The Good Morning Thread

[EasyPutter]

Good morning MGSpies from a good weather morning in WNY and good for many things this first Friday in May  mine getting logged in on the network for all things payroll as it is that time again to ensure everyone gets what's earned.  Coffee will certainly help as mind was most busy last night after the Community Call and PGA HOPE first session followed by a drive that began in low angle sunshine arriving home after dark.  Bedtime delayed helping son negotiate group work treachery that has again exposed exclusionary behaviors of group leader and 3 others unwilling to stand up to his actions - made for a short night strategizing how to mitigate effect on his final GPA.  Sending all best thoughts and prayers for those with challenges of all kinds and hoping golf is a part of your day 

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Edited May 3 by EasyPutter

[Cfhandyman]

Good morning to all. Needing a few extra shots of espresso this morning. Received notice from FedEx that my L.A.B. putter delivery is delayed till Monday. Then phoned customer service only to find out, no delay, I will be getting it today. Does left hand know what the right hand is doing. Sorry, rant over, coffee kicking in.  This pails and is insignificant compared to what @StrokerAce, @Erin B And @Dead Solid Bogey are dealing with, with respect to health care concerns in their respective families. Gentlemen, my thoughts and good wishes go out to each of you. Stay positive, this is for you.

 

[CSiders12]

Good morning and happy Friday! A busy day of work for me, but I get a nice reward of playing golf tomorrow morning. I'm excited for the weekend and to get some relaxing time in. I'm ready to end the week with a great Friday!

Let's all have a fantastic Friday!

[Rob Person]

Good morning spies! Is it really Friday? May will be a whirlwind, and this week alone events could fill a whole month!

No golf this weekend,  but hoping I can convince the lady boss to make a pit stop on our road trip to Mobile today in at least one golf store.

Like alot of other colleges, it's graduation weekend.  My youngest is graduating and we are excited for him!  He gets married in 2 weeks after this as well, and then moves to Tennessee to start his new adventures in life!

Hope everyone has something golf related happening this weekend, so those of us who aren't can live vicariously through you!

 

 

[Girldad18]

Good Friday Morning fellow spies!!

Prayers up for @StrokerAce @Erin B and @Dead Solid Bogey 

For me, my middle daughter has a follow up with the doctor about her tummy. Still no answer as to what is going on. We will see what his thoughts are today. 
Tomorrow my oldest daughter has a prospect camp for volleyball at a college she is considering. She’s still deciding on where but has stated if she’s playing volleyball she will be fine at school away from us. Which is a huge statement for her being such a homebody. 
Last night my youngest daughter had a softball game. She had two basketball practices prior to the game, both for school, then rushed over to the softball game. First girl hit a in the park homer and next batter hit a triple off her. Then she settled down and got three strike outs only allowing the one run. Game ended in a tie but I’ll take that compared to how I thought it might go. 
 

Rainy today. Supposed to rain all weekend. Have to replace the rotor sensor in our washing machine tonight if the part comes in. 
 

No rest for the weary. 
 

Have a great day everyone!

[cksurfdude]

And another good tgif morning to y'all!! 

Looks like this weekend is going to be a washout here, so gotta get some strokes in today - scheduled a lesson for midday so a little warmup / practice first then maybe venture out for 9 after if there's an opening. 

Also gonna miss out on a round on Sunday with a friends' daughter and her recently now husband, but maybe we can pivot to a lunch get-together.

But first some coffee and my heating pad on the back .. then back roller, stretching, yoga .. and look at a few of those pesky monthly bills... (boy they just keep showing up, don't they? )

Well hope everyone has a fun or productive - or if you're lucky, both! - kinda day!!

[Wheelieb]

Morning All,

Today is range day. This is not a qualification as the reservists finally understand that they need range time to get proficient in shooting. So today is going to be fun. Wasn't able to get out and play yesterday afternoon as work took priority. Fun stuff will be coming next week as I have a scheduled colonoscopy on Thursday. That will be interesting to see what they find. Anyhow, time to go get my stuff for the day. Hope everyone has a great day.

[ILMgolfnut]

17 hours ago, ILMgolfnut said:

I'll find out tomorrow if I got in either or both. Of the two, I'd obviously rather get in on the championship course but either would be nice.

Good morning Spies. I awoke this morning to find two emails. I got in both tournaments at Royal Dornoch! One is a seniors-only stroke play for handicaps less than 24.0; the other is a Stableford event for all men with caps under 24. The seniors-only is the one on the championship course.

As somewhat expected, I'm paying for last night's workout a bit, particularly in the right shoulder after heavier-than-usual dumbbell presses. Hoping that over time the post-workout discomfort will subside as I get stronger, but for now... Let's just say I will have some issues getting through the airports on my flight home today.

