Pay a Compliment - What Do You Like about Other Members?

[ChetlovesMer]

30 minutes ago, Bonvivant said:

I've gotten much better about it in my year or so here. 

Like anything, arguing takes practice.

[Bonvivant]

9 minutes ago, iacas said:

And you've seen plenty with the big names in them, too. C'mon.

Absolutely, but there was a specific from someone that I was commenting on. Didn't do the quote breakdown though.

 

9 minutes ago, iacas said:

You're wrong, and let me tell you in obnoxious multi-quoting fashion why… 😉

Oh yeah. The only way we know how lol.

7 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Like anything, arguing takes practice.

I wasn't talking about my arguing "skills", just the fact that I don't get nearly as worked up as I used to.

[ChetlovesMer]

1 minute ago, Bonvivant said:

I wasn't talking about my arguing "skills", just the fact that I don't get nearly as worked up as I used to.

That's what I mean. It takes practice to remain calm. Kinda like golf.

[Bonvivant]

2 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Kinda like golf.

I've actually been blessed with calmness on the course when it came to my own game. Had to learn on the PoP side though. Waiting sucks.

[Antneye]

4 hours ago, RFKFREAK said:

I'd like to give a shout out to @boogielicious and @ncates00 for providing feedback in my swing thread to try and help me improve.

Also, shoutout to @Antneye for having great taste in hockey teams.

And one last shoutout to @Slice of Life, @ChetlovesMer, and @saevel25 who are super cool folks who I'm glad I got to meet in person and become friends with at the August outing.  

Thanks! I figured my golf swing knowledge would never help get me into this thread so it was going to take something like this.  Had you made the poker game you might have been also been able to thank me for donating money to you. 😂

[Slice of Life]

Almost everyone I've met from here has been cool. Even when they hit me with golf balls (@RFKFREAK)

[iacas]

1 minute ago, Slice of Life said:

Almost everyone I've met from here has been cool. Even when they hit me with golf balls (@RFKFREAK)

Well, you did say "almost everyone."

🙂

[Slice of Life]

Just now, iacas said:

Well, you did say "almost everyone."

🙂

I said that for a reason lol

[ChetlovesMer]

Special thank you to @sjduffers who set me straight on this thread. 

 

I totally misinterpreted something I heard on the radio and @sjduffersset me straight. I thank him for not calling me an idiot, but instead just kindly pointing out that I was in error. Thanks, for setting me straight. 

[ChetlovesMer]

@Carl3@Divot Master@RFKFREAK

You guys were truly a pleasure to play with at Deer Ridge.

I think @Carl3 even played well.

Thanks, @Divot Master for introducing us to your better half. 

@RFKFREAKLooking forward to the next time we can tee it up. 

[RFKFREAK]

On 6/14/2021 at 7:13 AM, ChetlovesMer said:

@Carl3@Divot Master@RFKFREAK

You guys were truly a pleasure to play with at Deer Ridge.

I think @Carl3 even played well.

Thanks, @Divot Master for introducing us to your better half. 

@RFKFREAKLooking forward to the next time we can tee it up. 

Word, brother, was awesome playing and riding with you! 🙌

[ChetlovesMer]

I haven't given a compliment for a while so I thought I'd give one to @iacas for starting this thread:

 

I find this a fascinating topic. One which my friends and I have been discussing for years now. 

There are great contributions (some of which I agree with, some of which at least made me think) from @woodzie264 , @boogielicious, @Double Mocha Man, @saevel25, @GolfLug, @Zippo, @Denny Bang Bang, @SoCal Hack, @Shorty and others. (My apologies if you made a great contribution and I forgot to mention you by name.)

[mchepp]

I haven’t posted much these days, just been busy with life, unfortunately I spend more time driving my kid around to soccer games these days than golfing but I like the idea of this thread. My incomplete list is full of old timers. 
 

@iacas for honest, insightful, and intelligent posts about golf. Always. The energy to make sure we all understand what’s important is uncanny. 
 

@Golfingdad for moral support and always a fresh attitude. Barney lives life right. 
 

@kpaulhus for the positive gamblers mentality. And Newport Cup drives that could range from 300 yard bombs to 65 yard duck hooks. Like a box of chocolates. 
 

@DaveP043 the best match play opponent anyone could dream of.

 

@mvmac for discovering the secret to golf. Forget Ben Hogan he needs his own Life magazine article to explain it to us. 
 

@JetFan1983 for the Amanda videos. 
 

so many others I should mention but the truth is there are so many great people on here. Always been the best place to talk golf on the internet. 

[ChetlovesMer]

I have to give a quick shout out to our fearless leader @iacas.

I've been playing a particular 54-hole-golf tournament out in Vegas every year since 2009. I've only ever finished in the top 20 twice. My highest finish was 10th place. I've actually finished dead last before. In addition, over the years I've played many other tournaments and never finished in the top 10 in any of those. 

This year we had a field of 70 guys in our tournament, and I won it. 

It's a handicapped tournament in which you can either bring an official GHIN Handicap if its your first year, or you play off your established handicap if you've played the tournament before. Most of us have been playing this tournament for many years. 

So, as some of you may know, I started taking lessons from @iacas last year in July or August, and now I'm starting to play some really good golf again. 

I still have a way to go, but I wanted to compliment @iacas for all the work he's done with me so far. I hit 7 of the last 9 greens in regulation, with 2 NGIR's (including an eagle putt attempt on one of the par 5's.) All I did was focus on my priority piece for the last 9 holes and it paid big dividends. 

Thanks, Yoda. 

[iacas]

13 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Thanks, Yoda. 

Practice properly you do, have success you will.

Congrats!