The Good Morning Thread

[CLenahan]

1 hour ago, Woodrow72 said:

Back still acting up for the last 3 weeks , heavy down pour last night so most courses closed or path only , warm - usually tee off at 7 am and done by 10 on Friday’s but not the last 3 - hoping it’s not my disc again , play well y’all 

Good luck, hopefully it isn't anything major!

[sirchunksalot]

Good morning all!

It's Saturday and I hope the weekend is off to a good start for each and every one of you. I'm working today, but that's ok. I'm off for six days starting Thursday due to my wife having her gall bladder surgery. 

Hit some balls yesterday and I'm still on a high from that. I am sore from it since I've not been able to keep those muscles active with golf activities.

I hope you all have a great day!

 

[gingerbeast87]

Morning all, lovely day for Marshalling. Good weather and good crowds coming in. Hope you all have good games today

[GolfSpy_APH]

I will start with I know it isnt good to complain about the weather. I know that and well it has been too hot here recently. Dont want to go out, dont want have the kids outside and its been so humid that well it all has just kinda drained us. 

Thankfully we had a storm roll through yesterday and things cooled off a little bit! Went downstairs and it was only 26 degrees! Yes we do not have AC. Anyway a cooler night, better sleep for all and a few more day of cooler temps should help and bring things back to normal. 

Looking forward to a slower weekend, day off on Monday and the start of a slower part of the season for me. 

Had a few coffees, did some house hunting yesterday as well so lots going on but all in a good way!

[GolfSpy_BEN]

Good Morning All, 

Headed to Indy to play in a family golf scramble this morning. Should be a fun day.

Have a great Saturday!

[cksurfdude]

Good Morning on a hopefully happy Saturday for you!

Gave old poochie his breakfast and his yard time, and heading back for a little more snooze time for myself ... gotta be rested for tonight .. wife and I are baby sitting my cousins' three young kids (yep 3 .. ages 5 to 1 ½) so the parents can have a rare night out together.

We've done it before, they're all good kids so it's easy enough with them and the two older ones are excited .. they know my wife's a teacher plus she promised them she'd make playdough with them! 

Maybe a little range and putting practice later .. gotta keep the improving swing and short game on the right track!

Have a fun day (and stay outta trouble, you! )!!

[xOldBenKenobiX]

Good morning everyone, happy Saturday.

[Josh Parker]

Happy Saturday!  Going to hit the range this morning with the wife and son.  Leaving our daughter with the folks for an hour or so.  

Hoping y'all get some time on the course or range today. 

[rkj427]

Good morning Spies on a Saturday where the weather looks to have changed for the better, at least for the next 10 days according to the forecast.

I did manage to get a round in yesterday afternoon, will post scores in Virtual Tour and How Did You Play topics, but honestly the whole course possibly could have been considered "casual water" even in the driest spots. 

Have another round scheduled for tomorrow afternoon, so hopefully the ground dries out a bit before then.

Need to finish a little bit of real-world job work today, then things around the house.

Hope your day is the best it can be, and that some golf or other fun activity is in your plans.

 

 

[jbern]

Good morning and happy Saturday! We had bad storms roll through Thursday night and were without power until late last night! There’s a slight Christmas morning feel when power comes back on!

Anyway, I’m working today, so no golf for me. I’m hoping this coming week will be a good golf week for me. 
 

[Byrnzee]

Good morning spies!

Shot my best round of the year yesterday (81) and we have another 36 ahead of us today. 

Had a solid breakfast and already on coffee #2. Hoping to keep the momentum from yesterday and go low today!

Hope everyone has a good Saturday!

[Swood1994]

Happy Saturday!

Getting the wife and baby packed up to head out, taking care of the dog and then I’ll be heading to the course for my tee time. Lots of golf for me this weekend mixed in with a nice long honey-do list. 

I hope everyone else’s is getting out of the course!

[BallsLeon]

Good morning spies, happy Saturday!

Like others have mentioned the heat dome has begun to lift off the Midwest . Making some coffee now, and then got yard work to get done. The usual stuff, and digging up/leveling out a corner of the yard for the hitting net/mat. 