Earlier this week I was listening to PGA Tour Radio while driving from Charlotte to Raleigh. Katrek and Maginnes were discussing tournament formats on Tour after the team event in New Orleans. They didn't mention one of my favorites, formerly played at The International outside Denver: Stableford. And now I'll be playing in at least two Stableford tournaments in Scotland (my own club has a Wednesday Stableford event while I'm there). But the Tour modified Stableford to punish players who made bogey or worse; in traditional Stableford, bogey is one point, double bogey is zero and anything over that you just pick up. I called to discuss that with them but was still on hold when the show ended.

Edited May 3 by ILMgolfnut

[Rob Person]

19 minutes ago, Wheelieb said:

Morning All,

Today is range day. This is not a qualification as the reservists finally understand that they need range time to get proficient in shooting. So today is going to be fun. Wasn't able to get out and play yesterday afternoon as work took priority. Fun stuff will be coming next week as I have a scheduled colonoscopy on Thursday. That will be interesting to see what they find. Anyhow, time to go get my stuff for the day. Hope everyone has a great day.

I've endured a few of those.  The flushing part though! Ugh!  Not sure how to put this, but Good luck?

[Rob Person]

5 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

Good morning Spies. I awoke this morning to find two emails. I got in both tournaments at Royal Dornoch! One is a seniors-only stroke play for handicaps less than 24.0; the other is a Stableford event for all men with caps under 24. The seniors-only is the one on the championship course.

As somewhat expected, I'm paying for last night's workout a bit, particularly in the right shoulder after heavier-than-usual dumbbell presses. Hoping that over time the post-workout discomfort will subside as I get stronger, but for now... Let's just say I will have some issues getting through the airports on my flight home today.

Earlier this week I was listening to PGA Tour Radio while driving from Charlotte to Raleigh. Katrek and Maginnes were discussing tournament formats on Tour after the team event in New Orleans. They didn't mention one of my favorites, formerly played at The International outside Denver: Stableford. And now I'll be playing in at least two Stableford tournaments in Scotland (my own club has a Wednesday Stableford even while I'm there). But the Tour modified Stableford to punish players who made bogey or worse; in traditional Stableford, bogey is one point, double bogey is zero and anything over that you just pick up. I called to discuss that with them but was still on hold when the show ended.

Congratulations!!!

[Steve F]

Good morning MGS Nation! Absolutely beautiful morning here in Maryland! 60 degrees, low humidity, very light breeze... perfect morning to get lost on the way to work and get 9 in! If only! The tea is hot, and Apple Cinnamon.

Planning to get some iron practice in at lunch, league play irons were not so hot this week. I was able to get to the practice green last night to get in some more baseline data for the TM Spider: unlike @Cfhandyman who got good news via phone that his DF3 was arriving today, mine is still scheduled for Monday. The only good thing about that is, it gives me more time with the Spider to build more data. (and practice!) The weekend here looks like a washout, like @cksurfdude, but I'm going to hold out hope that I can keep and get the round in Sunday. 

The Much Better Half is a teacher, and today is "spirit day". She left the house dressed in an orange tutu, orange and white leggings, orange sneakers and a white, orange and black shirt. I have to say, she was adorable! Definitely gave me an ear to ear grin!

I hope everyone has a great day, positive thoughts and wishes headed to all of you and hope that golf figures into your plans today as well! Hit 'em straight MGS Nation! 

[ILMgolfnut]

2 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

Congratulations!!!

The congratulations go to my bank account. I'm playing both tournaments/courses for 90 pounds. Not sure if I would have played Struie absent a tournament, but to play Royal Dornoch, even as a club member with reciprocal privileges, is 140 pounds. Dornoch is about an hour drive from where I'm staying so I'll be hoping for not a super-early tee time; I think they did have something on the entry form where you could request early or late.

[tdc1]

Good morning, everyone!  Looks like not too much golf here over the next week -- rain every other day and errands/projects.  Yesterday I did my first course rating of the year.  It was a 9-hole par 3 course with the shortest hole playing a little over 100 yds. but with 5 holes playing in the 170+ yds. range.  Pretty large greens but nothing very flat.  I'm glad that the USGA is allowing/encouraging short courses to be formally rated for slope/rating.  Hope everybody has a great day!

[Rob Person]

6 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

The congratulations go to my bank account. I'm playing both tournaments/courses for 90 pounds. Not sure if I would have played Struie absent a tournament, but to play Royal Dornoch, even as a club member with reciprocal privileges, is 140 pounds. Dornoch is about an hour drive from where I'm staying so I'll be hoping for not a super-early tee time; I think they did have something on the entry form where you could request early or late.

Price aside, that will be an amazing experience! Comparably, most iconic courses in the US go for triple that! (And more!)

