The Good Morning Thread

[jbern]

Good morning! Rain is starting this afternoon and might not let up until next week. So it's looking like I won't be able to get out to a course this week. It's going to eat me up when the DF3 arrives for the LAB DF3 test (it was spotted in Ohio a couple of days ago, so it should be to me in Michigan very soon)!! 

Work is full of meetings today, so hopefully I'll have a little time to catch up on forum during the meeting down-times.

Have a good day everyone!

@Northern Monkey - Very interesting, the contrast between the runner putter test and the DF3 test. The runner putters are designed to be tinkered with to get the best results and we are not supposed to manipulate ANYTHING on the DF3 putters because it will throw off the Lie-Angle-Balancing! Have fun tinkering today, if you get to it.

@rkj427 - That's cool that you met a new to you neighbor! Especially considering he had a car issue, which is right up your alley! 

[ILMgolfnut]

Good morning Spies! Back to work after my mental health day, which included a nap. Said nap might have contributed to weird night of sleep with numerous wake-ups, only some of which were feline-related. Anyway, today's plans also include Rypstick and Fit For Golf workouts and a trip to the dentist. Hopefully nothing there beyond a cleaning.

@Dead Solid Bogey ready golf is just basically not waiting for the guy in front of you to hit to start your pre-shot routine. Figure out your yardage, pick your club and be ready to go.

Two months from today I'll be playing my second tournament in Scotland, at the Struie course in Dornoch. First one is two months from yesterday. Can't wait!

@skraeling I spent most of my life in tornado alley, once had a funnel cloud go directly over me at a track meet. Now I'm in a hurricane zone that isn't immune to tornadoes either. Hope all are safe in your area.

[Wib081]

Good morning MGS

 

Yesterday was a bit hectic but I survived it. Went to the range while waiting for a delivery that was 2 hours late focused on a straight back takeaway as I had been getting too far inside and dispersion was awful of late. However, with the straight back focus my ball flight straightened out and distance began to normalized again. Worked the ball a bit to the right as well which was nice to see again. I don’t try and manipulate the club at impact, but rather grip it with it set a bit open and it was working on command again! Around 6:30-7:00 last night went to mow the lawn and my neighbor left me a gift. 

first one went great nice 40 yard pitch into the woods. Impact was a little higher than I like on the face but I was happy with it none the less 

Have a great day everyone!

[Samuel09152]

TUESDAY HERE WE COME!

We got this guys and gals! We will conquer today! Practice today will be in the garage! 

Hit 'em Straight! Be the blessing! 

 

[Girldad18]

Good Tuesday Morning spies!

Work as usual, then a busy afternoon.  Have a meeting this afternoon, late in the day, and then my youngest is scheduled to have a softball game.  The meeting isn't close by so may miss some of the game.  Of course, we had some storms move through last night so the game may be cancelled.  Don't know yet.

Other than that, we will see.  Supposed to be nice and sunny and in the low 80's.  More rain tomorrow.

Have a good one!!

[Kenny B]

Good Morning everyone!  Wind has died down a little; should be a relatively nice day at mid-60's temps and wind only 10-20mph.  It's ramping up for a warm weekend!!

Yesterday my wife took me to the flower place; got a few tomatoes, peppers, and a few other veggies to plant in the garden...  filled up her SUV!!

 

I'm off to the dentist at 7am for cleaning, then yard work and some range time this afternoon.  Planning to walk 9 holes tomorrow morning... maybe 18 depending on how I feel.

Have a terrific Tuesday and stay safe in the stormy mid-section of the country.  Hope you are OK @skraeling.  

 

[Erin B]

Good morning spies! How’s your Tuesday morning going? Working here, still windy though. Please make it stop!!!

Why must the Lord be so angry with Wyoming? We are one of the last beacons of freedom….hell some people don’t even believe Wyoming exists. Look it up! Well you know what? Wyoming does exist and we get some of the funkiest weather in the country. But this is just ridiculous. I’m changing the subject before I lose it. Los poopies are pretty funny, last night they were playing hide and seek. I don’t think these two were hiding very well…

This one, now she can hide! 