Playing 18 tomorrow at a new to me course. Should be a good time!

Have a good one spies!

[Rickp]

GM & Happy Saturday!!  More yard work this morning B4 it gets too hot and no rain in forecast.  
Yesterday 9 holes was good.  One birdie on 9th and a really bad double on 1st surrounded 7 pars.  That’s a good day for me.  
Everyone have a great day!!

[David George]

It's been a really disappointing season so far, mainly due to the amount of rain we have had and the many resulting course closures. I am typing this to the background sound of thunder. It's not raining yet but I can see the black clouds approaching. Fortunately, the competition is tomorrow but the forecast is for rain mid afternoon so might make it onto the back nine before it descends. It's also made practising really difficult because the practice ground has been too wet to cut and so the grass is long and it's easy to not have any balls left at the end of a session because they're all plugged

Anyway, at least managed to play on Tuesday. Shot 9 over with my short game conspicuous by it's absence. It's weird how the I can appear competent on the pitching area but clueless on the course. Struck it really well tee to green but just can't score at the moment. Must keep grinding.

 

[CSiders12]

Good morning spies! I am heading to the Tour Championship today! I am super excited to get to see the players up close and watch what it looks like to hit a golf ball for real. It's going to be hot, but I'm ready!

I hope you all have a splendid Saturday!

[Jim Shaw]

4 hours ago, gingerbeast87 said:

Morning all, lovely day for Marshalling. Good weather and good crowds coming in. Hope you all have good games today

what tournament is on?

[Jim Shaw]

Good morning spy's...

Early morning on the west coast, 1st. round of the Club Championship at my home course.

Should be a fun tune up for the Nationals starting Sept. 5th just outside of Whistler BC. 

I will update on "how did you play" later today, unless I s*** the bed then I will update once I quite steaming lol...

Have a great saturday everyone...

[Jim Shaw]

1 hour ago, Byrnzee said:

Good morning spies!

Shot my best round of the year yesterday (81) and we have another 36 ahead of us today. 

Had a solid breakfast and already on coffee #2. Hoping to keep the momentum from yesterday and go low today!

Hope everyone has a good Saturday!

congrats on the best round of the year, what was the difference, putting?

[Jim Shaw]

2 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

Good Morning on a hopefully happy Saturday for you!

Gave old poochie his breakfast and his yard time, and heading back for a little more snooze time for myself ... gotta be rested for tonight .. wife and I are baby sitting my cousins' three young kids (yep 3 .. ages 5 to 1 ½) so the parents can have a rare night out together.

We've done it before, they're all good kids so it's easy enough with them and the two older ones are excited .. they know my wife's a teacher plus she promised them she'd make playdough with them! 

Maybe a little range and putting practice later .. gotta keep the improving swing and short game on the right track!

Have a fun day (and stay outta trouble, you! )!!

have fun with the "littles" 

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Morning all,

looks like weather changed overnight and no rain forecasted this morning. Past 3 days have been abnormally humid it seems after a few days of what felt like fall.

wife is making some waffles before we head out for some grocery shopping. Been a few weeks of not having a stocked house with a lot of events that past few.

Make it a good one all

[Jim Shaw]

4 hours ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

I will start with I know it isnt good to complain about the weather. I know that and well it has been too hot here recently. Dont want to go out, dont want have the kids outside and its been so humid that well it all has just kinda drained us. 

Thankfully we had a storm roll through yesterday and things cooled off a little bit! Went downstairs and it was only 26 degrees! Yes we do not have AC. Anyway a cooler night, better sleep for all and a few more day of cooler temps should help and bring things back to normal. 

Looking forward to a slower weekend, day off on Monday and the start of a slower part of the season for me. 

Had a few coffees, did some house hunting yesterday as well so lots going on but all in a good way!

house hunting, time for a change or 1st. purchase... sounds exciting

[Jim Shaw]

12 minutes ago, CSiders12 said:

Good morning spies! I am heading to the Tour Championship today! I am super excited to get to see the players up close and watch what it looks like to hit a golf ball for real. It's going to be hot, but I'm ready!

I hope you all have a splendid Saturday!

try and spend an hour watching them on the range, always good to see their tempo... and maybe an hour watching the putting green to see what "tools" they are using to sharpen their skills, have fun...

