The Good Morning Thread

[J7Hawkins]

Good morning everyone! It is a super nice morning here after some overnight rain cooled it off. I am wrapping up a few work tasks for the week and then going out to play 18 at the local track. I spent about 90 minutes practicing yesterday and really think I have a good feel for what I need to correct coming off my member/guest tournament last week. 

In the tournament, I played well 2 of the 3 days (plus the practice round) but kept struggling with one common miss- pulling the ball left of the target. So, I am really focusing this week and next on finishing my backswing while keeping my weight position proper. As always, I will figure out this issue and then move to the next that arises, but that is why I love the game! Have a day!

[EasyPutter]

22 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

Hah!! Very clever!

Mine gave me a bit of a look yesterday evening when she came in after work and I was at my laptop working on a review .. in my mind there's other stuff that gets done during the daytime .. so it goes, but otoh she is my fun golf partner on the weekends!

I have decided there are definite times to use MyGolfSpouse and SWMBO, as follows:

MyGolfSpouse is the loving caring one who supports my golf exploits (golfsploits?) with positivity and encouragement.

SWMBO is just about all other times 

No honey, I did not "say" that.... 

[tdroma98]

Good Morning Spies! 
Balmy 76 degrees at 7am for range this morning, overcast in Central Florida and expecting rain today. Glad to get some work in at range and putting green before the rains.  Course really greening up with all the rain this past week. Working from home today & enjoying a nice cup of coffee!

Have a Great Day Everyone! Hit'em Straight! 

[Caddie1966]

Good morning everybody.  I am looking forward to a non play day where I get to watch the US Open and see the best players in the world try to beat or match the records set yesterday.  
 

My pool is toast so I got that going for me May as well enjoy the view.  

[tdroma98]

10 hours ago, BKervin said:

Good evening Spies, 

I've been MIA this week.  Been busy with Chamber. Getting golf fliers out and hung up.  We moved recently and have an open house next week - so making sure the place is ready.  Also been out seeing my businesses.  It's been raining most of the week so no golf anyway. Oh and I guess I shouldn't forget - celebrating our 42nd wedding anniversary!

Hopefully will be caught back up and back to posting regularly. 

Congratulations @BKervin, 42 yrs that is awesome!  Cheers! 

[MattWillGolf]

Good morning Spies,

The moisture has returned. Church golf league tonight. I am slated to tee off at 4:30. But the forecast may dictate otherwise. Played 9 yesterday. Nothing seemed to be working so I threw caution to the wind and pulled the driver. And lo and behold it decided to play nice. But the real question is, but for how long?
A rain filled Father’s Day weekend could mean a U.S. Open TV Marathon. In an effort to avoid crowds this weekend my Father’s Day meal out will be lunch today at the new BBQ restaurant in town, The Angry Smokehouse. 

Hope all have a great day.

Edited June 16, 2023 by MattWillGolf
Correcting Autocorrect 🤬🤦🏻‍♂️

[MattWillGolf]

10 hours ago, BKervin said:

Good evening Spies, 

I've been MIA this week.  Been busy with Chamber. Getting golf fliers out and hung up.  We moved recently and have an open house next week - so making sure the place is ready.  Also been out seeing my businesses.  It's been raining most of the week so no golf anyway. Oh and I guess I shouldn't forget - celebrating our 42nd wedding anniversary!

Hopefully will be caught back up and back to posting regularly. 

Happy Anniversary

[cksurfdude]

TGIF all!

Actually slept fairly solidly most of the night last night (an all too rare occurrence) so feeling a little more chipper than usual .. ready to make something out of the day!

Or at least get some more yard work done... 

And just so everyone knows where my priorities are, I posted in the CHA thread before here

Have a Happy Friday!!

[richk9holes]

Tgif, GM Thread. Big news of the day is our coffee maker broke so a new French press has been obtained and the coffee is molto delizioso..wait that's Italian..café délicieux, that's better.

[Merlin1313]

GM Y'all- It's returned to some semblance of "normalcy" at work. We're now 2 people short- but it's a temporary inconvenience leading to a permanent improvement(hopefully).

I got to see my first "real/original" Andy Warhol painting in person last night (Hammer and Sickle). It was incredible. I've seen pictures of his work but never in person. Of all places, in the Beach Museum of Art on the KSU campus, Manhattan Kansas. 

Looks like I might get a range date tonite after I fix my CV joints then a round tomorrow(weather permitting). I hope that golf is in y'alls day and you hit 'em far and straight w no 3-putts(or worse) and have a great weekend

Edited June 16, 2023 by Merlin1313

[GolfSpy BOS]

Late good morning all!

