Southeast: KY, TN, NC, SC, AL, GA, FL

[ole gray]

Welcome from Georgia!


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[Hotrod]

1. How long have you been playing golf? Off and on for 25 years.   What’s your handicap or normal score? 16hdcp

2. What do you love about golf? Being outdoors, and the challenge of me vs the course.

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Info.   Do you already know any other Spies? No.

4. Where are you from? Knoxville Tn. What is your home course? None. We paly everywhere.

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Best I'd say is the ability to pretty much play year round, and the worst is the number of courses closing down and making the ones left overcrowded.

6. What do you do for a living? Sales

7. How’d you pick your user name? Nickname my dad called me growing up.

[wingfoot]

1. How long have you been playing golf? 5 years What’s your handicap or normal score? 11, mid 80's

2. What do you love about golf?  Social aspect and being outside

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? I like keeping up with new equipment and news.  Do you already know any other Spies? No

4. Where are you from? Peachtree City, GA  What is your home course? ClubCorp cluster in Peachtree City, GA

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?  Best, Lots of courses to play & reasonable prices.  I hate even Georgia's mild winters, give me hot weather!

6. What do you do for a living?  Airline mechanic

7. How’d you pick your user name?  The name of a local running magazine

[IrishMace]

Hello, all.

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score?

   • About 6 years since I first swung a club, but I only played about six rounds total in the first two years. Handicap 21.2 and falling.

2. What do you love about golf?

   • I've come to appreciate that it's something I can do by myself. Not that I prefer it -- quite the opposite -- but with my other sports (ultimate and basketball) if there aren't a several others who are free to play, then I'm not playing no matter how much I might want to. (To say nothing of virus restrictions.)

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?

   • Best, most in-depth coverage on the net. Been reading for 2-3 years. Don't know anyone else.

4. Where are you from? What is your home course?

   • Cary, NC. Unofficially, my "home" course is Lochmere Golf Club.

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?

   • Best: I can play year round, and Southern Pines/Pinehurst is only an hour and change away. Worst: In the winter, the grass is brown and dormant and the clay soil (everywhere except Southern Pines) drains really poorly.

6. What do you do for a living?

   • Software engineer

7. How’d you pick your user name?

   • My school and a piece of equipment I used to carry on Saturdays.

[butters]

Been away from Golf forums for a bit. Figured it’s time to dive back in. Still living in central NC. Try to get out as much as I can but all my golf buddies have moved away.

[Albatrass]

butters;

  Great you are getting back into the swing of things.  Stay safe.

Darrell

[PMookie]

Anyone in this thread a “regular” at Gibson Bay in Richmond, KY????


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[Albatrass]

PMookie;

  Not me.  Never played Gibson Bay.

Darrell

[Sox Fan]

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score?  Been playing for a little over 40 years and my handicap ranges from mid 3's in the highest heat of the summer to low 7's in the winter when the temp's are beow 60.  Love the high heat and high humidity!

2. What do you love about golf?  The challenge of the game is what drives my love first and foremost.

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies?  Have benn registered on the site for several years and just now really starting to post since I see familiar names from other forums I have frequented in the past.  Have always really loved the MGS reviews and social media content.

4. Where are you from? What is your home course?  Have lived in Thomasville, GA for about 12 years and have been a member at Country Oaks Golf Course that entire time.

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?  Year around golf is the best.  Temperatures dropping below 60 during periods in the months of November - February is the worst.

6. What do you do for a living?  Have been retired for 2.5 years

7. How’d you pick your user name?  Huge Boston Red Sox fan

[MSB256]

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score? Seriously for about 10 or so years is my guess. Off and on before that. Best I ever shot was about an 81 when playing regularly. Now more so 90 to 100 to 110 for now. Hope to get back to more consistent playing and get back to better scores.

2. What do you love about golf?  The integrity. Hitting a ball far.

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? Been into another golf forum for a while and now giving MyGolfSpy a try.

4. Where are you from? What is your home course?  Huntsville, AL. Robert Trent Jones course or the course I'm a member of which has changed.

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?  When it gets to 95* or hotter. 

6. What do you do for a living?  Business Development.

7. How’d you pick your user name?  Initials and area code.

[jkkt]

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score? Only been playing seriously the last two years (in my late twenties but have had lessons since highschool and played a couple rounds a year through college)

2. What do you love about golf?  Just being outside, working on my shots and getting better.

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? I enjoy forums and the sense of community, I am just trying to get a sense of the best equipment, courses and what my fellow golfers are doing.

4. Where are you from? What is your home course?  I am from the Northeast, but now Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo is my home base where I have the opportunity to play most when on vacation.

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?  Hitting it into the water.

6. What do you do for a living? Lawyer

7. How’d you pick your user name?  Fairly randomly

[CosmicMoses]

On 2/11/2019 at 5:25 PM, GolfSpy MPR said:

• How long have you been playing golf? I have been playing of & on since I was about 5-7 so 20 years. 

