The Good Morning Thread

[EnderinAZ]

Good morning spies! I am going to buck the crowd and tell all that today will be hot and sunny! Temps will crest 90 this afternoon so I expect the guys to get my solar panels up quickly (so I can have my driveway back!). Plus we don't expect rain until the monsoons start in July!

Ooooo I like the club building opportunity! It is so much fun to play the clubs you have built, and if you play well it is hard not to strut around! Kind of like catching a nice trout on a fly rod you have built. Nobody cares, but what a personal accomplishment! 

16 minutes ago, William P said:

No golf on the agenda today but looking forward to much needed driver lesson tomorrow afternoon. I know its golf, but I still don't understand how a strength can become a major weakness so fast...?

It is probably a tiny thing that you have gotten into the habit of doing. Pain (not saying you had any) can write a swing change habit in less than a round that can be minuscule, impossible to feel or notice without help, and very detrimental to good play. Stay very positive, ignore bad shots, celebrate good shots,  and that tiny swing change will be fixed in very short order.  You are a good experienced golfer and this is much more of a brain thing than a body thing. 

[tdc1]

24 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

I had the exact opposite happen. I've played The Cradle, the 9-hole par 3 layout at Pinehurst, four times this year, and it has brought my HI down by a stroke and a half (which tells me my issue is with every club longer than an 8-iron, and if I could read those greens, my score would have been even better).

I think numbers HI will be much more volatile early this year.  Due to the April 1-October 31 season here some of my 2023 rounds are still being used.  Once those are off the books I’ll have a clearer sense of where I stand and how things are going.  And I have to remember that I told myself no “hero shots” this year — broke that rule the 2nd time out.

[ILMgolfnut]

14 minutes ago, tdc1 said:

And I have to remember that I told myself no “hero shots” this year — broke that rule the 2nd time out.

Good rule to follow, but sometimes impossible. Course designers love giving you a big bunker or water to carry with no alternative to get around it. That's one reason I like links golf; that kind of thing is much rarer over there. In their place, they have tiny, deep pot bunkers and ball-eating gorse -- and the wind. I agree about the volatility. I just looked up my eight counting scores and the oldest one was May 1 of last year. 

[Wheelieb]

Morning All,

 

Well yesterday was a bit of a bummer. Got stuck on I-64 for 4 and a half hours due to the Semi Truck being on fire. They finally started re-routing everyone and by that time my work called and said don't even worry about coming in. So that was a plus. I was able to get out for 18 holes instead and shot an 88 which was a bigger plus. Got home and started getting our drain that goes under our driveway cleaned out so water flows through better and got a call from Elite Fundraising Solutions. They are the ones that do the Heroes events at courses, and they also own Krank golf. Interesting conversation as I decided to put my first application in for when I retire and he was more than willing to get me on that "team" to start. Problem being, it's all commissioned based income. I'll save the details here, if you want to know more what they do you can message me and I will spill it out. While on the call the wife got home, the previous night our favorite hen was acting strange, she went and checked on her because we quarantined her just in case. Unfortunately she passed while we were at work. We are pretty sure she was either egg bound or had vent gleet, both can be fatal to the hen if not caught soon enough. So our night was a little bit of a bummer night. This morning got up and saw that I had a pretty decent deposit into my account that I had been waiting on, I'll save why I got that money, and I didn't have to deal with 4+ hours of traffic again. So today is starting good. Going to pick up another 1 or 2 chickens the wife wanted from a lady to give our little rooster a girlfriend or 2. When I say little, he may weigh a grand total of maybe 2 pounds if that and won't get any bigger. So the chickens I am getting are going to be the same size as him. Hope everyone has a great day.

[GolfSpy_APH]

Hey I know this guy! @Cfhandyman

[Cfhandyman]

3 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Hey I know this guy! @Cfhandyman

Oh, oh, the secrets out. I guess I need to fess up. 

[tdroma98]

Good Morning Spies, 

I've tried posting two other times this morning from my phone & showed it "submitted" however, nothing appears.  Hmm wonder where it posted?  LOL, maybe to another Forum 

Had a 7am tee time and walked 18 holes.  Beautiful Central Florida morning, 66 degrees, a bit of a cloud cover which made the morning walk comfortable.  I did not play too well, just a lot of distractions this morning. 

Trying to upload a photo but getting a couple of error messages.  Started working from home this afternoon, on my 4th cup of espresso of the day. I think maybe I should go back to bed and get up in time for the Community Call? 

Happy Birthday @GolfSpy SAM !

Have a Great Day Everyone!! Hit'em Straight! 

