The Good Morning Thread

[EnderinAZ]

1 hour ago, Josh Parker said:

No.  They all went off at the same time and it was just once. I'm sure it's the battery backup and it's time to change them all. 

Smoke detectors have a shelf life. 5 to 7 years and then the capacitors on the circuit boards begin to leak. That makes them act just like the battery is dead. If changing the battery does not fix the problem you will likely have to swap out ALL of your detectors. Not a huge job, not terribly expensive, just lots of ladder work while looking up. Plus you have to find out which breakers control the detectors, and that can just suck. 

[EnderinAZ]

1 hour ago, Dan1993 said:

After that, bag will be complete!

No such thing ever happens! Like having all the fly rods I need. What I need is more SPACE to put things in!

[Dan1993]

1 minute ago, EnderinAZ said:

No such thing ever happens! Like having all the fly rods I need. What I need is more SPACE to put things in!

My wife sure would beg to differ!!

[RichL85]

Good morning to everyone. Only an hour and I'm already annoyed. My client finally got back to me about scheduling training. Gave me a whole 2 hours of advance notice, so I basically have to swing by the office, grab my printouts and back on the road to the plant. Hopefully there's no traffic issues. Even better would be if the actual management staff showed up to they training so they would stop telling the operators to do exactly the opposite of what I'm going to train them on. Just saying... 

My FIL's dog has been frustrating recently. Not that it's his fault, but it is frustrating from the perspective of dealing with it. He is diabetic and essentially blind at this point. The entire day is basically going outside, immediately coming back inside, downing half a gallon of water, going back outside, rinse and repeat. Makes it difficult to sit and relax at the end of the day. Also worries me for when my wife goes back to work because there will be days when no one will be at the house for most of the day and I'm not excited about spending the first 30 minutes I get home everyday cleaning up any messes. Nothing can really be done about it, but it does add to the day to day stresses. 

[Byrnzee]

Good morning Spies!

No longer leading off this thread on European time, so I'll pass the torch back to @sirchunksalot, @Josh Parker, @BIG STU and the other super early-risers on the Forum. First day back to reality after an awesome honeymoon trip. Slept for 10 hours last night and am feeling relatively refreshed as I get back into work. Going to be a busy week of playing catchup, but I can't complain since it's a short one and I've been off for 12 days.

Mentioned it yesterday on the actual testers announced thread, but I'm super grateful to be selected for the Taylormade Iron test. The P7CBs have been toward the top of my list since I saw them leaked earlier this summer and I'm extremely excited to be testing them for the Forum. Hope to do you all proud and see what these babies can do!

Hoping to hit the range today after work to ease back into golf after two weeks off. Not expecting it to be pretty, but I've been missing it dearly and can't wait to get back into form. 

@Northern Monkey glad to hear that the pup's surgery went well. Wishing them a quick and successful recovery.

Have a great  day, all!

Edited September 4 by Byrnzee

[Josh Parker]

31 minutes ago, EnderinAZ said:

Smoke detectors have a shelf life. 5 to 7 years and then the capacitors on the circuit boards begin to leak. That makes them act just like the battery is dead. If changing the battery does not fix the problem you will likely have to swap out ALL of your detectors. Not a huge job, not terribly expensive, just lots of ladder work while looking up. Plus you have to find out which breakers control the detectors, and that can just suck. 

Luckily ours are only a couple years old but something to remember for sure. 

[jbern]

Just read the @EasyPutter MGS WITB article on the main site. Very unique and interesting bag! Great to see a bag of clubs that just help you!

https://mygolfspy.com/news-opinion/forum-member-witb-easyputter/?_bhlid=e692a8276ae3860e47e1faeea7e43e26cd621947

 

[William P]

Good Wednesday morning Spies!

We are still getting some very light rain this morning but at least we are getting it... It rained all around us yesterday and made it slow a day for traffic on the course as I guess people thought it was raining everywhere. Would have been the perfect day for some good on course practice had I not been Marshalling.

