The Good Morning Thread

[skraeling]

Ah HAH!  The father unit has responded with a not shocking very enthusiastic "IM IN".

So at least I have one victim enlisted to watch me suffer.

[Samuel09152]

We are back at work and looking to do kill today so I can go take Kennesaw State to a bowl game in College Football 25. Man, it is good to have the game back. I'm out recuriting like I Pruitt at UT, (promising kids things I cant or dont have lol ). Anyways Have a great day SPIES! We in it to Win it! BE the BLESSING 

[Erin B]

10 minutes ago, skraeling said:

Ah HAH!  The father unit has responded with a not shocking very enthusiastic "IM IN".

So at least I have one victim enlisted to watch me suffer.

I'd be in. Too bad you don't live in Wyoming

[Swood1994]

Good morning folks!

Happy humpday! Currently booked solid with meetings from 9am-2:30 then hopefully the rain holds off and I’m able to actually get league in. 

I hope everyone has a great day!

[MattWillGolf]

Good morning Spies,

Ive been offline for a bit. Life just got a bit busy. I’ve had early morning tee times on Monday and Tuesday. Yesterday got interrupted by a tornado warning in the afternoon. We later learned that a tornado touched down in Rome, NY. My wife and I spent Saturday there for her Aquabike race. The tornado did damage 2 blocks down from the restaurant we had dinner at Friday night and the B-52, I posted a picture of a few days ago was moved off of its pedestal. The weather has been a bit crazy.

My wife and I are heading to California today to visit family. My parents and sister then driving south to see our son and daughter-in-law and my other sister in Southern California. I am bringing my clubs. I plan to golf at Goat Hill Park and maybe Torrey Pines.

I’m starting to see improvements in golf from my lesson last week. I’m doing my drills to imprint those swing changes.

Wishing all a wonderful day!

[Shrek74]

Good morning, Spies!!! Happy Humpty Hump Day!!

We got some good rain yesterday afternoon/evening. Sun's out now, but more is on the way this afternoon, and on/off for the next week. Still holding out hope we get a dry day come Sunday. I don't want to miss my weekly round and definitely don't want to miss a week in the VCT!!

Just signed up for Me and My Golf annual account. The 30% off coupon put me over the top to pull the trigger. We'll see how that works out for me now that I finally have my garage stuff all ready for usage. I'll likely supplement it with live in-person lessons here locally a handful of times a year, just to ensure what I'm doing is working and to make any finer tweaks that might be required.

Well, work stuff is kicking in. Everyone have an awesome day!!

[GolfSpy_KFT]

18 hours ago, PrismFlopper said:

Goodmorning, afternoon, evening I’m so tired I barely know what time it is. But our baby boy decided to have an emergency eviction via c section late Sunday night and it’s been a ride ever since but we’re getting a little of control! Could not be more excited and terrified that this little chunk is mine. 

Congratulations! Hope mom and baby are both doing well!

[GolfSpy_KFT]

Good morning spies and happy Wednesday. League play last night with @JJBack and we were quite consistent, but didn't get enough par putts to drop and weren't able to find a birdie en route to a 42. From an overall standpoint, our best collective round as it is the first we haven't had at least one double on the card. The ball striking I had found during the weekend eluded me and driver has been fade/slice tendency since the end of the weekend also. Most likely falling back into old habits with my swing, and admittedly have not been practicing much with how busy our schedule has been. I'm not concerned about pulling it back in and getting back to controlling driver better. Just need to get back to practicing some drills. 

Hope everyone has a great day!

[billpierce]

On 7/11/2024 at 3:44 AM, ILMgolfnut said:

Good morning Spies. No golf today as my back and the rest of me recover from the round in the wind and rain yesterday.

Awoke to a handicapping quirk. I have a USGA handicap and a Scottish handicap. USGA has all my scores for the last two-plus years. Scotland doesn't. So with all the hacking around I've done over here (duly submitted to both associations), my GHIN is now 20.1. My Scottish 'cap is 37.4. Which might be beneficial in Saturday's tournament, which has no handicap limit. Don't know that there's much that can be done about that since SGA essentially doesn't take noncompetitive rounds.

Hey @Northern Monkey you might be able to answer this. GF wants me to bring home some Scottish seashells, but I just saw something that removing natural materials from a UK beach, including seashells, is illegal and could lead to a £1000 fine. Do you know if that's true?

EDIT: My club secretary suggests I play off the 20.1 Saturday. Which makes sense; don't want to be accused of sandbagging. He will get around to putting my US scores into the Scottish system to remove/reduce the discrepancy.

Will you have a scottish accent or American? Maybe that settles it?

