The Good Morning Thread

[JFish350]

1 minute ago, MattWillGolf said:

Morning Spies, Second cup is goin down. I have 9 days until retirement and my final projects are going a bit sideways.  In one of them, the contractor's quality of work in room prep was among the worst I've seen in my 35 years in the medical imaging industry. In the other, a hardware packet need for installation was lost. oh well. This combined with the weather is putting a crimp in my golf. 

Have a great day Spies! Hope you can get out and hit'em 

Do I like cuz you are close to retirement or is it a sad face with the issues in closing out what I imagine is long career and well deserved time off. 

[JFish350]

1 minute ago, Kenny B said:

Of course it's golf month... it's also a birthday month!!  I'm celebrating for a week in Bend/Redmond/Sisters area

I did saw the note about that but actually haven't read it yet.  I be at Sunriver June 1st-4th. guys golf trip, 20 of us this year. 

[MattWillGolf]

Just now, JFish350 said:

Do I like cuz you are close to retirement or is it a sad face with the issues in closing out what I imagine is long career and well deserved time off. 

Do a like, cuz no sad faces allowed. It's only 9 days. Because on day 10, it won't be my problem. LOL 

[Kenny B]

3 minutes ago, MattWillGolf said:

Morning Spies, Second cup is goin down. I have 9 days until retirement and my final projects are going a bit sideways.  In one of them, the contractor's quality of work in room prep was among the worst I've seen in my 35 years in the medical imaging industry. In the other, a hardware packet need for installation was lost. oh well. This combined with the weather is putting a crimp in my golf. 

Have a great day Spies! Hope you can get out and hit'em 

On your second cup of coffee at 9:30am?  I just finished my second cup at 6:30am.  Maybe that will change when you retire!!

[GolfSpy BOS]

Good morning all!

Two more days of work and then vacation!  While I won't be golfing (This cruise ship does not have a golf course on it, bummer I know) I am very much looking forward to some time off to relax with Mrs. BOS.  

Just need to get through this pesky forecast first.  

[cksurfdude]

11 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Have to learn to play "old fart golf".  That's where you land the ball 10-20 yards short of the green and let it roll on.  When I started playing golf, there were some old farts that were very deadly playing that way because they played that way all the time.

gm all!

Ya know... In a funny confidence, there's a Par 3 that I habitually mess up the tee shots on - I'm too often either wide right in trouble, or wider (haha) left in trouble. So you can see either way I'm in trouble ...

..so what I've been thinking is to try that "old fart" strategy! .. ie. kind of a low-running punch shot with the Cleveland Hy-Wood maybe..? Gotta test it out on the range!

[MattWillGolf]

11 minutes ago, Kenny B said:

On your second cup of coffee at 9:30am?  I just finished my second cup at 6:30am.  Maybe that will change when you retire!!

It's called pacing. 

[Kenny B]

12 minutes ago, cksurfdude said:

gm all!

Ya know... In a funny confidence, there's a Par 3 that I habitually mess up the tee shots on - I'm too often either wide right in trouble, or wider (haha) left in trouble. So you can see either way I'm in trouble ...

..so what I've been thinking is to try that "old fart" strategy! .. ie. kind of a low-running punch shot with the Cleveland Hy-Wood maybe..? Gotta test it out on the range!

Worked for me yesterday on an unfamiliar course.

[ejgaudette]

29 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BOS said:

Good morning all!

Two more days of work and then vacation!  While I won't be golfing (This cruise ship does not have a golf course on it, bummer I know) I am very much looking forward to some time off to relax with Mrs. BOS.  

Just need to get through this pesky forecast first.  

Ah budget season everyones favorite time of the year. I help model for our forecast and the number of days that get turned upside down needing to look into something are much too high. I also have a few days off next week for school vacation so that is nice.

[Josh Ross]

Good morning, friends! Today's work day will crawl, as is normally the case when you're looking forward to something after work. Surprising my nephew with a trip to watch our Georgia Southern Eagles play baseball this evening! Been a rough year for our boys after being nationally ranked last year but he attends their camp each year and has become buddies with most of the team so thankfully he's like me and loves the team regardless of record. They're five hours from us but are coming to play a school only an hour away!