The back is feeling much better today so the rest seems to have paid off, We will see tomorrow when I warm up for the weekly round with my fellow geriatric hackers.

@Northern Monkey the Vet update is very encouraging and sounds Like Blue Bear is going to make it a quick recovery so he can return home.

@Josh Parker, I can certainly relate to your experience last night and the aftereffects of not being able to return to sleep. It is unpleasant to say the least...

Everyone have a great day!

 

[Wib081]

Good morning MGS!

 

So it's Wednesday and it feels like Monday with all the nonsense going on at work. However, it's not all bad my 15y/o sprung on us that he's got a girlfriend and SWMBO's questions pulled out of him her name and that she's on the golf team. What this means is he's somebody else's student now . Just sitting here watching/listening to youtube vids  and trying to find the difference between to different spread sheets let me tell you its riveting! Not much on the golf front today ankle still sore but coming around might try and hit some at the range Friday at lunch. Hope you all have great days and hit em straight

[EnderinAZ]

Good morning spies! The Wild Bunch plays our regular postable game today and I am going to continue to work on right arm/shoulder control. With my sloppy right shoulder, on the downswing, it shifts subtly forward at times and I have developed a pain avoidance swing that casts my hands distinctly outside in and over the top. Yesterday on my practice round I concentrated on keeping my shoulder/upper arm tight and in control and had a marked difference in control, fairways hit, and distance. 

I had fully intended to put up some stats from Shot Scope to display that, but the website deleted yesterday's round instead of Monday's non-postable round. It does that sometimes. It is a very frustrating website

We shall see! Hope everyone has a fine day. And, I hope not to melt—excessive heat warnings out for today.

[MattWillGolf]

Good afternoon Spies,

Firstly thanks for the well wishes. The procedure to place the post for the dental implant went really well. I now have to wait everything to heal up, 4 to 6 months then the new tooth. I didn’t need a bone graft so it didn’t cost as much. . Hmm, can you say 7-wood?

Wishing all a wonderful day!

[cksurfdude]

5 hours ago, TAGolf13 said:

Ah the old back. I'm familiar with that sensation and now I've got a hip that's questioning my golf devotion .

Haha same here! Had one side replaced just about 7 years ago, and now the other side is starting to get a little jealous

(PS: LI guy here)

On back issues there are several other threads in here, plus a few great articles on the main site, about what people are doing for theirs to keep going plus exercise & mobility guides.

...

5 hours ago, Northern Monkey said:

Pup is doing ok ... and is eating, but then he is a lab so food only just comes a close 2nd to oxygen on his priorities.

That had me cracking up!!

We had a Black Lab and yeah that holds pretty true; also had Flat Coat Retriever who constantly "hoovered" the floor and stuck his face into people's laps at the table looking for tidbits. Before those guys my wife had a Golden who was even worse at being food driven!!

[GolfSpy_KFT]

Good afternoon all on what is another day running by way too fast on me! Had the pleasure of going to the local DMV today over lunch to renew my drivers license. It's pretty easy here as we are a small town, but I of course didn't have all the correct documentation I needed to get the Real ID thing. In a digital world, I figured digital copies of a bank statement and utility bill would suffice for proof of address. I was wrong, lol. Had to run to work, print them off, then run back.

In better news, the SM10 52* wedge has arrived! Of course, I work till 6:30 and won't be able to get it to the range, but will get to admire it and take plenty of solid photos for you guys to enjoy! Tomorrow I will absolutely be hitting the range, as it is my birthday tomorrow and I get to do what I want (unless you ask anyone but me  ) and it'll see it's first on course action Friday at a track I've never played. From what I've read, it is tight and you need to hit good approach shots to score. Betting it'll get a workout!

[snoopy79]

Good afternoon spies,

I hope everyone is having a great week so far. I am enjoying the accelerated work week! As for golf, well the swing gremlins have returned. I took some video and almost threw up at how bad my fundamentals are. Seems simple enough to fix, but as is usually the case with these things, it takes time. It's going to be a week or two cycle of hope, change, fail, frustration, breathe, and repeat.

