The Good Morning Thread

[Rob Person]

1 minute ago, Erin B said:

TGIF! Not much going on today. I’m taking the day off from golf as a rest day before the weekend. I’m playing the VGA this weekend and have two rounds at Collindale in Fort Collins CO. https://www.fcgov.com/collindale/ Sunday is our state championship. I’m not expecting to win, I just want a good showing. I’m thinking about not competing after this season because I’ve found I enjoy golf more playing casually. Not a bad thing if you ask me. I’ll still play in scrambles and the club championships but really want to just enjoy golfing. I’m probably gonna stay on the VGA but only for the camaraderie. Anyway, hope you all have a great day and here’s to the weekend! 

Good luck!

[Tom the Golf Nut]

T minus 10 minutes until my meeting with Vice for my fitting.

T minus 2 hours and 40 minutes util I head over to the golf course for a round of golf.

What a great day so far. Fill you all in later on the fitting. 

[jbern]

Good morning! I was able to squeeze in a quick walking 9 holes yesterday afternoon between meetings! I don't have golf planned for today because some family is coming to visit, but I do have a round scheduled for tomorrow! 

Today, outside of work, is going to be preparing the house and outdoors for family coming to visit for a few days. It's great to have them here, but SWMBO likes the house to be clutter free, spot free, dust free, like something out of Home & Garden magazine whenever they come. Usually our house looks more like an episode of hoarders, so I've got a lot of work ahead of me today !

Have a good day everyone!

[William P]

Good Friday morning Spies!

Hope this finds everyone making or beginning plans for a nice weekend! All I can say is it will be a hot one here!

Have my new wedges in possession and played them yesterday right out of the wrapper. What a difference! definitely have some work to do with short game but the new gap wedge is just what the Dr ordered! 

Happy birthday @Placasse61!

Nice job on the Stix review @Rob Person!

Well, SWMBO is reminding me that it is my day to cook breakfast, so I guess I'd better get ready or face the "Wrath of Kong" for a few hours for not catering to her wishes...

Everyone have a great day and stay safe!

[Michael.Sandoval33]

Happy Friday Spies!

Not much to do today besides finishing my class discussion. I always save it for last since I am able to take all that I have learned from the week and blurt it out into 200 words. I've been having trouble sleeping since we got the new California King Mattress, still getting used to it. I fall asleep easy enough but find myself waking up every few hours so it's probably just my body thinking "it's too nice for you"

Anyways, I hope you all have a great kick start to the weekend!

[Northern Monkey]

Good morning all. Got out early for a round this morning before I start my block of 7 duty days tomorrow. Had a great round and matched my PB of +5 gross. It was one of those rounds where it was nice and steady with no bad shots and no outstanding shots but just went really well. The approach and short game were the highlights

The SG for the putting is a bit misleading as because the short game was so good I didn’t have many putts over 6 feet and had 11 putts within 3 feet. 
Unlikely I’ll get out though now for over a week so it was a nice to play like that before the enforced break. 
@sirchunksalot enjoy the break and the golf

@Rob Person great final review on the Stix

Still no sign of @Dead Solid Bogey 

Hope you all have a great weekend and for those that have to work it I share your pain

 

[Byrnzee]

Good morning spies!

Happy Friday to all on a beautiful day in Chicago. Went to the PGA Tour Superstore last night to pick up my regripped irons and get some sim practice in. New grips feel great and so does the swing. All I could ask for going into a golf-filled weekend.

Before leaving the store, I decided I wanted to try and find a new pair of navy golf shorts (don't love my current pair). Found a pair on the discount rack, tried them on, fit perfect. Bought them instantly and returned home only to realize... I'm fairly certain these are women's shorts  no belt loops, they fasten on the opposite side, and have a bit of elastic in the waistband. But hey, they were 60% off and fit me great. Also you definitely can't tell unless you saw the tag inside, so I'm keeping them!

My brother-in-law @Swood1994 arrives early tomorrow morning for our voyage to Erin Hills Sunday. Will be tidying up the house today and getting everything ready for a a great weekend ahead. 

