The Good Morning Thread

[William P]

Good morning and happy Friday fellow spies. starting the day at a mild 42 degrees after last night's much needed rain, 

SWMBO has quite the schedule of events for me today starting with blood donation and followed with a big breakfast at our favorite little cafe. 

Hopefully get a chance to get some practice in this afternoon and continue working on swing change. 

Have a great day everyone.

[rkj427]

Good morning Spies on a zero commute work from home day for me.

Sadly, there were some massive system updates in the systems I use, and it delayed computer functionality for a bit this morning.

Have plans to go to a local SIM place tonight and play a round on Old Mac at Bandon to post it the Virtual Tour thread. Doesn't matter my score, more about having some fun later today.

Hope @Kenny B is better today and may be at home much sooner than later.

Hope that your day is the best it can be, no matter what may be in your plans. 

[Silver Fawkes]

Good morning Spies! Well it finally happened... Northwest Arkansas got some snow. It's pretty light and will be melted by this afternoon, but the good news is the weather forecast for Sunday's tee time looks awesome (as far as winter goes). Time to finally get these clubs on an actual course for testing! I can't wait!

[cksurfdude]

TGIF fellow Spies!!

Actually a really nice looking day here today .. the proverbial calm before the storm, I guess. This weekend promises to be messy followed by more rain next week...

Temp hovering at the freezing mark, though, so looks like golf activity will continue to be indoors.

So some garage swings, some basement putting, some exercise including a walk back and forth to acupuncture .. and then on to a date night out with my honey

Hope your Friday is a *good* one!!

[ZoonORama]

TGIF Spies! 

A balmy 19 degrees here this morning. Frosty. Coffee in hand, headed to the chiropractor this morning for the monthly snap & pop.

Today is National Bird Day. So, if you get to play today, make a few birds. 

In light of the new equipment being dropped….

Hope everyone has a wonderful Friday and weekend!

Cheers 

 

Edited January 5 by ZoonORama

[cksurfdude]

Good Morning part 2...

My wife got me one of those page-a-day calendars and I should've posted yesterday's, yesterday, it's kind of a fun one-

.. answer is at lower-right printed upside down 

[David Leighton Reid]

Good morning, fellow golfers!

 

[tdroma98]

Good Friday Morning Spies! 

Chilly 54-degree Central Florida morning, however,supposed to warm up to about 70 today.  No golf today, Ranger duties. Pace of play keep  moving, watch the weekend warriors attack the course LOL! 

Finishing up 2nd cup of espresso and cleaning up some office duties, then heading out 

Prayers with @Kenny B & @sirchunksalot!  Still can't get used to Jason not posting first each morning. LOL. 
Have a Great Day Everyone! Stay Warm & Hit'em straight! 

[jbern]

Good morning! Coffee in hand and just got things organized for the rest of my work day. One of my new year's resolutions is to do Yoga or stretching twice a week, to help with flexibility, to help with golf. Last night I did "Yoga for the core" and I'm feeling it from my ankles all the way up to my shoulders! haha

I was bummed to read all the sad news for people on the forum: @Kenny B I'm glad you're feeling better, but that sounds scary to me. I'll be praying for you. @sirchunksalot and @GolfSpy_BEN sorry to hear about your furry friends not doing well. That's never fun.

It did make me smile reading about @ejgaudette's little one's getting out and skiing! That's something I've wanted to do with my kids, but I don't really know how to go about it.

Have a good day everyone!

[Josh Parker]

28 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

Good Morning part 2...

My wife got me one of those page-a-day calendars and I should've posted yesterday's, yesterday, it's kind of a fun one-

.. answer is at lower-right printed upside down 

It's kinda funny that they put the answer on the front. Doesn't give you much choice but to look before answering!

[ejgaudette]

12 minutes ago, jbern said:

It did make me smile reading about @ejgaudette's little one's getting out and skiing! That's something I've wanted to do with my kids, but I don't really know how to go about it.

I would see if there are any spots around, start with what they call classic style cross country skiing and get going. Some places offer lessons, just start on flatter areas and take your time. It can be a blast, and you kids will most certainly pick it up faster thats what happened with ours

[EnderinAZ]

Good morning spies! 42 with freeze warnings all around. Has the citrus farmers hoping the forecasts are wrong. Playing the last round of the week with the Wild Bunch today and depending on how long the frost delay is will determine if we finish before dark. Wednesday I had the headlights turned on as I drove the golf cart home from hole 13 where we finished. As deep winter sets in the days are getting longer (today is one whole minute longer than yesterday ).  This morning I will spend some time getting the "equitable scoring" section working for the Wild Bunch scoring program. It is an odd calculation that is taking more IF and IF ELSE statements than I thought. Hope everyone has a great day and a better weekend 

[sirchunksalot]

32 minutes ago, tdroma98 said:

Still can't get used to Jason not posting first each morning. LOL. 

It is weird seeing others post before I do, to be honest. I've got to go back to work next Friday (which doesn't make me happy, why Friday?) and then I'm off till Tuesday. After that I'll be waking up and be on early. 