[Rob Person]

1 minute ago, tdc1 said:

Good morning, everyone!  Looks like not too much golf here over the next week -- rain every other day and errands/projects.  Yesterday I did my first course rating of the year.  It was a 9-hole par 3 course with the shortest hole playing a little over 100 yds. but with 5 holes playing in the 170+ yds. range.  Pretty large greens but nothing very flat.  I'm glad that the USGA is allowing/encouraging short courses to be formally rated for slope/rating.  Hope everybody has a great day!

That is awesome!  I've always wondered what goes into the process of rating courses

[Mr_BogeyPro]

Good morning, fellow golfers,

I was able to escape and play 18 with my daughter yesterday and had an amazing round. I shot a +6 at Rivard Golf Course in Brooksville. My drives were working. My irons were on point. My chipping was so so, but my putting was dead on. It was one of the better rounds I have had in 25 years of playing.

Where is everyone playing this weekend? I have an early tee time tomorrow, which I feel I am already doomed because of my great round yesterday.

Have a great weekend and hit 'em straight!

[MattWillGolf]

Good morning Spies,

Happy Friday. Uppa with a cuppa. It’s a beautiful sunny morning in CNY. Yesterday’s dentist appointment didn’t go fully as planned. The cranky tooth was pulled. It had fractured completely in half. But there was an infection going on so no post was implanted. So it turned into a quick appointment. But will return in 90 days. My wife made me Italian “penicillin”. Chicken soup with pastina. To which I added some avocado. Very tasty indeed.

Looking forward to tomorrow’s delivery of Nemo, the orange DF3, for the Forum review. I also received notice that the Ghost Anyday bag with the forum logo will deliver next week.

Looking to get a run in today and maybe a range session.

Continued prayers for the wives of @Erin B and @StrokerAce 

Wishing all a wonderful day!

 

[ILMgolfnut]

4 minutes ago, Rob Person said:

Price aside, that will be an amazing experience! Comparably, most iconic courses in the US go for triple that! (And more!)

Yeah, if I was just a tourist (not a Scottish club member) looking to play the championship course that week, it would be 280 pounds. The combo ticket with Struie is 325. I got to play RDGC last year because of a tournament but not in a tournament; the event was cancelled because of horrible weather, but the pro said you've paid, you can play if you want, and I did. When I got up to the clubhouse restaurant after the round, I told them I was in the tournament (breakfast and lunch were included in the entry; I didn't do breakfast but went up for a late lunch). I never will forget this, a server named Patricia looked at me and said "Did you play golf in this?" Yes, I did. "Are you nuts?" Why, yes I am. I'll have to go up there and look for Patricia in two months.

Edited May 3 by ILMgolfnut

[Dead Solid Bogey]

27 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

Good morning Spies. I awoke this morning to find two emails. I got in both tournaments at Royal Dornoch! One is a seniors-only stroke play for handicaps less than 24.0; the other is a Stableford event for all men with caps under 24. The seniors-only is the one on the championship course.

As somewhat expected, I'm paying for last night's workout a bit, particularly in the right shoulder after heavier-than-usual dumbbell presses. Hoping that over time the post-workout discomfort will subside as I get stronger, but for now... Let's just say I will have some issues getting through the airports on my flight home today.

Earlier this week I was listening to PGA Tour Radio while driving from Charlotte to Raleigh. Katrek and Maginnes were discussing tournament formats on Tour after the team event in New Orleans. They didn't mention one of my favorites, formerly played at The International outside Denver: Stableford. And now I'll be playing in at least two Stableford tournaments in Scotland (my own club has a Wednesday Stableford event while I'm there). But the Tour modified Stableford to punish players who made bogey or worse; in traditional Stableford, bogey is one point, double bogey is zero and anything over that you just pick up. I called to discuss that with them but was still on hold when the show ended.

Nice… 

[William P]

Good Friday morning Spies!

Another sunny and bright morning here in Myrtle Beach. Daughter unit has been keeping me informed of all the rain back home resulting in heavy flooding to the South and East. Thoughts and prayers go out to those effected by the recent weather.

@Erin B and @StrokerAce thoughts and prayers with you as you find your way through the medical issues your spouses are experiencing.

@Dead Solid Bogey The day is here! Walk in with 9 iron in your hand and in your best extremely threatening demeanor, after all, may be just the insurance needed to ensure a favorable outcome... Looking forward to hearing good things in evening thread.

Everyone have a great and safe day! Hit 'em well and enjoy the time spent with friends and others... 

Oh, I did forget to mention I have been placed on time out from the PGASS again... But that's ok cause the spousal unit didn't say anything about Golf Galaxy. I don't think she even knows there is one down here...