Jackson's last day of Second Grade today and then summer officially begins for the boys!  I'm currently at the BMW dealer getting some airbags replaced as part of a recall.... let's see what else they find wrong with it! lol 

 

 

[cksurfdude]

1 hour ago, richk9holes said:

new French press

We keep one as a backup in case there's an early morning power outage!

[Kenny B]

Good Morning everyone!  Up early today; couldn't sleep past 4am.  Early coffee and browsing the internet for some clothes to wear to a wedding in August.  Recycled all my "fat clothes" from my work days.  I was told I need a long sleeve shirt, slacks and jacket but I don't need to wear a tie... ties are the only thing I have that still fit!!

After 7:30am I fired up the lawn mower, then my wife mowed her half of the lawn.  No golf today; still resting the thumb and waiting for the US Open.  I apologize to all my picks; nothing else explains why they played so crappy on a day that was a birdie fest.

[Big moose]

Good day all. Just got off the golf course, thank God. Just can't seem to play a round without 2 bad holes, shot 46 with a triple and a double. No golf this weekend league play Monday than 18 on Tuesday at nice course in Ohio. Play well everyone and most importantly have fun. 

[DoubleBogeyDad]

Afternoon Spies! Done with work for the day, packing up shortly to meet my wife at a country music fest out in our neck of the woods. Here's a link with the lineup:

https://winstockfestival.com/

Grandma is in town to watch the kids, and I managed to finagle a tee time tomorrow morning before the music starts! Should be a fun weekend!

[rkj427]

Good morning Spies on this Saturday morning. No golf for me today, our car club is putting on a Cars & Coffee event to support Leader Dog's for the Blind from 9:00AM - 12:00PM.

Usually we host about 150 cars / guests, they get free coffee, donuts, or water. Socialize with music playing in the background, and a 50/50 raffle. 

Typically, we can raise about $800.00 from this type of event, and we have 2 of them each year.

Have a great day, no matter what is in your plans or schedule.

[Triple_Putt]

Morning all! Couldn’t sleep so I’m up drinking coffee and watching highlights from yesterdays round of the Open. Not much planned for today, maybe clean up the basement a bit and go through some boxes since the trash gets picked up tomorrow. Playing 18 tomorrow so don’t wanna strain myself though! Have a great day everyone!

[EasyPutter]

Good morning MGSpies on a chilly to start WNY Saturday morning.  Quiet in the house with Earl Gray in the mug  and MGS Forum on the screen . 

Anniversary #34 today and first one really that we are together for it having married before wife's teacher career began (still don't understand why mid-June was her ideal wedding date when all she ever wanted to be is a teacher and it is exam/end of school year time here) and I was still in the early years of my Army National Guard and Army Reserve career with May-August being prime time for active duty orders.  Anniversary #24 was the first one we actually had the day together to celebrate so of course we had no tradition and still don't. No kids for the first time in 24 years too.  

MyGolfSpouse has no issue with me supporting our WNY PGA HOPE Downrange Day initiative piloting a program of our own invention as an offering to HOPE Graduate Veterans a 9 hole round at a course somewhere in WNY PGA HQ footprint.  Getting 100% available slots used is important to showing need for the initiative and today play is at Niagara Frontier GC (again!).  Hopefully we will have 20 of the best American's for a full roster.  And hope golf is a part of your day too 

[Daniel Carrier]

Good morning all! No golf today, travelling to some friends for a pool party this afternoon. Playing with my brother tomorrow at his Club. https://www.golfbellechasse.com/   It' near the border with Maine.

The results are in. Didn't make the B team for the Interclub. Didn't play well this week. Next is the qualification for the senior team on tuesday and wednesday. Got to focus on that.

[GolfSpy_KFT]

Good morning all! Cobra clubs came in yesterday (minus 56° wedge and putter..should be arriving Tuesday) and I got my unboxing video as well as some photos posted. Today we are walking in a parade for the country club as they asked if we’d have our oldest participate (he’s becoming quite popular up there!). That should be fun as it isn’t going to be terribly hot. Other than that there are no set plans for the day. I have to get some cleaning done around the house and some of our friends invited us out on their boat this afternoon, just not sure if we will be able to swing it as our youngest was running a slight fever yesterday. Hoping to get on the driving range at some point this weekend as well to start getting acclimated to my new clubs for the challenge!

[Rickp]

Happy Saturday & GM.  Daughter & Gkids flew back to CT last night from Orlando.  The flight was not without incident.  When boarding plane started there was a man who was drunk and creating a problem.  Flight was delayed for a short time while he was removed from plane.  This seems to happen often lately.  Anyway they arrived in New Haven on time.  Sure was great to have them here for a visit.
While we recuperate from last few days I was going to work on the shrubs but it’s threatening rain, yea!!   
No golf until Monday, probably work in the yard between storms.  