Hope everyone has a great day!

[sirchunksalot]

23 minutes ago, Josh Ross said:

Good morning, friends! Today's work day will crawl, as is normally the case when you're looking forward to something after work. Surprising my nephew with a trip to watch our Georgia Southern Eagles play baseball this evening! Been a rough year for our boys after being nationally ranked last year but he attends their camp each year and has become buddies with most of the team so thankfully he's like me and loves the team regardless of record. They're five hours from us but are coming to play a school only an hour away!

Hope everyone has a great day!

That's awesome you're surprising him with a baseball game! I hope the two of you have a fun time. 

[sirchunksalot]

1 hour ago, GolfSpy_BOS said:

Good morning all!

Two more days of work and then vacation!  While I won't be golfing (This cruise ship does not have a golf course on it, bummer I know) I am very much looking forward to some time off to relax with Mrs. BOS.  

Just need to get through this pesky forecast first.  

Do we need to tag you every day like @GolfSpy_SAM? That way you can convince your wife you're very important on the forum and can get the Wi-Fi. 

[GolfSpy BOS]

10 minutes ago, sirchunksalot said:

Do we need to tag you every day like @GolfSpy_SAM? That way you can convince your wife you're very important on the forum and can get the Wi-Fi. 

hahaha you can tag me all you want... I will have wifi (to facetime the kids, not you @GolfSpy_SAM) so I will be checking in... making sure you all don't forget about me too quickly.

Speaking of @GolfSpy_SAM I haven't heard from him since yesterday... Don't think he would be mad at me for anything, has anyone heard from him!?

[Eat My Divots]

Morning everyone. Really looking forward to playing in my Spark Golf league this afternoon. The past two Wednesdays we had crappy weather during that time whereas pretty much every other day had great weather. Two-man best ball for 9 holes. Fun format, especially when you have a partner who can carry me whenever I'm spraying balls all over the place LOL.

[Josh Ross]

38 minutes ago, Eat My Divots said:

Morning everyone. Really looking forward to playing in my Spark Golf league this afternoon. The past two Wednesdays we had crappy weather during that time whereas pretty much every other day had great weather. Two-man best ball for 9 holes. Fun format, especially when you have a partner who can carry me whenever I'm spraying balls all over the place LOL.

Hit em well!

[EasyPutter]

47 minutes ago, GolfSpy_BOS said:

Speaking of @GolfSpy_SAM I haven't heard from him since yesterday... Don't think he would be mad at me for anything, has anyone heard from him!?

He's around and responded with a  to my annoyingly long roundup of yesterday's messages while work had me shackled to the grindstone.  Seems like forever since we saw a post from him 

[GolfSpy BOS]

heeeeeesss bacccckkkkkkkk

[GolfSpy TCB]

1 minute ago, GolfSpy_BOS said:

heeeeeesss bacccckkkkkkkk

Have to say... a little disappointed @GolfSpy_SAM didn't screen shot his notification tally when he logged in this morning... haha.  (or maybe I missed it).

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Really want to know how many mentions popped

[cksurfdude]

2 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Worked for me yesterday on an unfamiliar course.

Nice!! So.. that officially makes you an "old fart golfer"..?

Looking forward to joining that club myself!

 

And, oh, PS: Go Rangers!

[tommyb1683]

1 hour ago, Eat My Divots said:

Morning everyone. Really looking forward to playing in my Spark Golf league this afternoon. The past two Wednesdays we had crappy weather during that time whereas pretty much every other day had great weather. Two-man best ball for 9 holes. Fun format, especially when you have a partner who can carry me whenever I'm spraying balls all over the place LOL.

I just heard about these spark leagues yesterday from a co-worker. They seem very fun and interesting. I'm hoping I can get into one close to my house.

[richk9holes]

Good afternoon here in NJ. Bumming around the house, but I need to go out, no milk for coffee. Guess I have to put on pants.