[MattWillGolf]

Good morning Spies,

it’s a lovely morning in Central NY. Sunny with a nice breeze. No golf today. SWMBO and I will go for a bike ride. I got some fun texts from my youngest sister last night. She was invited to Gene Simmons of Kiss fame’s birthday party. My sister is the director of a non-profit mental health agency in Southern California. The party was a fundraising event. She also met the members of Kiss. The event was at a bowling alley and she got bowling tips from Gene.

Wishing all a great day.

[Preeway]

Good morning everyone. Coffee in hand as I prep for my loop this morning. Rain over night and a northern breeze has it currently 63° with high of 81°. It’s been 80° at 5am all week so this seems almost freezing in comparison. Plus the rain is an added bonus after this heat wave. No golf this weekend but range time is coming hard and heavy as I prep for a September full of Questionable Judgment

[gingerbeast87]

28 minutes ago, Jim Shaw said:

what tournament is on?

None today

[Kenny B]

Good Morning everyone!  I haven't been on the forum the last couple of days.  My wife is playing in her Ladies Club Championship today and tomorrow, and she hasn't been playing her best golf lately.  She was very desperate, so she asked for my advice.   She NEVER wants my advice!  So on Thursday we got out late in the afternoon and I watched her play the front nine.  Other than the triple on #3 she did pretty well.  I regripped a couple of her clubs.  However, while we were on the course, I played a few holes; on a swing I felt pain in my lower back, right hamstring, and right knee.  Here it is Saturday morning and it hasn't gotten much better.  I didn't warm up before we played and only made easy swings until I hurt myself.  The pains are old pains that have come and gone except for the hamstring; never had that before.  I was supposed to play this morning as a single, but I'm going to pass, hoping that I'm well enough to play tomorrow with some friends.  I'm bummed.

Hope you Saturday is better than mine!!

[GolfSpy_KFT]

Good morning all! Had a lot of fun playing at Fox Lake GC yesterday, only had one bad (and I’m talking TRULY bad lol) hole where not knowing the course caused me to make the wrong club choice off the tee. Paired with a couple duffs and drops one thing led to another and it turned into a 10. Sandwiched it with a birdie on the hole before and a par after haha, in total shot a 50. Drove the ball pretty well overall and some really challenging holes that forced you to have to play a specific shot shape off the tee. 

Kip Moore was incredible, as always, at the music festival last night. We are going to just walk around Cedarburg today as it’s just a cool town and we are right in the middle of downtown at our AirBnB, then more music this evening. Should be a fun day!

[Lee Stanek]

Hey Spies. Happy Saturday. Haven’t played in about 6 weeks and I am going early tomorrow morning for 18 with my son and his friend and his friends dad. Can’t wait!!.  It’s been 100F here all week and our AC went out (got fixed yesterday) but it’s supposed to be sunny and upper 50’s tomorrow morning.  Pretty much perfect!!

Then I am playing each of the next 3 weekends so that is gonna be great.  I do t get out as much as I would like so I cherish the times I do. 
 

I hope you all have a great weekend.  I’ll share my scores after the round!!  

[rkj427]

1 hour ago, Kenny B said:

Good Morning everyone!  I haven't been on the forum the last couple of days.  My wife is playing in her Ladies Club Championship today and tomorrow, and she hasn't been playing her best golf lately.  She was very desperate, so she asked for my advice.   She NEVER wants my advice!  So on Thursday we got out late in the afternoon and I watched her play the front nine.  Other than the triple on #3 she did pretty well.  I regripped a couple of her clubs.  However, while we were on the course, I played a few holes; on a swing I felt pain in my lower back, right hamstring, and right knee.  Here it is Saturday morning and it hasn't gotten much better.  I didn't warm up before we played and only made easy swings until I hurt myself.  The pains are old pains that have come and gone except for the hamstring; never had that before.  I was supposed to play this morning as a single, but I'm going to pass, hoping that I'm well enough to play tomorrow with some friends.  I'm bummed.

Hope you Saturday is better than mine!!

Hope you get to feeling better soon.

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