[sirchunksalot]

Good morning everyone! I hope you are all having a good start to your weekend. We're going out to the storage building later to do some rearranging, my wife and sister-in-law had to pack it in a bit of a rush and we need to make some more room in it. 

@rkj427 I hope the Cars and Coffee event draws a big crowd and I love that y'all do that for Leader Dogs. Is love to see some photos from the event later.

@Jnoble89, have fun out on the lake and at the parade. It's awesome they asked your son to participate and I'm glad to hear you're going to have pleasant weather for those events. 

I hope you all have a wonderful Saturday!

[IndyBonzo]

Good morning, Spies!

Up early, enjoying some coffee and working.  Then it's off to the office to drop this work off, on to Bloomington, IN, to take care of some stuff I won't bore you with, and hopefully back to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway this afternoon in time to watch one of my oldest and best friends race his vintage car and hang out at his pit party (and drink his booze), followed by an early Father's Day dinner tonight with our eldest daughter who recently turned 21 and asked us to take her to her first "real adult fancy swanky bar" for dinner.  It promises to be a full, fun day.  I hope to sneak some putting practice in there somewhere, but . . . yeah, probably not.

Golf tomorrow morning to kick off Father's Day!  

I loved your scramble story @Jnoble89.  Thanks for sharing that.

I wish you all a fabulous Saturday!

 

[Swood1994]

Good morning everyone! Early morning for the entire house as the baby is having a tough time transitioning out of the sleep suit. Getting about 1-1.5 hours of sleep at a time. Upside to the situation is we need to get her out of it because she’s rolling over on her own which is really cool to see as a first time parent. Tee time scheduled for Father’s Day as early as we can hoping we can beat the crowds. I hope everyone has a great day!

[ParFore74x]

Happy Saturday spies!! 55° and sunny with highs in the low 80s today which will help with my easy day. Wife and I are heading to the local farmer’s market shortly and then I am planning on playing a round at one of the small town courses about 40 minutes from home. It’s the only time that I can get her to go with me to the golf course and she drives the cart around while I play. She tells people that I play golf while she drives me around and heckles me.  

[Rickp]

25 minutes ago, Rickp said:

Happy Saturday & GM.  Daughter & Gkids flew back to CT last night from Orlando.  The flight was not without incident.  When boarding plane started there was a man who was drunk and creating a problem.  Flight was delayed for a short time while he was removed from plane.  This seems to happen often lately.  Anyway they arrived in New Haven on time.  Sure was great to have them here for a visit.
While we recuperate from last few days I was going to work on the shrubs but it’s threatening rain, yea!!   
No golf until Monday, probably work in the yard between storms.  

Rainy Season finally here!

[cnosil]

Looks like a beautiful morning, but the weather was devastating yesterday evening.   Tornado warnings came in about 5pm which was quickly followed by heavy rain, marble sized hail, high winds, etc.   

I am fortunate,  never lost power and have no damage,  but a couple of blocks away is a different story.  Trees down,  houses damage, and power outages that are estimated to last until Monday.  No one has confirmed a tornado in my neighborhood,  but the first photo below was a photo someone posted from across the river  and the other photos are a few pictures people from my neighborhood have posted. 

 

 

[fixyurdivot]

Top of the pot spies .  Another sunny day in AZ.  Looks like our morning routine of opening up the doors and windows for a few hours of cool air is going to change.  I heard the AC come on at 0400 this morning and when I opened things up it was 72F outside.  Forecast high today is 101F and tomorrow 105F.  Saturday team play today at Granite Falls South.  6/6/6, 3 net red flags and 2 net white and blue.

Reading @cnosilpost above got me thinking about the monsoon season here.  Officially anytime from now through mid September.  We've not experienced this but have heard lots of stories.  Most of the time they see they forecast them in advance, but occassionally they come out of nowhere. Mom Nature has a way of putting our place here on earth in sobering perspective.

Have a great day whatever you have planned.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Good Morning All, 

The youngest’s fever was a 24 hour thing and he’s back to bouncing off the walls. So our regularly scheduled programming can commence. SWMBO and I decided on a “Stay-cation” this year rather than go somewhere for a week. The benefits of this include no fewer than 3 rounds of golf over the next 9 days, if I can squeeze in a forth I’ll have enough rounds in for the VCT bag tag. Also, with a staycation there is no long travel days with 3 children 10 and under, so YAY! As for today, I may go to the range, I may not. Have a great Saturday!

[CSiders12]

Good morning spies! Got a nice little surprise in the mail yesterday which sets up for a fun week ahead! 
   

I got 50, 54, and 58 degrees. I'm excited to get out on the course and try them out. They look amazing and last night chipping in my living room, they got some nip on them! Sub70 always coming in clutch! Have a great weekend!