Here is the photo looking down the 10th Fairway this morning at 6:50am:

Edited April 18 by tdroma98

[EMacK1961]

Good morning all. A bit of a mixed bag in Baja, California this morning. It appears like our usual "May Gray" has set in early. The marine layer that comes in every morning is usually burned off by the afternoon yielding temps in the 60's. That's when I'm teeing off today. I usually golf at 8am when the temps are in the upper 40's/low 50's so this will be a welcome change. I've got a board meeting of the La Sociedad de Amigos this morning thus necessitating the afternoon tee time. Have a good end of the week out there. If your plans for the weekend include golf, hopefully your weather will be nice and you hit 'em straight and long. Take care spies.

[buckpillar]

Back at the hospital with the mother in law, still no answers from the doctors, but weather is looking better today after the tornados rain and heavy wind after the fact last night. 
putting area still too soft to put out the new putting green.

hoping to get out early next week to get some golf in, hoping all the family issue clear up by then. 
MyGolfSpy Nation, have a great day and HITTEM Straight!

[berkeleybob]

@buckpillar best hopes for you MIL and family.

[RichL85]

My father-in-law had one of those sit-down moments with my wife and I this morning after the kids went to school. He's been having a lot of problems with his back for the past few months but he's also the type to not really keep anyone in the loop as far as what's going on. Today he told us that they had found a small lump on his right lung back in November around the size of a dime. A recent x-ray last month showed that it has grown to about the size of a quarter. They don't know what it is, so he's waiting on approval and scheduling to have another test done for more information, but in the meantime, that lump is basically pushing on his shoulder. He basically said it feels like a broken rib that won't heal, which sounds pretty miserable to me.

[tdc1]

3 hours ago, ILMgolfnut said:

Good rule to follow, but sometimes impossible. Course designers love giving you a big bunker or water to carry with no alternative to get around it. That's one reason I like links golf; that kind of thing is much rarer over there. In their place, they have tiny, deep pot bunkers and ball-eating gorse -- and the wind. I agree about the volatility. I just looked up my eight counting scores and the oldest one was May 1 of last year. 

Just beat the rain to get in 9-holes.  When posting the score I looked at my history and 7 of the 8 scores being used for HI are from 2023.  Today's might make the 2nd one used from 2024.

On the upside, I talked myself out of the one "hero shot" I could have tried today.

[sirchunksalot]

3 hours ago, Cfhandyman said:

Oh, oh, the secrets out. I guess I need to fess up. 

 

3 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Hey I know this guy! @Cfhandyman

I know what I'll be watching tonight!

[buckpillar]

2 hours ago, berkeleybob said:

@buckpillar best hopes for you MIL and family.

Thank you, I appreciate it 

[buckpillar]

2 hours ago, RichL85 said:

My father-in-law had one of those sit-down moments with my wife and I this morning after the kids went to school. He's been having a lot of problems with his back for the past few months but he's also the type to not really keep anyone in the loop as far as what's going on. Today he told us that they had found a small lump on his right lung back in November around the size of a dime. A recent x-ray last month showed that it has grown to about the size of a quarter. They don't know what it is, so he's waiting on approval and scheduling to have another test done for more information, but in the meantime, that lump is basically pushing on his shoulder. He basically said it feels like a broken rib that won't heal, which sounds pretty miserable to me.

I hope everything turns out well for him. Take care of the family. 

[William P]

2 hours ago, buckpillar said:

Back at the hospital with the mother in law, still no answers from the doctors, but weather is looking better today after the tornados rain and heavy wind after the fact last night. 
putting area still too soft to put out the new putting green.

hoping to get out early next week to get some golf in, hoping all the family issue clear up by then. 
MyGolfSpy Nation, have a great day and HITTEM Straight!

Hope they get everything figured out and your MIL feeling better soon @buckpillar.

[William P]

2 hours ago, RichL85 said:

My father-in-law had one of those sit-down moments with my wife and I this morning after the kids went to school. He's been having a lot of problems with his back for the past few months but he's also the type to not really keep anyone in the loop as far as what's going on. Today he told us that they had found a small lump on his right lung back in November around the size of a dime. A recent x-ray last month showed that it has grown to about the size of a quarter. They don't know what it is, so he's waiting on approval and scheduling to have another test done for more information, but in the meantime, that lump is basically pushing on his shoulder. He basically said it feels like a broken rib that won't heal, which sounds pretty miserable to me.

Hope all the tests come back negative and everything can be treated quickly @RichL85.

[Dead Solid Bogey]

10 hours ago, Erin B said:

Good Thursday morning to you MGS Troops! Look what I woke up to. 

Mother Nature said “No golf for you”! That’s ok, have to head to Denver this morning anyway, but check out the forecast:

So awesome!!!

Yes, yes it was sarcasm. Sunday is supposed to be better, but I play on Friday at Marianna Butte which is in the foothills of Loveland CO. Friday’s forecast??? Rain and snow. Maybe the VGA will cancel. I’m doubtful. Here’s a throwback Thursday pic for ya on my way out the door.