[Jim Shaw]

1 hour ago, cksurfdude said:

TGIF fellow Spies!!

Actually a really nice looking day here today .. the proverbial calm before the storm, I guess. This weekend promises to be messy followed by more rain next week...

Temp hovering at the freezing mark, though, so looks like golf activity will continue to be indoors.

So some garage swings, some basement putting, some exercise including a walk back and forth to acupuncture .. and then on to a date night out with my honey

Hope your Friday is a *good* one!!

speaking of "garage swings". Hank Haney recommended 100 swings, 3-4 days a week in the off season, even in the garage if need be, I usually do that by going through by bag, 5 swings each, from PW-3 wood then back down from 3 wood to PW. Just keeps the rythym and tempo going for me, I have a mirror in the garage as well so I can see the positions of the swing.

[Jim Shaw]

24 minutes ago, Josh Parker said:

It's kinda funny that they put the answer on the front. Doesn't give you much choice but to look before answering!

Discipline Josh, discipline...

[MattWillGolf]

Good morning Spies,

Wishing @Kenny B well and that those stents lead to a quick recovery. @sirchunksalot glad Priya is back to her old self. Exciting about the Mevo delivery .

It’s 26 out with fresh snow on the ground here in CNY. I’ll have to run on the treadmill today. Will be going suit shopping later today in preparation for my son’s wedding next month! 
 

Wishing all a wonderful day!

[Josh Parker]

8 minutes ago, Jim Shaw said:

Discipline Josh, discipline...

Ha.  That is discipline!  Read in full before answering.   

Kind of like half the folks that tried to sign up for the re-test of equipment without following directions

[Byrnzee]

Good morning spies!

Glad to see the finish line in sight as this busy week comes to an end. Hoping to be productive today in order to avoid any weekend work.

Have a tour scheduled tomorrow morning for this 24/7 golf sim (basically you pay either a monthly or annual fee for unlimited access via an app on your phone). With the Mevo testing and going stir-crazy in the Chicago winter, I may pay for a month of access to get as many reps in as possible. Will keep y'all updated as it's a pretty cool concept that I don't hear about a lot.

Also have a new bag expected to arrive early next week that I'm excited to share with all of you. Will likely do an unofficial review for those who are in the market for something new!

Hope your Friday is quick and golf is part of your day!

[snoopy79]

Morning Y'all

TGIF am i right? Even though it was a short week, it feels like I have worked for a month.

Chilly days ahead and maybe snow for SW Ohio over the next week or more. The wait for golf weather is a real struggle. Especially with all this new equipment coming out. Anyways, hope everyone has a healthy and happy weekend.

Cheers

[Indy_Oz]

Morning all! Taking a little mental break from work (working from home)... too many new Paradym Ai Smoke videos showing on youtube feeds already. Ha ha. The distraction of new product vids is real and won't go away for a while.

Chilly garage workout this morning followed by a recovery dog walk in the chilly sunshine of central Indiana. Indoor sim session planned for this afternoon, work allowing. Need to keep greasing the groove. Hour session. Stretching and warm-up at home before heading to the sim. 20 mins range drills and keep dialing in clock drill distances for wedges. 40 mins virtual round. If nobody is on after me i might get to finish 18.

Have a great Friday and weekend, Spies.

[ILMgolfnut]

2 hours ago, Silver Fawkes said:

Northwest Arkansas got some snow.

UA class of 1982 here. Glad to see another Washington County peep as a fellow Spy! Left NWA for Fort Smith in 2010, then Fort Smith for NC in 2018.

No snow today in Michael Jordan's hometown, but I did have to scrape my windshield this morning before leaving for an appointment. Said appointment is at one of these stretch places that are popping up. Seems like I am gaining some flexibility that may be of benefit in my golf game. Hopefully it will warm up enough this afternoon that I can go to the range and try it out.

[Shrek74]

Good morning and TGIF Spies!!

It was a good, short week to help roll back into the swing of things. I wouldn't say I accomplished much, just getting out of bed each morning and logging on was a win at this point. Did a little bit of this and a little bit of that though. So I did actually work.

Full week next week, short week the following, and then the LONG haul to Memorial day. Ugh.

[taylorjonasher]

Good morning! 4 am wake up, 5 am job site visit, 6 am work out (it's leg day!), and just got back from dropping my truck off for an oil change and service interval. Wrapping up a couple of quotes for some small projects, and then planning on putting in some swings into the net this afternoon. I decided I'm going to utilize Austad's for the fitting this weekend; I'll report back as to what they put me into and what the numbers look like. Sorry to read all the health speed bumps everyone is having - wishing speedy recoveries to all that are afflicted!

[Silver Fawkes]

14 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

UA class of 1982 here. Glad to see another Washington County peep as a fellow Spy! Left NWA for Fort Smith in 2010, then Fort Smith for NC in 2018.