She was in her house way in the back. Anyway, spousal unit is fine. She’s making me work from home to mitigate illness before her surgery so I get to see some of los poopies’ antics. They are turds , and sometimes drive the spousal unit nuts. That’s some funny stuff. Hope you have a great day! 

[GaryF]

22 hours ago, Josh Parker said:

I got to write an article for the main site.  Go check it out.

HERE

Nice article but pretty much the way recreational play has been promoted for quite awhile.  Something I’ve seen - Lost balls don’t have to slow play down but one reason it does is often the entire group will help look.  While that is nice to have help, at least one or 2 or all 3 should be getting ready to play.  

Another distraction that can slow play is cell phone usage.  It’s understandable if someone is expecting an important call but that should not be the norm.  One of my golfing buddies is a surgeon and there have been times he gets a call and picks up his ball to skip the rest of the hole.  But I’ve seen others (one of the guys wife) that hit a par 3 tee shot that lands 10’ from the hole and has to take a pic and text to a friend. 

Ready golf doesn’t mean not talking/bantering/trash talking, etc.  
 

[Wheelieb]

Morning All,

Got out for a before work 9 holes. Super wet for the base course and seeing as I wanted to make sure I got all 9 in before work I chose to ride even though it was cart path only. I got a good walking across the fairway in, cause there is no way I know how to play cart path ball. I can say that it being as wet as it was, there was almost not roll out on my drives. The greens were very receptive, except for the par 3's cause my tee shots couldn't find those surfaces. Wound up in the bunker short on the 5th hole and that bunker is taller than me to get out, so it's probably just a little over 6 feet as I am 5'11''.  Shot an 8 over 44, I need to play a full 18 as the back 9 seems to be a little tougher as holes 10-12 all have water left of the fairway and the 12th is a par 3 over water. hole 14 is a tee shot over water and so is 15 a par 3. then hole 17 is a par 4 where the landing is severely down hill from the tee box, but water all along the right side past the green. Hope everyone has a wonderful day.

[skraeling]

14 minutes ago, GaryF said:

Nice article but pretty much the way recreational play has been promoted for quite awhile.  Something I’ve seen - Lost balls don’t have to slow play down but one reason it does is often the entire group will help look.  While that is nice to have help, at least one or 2 or all 3 should be getting ready to play.  

Another distraction that can slow play is cell phone usage.  It’s understandable if someone is expecting an important call but that should not be the norm.  One of my golfing buddies is a surgeon and there have been times he gets a call and picks up his ball to skip the rest of the hole.  But I’ve seen others (one of the guys wife) that hit a par 3 tee shot that lands 10’ from the hole and has to take a pic and text to a friend. 

Ready golf doesn’t mean not talking/bantering/trash talking, etc.  
 

If I’m on my phone I’m just checking arccos for data / logging my score.

[Byrnzee]

Good morning all!

A warmer day in Chicago today, with some thunderstorms creeping in this morning and early afternoon. Weather app says it should clear by 5pm or so, which I'm hoping is true so I can sneak out to the range after work.

Congrats to those selected for both the Vokey wedge test and the Stix Golf test! Looking forward to following your journey and learning more about how this equipment can benefit your game.

Another busy day at work today, but should be calmer starting tomorrow (helps that I'm skipping town Thursday morning!)

I hope that everyone has a terrific Tuesday!

[William P]

Good Tuesday morning Spies!

Raining here at the Beach this morning but the timing is perfect as it is our last day with noting major planned. Today is a day of final packing, good food, and great friends while getting ready for the flight this afternoon. Hate to see it come to an end, but I really need to get back home and spend the next two weeks getting the yard work caught up after all the rain... Also go a call from the Seniors golf assoc. wanting to make sure I was ok as the members were missing my weekly monetary contributions to their retirement funds... 

@skraeling hope you fared well through the early morning weather and hope there was not too much damage or others effected by this storm front.

Thoughts and prayers with all who may be in the path of this severe weather pattern.

Congratulations on the 1,000th post @KC Golf. Nice milestone achievement!

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday and you find some measure of pleasure in your endeavors throughout the day.

