The Good Morning Thread

[Rickp]

GM & Happy Friday!!  Quick coffee and bite to eat.  Have a 7am Tee Time at a Exec that you need Big Boy pants, long and lot of water.  Rain threatened around 9am so need to get home B4 thunderstorms start.  
Have a great day everyone!!

[EasyPutter]

Good morning from a clear sky and not so cold WNY with hot coffee in the mug, just trying to recover from trying to breathe in milk and cereal (does that classify as an eating problem ) and hope everyone's challenges are easily overcome as they day goes on.  Jason looking forward to seeing those videos of your fitting experience.  Rain threatening later but won't be your thunderstorms Rick.  4pm tee time and if golf is possible I will be playing a wet ball without it going into a water hazard.  hope golf is a part of your day! 

[CSiders12]

Good morning spies! It's a beautiful day today and best of all, a Friday! Supposed to be nice and warm with little wind. Hoping to get out and play after work. Going into today with a good attitude and eagerness to get to the weekend. I hope y'all have a great Friday!

 

[BIG STU]

Good Morning--- Up at 4 AM as SOP for me---- On my 3rd cup of coffee--- It is raining so our Men's Group play for today cancelled. It is supposed to clear out later so I may do some short game practice. Since we are not playing per say I do not know if we are eating in or going to either the Waffle House or my Friend's Pancake house. Will know in a hour or so when my wife gets up. One thing about retirement is with the weather we have no specific plans. 

[MattWillGolf]

Good morning, Spies,

Big cuppa this A.M.. Awoke to a notice that the Paradym X GW I ordered is scheduled to arrive today. I will be more convinced of its arrival when UPS switches the status to "Out for Delivery". I am now in the single digits in terms of hours until retirement. So, there is that. 

[Preeway]

3 minutes ago, MattWillGolf said:

Good morning, Spies,

Big cuppa this A.M.. Awoke to a notice that the Paradym X GW I ordered is scheduled to arrive today. I will be more convinced of its arrival when UPS switches the status to "Out for Delivery". I am now in the single digits in terms of hours until retirement. So, there is that. 

That’s awesome! Can’t think of a better retirement gift to myself than new clubs. 

[MattWillGolf]

18 hours ago, DonnieGolfs said:

Anyone had sports radio on all morning to get ready for the NFL draft tonight?

I plan on rolling from the community call into firing up the Weber and grilling some dinner into the Draft coverage. Once the grills lit I'll have to shift from coffee over to beer.

 

Go Birds

It appears you've restocked your D-line. But we appreciate getting Javon Hargrave.

[David Leighton Reid]

Good Friday morning, fellow Spies!

Edited April 28, 2023 by David Leighton Reid

[MattWillGolf]

Just now, Preeway said:

That’s awesome! Can’t think of a better retirement gift to myself than new clubs. 

Thats what my buddy did. He got fitted for new Callaways upon retirement. I was fortunate to be selected to test the Paradaym X irons which I'm still pinching myself about. 

[MattWillGolf]

2 minutes ago, David Leighton Reid said:

Good Friday morning, fellow spies!

I must say, I do Iook forward to these. But this one is among my favorites. 

[DonnieGolfs]

6 minutes ago, MattWillGolf said:

It appears you've restocked your D-line. But we appreciate getting Javon Hargrave.

I'm glad he got paid he deserved it, but I'm also happy we got his replacement at a fraction of the cost. About as good of a 1st round I could've asked for. 

[David Leighton Reid]

37 minutes ago, MattWillGolf said:

I must say, I do Iook forward to these. But this one is among my favorites. 

If today is your last day of work before retirement.....congratulations.  I am a little over 3 months from my retirement date and it is super exciting.  We work most of our adult lives, thinking about retirement, and then the finish line is in sight.  Enjoy your day and enjoy the rest of your life with everyday being a Saturday!

 

Edited April 28, 2023 by David Leighton Reid

[StrokerAce]

Heard the anchor on Sportscenter this morning talking about the prekend.... gotta say, that was a new one on me. (I'm an old fart now, lol)

Anyway - not quite the weekend, but almost... happy prekend everyone!!