That's awesome! I was hoping there'd be someone from NWA on here. I grew up in LR and went to UALR, but after moving between Houston, Memphis, and Dallas for my wife's job we settled in Fayetteville six years ago. It's amazing here.

We're members over at Paradise Valley. It's a good track, but my favorite course up here is Pinnacle. I worked there for a few months when we first moved here and really liked it, but the commute combined with my wife's schedule and kids school schedule made it really difficult. I had a landscaping business for a few years before I ended up at the botanical garden managing operations there.

If you ever make it back to NWA definitely hit me up and let's play a round together!

[ILMgolfnut]

30 minutes ago, Silver Fawkes said:

We're members over at Paradise Valley. It's a good track, but my favorite course up here is Pinnacle.

I've played both! PV was semipublic when I was in school, and I will forever remember it as the site of my first lifetime birdie (#9, short par 4). And when Pinnacle first opened (still called Champions then before the club in Houston sued), they had a media day (I was a reporter then) and I got to play it. First place I ever played with zoysia fairways.

I started playing golf in a PE class at UA; we met at the old Razorback Park 9-hole goat track off Deane Solomon Road. We called it Pebble Beach, not because it resembled the famed course in Cali but because the fairways were largely rocks. It was the site of the UA cross country course before UA built the current one at Agri Park.

I keep meaning to come back for a football game or something but work keeps getting in the way. If I make it, though, I'll definitely bring the clubs! I have a friend who lives in suburban Omaha but has a lake house at Beaver Lake and I have a standing invitation to stay there if I get back.

Edited January 5 by ILMgolfnut

[IndyBonzo]

Good morning Spies!

Just a busy work day for me.  Waiting on an order to arrive from Golfworks, and also the new to me launch monitor is shipping out today, which means I need to get to work on some sim space this weekend.  I have to clean before I can build.  I feel like I have been talking about it forever with little progress to show.  Well here goes.

@Kenny B I hope you are feeling much better.

@sirchunksalot Jason I hope the pup continues a strong recovery!

I wish everyone great days, and hope some golf is in your weekend plans.

[Jim Shaw]

Good morning spy's

My 1st post of 2024, I think lol

I have come to realize, after 50 years of competitive golf, that I suffer from anxiety in certain competitive situations, mostly the next day after a great round, or when I perceive I am playing really well and don't deliver. 

I have done many things on my own to try and figure it out however when I hired a sports psychologist 5 years ago she really helped me understand the "why" behind it.

Today I would like to tell a story about the Provincial Championship in 2021 in Kimberly BC. 

I shot 68 in the first round and was tied for the lead. Day 2 I shot 80, I was so distraught, (shot 67 last day so really pissed off lol)

Anyway, in my conversation with Christie it was evident to her that because of the stress of being in the lead and being anxious I lost the feeling in my extremities on day 2. So she discussed the science behind the "why" and now I make sure I "feel it in my fingers and feel it in my toes" a little ditty I go through to make sure the blood is flowing to keep the feel. 

It is fun for me to learn these things as my journey continues...

 

[Silver Fawkes]

47 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

I've played both! PV was semipublic when I was in school, and I will forever remember it as the site of my first lifetime birdie (#9, short par 4). And when Pinnacle first opened (still called Champions then before the club in Houston sued), they had a media day (I was a reporter then) and I got to play it. First place I ever played with zoysia fairways.

Oh I love that hole. The short tee shot with the 50ft elevated green. It's a lot of fun. I actually had my first hole in one during Member-Guest there last year on #2. 

And there are few things about a golf course I love more than zoysia fairways. It's like hitting off a mat.

Go Hogs!

[ILMgolfnut]

1 minute ago, Silver Fawkes said:

The short tee shot with the 50ft elevated green.

I remember being surprised that my approach shot reached the green, then rolled in about a 15-footer. For some reason when I have a birdie putt my success rate is better than when I have the same putt for, say, double bogey. Now if I can just give myself more birdie putts....

[chisag]

37 minutes ago, Jim Shaw said:

I shot 68 in the first round and was tied for the lead. Day 2 I shot 80, I was so distraught, (shot 67 last day so really pissed off lol)

Anyway, in my conversation with Christie it was evident to her that because of the stress of being in the lead and being anxious I lost the feeling in my extremities on day 2. So she discussed the science behind the "why" and now I make sure I "feel it in my fingers and feel it in my toes" a little ditty I go through to make sure the blood is flowing to keep the feel. 

It is fun for me to learn these things as my journey continues...

 

... Tiger said when he wasn't nervous/anxious on the first tee he would stop competing. Over simplified it just means you still care. I remember my first time auditioning for a major motion picture and I was so nervous I am not sure I remembered to breathe. I never experienced anything like that playing QB at any level. But the more I auditioned the better I got at managing my nerves. They never go away of course because it can mean so much but they stopped derailing my chances of being cast (shooting an 80 between a 68 and 67) after about the 5th time. 

... So now I enjoy the "rush" and think the Eagles said it so well in Desperado "Your losing all the highs and lows ain't it funny how the feeling goes away". Give me anxiety over comfortable every time.