 

 

[GaryF]

5 minutes ago, skraeling said:

If I’m on my phone I’m just checking arccos for data / logging my score.

Understand.  Some also use to record their scores, etc.  Sorry for not making clear, I’m mainly referring to people taking calls, having conversations, sometimes extended, and other non-golf usages that as a minimum can be distracting to others and cause delays.

 

[Byrnzee]

22 hours ago, Josh Parker said:

I got to write an article for the main site.  Go check it out.

HERE

Great work on the article, @Josh Parker. Longer rounds have definitely become the norm in recent years. I do think a part of it is public courses stacking their tee sheets like major airlines stack seats. However, there are some common sense things that the average player can do to help speed up play, which you explained very well in your article.

I'm happy nowadays to get a 4.5 hour round in, which seems preposterous. Couple that with usually an hour+ commute to and from the golf course and my day has practically vanished. 

Hopefully some people can take note and understand that it benefits everyone when you play ready golf and it doesn't have to take away from the experience whatsoever.

[Shrek74]

Good morning, Spies!!

Happy second Monday to you all. It feels like first Monday to me since I was off yesterday. But I digress.

Weather looking good for 2 rounds of golf this weekend, albeit a little chilly at the start. But I'll take it compared to all the rain we've had lately. More rounds the better, as I want to at least have some type of movement come the MGS Forum golf trip in a few weeks. Plus, it's more time to work on my on-course play and management. I was actually really happy with that this past Sunday. Taking one more club than I would normally and swinging more controlled. Got me on more greens and closer to the hole on more than a few holes. As I work on the swing changes, this will be far more important than me trying to swing 100% all the time and possibly not making the proper swing. Speed will return as I get the swing changes more engrained.

Anyway, everyone have a wonderful second Monday!!

[ILMgolfnut]

9 minutes ago, Byrnzee said:

I do think a part of it is public courses stacking their tee sheets like major airlines stack seats.

Part, but not all. Take my round last October at the Old Course in St. Andrews. It goes without saying that the OC doesn't have many (or any) open slots on its daily tee sheets; a foursome every 10 minutes on an extremely challenging course, and some of those people in the foursomes are hacking it around like I was (well into three digits). Yet my foursome got around in under four hours. We got to our balls, made a quick decision and hit. The only places I remember waiting on the tees were the two par 3s.

Edited May 7 by ILMgolfnut

[skraeling]

12 minutes ago, William P said:

Good Tuesday morning Spies!

Raining here at the Beach this morning but the timing is perfect as it is our last day with noting major planned. Today is a day of final packing, good food, and great friends while getting ready for the flight this afternoon. Hate to see it come to an end, but I really need to get back home and spend the next two weeks getting the yard work caught up after all the rain... Also go a call from the Seniors golf assoc. wanting to make sure I was ok as the members were missing my weekly monetary contributions to their retirement funds... 

@skraeling hope you fared well through the early morning weather and hope there was not too much damage or others effected by this storm front.

Thoughts and prayers with all who may be in the path of this severe weather pattern.

Congratulations on the 1,000th post @KC Golf. Nice milestone achievement!

Hope everyone has a great Tuesday and you find some measure of pleasure in your endeavors throughout the day.

 

 

Fortunately just radar indicated and they never blew the sirens again.  They reported no debris on radar so I said screw it and went back to sleep.

todays league round is going to be sloppy wet me thinks though.

[Byrnzee]

Just now, ILMgolfnut said:

Part, but not all. Take my round last October at the Old Course in St. Andrews. It goes without saying that the OC doesn't have many (or any) open slots on its daily tee sheets; a foursome every 10 minutes on an extremely challenging course, and some of those people in the foursomes are hacking it around like I was (well into three digits). Yet my foursome got around in four hours. We got to our balls, made a quick decision and hit. The only places I remember waiting on the tees were the two par 3s.