[MattWillGolf]

10 minutes ago, David Leighton Reid said:

If today is your last day of work before retirement.....congratulations.  I am a little over 3 months from my retirement date and it is super exciting.  We work most of our adult lives, thinking about retirement, and then the finish line is in sight.  Enjoy your day and enjoy the rest of your life with everyday being a Saturday!

 

Thanks! I've been working since I was 14.  I must admit it, it does feel weird. I'm excited though. I am looking for to my frustration coming not from work but from golf. Congrats on your upcoming retirement. 

[cksurfdude]

1 hour ago, MattWillGolf said:

I am now in the single digits in terms of hours until retirement. So, there is that. 

Very nice! The final countdown to.......

... is on .. so, almost happy retirement!!

[CFreddie]

Good morning Spies!  As @sirchunksalot, still on a high from my Cobra fitting yesterday!  Really loved the pick from MY birds (i.e. Falcons...not Iggles ), and hoping we go after DL in the early 2nd. 

 

Happy Friday everyone!!!

[cksurfdude]

TGIF to all the weekday working golfers!!

Missed some golf time myself this week but gonna try to get a little putting practice and some light range time in today before the rain moves in here, too.

 

[xOldBenKenobiX]

Good morning and happy Friday.

Raining today, I hope it clears out for the weekend so we can play some golf.

I hope everyone have a great weekend.

[tdroma98]

Good Morning Spies!! 
Cloudy & "cool" morning in Central Florida, 68 degrees.  Nice 2.5 mile walk this morning before work. Looking forward to range this evening, if rain holds off and a/c guy gets here before 6pm!  Have to test the new OnCore Vero X1 balls - chipping & putting!! 

Congrats @MattWillGolf on your retirement!! All the Best!
Have a Great Day Everyone!! 

[GolfSpy_KFT]

Goooood morning fellow spies! I am one day closer to my Cobra fitting and am stoked after hearing about how well @sirchunksalot & @CFreddie's fits went yesterday. 2 pm Saturday cannot come fast enough! SWMBO has a work conference all day tomorrow, so my parents will be watching the boys so that I can head out for my fitting. Birthday party with family Sunday for my oldest. We went bowling last night and had a great time. Here's a video snippet of him getting a strike (to this point he had not gotten one, and was in tears at one point, so this was a BIG deal). Hope everyone has a great Friday. Bring on the weekend!

 

 

[Triple_Putt]

Good morning and happy friday everyone!  Slow start for me as I have a terrible pain in my neck.  Can't hardly turn it side to side. Got some icy hot on it now and drinking some coffee but definitely slowed me down some.  Hoping to be a bit more mobile as I have plenty of work to do outside, and I have a Tee time scheduled for first thing sunday that I do not want to cancel!!  Have a fantastic day every one!

[Josh Ross]

Good morning everyone! Glad it's finally Friday, had an evening round of golf scheduled but was told we had a last minute opening for baseball practice so I'll be coaching the boys up tonight and golfing tomorrow!

Also, over 12,000 signups for the L.A.B. testing is insane! Gotta make the mods feel good when there's that much interest in their tests!

[Josh Ross]

7 minutes ago, Jnoble89 said:

Goooood morning fellow spies! I am one day closer to my Cobra fitting and am stoked after hearing about how well @sirchunksalot & @CFreddie's fits went yesterday. 2 pm Saturday cannot come fast enough! SWMBO has a work conference all day tomorrow, so my parents will be watching the boys so that I can head out for my fitting. Birthday party with family Sunday for my oldest. We went bowling last night and had a great time. Here's a video snippet of him getting a strike (to this point he had not gotten one, and was in tears at one point, so this was a BIG deal). Hope everyone has a great Friday. Bring on the weekend!

 

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Heck yeah, nice shot! I started bowling when I was just big enough to hold a ball. My dad bowled professionally when I was a kid and we used to always take him to the Atlanta airport and I remember picking him up and he'd have trophies bigger than me sometimes. I ended up being recruited to colleges for bowling and golf, chose bowling at Georgia Southern, then after being ranked in the top 10 freshman in the country, I tore a ligament in my ring finger that to this day won't properly heal. I still love the sport and love seeing others enjoy it, thanks for that awesome video!