[rkj427]

34 minutes ago, MattWillGolf said:

Good morning Spies,

Ive been offline for a bit. Life just got a bit busy. I’ve had early morning tee times on Monday and Tuesday. Yesterday got interrupted by a tornado warning in the afternoon. We later learned that a tornado touched down in Rome, NY. My wife and I spent Saturday there for her Aquabike race. The tornado did damage 2 blocks down from the restaurant we had dinner at Friday night and the B-52, I posted a picture of a few days ago was moved off of its pedestal. The weather has been a bit crazy.

My wife and I are heading to California today to visit family. My parents and sister then driving south to see our son and daughter-in-law and my other sister in Southern California. I am bringing my clubs. I plan to golf at Goat Hill Park and maybe Torrey Pines.

I’m starting to see improvements in golf from my lesson last week. I’m doing my drills to imprint those swing changes.

Wishing all a wonderful day!

Safe travels @MattWillGolf and enjoy your time on the west coast. Hopefully the weather there cooperates for golf. 

[bens197]

Good morning everybody! Had a full weekend celebrating my parents birthdays and had family in town.  Went to the range yesterday to work on some pitches under 50 yards and the long ball.  It gave me a great appreciation for my 3 wood and how I take for granted how good it is.  Back on shift tomorrow then 18 Friday.  

@MattWillGolf PLEASE send pics of Goat Hill.  That course is legendary.

[ILMgolfnut]

9 minutes ago, billpierce said:

Will you have a scottish accent or American? Maybe that settles it?

Brought home 14 seashells without getting dinged. So I got away with it anyway. Also got home with the missing bottle of Glenmorangie.

Good morning Spies! Still recovering from the trip; my body remains on UK time. I went to bed at 6 pm (11 UK time) and woke up at 2:30 am (7:30 UK) this morning. Before 6 pm yesterday I was pretty much useless. I'm not quite as useless today. I think.

Golf note: going for a driver shaft fitting this afternoon, trying to improve launch angle and carry. Once I got my swing plane where it should be in Scotland, I was pretty pleased with my driving, but that took advantage of the bouncy links fairways which are not always the case on this side of the pond.

[William P]

Good Wednesday morning Spies!

A few odd jobs to get finished around the house today to include re-shafting the 54*. SWMBO has a few additional tasks she wants done but hasn't alluded to what they might be yet so waiting for that hammer to fall as well... 

Temps are forecast to drop into the mid 90's tomorrow with a cold front coming in this afternoon. Might even get some rain out of it but prediction is for scattered storms (nothing severe) so it will be hit or miss.

Everyone have a great day and hit 'em well!

Edited July 18 by William P

[jbern]

Good morning! Work got too busy yesterday for me to get out to the practice area. Hopefully today will allow for a little time to make it over there and get a little practice in. 

I also received a MNML MR1 golf bag yesterday and I am very excited about it. I haven't had a new golf bag since 2005 and the MR1 is packed with 'tech.' ALL of the pockets are magnetic, it has a solar power pack for charging the included bluetooth speaker and your phone. I'm very excited to get it out on the course and get some photos!

Have a good day everyone!

@PrismFlopper - Congrats on the addition to the family! Time flies by, we're currently potty training our youngest and it feels like just yesterday she was born!

@ParFore74x - LOVE the paint fill you put on your Sub70 JB wedges! It looks great! I'm thinking about doing the same, but just with the JB lettering because J & B are my initials! 

@MattWillGolf - Have fun in CA and playing what sounds like some iconic courses! Are you taking Nemo with you?

Edited July 17 by jbern
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[Wheelieb]

Morning All,

Fun day today as I was told I was out of date on a qual, but I was re-qualified for that in May. I'm ok with that, I get yelled at by someone higher ranking and then paperwork shows they need to apologize. Gonna head to Golf Galaxy after work today and seeing if they have the L.A.B. DF3 in stock still since it's now time to feed into my desires. Nothing else really going on today, hope everyone has a great day.

[tdroma98]

20 hours ago, PrismFlopper said:

Goodmorning, afternoon, evening I’m so tired I barely know what time it is. But our baby boy decided to have an emergency eviction via c section late Sunday night and it’s been a ride ever since but we’re getting a little of control! Could not be more excited and terrified that this little chunk is mine. 

Congratulations Mr. & Mrs @PrismFlopper!! 
Glad to read both mom & baby are well!  God Bless you all! 

[CSiders12]

Good morning golf spies! Up and at em early this morning as my wife and I are off to South Carolina! We are getting ready to head to the airport and are feeling good! It'll be a nice vacation, but a hot one. We are ready to enjoy it! 

I hope you all have a wonderful week!

[JFish350]

Good Morning Folks

 

Congrats Prizm, Cute little guy there. Enjoy every second, next thing you know they are 20 years old and heading off to the military or college. 

Busy week for me, My oldest comes in today with her family and staying a week with us. It's the high light of the year for me as all 3 of my kids will here. 

Next Tuesday is going to suck as she leaves back to WI. My youngest leaves Tuesday back to Chicago area to start her final semester of college. She only one class/student teaching and graduates in Dec. 