As you mentioned, in Scotland and other parts of the world, they've done a great job encouraging quicker pace of play. I was mostly talking about public courses in America. But yes, there are plenty of other factors causing these slowdowns than just stacked tee sheets

[David Leighton Reid]

Good Tuesday morning, golfers!  Today, I am a supplemental teacher, being that I am helping a young man in a wheel chair at the high school.  Every parent’s nightmare, this young man turned 16 last Aug and was involved in a horrible auto accident in Sept. He is paralyzed from the chest down and doing therapy to improve his range of motion.  The cool thing is, this young man has a great and positive outlook and says he will walk again.  He is an inspiration to his fellow students and to myself.  
 

 

[Jmikecpa]

1 hour ago, MN_Hacker said:

I feel your pain.  I do my spin bike and Bowflex in the winter, but don't run in cold weather.  My first few runs this year have me realizing that I am, in fact, old, and need to focus more on how long I'm running for, not how far or fast I'm running.  

You lost me at the weight vest though.  I guess I do hiking wearing a pack with the scouts, but I don't go looking for more joint stress anymore.  

Trust me it was not my idea it was my wife and gym rat son’s idea. The way I look at it if it helps me build some strength and lose weight I am all in. I am currently at my college football weight which is not good for an almost 48 year old. One of the best parts of living at home is I was forced into going back to the gym and have been on the treadmill 4 days a week since end of November. I was informed that was Phase 1 and now we are onto Phase 2.

[EnderinAZ]

Good morning spies! Well the first round of golf after 6 weeks of golf purgatory is in the books. Didn't play badly, but didn't play great either. No score under 4 or over 6. I walked all 18 holes in 85 degree sunshine and was good and tired by 9:30 last night. I am torn between doing a good long ride this afternoon or heading to the range and practice area. Wind will be the determining factor. 

@Josh Parker Good read. I did the math a while ago. The guys who spend 45 seconds writing their scores down while sitting next to the green in their carts add 13 and a half minutes to a round of just waiting for the green area to clear for the group behind them. 

@skraeling Do you find the Arccos app is fast enough? I found it slow and clunky. I am old and use 2 hands to enter stuff in my phone. Putting scores into that app while walking behind my Zip Navigator trundling across the fairway always took 15 to 20 seconds. Multiply that by my normal score of 85 (15 * 85) / 60 = 21.25 or over 21 minutes a round of me fiddling with my phone. Where it takes me just a few seconds to add my score to a score card. The app captures my shots for later analysis. If you can get that app to respond and get your info into it good and fast more power to you. I could not, so gave it up. Shoot I don't even try to put scores in my gps watch. Again to much fiddling where I want to be golfing. 

[skraeling]

4 minutes ago, EnderinAZ said:

Good morning spies! Well the first round of golf after 6 weeks of golf purgatory is in the books. Didn't play badly, but didn't play great either. No score under 4 or over 6. I walked all 18 holes in 85 degree sunshine and was good and tired by 9:30 last night. I am torn between doing a good long ride this afternoon or heading to the range and practice area. Wind will be the determining factor. 

@Josh Parker Good read. I did the math a while ago. The guys who spend 45 seconds writing their scores down while sitting next to the green in their carts add 13 and a half minutes to a round of just waiting for the green area to clear for the group behind them. 

@skraeling Do you find the Arccos app is fast enough? I found it slow and clunky. I am old and use 2 hands to enter stuff in my phone. Putting scores into that app while walking behind my Zip Navigator trundling across the fairway always took 15 to 20 seconds. Multiply that by my normal score of 85 (15 * 85) / 60 = 21.25 or over 21 minutes a round of me fiddling with my phone. Where it takes me just a few seconds to add my score to a score card. The app captures my shots for later analysis. If you can get that app to respond and get your info into it good and fast more power to you. I could not, so gave it up. Shoot I don't even try to put scores in my gps watch. Again to much fiddling where I want to be golfing. 

The shot detection works well enough I usually just need to log tap in putts or if I pick up penalties etc.  it’s almost too sensitive and will occasionally pick up me setting a club down.

find it mostly useful to see wind direction and speed.  Plus when I had new clubs getting rough ranges for them.  
 

my phones relatively new so it runs quick for me.