Hope everyone has a great Friday and a great weekend!

[GolfSpy_KFT]

Good morning fellow spies and happy Friday! Rain forecasted throughout the day today, but the weekend looks like it should be pretty nice.

My wife's new Paradym Ai Smoke Max Fast irons came in this week, and man alive are they great looking sticks. I will get some photos on here soon, but really nice looking clubs. Can't wait to be able to get out together so she can try them. She did get to hit the Aerojet Max driver Monday and was striking it well.

Not too much planned to my knowledge for the weekend, hoping to maybe get on the range with the family and then get them out on the course to play a bit. I will just play the role of caddie as I have played quite a bit this week and between my wife and I, one of us almost needs to not play a hole to keep the boys wrangled in lol.

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

[Kenny B]

Good Morning everyone!  Nice sunny day today after two days of wind.  I walked 9 holes on Wednesday while my wife played in the Ladies league; first time walking in over two months!!  Had 4 bogies which is not bad on our front nine par 37.  My brother-in-law came over from Seattle yesterday and we have a round scheduled for 10am.

@JFish350  Glad your surgery went well.  Take it easy; don’t rush it.

@Placasse61  Happy Birthday; enjoy a nice round!!

Remember everyone...

 

[ZoonORama]

Morning spies!

Happy Friday!!

The community call yesterday was really interesting. I will be very interested to see how these new Vice clubs score compared to other DTC brands. 

I was able to get to the range yesterday during lunch and launch a few. Felt really good hitting wedges and even driver. Go figure. Now if I could just replicate all of that on the course, I would be a much lower handicap.

Hope everyone has a great weekend and gets to play some golf. I know I’ll be trying to get in a round this weekend.

Cheers!  

[Jim Shaw]

58 minutes ago, jbern said:

Good morning! I was able to squeeze in a quick walking 9 holes yesterday afternoon between meetings! I don't have golf planned for today because some family is coming to visit, but I do have a round scheduled for tomorrow! 

Today, outside of work, is going to be preparing the house and outdoors for family coming to visit for a few days. It's great to have them here, but SWMBO likes the house to be clutter free, spot free, dust free, like something out of Home & Garden magazine whenever they come. Usually our house looks more like an episode of hoarders, so I've got a lot of work ahead of me today !

Have a good day everyone!

I saw a video clip once and the mom was running around screaming "make it look like no-one lives here" 

[cksurfdude]

3 hours ago, Rob Person said:

Has anyone heard from @Dead Solid Bogey ????

Really good question! Just checked and his last post was one week ago, in here. Hope this doesn't mean his medico situation took a bad turn....

And hopefully it's not something else like.. (a) the cartel is holding him hostage for random or .. even worse .. (b) The She Being is holding him captive at home......

@Dead Solid Bogey if you're reading this hope you're ok and give us an update?

...

Separately - @Byrnzee hey a deal is a deal! And @Swood1994 no checking out Byrnzee's butt in his new figure-flattering shorts

 

[EnderinAZ]

Good morning spies! Looking for my third sub 80 round this week with the Wild Bunch. But, it is going to be hot. Yeah I know, it is always hot in Mesa Arizona...

One of the claims of the Claw gloves I am testing is you can toss them in the washing machine. So I did that. The glove came out looking and feeling fantastic. I was shocked to say the least. I am going to use that glove again today and see if the washing affected the silicone in any way. 

Hope everyone has a great Friday. 

Carpe Diem!

[buckpillar]

Morning MyGolfSpy Nation,

Just hanging out then hitting the course for a quick 18 today, Started working on my homemade Swing speed club, had an old shaft and found a few metal spacers at work that are pretty heavy.

I was able to thread a bolt into the end of the shaft securing it on the inside and out with some golf club epoxy. now I just got to find a couple nuts and bolts to be able to add or remove the additional weights.

What you all think so far? See below

MyGolfSpy Nation - HITTEM Straight!

[RichL85]

Friday has arrived, so today is a remote work day. I'm basically just going to be catching up on my Six Sigma class. Supposed to have an exam and a project deliverable due today so it might be a little busy but at least I won't have to be interrupted with Teams meetings all day long. 