[invee123]

Good Morning, pretty stoked for a tee time I've got this afternoon at 2:10pm. I'm doing the OnCore Vero X2 ball test for MGS and this is going to be my first round trying them out since they got in! I'm playing with my brother at The Ridge at Castle Pines in Castle Pines, CO and it's projected to be a little chilly... I won't use distance on this round as a huge factor in review since I know it's going to be colder than most rounds I've played so far this year with my V1x and TP5x, but nonetheless I'm excited to get out there!

 

[GolfSpy_KFT]

8 minutes ago, Josh Ross said:

Heck yeah, nice shot! I started bowling when I was just big enough to hold a ball. My dad bowled professionally when I was a kid and we used to always take him to the Atlanta airport and I remember picking him up and he'd have trophies bigger than me sometimes. I ended up being recruited to colleges for bowling and golf, chose bowling at Georgia Southern, then after being ranked in the top 10 freshman in the country, I tore a ligament in my ring finger that to this day won't properly heal. I still love the sport and love seeing others enjoy it, thanks for that awesome video!

I'm sorry to hear you're still dealing with the injury, that is pretty awesome that you were recruited for both sports! He has loved to bowl since he was really little. He actually makes little miniature bowling alleys at our house and has empty soda bottles stuffed with paper towel as his "bowling pins." If the high school had a bowling team, I am pretty sure he'd be all in haha. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

[Kenny B]

Good Morning!  I've finished my coffee and exercises, and now getting ready to warm up in my hitting bay for today's charity golf tournament at 1pm.  My wife and I are playing with another couple and the weather is absolutely perfect!!  High this afternoon will be 86º and very little wind.  I spent yesterday afternoon on the course's putting green getting used to big L2R and R2L breaking putts that we don't have at our course... challenging!!  However, the right line and the right speed, the ball will go in the hole (courtesy of Rich Lerner of The Golf Channel)  

 

[Josh Ross]

7 minutes ago, Jnoble89 said:

I'm sorry to hear you're still dealing with the injury, that is pretty awesome that you were recruited for both sports! He has loved to bowl since he was really little. He actually makes little miniature bowling alleys at our house and has empty soda bottles stuffed with paper towel as his "bowling pins." If the high school had a bowling team, I am pretty sure he'd be all in haha. I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

I love it! My hallway was always a lane for me as a kid too, I had 2 liter bottles and a ball that I used like crazy, haha. It wasn't a school sport here, I just had to compete locally and then got my name and scores to a recruiting agency and let them do the work. When my favorite school was interested I jumped at the opportunity.

[fixyurdivot]

Top of the pot spies .  Temps are on the rise here in AZ after what was a much cooler than normal winter. It's forecasted to be 101F on Sunday.  The common "but it's a dry heat" retort from Arizonian's is mostly true.  I've been over to our practice areas in the midday and late afternoons with temps in the high 90's and it's not bad at all - especially if there is a light breeze.  It is kind of weird going out around 2100, to let River do his business, and have temps 80F... often our daytime highs back in MT.

We'll, after 3 PT sessions on my back, it's only marginally better.  Generally feels fine but reaggravated after swinging the long sticks .  The PT doesn't think repeating what we've been doing is the right path, so he's referred me to a back/spine specialist - one's who's well known but hard to get into see. I opted to stop by the office (instead of just calling) to get the paperwork. After giving the lady my best sad puppy dog eyes, she said they had a cancellation next Friday for the 0700 slot .  Have a great Friday all.

[EMacK1961]

Yes, drinking coffee and just let the dog in after some spirited barking under the neighbor's bedroom window at 7:15am (PST). just got back from a golf trip to Bajamar Golf Resort. Shot my best ever out there with an 85 from the green tees. yes, I play forward. Good friends played and we all had a great time

[Tom the Golf Nut]

Good morning everyone. What can be better than waking up to this and being surrounded by golf courses.