Edited May 3 by William P

[Alan Scalzi]

Have the opportunity to play twice this weekend,  hopefully I can hit it straight as these last few days practicing I have been all over the place and not hitting it like I normally do!, but still happy I can get out there and try!

[William P]

58 minutes ago, Girldad18 said:

Good Friday Morning fellow spies!!

Prayers up for @StrokerAce @Erin B and @Dead Solid Bogey 

For me, my middle daughter has a follow up with the doctor about her tummy. Still no answer as to what is going on. We will see what his thoughts are today. 
Tomorrow my oldest daughter has a prospect camp for volleyball at a college she is considering. She’s still deciding on where but has stated if she’s playing volleyball she will be fine at school away from us. Which is a huge statement for her being such a homebody. 
Last night my youngest daughter had a softball game. She had two basketball practices prior to the game, both for school, then rushed over to the softball game. First girl hit a in the park homer and next batter hit a triple off her. Then she settled down and got three strike outs only allowing the one run. Game ended in a tie but I’ll take that compared to how I thought it might go. 
 

Rainy today. Supposed to rain all weekend. Have to replace the rotor sensor in our washing machine tonight if the part comes in. 
 

No rest for the weary. 
 

Have a great day everyone!

Best wishes for the Dr's visit today, sure hope the doctor has something definitive to discuss with your daughter and a course of treatment to get it resolved.

[CFreddie]

25 minutes ago, ILMgolfnut said:

The congratulations go to my bank account. I'm playing both tournaments/courses for 90 pounds. Not sure if I would have played Struie absent a tournament, but to play Royal Dornoch, even as a club member with reciprocal privileges, is 140 pounds. Dornoch is about an hour drive from where I'm staying so I'll be hoping for not a super-early tee time; I think they did have something on the entry form where you could request early or late.

Couldn't agree more on the bank account part - I just booked my round on Royal Dornoch for next March and it was not a easy pill to swallow (but its RD, you have to play it).  Can't wait to hear about the tournament @ILMgolfnut!

[StrokerAce]

morning all... 

It was a pleasure to wake up to so many encouraging comments and support from this community. THANK YOU. It's hard to smile sometimes these days and you all make it a little easier. 

Could be an emotional roller coaster today with news from the oncologist and my youngest going to his prom today. He's very excited and looks great in his suit! It's his day and we're going to do everything possible to keep it that way. 

Hope you all have a good weekend and again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you. 

[sirchunksalot]

Good morning everyone and happy Friday!

First off, I want to send my best to @StrokerAce @Dead Solid Bogey @Erin B and @Girldad18 I'm thinking about Y'all and the hardships you are all going through. I'm hoping you all get good news or answers to your problems. 

It's a rainy morning here so I'm just drinking coffee and preparing myself for today's festivities. My wife and I are taking her lease car to trade in them going to a nursery to see if there are any plants there she wants for her birthday. She might break the bank if there are.

I got to play yesterday, a 9 hole round where the play was decent and the fun was great. I shot 52 which is trending in the right direction with my dysfunctional game. I actually got up and down out of the sand for a par, I can't ever remember doing that. I'm terrible out of bunkers since the courses I play the most don't have sand. 

I wish nothing but the best for each of you as you start your weekends. 

[MN_Hacker]

Happy Friday!!!  Hopefully everyone has a great end to their week, and an even better weekend.  I probably won't be golfing this weekend, but I will get a TON done around the house and yard now that the rain finally stopped.  

[ILMgolfnut]

8 minutes ago, CFreddie said:

but its RD, you have to play it

Exactly! And I got a memory of a lifetime during my round last year. Playing in pretty much of a hurricane, I hit an 8-iron farther than I can hit an 8-iron on #10. It cleared the front bunker by a few inches, rolled up to about 12 feet and I made the putt. Afterward, before my encounter with Patricia in the restaurant, I was telling some guys downstairs about that birdie, and they asked "how did you hold that green in this wind?" My answer was, of course, I have no idea.

Below is the 10th green in considerably better weather. That cavern front and center is the one I somehow carried that morning. Pin position that day was pretty close to the one in this picture.

 

[Hobert]

Good morning! Hanging out at LaGuardia (in NY for an important meeting that had been preoccupying my time in recent week). Getting on a plane headed to Louisville in a bit for the Derby. Pretty excited! Have a great Friday everyone!

[David Leighton Reid]

Good Friday morning!  In my round yesterday, I made 2 very bad swings that led to a double and a triple.  Even with 2 bad holes, I had an enjoyable round with 11 pars, 5 bogeys, and the previously mentioned disaster holes.  To make matters worse, I lost 2 very good golf balls.  
 

 

[berkeleybob]

1 hour ago, Wheelieb said:

Today is range day. 

I forgot you’re active. 

For a moment I thought, wow—this golfer is disciplined to make Fridays his driving range day.