We've been struggling with getting our son to eat anything other than his go to foods and it seems we are getting closer to the point where he's going to have to choose to try new food or not eat at all. He was our NICU baby so he's been spoiled by his grandparents but now he's 7 and won't eat hardly anything. It's been a struggle to find restaurants when we go on family trips sometimes because my wife, daughter, and I are the type to want to try places and foods we can't get at home, and he's the opposite. It gets old having to pick restaurants based on who has chicken nuggets or pizza on their menu. It's also annoying to make a separate meal for him,especially the occasional time when my daughter will fight us on having to try a new vegetable or something all we hear is, "Well why do I have to try it if he won't eat anything?" I mean... She's not wrong. 

[buckpillar]

12 hours ago, Rob Person said:

Final.Stix review posted!

 

Great review Rob, Honest and contains a lot of information. 

[buckpillar]

2 minutes ago, RichL85 said:

Friday has arrived, so today is a remote work day. I'm basically just going to be catching up on my Six Sigma class. Supposed to have an exam and a project deliverable due today so it might be a little busy but at least I won't have to be interrupted with Teams meetings all day long. 

We've been struggling with getting our son to eat anything other than his go to foods and it seems we are getting closer to the point where he's going to have to choose to try new food or not eat at all. He was our NICU baby so he's been spoiled by his grandparents but now he's 7 and won't eat hardly anything. It's been a struggle to find restaurants when we go on family trips sometimes because my wife, daughter, and I are the type to want to try places and foods we can't get at home, and he's the opposite. It gets old having to pick restaurants based on who has chicken nuggets or pizza on their menu. It's also annoying to make a separate meal for him,especially the occasional time when my daughter will fight us on having to try a new vegetable or something all we hear is, "Well why do I have to try it if he won't eat anything?" I mean... She's not wrong. 

Good Luck 

[buckpillar]

1 hour ago, William P said:

Good Friday morning Spies!

Hope this finds everyone making or beginning plans for a nice weekend! All I can say is it will be a hot one here!

Have my new wedges in possession and played them yesterday right out of the wrapper. What a difference! definitely have some work to do with short game but the new gap wedge is just what the Dr ordered! 

Happy birthday @Placasse61!

Nice job on the Stix review @Rob Person!

Well, SWMBO is reminding me that it is my day to cook breakfast, so I guess I'd better get ready or face the "Wrath of Kong" for a few hours for not catering to her wishes...

Everyone have a great day and stay safe!

Ill take the Brisket and egg bagel, Have a great day Sir

[Preeway]

Good morning gents. Another round this afternoon is scheduled and hoping to improve by a couple shots over yesterday. Busy day with kids sports and packing up for the family vacay to the Lake of the Ozarks. 

@David Leighton Reid, I’m playing Bear Creek as well next Wednesday. Really enjoy that course. 

Hope everyone has a great day ahead. 

[Erin B]

1 hour ago, Northern Monkey said:

Good morning all. Got out early for a round this morning before I start my block of 7 duty days tomorrow. Had a great round and matched my PB of +5 gross. It was one of those rounds where it was nice and steady with no bad shots and no outstanding shots but just went really well. The approach and short game were the highlights

The SG for the putting is a bit misleading as because the short game was so good I didn’t have many putts over 6 feet and had 11 putts within 3 feet. 
Unlikely I’ll get out though now for over a week so it was a nice to play like that before the enforced break. 
@sirchunksalot enjoy the break and the golf

@Rob Person great final review on the Stix

Still no sign of @Dead Solid Bogey 

Hope you all have a great weekend and for those that have to work it I share your pain

 

That’s fantastic @Northern Monkey!!! If you ever get over to this side of the pond let me know your plans. Maybe we could play a round. I’m also concerned about @Dead Solid Bogey. I messaged him and he hasn’t responded. Hopefully he’s fine and maybe on a site he can’t get internet. I miss his humor. 

[Jim Shaw]

Here I am working with my granddaughter, June 28 2019... unfortunately she didn't stick with the game but I wanted to introduce them to it anyway... 