• What’s your handicap or normal score? I say solidly shot about a 88

• What do you love about golf? I love golf because it is the total alignment of Mind ,Body and Spirit . I play golf as a means of finding my "Happy Place"

• What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? Stumbled upon this great website today, and I am asking the Ben Hogan to let my try his new irons!

• Where are you from? What is your home course? Knoxville, TN. I love Three Ridges.

• What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? I have no answer.

• What do you do for a living? Currently unemployed due to Covid-19, I was a canvassing manager for a Home Improvements company.

• How’d you pick your user name? I have come to set My People Free!

 

[Albatrass]

Stay in your Happy Place.  It will be great when COVID 19 is only a memory.  Stay safe.

[aerospace_ray]

1. How long have you been playing golf? 40+ years

   1. What’s your handicap or normal score? 80 ish/ 18 holes

2. What do you love about golf? the feeling of a quality/pure strike and flight of ball -- just love watching the ball fly

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? the quality of testing and technical details--what the statistics/numbers really yield

   1. Do you already know any other Spies? no

4. Where are you from? Alabama

   1. What is your home course? Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Can play year round, the afternoon thunderstorms that can pop up very quickly w/lightening 

6. What do you do for a living? use a computer

7. How’d you pick your user name? I like space/Star Trek

[Daddysflying]

Hello

I've been playing golf for 50 years, and play blades oh, I have a 22 year old Snake eyes irons, and 20 year olds MacGregor v foil driver and 3-wood. I own a barber shop in ellenton Florida, and I play as much as I can, I say I'm an 18 handicap but the truth is sometimes I can shoot 75 and sometimes I can see 90. I don't care. I play the game because I love being on the course I love walking oh, so I rarely ride in a cart. I love being on a Munch nature, walking on a beautiful lawn I don't have to mow and communing with the course. my screen name is Daddy's flying because I'm a pilot and have been since I was very young. I came to golf spy because I really want to try out the Hogan icons, but I keep coming back to my Snake-Eyes custom-made blades. That said, as I said I love to walk, and I'm getting kind of old to lug heavy clubs.

Edited May 19, 2020 by Daddysflying

[Albatrass]

Clubs have really changed over the past twenty years.  Get you a new fitted set, a light carry bag and see your handicap drop.

[Deuce]

1. How long have you been playing golf? What’s your handicap or normal score? Been about 6 or 7 years now. I'm around a 21 handicap though I haven't golfed much since my kids have gotten into the toddler phase of life, so the next time out I'll be happy to break 100.

2. What do you love about golf? That one perfect feeling shot (a round).

3. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? Do you already know any other Spies? I'm a scientist by trade, so I love data. I know Rob Canady. Not sure if he'll vouch for me or not. 

4. Where are you from? What is your home course? South Carolina. I used to be a country club member but poor management chased us off. Now, getting back in is going to be financially difficult, though we're considering it. So I'm really a nomad right now.

5. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region? Best? Lots of courses. Worst? I don't really see a downside to having this many options.

6. What do you do for a living? I'm a gene jockey (molecular biologist).

7. How’d you pick your user name? My nickname back when I ran cross country and track in college.

[GregGarner]

1. How long have you been playing golf? ~25 years

2. What’s your handicap or normal score? Currently 3.2

3. What do you love about golf?  I love the creativity of it. Every shot is unique and you can craft each one differently. Being outside is also a bonus.

4. What brings you to MyGolfSpy? The approach really appeals to me. I've been following along via Instagram for a while, but decided to actually be a contributor and not just consumer. 

5. Do you already know any other Spies? Not yet!

6. Where are you from? From southeast Kansas, but currently residing in Durham, NC

7. What is your home course? The Preserve at Jordan Lake in Chapel Hill, NC

8. What are the best and worst things about golf in your region?  There are a ton of incredible golf courses in the area/within a reasonable drive. Unfortunately, far too many courses struggle with course maintenance because of our climate. Our summers just a bit too warm for Bentgrass and most courses don't want to use Bermuda (and I suppose our winters are sometimes a bit too cold for it, but that's debatable).

9. What do you do for a living?  The easiest way to describe it would be 'corporate trainer.'

10. How’d you pick your user name?  Just my name...

[Deuce]

13 minutes ago, greggarner said:

1. What is your home course? The Preserve at Jordan Lake in Chapel Hill, NC

One of my favorite courses is Lonnie Poole (NCSU) though my best score came at Finley (UNC). Golf in the Research Triangle is so much fun.

Edited May 20, 2020 by Deuce

[GregGarner]

51 minutes ago, Deuce said:

One of my favorite courses is Lonnie Poole (NCSU) though my best score came at Finley (UNC). Golf in the Research Triangle is so much fun.

I live just down the road from Finley and they run a lot of specials on GolfNow and GroupGolfer (and sometimes Groupon!) so I've played it quite a bit. The best tip I would give to anyone about to play Finley is: every putt is straight. But I also used to work at NC State, so I've made a couple loops at Lonnie Poole. It's a great course with two VERY different 9s. (There's also a great Arnie story about Lonnie Poole, but that's for another time.)