Anywho, have a great week spies!

Today's funny:

[David Leighton Reid]

Good afternoon, Spies!  Our league playoffs start tonight and it is the Old Guys versus the Young Guns in first round action.  Hopefully, I will have a happy story to tell. 

 

 

[BIG STU]

7 hours ago, TAGolf13 said:

I'm guessing that putting must be a strength of your game after all these years. I don't know if I'll ever be a good putter, but I just picked up another relic from Play it Again Sports in my quest for improvement. Can't afford those beautiful, hi-tech putters I keep seeing on MGS. I just keep hoping that MGS will choose me for one of those zero-torque putter reviews one of these days! 

It used to be. Not so much since my accident. With the nerves in my back messed up it translates to my hands sometimes. I also had a concussion associated with my accident and I have a dissociative eye thing going too. I am now a streaky putter but back in the pre accident days I could roll the rock.

[BIG STU]

7 hours ago, tdroma98 said:

Good Wednesday Morning Spies ! 

Nice 74 degrees Central Florida morning. Supposed to get some clouds today & a bit of afternoon rain.  No golf today, on 2nd cup of espresso.  Having new gutters installed today, zero commute today.  

@Northern Monkey glad to hear your Pup's surgery went well, hope for a speedy recovery

@TAGolf13 Celebration GC is still pretty good.  Golf still not bad in Central Florida.  Some courses have closed.  But overall the golf is still good. 

@BIG STU you bring up old putters, I have an Old Master W802.  I just regripped the putter & cut it down to 34 inches.

Have a Great Day Everyone and Hit'em Straight! 

Those are little known gems in the putter world. Not really collectable or expensive but they do have a cult like following in some circles. I have one like yours which is an 8802 copy. Really soft feel like a Bulls Eye. There is also a SS version too. 

[BIG STU]

9 hours ago, Rob Person said:

I miss my seafare wool sweater.  I wasn't a deckie, so only time we got to wear them was at on deck muster days.  But I still have my peacoat! And it still fits after 30 years! Thanks for making me dig it out!!!  Haha

I doubt wearing it on a golf course would prove useful though!  

 

And with those brass buttons I would guess you were a Commissioned Officer too. Ours had Navy Blue thick Plastic buttons with anchors on them

[BIG STU]

6 hours ago, Rickp said:

I’m like you never liked pounding balls but I do enjoy chipping and putting.  Now that I’m a bit older the body can’t take it especially the back.  I can learn more just by playing a few holes.  

Pounding balls on the range after my injuries is what set me back some. When I got permission to do things but chip and putt I went at it WFO as is my SOP way of doing things. I figured no pain no gain. I took the heaviest irons in the stash (CF-4000 Macs with Pro Pel 1 stiff shafts) and went to banging away. I ended up hurting myself not once but twice and set my healing back around 2 years. In fact after the 2nd episode I had to completely quit for 6 months. I had also started doing Padrig Harrington speed training with a Skilz ball trainer and that helped mess me up. I finally came to my senses and completely revamped my swing to a Jon Rahm/ Tony Fineau type short swing. I also had to learn to discipline myself as not to swing hard and trust me that was hard. I have that handled now I have had no real pain or stiffness in the back in over a year now

[chisag]

 

5 hours ago, BIG STU said:

Those are little known gems in the putter world. Not really collectable or expensive but they do have a cult like following in some circles. I have one like yours which is an 8802 copy. Really soft feel like a Bulls Eye. There is also a SS version too. 

 

... My first 20 years playing all I used was an 8802 and it worked very well on fast and true bent greens. Before moving to Phoenix I used a Bobby Grace 6330 that is a modern version of the 8802 with a slightly wider flange, heel/toe weighting and roll face technology. I played it for 10 years and really loved that putter. But I found the grainy Bermuda needs more energy and I have switched to an EvnRoll mallet that I custom ordered with no alignment aid, and it works really well but just doesn't have the feel of my old heel shafted blades. 