Zoey crushing another girl from Dallas! It was awesome! Happy Snowy Thursday from Wyoming!

Best of luck.. Hoping for nothing but good news for both of you. 

[Dead Solid Bogey]

9 hours ago, David Leighton Reid said:

Good morning, Spies!

I am subbing at our Middle School again today.  Please send positive vibes and prayers that I am patient and even keel working with 7th graders. 
 

Sorry, but no cartoon again today.  I am still unable to load the files from my phone.

 

Hope you survived… If tomorrow you have to reenter the maelstrom that  is middle school..One  of the 7th graders can probably download whatever from your phone onto whatever in less than 3 minutes. 

[Dead Solid Bogey]

7 hours ago, jbern said:

Good morning! Already made it through my McDonald's piping hot coffee (I forgot to turn the timer on my coffee maker last night) and a few project update meetings at work. 

I was hoping to get to the range today, but I went to swing my 9i last night and there was a pretty severe twinge in my wrist that caused me to almost drop the club! It's definitely feeling better today, but hopefully it doesn't linger.

Tonight, I'm mowing the lawn for the first time this year and my 4 yo son is SUPER excited about it. I'm trying to come up with ideas to make it more of a production for him. He just loves riding along and watching the grass fly.

Happy birthday @GolfSpy SAM! 

The forum announcement about the Toura iron set build sounds incredible! Should be a great one to follow along with!

Have a good day everyone!

Hope your wrist is better.. As an ancient ager on the golf IR because of my wrists and hands; I would advise not waiting to long to have it checked out if it doesn’t get back to your normal soon   
  Good luck with making the lawn mowing look like a wondrous event to your little one… My family use to tell me it was part of “farming” when I was little. Pretty sure that played a role in my forgoing a career in agriculture. 

 

[Woodrow72]

54 minutes ago, Dead Solid Bogey said:

Best of luck.. Hoping for nothing but good news for both of you. 

Best of luck guys 

[buckpillar]

2 hours ago, William P said:

Hope they get everything figured out and your MIL feeling better soon @buckpillar.

Thank you @William P I appreciate it.

[sirchunksalot]

@buckpillar I hope they can get things figured out with your mother-in-law.

@RichL85 I'm sorry to hear about your father-in-law and I hope they can get him taken care of. 

@Cfhandyman, I'm almost through the TXG video and I have to say I'm enjoying the banter between you, Ian, and Mike. I am extremely jealous of your ball striking ability. 

[ILMgolfnut]

Good evening, Spies! After a day's work and the two-hour drive to the next port of call, I decided to officially begin the Fit For Golf test here at the hotel. I won't repeat the semi-detailed description I put on the testing thread, but here it is: 

FFG Workout #1

[jbern]

1 hour ago, Dead Solid Bogey said:

Hope your wrist is better.. As an ancient ager on the golf IR because of my wrists and hands; I would advise not waiting to long to have it checked out if it doesn’t get back to your normal soon   
  Good luck with making the lawn mowing look like a wondrous event to your little one… My family use to tell me it was part of “farming” when I was little. Pretty sure that played a role in my forgoing a career in agriculture. 

 

We fortunately have a physical therapist at my office. She gave me some stretches and exercises to help. It felt better all day so I’m taking that as a positive!

My son had a blast on the mower tonight. He put on his ear muffs and glasses and said “let’s do this” with two thumbs up!

[Cfhandyman]

1 hour ago, sirchunksalot said:

@buckpillar I hope they can get things figured out with your mother-in-law.

@RichL85 I'm sorry to hear about your father-in-law and I hope they can get him taken care of. 

@Cfhandyman, I'm almost through the TXG video and I have to say I'm enjoying the banter between you, Ian, and Mike. I am extremely jealous of your ball striking ability. 

@sirchunksalot thank you for your kind words. I had a lot of fun doing this. It helps that I know Ian and Mike well and have been going to TXG for years and implicitly trust their advice and recommendations. 

[GolfSpy_APH]

4am but a good start to the day. Had some pancakes and coffee now off to work for what will be a very long, but I hope fun day. 

[sirchunksalot]

Good morning everyone! 

I slightly overslept this morning and I didn't know why. I still made it in plenty of time since I get to work insanely early. I'm just glad it's Friday and I have plans to play tomorrow. It's going to be wet as we have some storms coming in today. 

I hope all of you have a wonderful start to your weekend!

[Triple_Putt]

Morning spies! Up and at em early again for work. Going to be a busy day today, hopefully get some practice in tonight. And fingers crossed the weather is nice! Have a great day everyone!!

[Rob Person]

Morning to the MGS world! Coffee is in the cup, and for unknown reasons I've been up since 0330.  Hoping to get 9 in this afternoon and tomorrow after GC duties.   Need to mow the lawns at some point this weekend too!

Definitely have some golf bag envy looking over the intros on the Ghost Golf bag testing thread!