Edited May 7 by skraeling

[Tom the Golf Nut]

Golf is not in my plans today (well at least not on the course). They are aerating the greens today and tomorrow with the big holes. Probably just be content with working from home and chatting with all of you. Much better than talking to my wife which inevitably winds up with "do you know what we need to do" or "I've been thinking". Shortly followed by "Are you listening to me". I dare not reply. We means me and me doesn't need any more projects added to my list. 

Boy, do I hate the aeration times of the season. Big holes take a week or two to heal. Why can't they schedule the aeration when it's a travel week for me? How inconsiderate . Just when Stella's getting her grove back. Now I won't be able to groove the putter for two weeks.  

Well, enough bitchin. I'll warm up the simulator and putt on my putting mat. 

Have a great day everyone. 

[ILMgolfnut]

Just now, Jmikecpa said:

Trust me it was not my idea it was my wife and gym rat son’s idea. The way I look at it if it helps me build some strength and lose weight I am all in. I am currently at my college football weight which is not good for an almost 48 year old. One of the best parts of living at home is I was forced into going back to the gym and have been on the treadmill 4 days a week since end of November. I was informed that was Phase 1 and now we are onto Phase 2.

I'm considering literally walking on my treadmill with my golf bag on my shoulders, for the same reason and to add some golf-specific conditioning. There basically is no such thing as golf carts in most of Scotland, unless you have a doctor's note (that includes the Old Course; doctor's note required). And even then there aren't many; some courses only have like 2 or 3 "buggies". The only reason I don't is that every course I've seen has push carts, so there are non-caddie options to avoid carrying your clubs. I just realized I honestly don't remember whether I carried my clubs or used a push cart on the Old Course, which tells you something about my state of sleep deprivation that morning.

Last night I was looking online to see if there are any push carts that fold small enough to fit in my travel bag with my clubs. I think I found one, but for 5 or 6 pounds a round the rental isn't a big deal, and the added weight would probably cost me more than that with the airline.

[Dcfrench3]

Good Morning Golfers! Had a great and exhausting weekend getting the house ready for my kids 3rd b-day party. Had a good day at the zoo with a beautiful sunny day around 70 degrees all day. Hardest part of the day though was seeing it was so nice outside and then driving by a really nice golf course... I swear I just start foaming at the mouth lol

[tdroma98]

Good Tuesday Morning Spies! 

Beautiful Central Florida morning, 67 degrees at 7am tee time.  Mostly sunny, made for a nice 18-hole walk.  Had to give blood after the round, so no coffee this morning.  Just got home & made a triple espresso, LOL!! 

Have a Great Day Everyone and Hit'em straight! 

[Kenny B]

2 hours ago, Tom the Golf Nut said:

Why can't they schedule the aeration when it's a travel week for me? How inconsiderate . Just when Stella's getting her grove back. Now I won't be able to groove the putter for two weeks.  

Just in time for Kingsmill greens.    ... whatever they're like.

[jordan1016]

You don't know what you don't know as they say....

Morning Spies. Figured this would be a good forum for this, and some, if not all of you will get a laugh out of it....

Beautiful Tuesday morning in sunny Delaware. No round planned today, but, had a lesson organized, so was looking forward to that and getting back in the lab with my instructor and trying to figure out why after grinding all winter with regards my swing/path, (previosuly was really negative), I have been missing greens (the dreaded left miss) and not scoring as I should really be, especially in the rounds that I have actually been out this year with a card in my hand. So much so that I have been tinkering with the idea of going to a proper fitter and shelling out for a new set of irons, as I have never done that before, especially as I know that my swing has gotten better and I should be seeing SOME results on the scorecard.

Post warm-up chat etc, we really get into it and I explain what's been going on. So he has me start by hitting my 7iron. Path is good overall, but as I get into it and get flowing, the left misses start to show. Using trackman, he quickly identifies that my face angle is closed on impact.

Start to look at the grip. Left hand. Good. Neutral to slightly strong. Right hand. Far too strong. Easy fix right...... Neutralize it a bit and that will keep the face angle from getting too closed on impact. Except it's not. I cannot grip the club the way I feel like I need to in order to hit the ball correctly. My feeling is "I am going to drop this club, its going to fly out of my hand"

Explain this to my Instructor, so he goes to my bag, and takes out my driver. 