 

Edited September 5 by chisag

[BIG STU]

6 hours ago, cnosil said:

Number of putts per round isn’t a great stat to look at as a stand-alone number.   Are you missing 3 footers,  can’t get a 20 footer within 3 feet and 3 putting?  What are your make rates from various distances?   How close are you getting chips when you miss greens?   

Chasing a putter probably won’t help much; I used to chase putters until I learned how to putt and the skills associated with putting. I love putter and switch often, but I don’t expect or see any significant improvement.  Sure the putter influences the stroke, but it is more of a fine tuning thing.  We often get early improvement because we focus more and then fall back into our tendencies. 

The 9% 3 putt number does indicates speed control is an issue.  I’ll assume that you are calling speed control “feel”.   From what I have learned working on green reading when you can’t control speed doesn’t provide much value because you can’t assess if the read was correct.   Speed is definitely something that can be learned.  Can you toss a ball from different distances and get it close to the hole?  Feel is tied to intuition and experience.  Your body knows how to accomplish the task.  you just have to let it which is the difficult part.  IMO, if you’re not going to practice speed control you won’t really get better.  

I have been doing the chasing the putter thing ever since I started back. I decided after today to stick with either the Rusty Scotty or the Zing 2 in regular league play. As far as the vintage play I will switch around some for the fun of it

[BIG STU]

5 hours ago, jbern said:

Just read the @EasyPutter MGS WITB article on the main site. Very unique and interesting bag! Great to see a bag of clubs that just help you!

https://mygolfspy.com/news-opinion/forum-member-witb-easyputter/?_bhlid=e692a8276ae3860e47e1faeea7e43e26cd621947

 

I have known him for a few years on here. We have had quite a few discussions in the past on his equipment selections. I am the type to say go for it as in whatever works for you and your game no matter the style, brand or era. He has had it dialed in for quite a while on what works for him

[TAGolf13]

7 hours ago, tdroma98 said:

Good Wednesday Morning Spies ! 

Nice 74 degrees Central Florida morning. Supposed to get some clouds today & a bit of afternoon rain.  No golf today, on 2nd cup of espresso.  Having new gutters installed today, zero commute today.  

@Northern Monkey glad to hear your Pup's surgery went well, hope for a speedy recovery

@TAGolf13 Celebration GC is still pretty good.  Golf still not bad in Central Florida.  Some courses have closed.  But overall the golf is still good. 

@BIG STU you bring up old putters, I have an Old Master W802.  I just regripped the putter & cut it down to 34 inches.

Have a Great Day Everyone and Hit'em Straight! 

Getting the standard afternoon rain here, so I'm glad I got out there for some short game work this morning. Guess I'll have to keep an eye out for you and @BIG STU.

[TAGolf13]

6 hours ago, Rickp said:

Central Florida golf is still the same, some good some bad and a few ugly.  Year the court we played was bad it the tee boxes weren’t so good it would have been ugly.  
We’re supposed to start playing a day a week at different courses outside TV.  I’m not that great at driving distances anymore so it’s good we car pool.

FT Meyers and really most of FL has decent tracks.

Fortunately I can still do long distance driving and will drive for golf like some people work for food...at least that's what the signs say. We do have some terrific tracks around here and I'm glad I've gotten to play quite a few of them.

[BIG STU]

4 minutes ago, TAGolf13 said:

Getting the standard afternoon rain here, so I'm glad I got out there for some short game work this morning. Guess I'll have to keep an eye out for you and @BIG STU.

LOL you will have to drive a few miles North to see me. I am in Coastal SC 8 miles south of Myrtle in the Garden City Murrells Inlet area

[chisag]

9 minutes ago, TAGolf13 said:

Getting the standard afternoon rain here, so I'm glad I got out there for some short game work this morning.