 

My 4 week follow from back surgery in next Wednesday and I'm hoping I can start PT after that. 

 

I'm pulling for Aberg in the British Open this week. 

 

Have a great day 

[cnosil]

1 hour ago, Wheelieb said:

Gonna head to Golf Galaxy after work today and seeing if they have the L.A.B. DF3 in stock still since it's now time to feed into my desires.

You can look online and check their inventory.   Dicks in Newport News has 1 34” and disco in Chesapeake has 4 35”.   Golf Galaxy has no availability.  

[David Leighton Reid]

Good early afternoon, Spies!  It was a comfortable 76° this morning when I teed off.  I very much enjoyed my stroll around the course.

 

 

[ILMgolfnut]

 

 

6 hours ago, ILMgolfnut said:

Golf note: going for a driver shaft fitting this afternoon, trying to improve launch angle and carry.

Just back from the fitting. We tried several different shafts and even threw in the new Ping, TM and Smoke heads, and I hit close to 60 balls. But the best results were with a Mizuno and a Brava A-flex shaft; the launch angles were significantly better. I wasn't familiar with Brava. The fitter described Brava as kind of a baby Otto-Phlex, built in Texas, at about half the price. Which is still expensive. They claim to be 10 yards longer than Otto-Phlex. He quoted me a price of $500 for the shaft and grip tipped for the Mizuno. So I have to decide now if the improved trajectory/carry are worth five Benjamins.

Website if you're interested

On the bright side, I was hitting a whole lot of baby draws, exactly one banana ball, and my swing speed was in the 80s most of the time. So FFG/Rypstick are definitely helping.

Edited July 17 by ILMgolfnut

[sirchunksalot]

Good morning everyone on this community call Thursday! 

It's looking like it's going to be another wet evening here and we got some pretty good rain yesterday. I'm just glad it's Thursday and the weekend is almost here. 

It was a bit busy yesterday because we're currently in the process of going through boxes in my wife's office/art room and throwing away stuff that's been sitting in storage for the last 12 years. She's a trooper for going through the stuff and separating it into the storage pile and the trash. 

I hope y'all have a great day!

[Northern Monkey]

Good morning all on a nice sunny start to the day here. Should be quite pleasant today with temps around 80, unlike at The Open where it’s raining. Another duty day today so just watching the opening round before I start. Hope you all have a great day and it’s nearly Friday 

[Wasper007]

Thank you kids for sleeping and allowing your dad to get a workout in and fix some coffee all while watching the Open. Currently my 2 year old is watching her tablet and I have no shame in it.

[Wasper007]

Sorry for the second post, but daughter while eating breakfast said she can’t wait to go play golf with me

[ParFore74x]

Good morning everyone. Finally cooled off here with a 55° start to the day and a projected high of 76°. Would be perfect for an afternoon range session that I’ve been trying to get after all week. Maybe today will be the day.

Watching The Open for a little while before heading to work. Already looking like a challenge for a few players.

Have a great day everybody. 

[berkeleybob]

Morning all.

Yard work is on the chore list. I’ve been negligent in maintaining the hedges this summer, but I blame the past rainy month.

Keeping an ear open on The Open’s audiocast. 

Congrats, @PrismFlopper on the addition to your family!

Have a good one!

[ejgaudette]

Good morning all!

Been up for a while watching golf and working organizing our house as we finished up painting our son's room and got the bed and dresser moved in. He is very excited though our middle daughter now can't wait for her own room, but that is a little bit of a ways off.

Friday for me as the wife and are taking tomorrow to go to the Noah Kahn concert at Fenway which should be a blast and we are going to make a day of it in Boston.

Just need to make it through today.

Have a great Thursday everyone!

[JAYER38]

Good morning MGS!

Roughest night since we got back as my 5 month old son is adjust back to normal life. Being up because of him and just being up with my normal 4-5hrs of sleep is totally different come wake up time haha. BUT Finally some relief with it cooling off a bit here in Virginia or atleast we have some weather blowing in causing some wind so it doesn't feel as bad haha. The stagnant humidity is ROUGH! Just got back from a week in Panama City, FL and I promise the humidity/feel is WAY worse here in Virginia than it is there.

So in other news hoping to finally get back on course today even with 30ish% chance of rain this evening I figure who cares lets try it out!

[rkj427]

Good morning Spies on a much cooler and drier Community Call Thursday here in the Motor City.

Another great opportunity from the MGS staff and Rapsodo announced, best to those who apply and are selected.

Safe travels @cksurfdude today, and hope those in Nebraska have a blast this weekend.

I am currently watching The Open and was surprised at some of the scores thus far.

Hoping to finish up some errands this morning, play a round later, and also hoping to make it back in time for the call later.

Make your day the best it can be, and hopefully something enjoyable is in your plans.