The Good Morning Thread

[Alan Scalzi]

Playing around this morning! Usually go our Saturdays! But for some reason I got so much more done yesterday than I would have this weekend if I did play yesterday!️. What ever you do today go make memories!!!

Edited August 5 by Alan Scalzi
Grammar 😊

[Lefty11]

I took my daughter out to play some tennis this morning—no golf for me today! I've also got a honey-do list to tackle, and with my in-laws coming over, I'll be busy barbecuing dinner. Good luck to everyone playing or practicing today. Keep it in the short stuff!

[William P]

Good Sunday morning Spies!

Nothing on the agenda today but I haven't received my daily briefing from Her Majesty at this point. Maybe if I get out into the shop real fast, she'll think I am working on a project and let me be for a while...   Not a chance!!!

Hope everyone has a great day!

 

[Javs]

14 hours ago, rkj427 said:

Good morning Spies on this first of four Sundays during the month of August.

Final round of Olympic golf and will be interesting to see who can step up their games to get a spot on the podium for medals.

Looking to be the last of our hot and humid days here as it is supposed to cool off next week, and that will be a welcomed change.

Hoping to get some range time in later today, after getting some normal items knocked of the "honey-do" list.

Hope all here have the best day they possibly can, and that something enjoyable is in your plans. 

Well Scottie went out and took the Gold away!

Edited August 5 by Javs

[William P]

Just now, Javs said:

Well Scotty went out and took the Gold away!

And in typical Scotty fashion...!

[Kenny B]

10 hours ago, BLD7 said:

Good morning Spies! No golf today, we are heading out on the water. My oldest wants to play tennis this morning so we are gonna hit the tennis court before we launch the boat. Played a par 3 course yesterday. It is always a good reminder that I need to get better with the short irons! Have a great day!

Judge Smails:
Spaulding, get dressed you're playing golf.

Spalding Smails:
No I'm not grandpa I'm playing tennis.

Judge Smails:
You're playing golf and you're going to like it.

Spalding Smails:
What about my asthma?

Judge Smails:
I'll give you asthma.

Hope you had a great time out on the water!!

[Indy_Oz]

30 minutes ago, Javs said:

Well Scotty went out and took the Gold away!

Insane final round! Just so very impressive. Figures he'd rediscover how to putt for the Olympics.

As a and Fleetwood fanboy, I'm ecstatic he won silver but a little gutted for him that he dropped a shot on 17 to miss out on a playoff for gold. I'd dearly love to see Tommy get a major.

Edited August 5 by Indy_Oz

[Javs]

1 minute ago, Indy_Oz said:

Insane final round! Just so very impressive. Figures he'd rediscover how to putt for the Olympics.

As a and Fleetwood fanboy, I'm ecstatic he won silver but a little gutted for him that he dropped a shot on 17 to miss out on a playoff for gold. I'd dearly love to see Tommy get a major.

Fleetwood has been there a number of times in majors. You would think he will eventually have things go his way. 

[Josh Parker]

3 minutes ago, Indy_Oz said:

Insane final round! Just so very impressive. Figures he'd rediscover how to putt for the Olympics.

As a and Fleetwood fanboy, I'm ecstatic he won silver but a little gutted for him that he dropped a shot on 17 to miss out on a playoff for gold. I'd dearly love to see Tommy get a major.

He is due for a big win.  I like his game and he's just consistent. 

[William P]

7 minutes ago, Indy_Oz said:

Insane final round! Just so very impressive. Figures he'd rediscover how to putt for the Olympics.

As a and Fleetwood fanboy, I'm ecstatic he won silver but a little gutted for him that he dropped a shot on 17 to miss out on a playoff for gold. I'd dearly love to see Tommy get a major.

Tommy is definitely due and would love to see it happen for him soon! 

[cnosil]

21 minutes ago, Indy_Oz said:

Figures he'd rediscover how to putt for the Olympics.

About his norm.  While he was ranked 9th today he was 38th for the event and lost strokes to the field.  

[Northern Monkey]

Good morning spies hope you all had a great weekend. I spent my weekend on duty as disorder has continued at several places around the country but I did manage to play for the club in the comp on Friday. I didn’t  play great but don’t play too bad. It was a team competition with all players scores combined to give a final result. We managed to win by 1 point so it was close. 
I used the Me and My Golf glove for the first time and will post in the test thread later. 
Hopefully the outbreaks of disorder will die out but there is still potential for more I think. 
No golf today, or tomorrow, as the Boss is at the office so I’m dog sitting. I might get out on Wednesday provided things don’t kick off again. 
Hope you all have a great day and I’ll now try and catch up on all the posts from the weekend

Edited August 5 by Northern Monkey

[sirchunksalot]

Good morning everyone on another way too early to start work Monday. 