 

... I know it doesn't seem like it, but you are sooooo lucky. We get maybe 6 days of rain a YEAR here in Phoenix and I miss those afternoon showers! 

[Rickp]

40 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

Pounding balls on the range after my injuries is what set me back some. When I got permission to do things but chip and putt I went at it WFO as is my SOP way of doing things. I figured no pain no gain. I took the heaviest irons in the stash (CF-4000 Macs with Pro Pel 1 stiff shafts) and went to banging away. I ended up hurting myself not once but twice and set my healing back around 2 years. In fact after the 2nd episode I had to completely quit for 6 months. I had also started doing Padrig Harrington speed training with a Skilz ball trainer and that helped mess me up. I finally came to my senses and completely revamped my swing to a Jon Rahm/ Tony Fineau type short swing. I also had to learn to discipline myself as not to swing hard and trust me that was hard. I have that handled now I have had no real pain or stiffness in the back in over a year now

Huh, interesting you mention Skilz trainer, I believe the Orange Whip messed up my elbow nerves.  Don’t know for sure but I don’t really believe in coincidences.  Now I just swing within myself at 77 I’m not going to intimidate anyone.

[TAGolf13]

6 hours ago, cnosil said:

Number of putts per round isn’t a great stat to look at as a stand-alone number.   Are you missing 3 footers,  can’t get a 20 footer within 3 feet and 3 putting?  What are your make rates from various distances?   How close are you getting chips when you miss greens?   

Chasing a putter probably won’t help much; I used to chase putters until I learned how to putt and the skills associated with putting. I love putter and switch often, but I don’t expect or see any significant improvement.  Sure the putter influences the stroke, but it is more of a fine tuning thing.  We often get early improvement because we focus more and then fall back into our tendencies. 

The 9% 3 putt number does indicates speed control is an issue.  I’ll assume that you are calling speed control “feel”.   From what I have learned working on green reading when you can’t control speed doesn’t provide much value because you can’t assess if the read was correct.   Speed is definitely something that can be learned.  Can you toss a ball from different distances and get it close to the hole?  Feel is tied to intuition and experience.  Your body knows how to accomplish the task.  you just have to let it which is the difficult part.  IMO, if you’re not going to practice speed control you won’t really get better.  

I agree on the number of putts per round not being very helpful for improvement, but it offers some mildly helpful superficial info. Yep, I would say I miss one 3 or four footer per round. My chipping has gotten to the point that I'm generally with 5 feet, some closer some further, with a chip in or two here and there. I haven't been back long enough and/or haven't paid enough attention to have solid numbers. I just know I'm missing putts that I would expect to make. Sometimes on faster greens, my second putt from 12 feet run 7 feet past!

I'm not really chasing a putter. I know it's mostly me since I have some decent putting days. I have a lot to learn! I've watched putting instruction videos and I believe I'll improve my putting and yes, speed control is priority one. What's your counsel on practicing and improving speed control?

[TAGolf13]

3 hours ago, cksurfdude said:

Haha same here! Had one side replaced just about 7 years ago, and now the other side is starting to get a little jealous

(PS: LI guy here)

On back issues there are several other threads in here, plus a few great articles on the main site, about what people are doing for theirs to keep going plus exercise & mobility guides.

...

That had me cracking up!!

We had a Black Lab and yeah that holds pretty true; also had Flat Coat Retriever who constantly "hoovered" the floor and stuck his face into people's laps at the table looking for tidbits. Before those guys my wife had a Golden who was even worse at being food driven!!

Hoping I won't be needing a new hip any time soon. I need more discipline in my game. More stretching, strengthening, etc.

[TAGolf13]

1 hour ago, BIG STU said:

It used to be. Not so much since my accident. With the nerves in my back messed up it translates to my hands sometimes. I also had a concussion associated with my accident and I have a dissociative eye thing going too. I am now a streaky putter but back in the pre accident days I could roll the rock.

At least you had some good rock rolling days. Mine are few and far between, but the quest continues.