[GolfSpy SAM]

36 minutes ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

Have to say... a little disappointed @GolfSpy_SAM didn't screen shot his notification tally when he logged in this morning... haha.  (or maybe I missed it).

Hah! It never occurred to me to do so - 35 little "bell" icons with nearly every one of those a mention within this thread, lol.  

Thanks for the love - made me laugh a bunch this morning. 

Managed to get in two rounds over the  last two days - Monday was a Jekyll/Hyde round (57 (lol...I know) on the front, 40 on the back - par 72 course), and then Tuesday was much more consistent, but ended up shooting a very similar number (94).  Two courses designed by the same guy (Gil Hanse), lots of tricky-fast greens, lots of false fronts/closely-mown fringe, very little water.  Incredibly fun courses, and Tuesday's round really should have been mid-80s, but I lost concentration a few times and ended up with big numbers on easy holes.  

But all in all, an incredible two days of golf, and cake, and a few drinks to celebrate. 

Back at my desk this morning, sifting through work emails and all the posts "not" tagging me - thanks for that consideration, all

Two days without breaking 90 has shown me I've got to get my practice-game back up to where it was last year - it really is the thing that I seem to respond the best to, genuinely working through specifics instead of just getting out there and whacking a bunch of balls

[richk9holes]

7 hours ago, DonnieGolfs said:

Grew up down the street from that course, they've put a lot of money in the place to try and bring it back. Let me know how you shoot.

I hit the ball solid, but had bad luck scoring. First drive bounced off the cart path and rolled down the adjoining fairway OB lost. Got to the first green and realized they were recently aerated, so putting wasn't going to help my score.

I really like the course layout. You can't bomb and hack like I normally do or you'll score a +26 like I did. 

If I go back, I'd plan out my tee shots much better and have the goal of keeping the same ball in play throughout.

@DonnieGolfs ^ there's pictures of the course in that thread with a little more detail on my round.

 

[DonnieGolfs]

2 minutes ago, richk9holes said:

I hit the ball solid, but had bad luck scoring. First drive bounced off the cart path and rolled down the adjoining fairway OB lost. Got to the first green and realized they were recently aerated, so putting wasn't going to help my score.

I really like the course layout. You can't bomb and hack like I normally do or you'll score a +26 like I did. 

If I go back, I'd plan out my tee shots much better and have the goal of keeping the same ball in play throughout.

If I remember you tee off right by the lot and the fairway to the right has that huge drop off mid fairway? Runs away from the hole. And yes a lot of the courses in Montgomery County are more presenting a shot to hit and play and less just over power.

[Rickp]

5 hours ago, David Leighton Reid said:

Thanks Merlin!

Happy middle of the week hump day!

Welcome back!

[tdroma98]

4 hours ago, Kenny B said:

Of course it's golf month... it's also a birthday month!!  I'm celebrating for a week in Bend/Redmond/Sisters area

We'll make sure to keep tags at a minimum @Kenny B for your birthday! 

[Eat My Divots]

2 hours ago, tommyb1683 said:

I just heard about these spark leagues yesterday from a co-worker. They seem very fun and interesting. I'm hoping I can get into one close to my house.

Yeah, it's been a good time so far. Handicap-based and emphasizing fun more than competitiveness. This is the 3rd year they've been running it at my local club. We typically have anywhere from 8-12 teams showing up on any given week. After the round there's usually a small group of us that hang out for a drink and chatting about our rounds.

[CFreddie]

2 minutes ago, Eat My Divots said:

Yeah, it's been a good time so far. Handicap-based and emphasizing fun more than competitiveness. This is the 3rd year they've been running it at my local club. We typically have anywhere from 8-12 teams showing up on any given week. After the round there's usually a small group of us that hang out for a drink and chatting about our rounds.

I've heard good things about Spark as well - may try and give it a shot here in Atlanta (they have a number of "home" clubs here).

[David Leighton Reid]

3 hours ago, Rickp said:

Welcome back!

Thank you Rick!  I was vacationing in your state last week.