It's a 3 1/2 hour first rotation with no break and is basically as long as the entire rest of the day after lunch. 

All right, that's enough complaining. 

I had a great weekend celebrating my SIL's birthday along with a round of golf and mowing the yard. My game is showing improvement even if my scoring isn't where is like it. 

I hope y'all have a good start to the week. 

[rkj427]

Good morning Spies on a cloudy and slightly cooler Monday here in the Motor City area.

Rain moving in this afternoon and all day tomorrow so no golf for me until mid-week here.

I may spend these rainy days in the garage taking care of some things related to automobiles.

@Northern Monkey glad to read that you were able to play, managed to win, and also the disruptions there are quieting down some.

@sirchunksalot hope your workday goes smoothly and doesn't cause you any stress.

To the Spies in Florida and the Gulf Coast region, stay safe and out of harm's way with the latest storm in that area.

Hope all the rest of the Spies have the best day they possibly can, and that something enjoyable. 

 

[ParFore74x]

Good morning spies. Hot, humid, and thunderstorms here today. Already looking forward to 2:30 so I can go back home. Not the best way to start a week but it should be pretty decent the rest of the week so just need to get through Monday.

Have a great day spies. 

[EasyPutter]

Good morning MGSpies on a zero commute workday.  Good to see the good news on the Olympics golf result for Scotty.  Also thanks to @Rob Person for comments yesterday that seem to be closer to the answer for my dashboard alert as the lights were not on at all yesterday in the dry weather.  

The family picnic backyard band performance was great with exceptional weather and lots of great people and food.  Good preparation for this evening's open mic.  So no golf for me today but I will hope golf is part of your day! 

[Bad Golfer]

Good morning Spys!

This weekends club championship went OK. I finished 6th in my flight. At least I wasn't DFL. The front 9 killed me both days and my putting was horrendous. I 3 putted 8 times on Saturday and 4 times yesterday. I guess that's what happens when the only time of the year they roll the greens is for the championship. It was one of those weekends where nothing was really working real well but was close enough to sorta work out. Hopefully next year will be better for me.

Good luck to anyone playing today and hit them strait!

[Josh Ross]

Good morning everyone! Had a fun 9 hole round with my parents yesterday. The 9th hole at this particular course is one I often struggle with so to keep it fun I told my mom to pick a random number between 1-13 and that would be the club I use. For reference, it's usually driver and a wedge but her choices were 8-iron and 6-iron, followed by a 5-iron from the greenside rough that somehow lipped out and left me with a tap-in par. Funny how this game works sometimes, I probably haven't parred that hole more than five times in 2024.

Anyway, have a great day everyone! Hope it's the start to a great week!

[Wheelieb]

Morning All,

Arrived to work to find our building still standing. With the let down of having a work day on a Monday I unlocked the building and did my rounds. I am off going duty today so that makes today a little better. My relief came in and we were talking about the weekend. He stated him and a few friends who came into town went out and saw a fire, and immediately said "We didn't start the fire". To which I replied "It was always burning, since the world's been turning". I got a confused look and had to play the song. they had never heard it. I feel old. Hope everyone has a great day.

[MattWillGolf]

Good morning Spies,

Uppa with a cuppa. We returned from California yesterday morning after 2 1/2 weeks away. It was a great trip. Getting back into the swing of things. I have a dentist appointment this morning. Getting the post for my implant. Fun times. Nothing else planned really. Just chores from being away. The biggie being to mow the lawn. 
Wishing all a wonderful day!

[cksurfdude]

Good Morning golf fans!

Busy weekend including some not so good golf playing by me yesterday, but at least the wildlife viewing was good - a huge and I mean huge hawk slowly came down and landed at the base of a tree not 30 yards from us .. just turned his head and gave us a look like 'yo wassup' .. a few holes later was a fairly plump gopher scurrying away .. and later spotted a really bright yellow tanager.

Gotta do a little cleanup around the house later, and maybe start to look at replacing a few sprinkler heads.

Hope everyone's week starts out ok - @sirchunksalot and @Northern Monkey good luck getting through your work days!!

[Byrnzee]

Good morning Spies!