"Ok, lets change this up. Show me the driver. let me see how you're gripping the driver".

Grip my driver. Grip looks good, so he tells me to peg one up and swing.

Good Swing, Good contact, good path, good face. Good shot. Hit another couple. Same results. Cue me getting really frustrated as to why I don't have the same feels with my irons

.... he lifts my 7 iron that I have set down.

Him "Do you know you have midsize grips on these?" 

Me "No...."

Him "let me see that driver"

Looks at driver, 3 wood, hybrid, wedges. All standard-sized grips.........

$90 later and I am now the proud owner of a set of irons with grips that are the right size for my hands. And I feel like an absolute moron.  

Moral of the story? Sometimes the little things make all the difference. And, (for now ) I can shelve this idea of a new set of irons.

Hit em Straight!

 

 

[RichL85]

It's been a week and it's only Tuesday. Not counting all the work related items that have been causing problems, we found a bit of a flea problem on one of the dogs, so treating all of the pets and the house has been a chore. The cats seem to be doing fine, but one dog still seems to be the main culprit. It's been annoying. It's also caused my wife to go back to her wants to rip out all carpet of the house and replace the flooring throughout the house. Not that I'm entirely opposed to it, but I don't look forward to the hassle that will entail. 

The bigger issue has been my father-in-law who lives with us. He's been complaining about back problems for about 6 months now. Assumed it was just getting older, but eventually he got bad enough to get some tests done. About 2 weeks ago he sat down with my wife and I and told us what was going on. Initially they found a small lump on one of his lungs back in November. Another test in March showed that the lump grew in size, and while waiting for his insurance to approve a biopsy, he finally had enough and went to the ER over the weekend. They did another X-ray and a CT scan and now there are multiple lumps on his lungs, a few of which are pressing into his ribs, which explains the back pain. Long story short, obviously the ER can't diagnose it with certainty, but lung cancer is the most likely explanation. So from what I hear, the next step is getting a referral to an oncologist and going from there. Obviously my wife is pretty messed up over this, even to point of feeling guilty about things like times she didn't go to lunch with her dad on a day off or something because she already feels that there is limited time left now. So that whole situation has thrown our daily lives for a loop, and we are trying to manage the situation as best as we can, but it's probably going to have some significant impacts on daily life.

[ejgaudette]

4 minutes ago, RichL85 said:

It's been a week and it's only Tuesday. Not counting all the work related items that have been causing problems, we found a bit of a flea problem on one of the dogs, so treating all of the pets and the house has been a chore. The cats seem to be doing fine, but one dog still seems to be the main culprit. It's been annoying. It's also caused my wife to go back to her wants to rip out all carpet of the house and replace the flooring throughout the house. Not that I'm entirely opposed to it, but I don't look forward to the hassle that will entail. 

The bigger issue has been my father-in-law who lives with us. He's been complaining about back problems for about 6 months now. Assumed it was just getting older, but eventually he got bad enough to get some tests done. About 2 weeks ago he sat down with my wife and I and told us what was going on. Initially they found a small lump on one of his lungs back in November. Another test in March showed that the lump grew in size, and while waiting for his insurance to approve a biopsy, he finally had enough and went to the ER over the weekend. They did another X-ray and a CT scan and now there are multiple lumps on his lungs, a few of which are pressing into his ribs, which explains the back pain. Long story short, obviously the ER can't diagnose it with certainty, but lung cancer is the most likely explanation. So from what I hear, the next step is getting a referral to an oncologist and going from there. Obviously my wife is pretty messed up over this, even to point of feeling guilty about things like times she didn't go to lunch with her dad on a day off or something because she already feels that there is limited time left now. So that whole situation has thrown our daily lives for a loop, and we are trying to manage the situation as best as we can, but it's probably going to have some significant impacts on daily life.

I am so sorry to hear that and I fear a day like this comes with my parents. It is a good reminder to set aside time to spend with them. Sending you and your family positive thoughts.