[jbern]

1 hour ago, Jim Shaw said:

I saw a video clip once and the mom was running around screaming "make it look like no-one lives here" 

Very accurate to how things go around here! 

[MattWillGolf]

2 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

TGIF friends!!

Those of you stuck in an office .. sorry .. those of you WFH .. also sorry .. but hang in there, it's only a few hours until Happy Hour!!

I may take it relatively easy today, although that plan usually doesn't always come through .. maybe just a little weeding in back where it's really needed.

Just gotta be smart and cover up - part of that is poison ivy and I'm sensitive to it... Almost dosed myself the beginning of the week trimming some overgrown stuff .. then started pulling vines growing under the fence into my yard - and I was wearing shorts and did get two very small spots, one on each leg, which are so far contained. 

Anyway......

Hope you have a great day and a better happy hour!!! 

I'm "working" from home my DF3 Forum Review Test final. Does that count as working? 

[MattWillGolf]

Scottie's caddy is certainly doing well this season

Edited Friday at 03:42 PM by MattWillGolf
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[snoopy79]

Morning MGS forum!

Back from work trip to Orlando where I got to play about 7 holes before lightning  and heavy storms rolled in. One bolt struck so close my hair on arm tingled and i felt a static discharge while holding on to the putter. Was having a decent round too. Oh well!

Catching up on the forum in between work tasks today. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Keep it in the fairway y'all

[EnderinAZ]

1 hour ago, buckpillar said:

Morning MyGolfSpy Nation,

Just hanging out then hitting the course for a quick 18 today, Started working on my homemade Swing speed club, had an old shaft and found a few metal spacers at work that are pretty heavy.

I was able to thread a bolt into the end of the shaft securing it on the inside and out with some golf club epoxy. now I just got to find a couple nuts and bolts to be able to add or remove the additional weights.

What you all think so far? See below

MyGolfSpy Nation - HITTEM Straight!

Looks like you could then add bolts to the spacer holes for added weight. Longer the bolt, the heavier the weight. 

[Northern Monkey]

35 minutes ago, Erin B said:

That’s fantastic @Northern Monkey!!! If you ever get over to this side of the pond let me know your plans. Maybe we could play a round. I’m also concerned about @Dead Solid Bogey. I messaged him and he hasn’t responded. Hopefully he’s fine and maybe on a site he can’t get internet. I miss his humor. 

Thanks, a round would be great if possible. When I’m in the states next will have to see what we can organise. 
@Dead Solid Bogey I miss his humour too. Hope he’s ok and is back soon

[PrismFlopper]

Good morning to all the spies out there! Hope everybody’s week has been fantastic and nothing but good things. Managed to. Get out Wednesday morning for a quick 9 and I mean QUICK, walked 9 holes in an hour and 4 mins right out of the car. Absolutely cruising for no reason at all . Did feel great to get out there in the morning before work. Got some chipping and putting practice in this morning before work and heading out to the campground this weekend. Still waiting on when the baby decides he wants to come out and enjoy the world but just thankful the wife is healthy, as miserable as she is. 

[David Leighton Reid]

59 minutes ago, Preeway said:

@David Leighton Reid, I’m playing Bear Creek as well next Wednesday. Really enjoy that course. 

@Preeway Hope you have a very enjoyable vacation at the lake.  The only disappointment I had at Bear Creek yesterday was they are rebuilding the tee box on the par 3 hole #16 and we had to hit off of a mat.  

[JFish350]

22 hours ago, MattWillGolf said:

I can echo this one. When we lived in Washington, Discount Tire was our go to and they really took care of my wife and I. I miss that we don't have them in CNY. They get customer service. (But nothing beats Les Schwab and their "free beef" giveaway though. LOL)

I'm not a fan of Les Schwab but they do some good community stuff. For instance tonight they are sponsoring the "Les Schwab Bowl". This is a High School Football game for basically all star players in the state of Oregon. Also here in my the little town I live in (20,000ish residents) They donate a couple sets of tires to the HS Booster club auction. I am not sure they do the beef thing any longer.