lake.
6th tee - 227 yards = newest longest shot (tracked average of 150 yards).
8th tee - 193 yards = slightly left but straight.
9th tee - 177 yards = longest hit on the 9th hole ever.

The last 3 tracked shots were the longest since the beginning of testing earlier in 2024.  Which leads me to believe that "intention" and "result" are linked with this and every club.  This was part of an actual conversation I had with Ryan when we shared a cart on The River Course on Saturday at Kingsmill almost 89 days ago today.  My recognition of this is at this point there is no "testing" going on so I am perceiving no pressure to perform and just swinging to make contact.  The correct term for the play today is, wow does it make contact.

I've recognized my driver is a good performer and it's back to having its place in my golf bag.  @TylorJudd hope you have found the same thing now the pressure is off from what you had said before top of this page!

[Should golf courses have a warm up hole?]

8 hours ago, TheBirdieMasterLOL said:

I think that a warm-up hole is a terrible idea. Part of golf is feeling the nerves when you step up to the first tee, plus (and I feel like a traditionalist for saying this), golf courses have always been 18 holes. It’s part of the tradition and the rhythm of the game.

Technically the R&A shortened the course from 22 to 18 holes in the 1700's so have not always been 18 holes plus there was no standard before that with some courses having as few as 7 holes.  It would have been great to try courses like Prestwick that had 12 after St. Andrews went to 18 holes as 9 is a good play but more would be better and 18 is often just a bit too long for the aging duffers.

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on this no-commute last Monday for August workday from the glorious warmth of a WNY summer.  Yesterday was shed day with all the supplies on-hand removing shutters, doors, and assorted parts that were cleaned, scraped and painted, and all restored to full operational parameters before sunset.  Solo job as MGSpouse somehow avoided visits to provide insights and son is still sorting out the inside of the house with his merging back into homelife after college apartment time while he is working an extended co-op that has rumblings of a possible offer, and only rumblings.

 

Great to see the new members in TGMT with us, welcome in @Jeremy1999 and @Bogey Train Conductor !  Also wondering how much @Byrnzee is paying attention to Italy following golf so well , @KC Golf safe travels home   and great short term project @William P with such an amazing build 

Golf today after work, 9 holes at the practice course and forward plan is 2 workdays, a golf day, and 2 workdays before getting to next weekend.  Hope golf is a part of your day  

[The Good Morning Thread]

Good morning MGSpies on a glorious August summer Sunday morning with sunshine and cool before the day warms up to nicely hot  Shed painting is on today with everything bought yesterday and with no big push to "get out and do it" mostly due to a summer shower that caused a panic rush to get laundry hanging on the line in, so coffee in hand and TGMT post made, it will be time to get out into the yard to do "the thing" while MGSpouse is watching her Sunday morning programs (coffee already provided... the key my fellows is to be aware of the soothing perks she prefers and provide them daily without a comment made, oh and "failing hearing" does have benefits   Golf will be tomorrow at the soonest as the weekdays will be full again this week, hope golf is a part of your day.