Back to reality today after a fun weekend. Work will be a bit busy with month-end close, but nothing terrible. Hoping to skip out to the range a time or two after work to get some more practice in. Saw some good things on the course yesterday, but still some work to be done to be more consistent.

Was golfing during the Olympics yesterday so missed Scottie's comeback. An incredibly impressive feat to shoot 62 on that course in the final round. Happy for Tommy as well and rooting for him to finally start winning on the PGA Tour. Might watch the replay of the last round on the side during work today.

Not much else going on today. Hope everyone has a great start to their week!

[tdroma98]

Good Monday Morning Spies! 

A wet, rainy & a little windy Monday morning.  Getting the outer bands of rain & Tstorms, of Hurricane Debby.  The rain isn't overwhelming and no flooding, as of yet, in the Eastern part of FL. Flashes of lightning to our west with thunder, woke up a couple of times during the night.  Weathermen were right on this storm (for a change) it would move northwest and stay along Florida's west coast. 

No golf today (tomorrow not too promising either) and a zero commute work day!  Working on the first cup of espresso.  How about that Scottie Scheffler?? What a round yesterday and what a year he's having!! Loved the guys' emotion during the medal ceremony.  Congrats to Tommy Fleetwood & Hidecki Matsuyama as well.  Good to see Fleetwood win the Silver!

Congratulations @CSiders12 on the purchase of your first home!  Exciting! Good luck 

Have a Great Day Everyone and Hit'em Straight! 

[Rob Person]

 good morning MGS. Firstly,  for everyone in the SE region, hope you are safe. With the storm shifting a little, we are now expecting heavy straight line winds amd torrential rain from the closest bands of Big Debby.  Please check in if you are able to, and let us know you are OK please.

 

[CSiders12]

Good morning spies and welcome to the new week! I've got a busy busy week ahead of me, but it's going to be exciting. My wife and I close on our first house this afternoon and start the moving process tomorrow. I've got a work training today and tomorrow with a meeting on Wednesday. I also have a youth football camp that I will be coaching today until Wednesday. Ta time to get up and moving to start the week off right!

I hope you all have a marvelous Monday!!

[Mike10487]

6 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

 good morning MGS. Firstly,  for everyone in the SE region, hope you are safe. With the storm shifting a little, we are now expecting heavy straight line winds amd torrential rain from the closest bands of Big Debby.  Please check in if you are able to, and let us know you are OK please.

 

East coast is fine for now. We are riding the rain boundary here. Played yesterday and it was a little damp, but nothing was unplayable. Brought the rain suit in case, but didn't need it. We have only received an inch and a half total so far. Good luck to everyone in the path. Coastal Georgia/ South Carolina please be prepared for the copious amounts of rain you are about to get hit with. 

[Josh Parker]

Good morning and happy Monday!

Great weekend and looking forward to a productive week.  

Hope everyone has a great day!

[Rbal]

Good morning Spies,

I had quite the refreshing weekend and hope you all did as well! Was able to take my 3 month old son on a short nearby par 3 course. My wife and her parents were also able to join for a Sunday morning round. Weather was perfect however the mosquitoes were out in full. Luckily, we wrapped our son pretty well to avoid any bites. The rest of us weren't as lucky. 

As for the round, I have started to aim better with my short irons but my putting seems to have fallen off. Not sure if it's because I was playing more relaxed golf with the family or if it's a sign of regression. My weekly round later this week with my buddies will be a better marker.

I do have to say that the Kid Caddie attachment for my son's stroller has come in handy. I no longer need to rent the pushcarts or purchase one for my rounds. As long as my son is with me, I'm able to bring all my clubs, balls, and have room for extra storage in the stroller basket. The picture attached is of Asher mid-around. Hope his picture brightens your day like he does for me. Take care all!

 

[Rbal]

10 minutes ago, CSiders12 said:

Good morning spies and welcome to the new week! I've got a busy busy week ahead of me, but it's going to be exciting. My wife and I close on our first house this afternoon and start the moving process tomorrow. I've got a work training today and tomorrow with a meeting on Wednesday. I also have a youth football camp that I will be coaching today until Wednesday. Ta time to get up and moving to start the week off right!

I hope you all have a marvelous Monday!!

That's awesome! Congrats on the new home! My wife and I are looking to move from our starter home into a larger forever home now that our newborn son is here. Wishing the best with your new home and let's all have a great week. 

[Cfhandyman]

A good morning to all.  Overcast this morning  Heading to Northern Ontario this morning to visit a good friend and his wife for a few days and yes play golf as well. And for your laugh of the day after a hard round of golf.