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Thanksgiving 2014 - For What are You Thankful?

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It's a U.S. holiday, but anyone can participate.

I'm thankful for:

  • All the usual stuff. Health, family, happiness, etc. I'll assume everyone will list that, so I'll list mostly the other stuff. :)
  • I'm thankful that so many people, and so many well-known people, have seen fit to buy my book and say so many good things about it.
  • I'm thankful for almost all of the members here. ;-)
  • I'm thankful when people embed videos, don't type entire responses indented in a quote block, search before starting the 237th version of the same old thread, and when people multi-quote properly. :D
  • I'm thankful for the number of actual, honest-to-goodness friends I have made through the site.
  • I'm thankful for golf in general. Seriously, what a ****ed up stupid game we all care so much about…
  • I'm thankful that I live in the U.S. As lousy as things can seem sometimes, it's still a pretty great place to live.
  • I'm thankful for Mike, for yet another year of TST, and for our upcoming 10th anniversary here on the forum.

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14ledo81 Super Member

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I am thankful for my family. It never ceases to amaze me how forgiving children can be.

-Matt-

"does it still count as a hit fairway if it is the next one over"

DRIVER-Callaway FTiz__3 WOOD-Nike SQ Dymo 15__HYBRIDS-3,4,5 Adams__IRONS-6-PW Adams__WEDGES-50,55,60 Wilson Harmonized__PUTTER-Odyssey Dual Force Rossie II

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My family's health, and happiness. In the grand scheme of things, nothing else matters. ;-)

In My Bag:
A whole bunch of Tour Edge golf stuff...... :beer:

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Jeremie Boop Super Member

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I'm thankful for the first job I've ever loved. I'm also thankful for all my family, but especially to have 2 of my grandparents still around for another year even though my grandfather has terminal cancer. I'm thankful to have found a great forum with people I enjoy interacting with after more years than I care to admit to being on the internet.

That doesn't sound like a lot, but it's everything to me.

KICK THE FLIP!!

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:srixon: Z355

:callaway: XR16 3 Wood
:tmade: Aeroburner 19* 3 hybrid
:ping: I e1 irons 4-PW
:vokey: SM5 50, 60
:wilsonstaff: Harmonized Sole Grind 56 and Windy City Putter

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List of things I'm thankful for: [List] [*] Family. Had some ups and downs like any other year, but they're always there as support. We had a baby girl earlier this year, too. [*] This website, for the people who I consider my friends who I otherwise wouldn't have ever known, the vast amount of knowledge I've learned here (not just about golf), and of course giving me the tools to improve my game. [*] Mike and Erik, for giving me the opportunity to be a staff member and give back to the community in a meaningful way, and for their wealth of golf knowledge and willingness to share it. [*] Finally getting a job that I can build a future with. [*] Having the good fortune to consider my golf game as one of the bigger problems in my life. It's not always easy, but life could be sooooo much worse. [*] Florida vacations, because I get to golf in December :-P [/list]

Bill

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” - Confucius

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flopster Great Member

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Thankful to be alive and be able to enjoy all the great things it has to offer.

Rich C.

Driver Titleist 915 D3  9.5*
3 Wood TM RBZ stage 2 tour  14.5*
2 Hybrid Cobra baffler 17*
4Hybrid Adams 23*
Irons Adams CB2's 5-GW
Wedges 54* and 58* Titleist vokey
Putter Scotty Cameron square back 2014
Ball Srixon Zstar optic yellow
bushnell V2 slope edition


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mvmac Incredible Member

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I'm thankful for:

  • My family's heath and security.
  • The internet. It's been able to connect me with a lot of great people, from friends I've made on this site to several instructors across the country that I've been able to learn and share information with.
  • Dave Wedzik for creating Golf Evolution, it's a privilege to be part of the team.
  • Erik for starting TST, being a great friend, business partner and for his science/math expertise.
  • That the information Erik and I share is well received (most of the time ;-) ) and that it helps golfers shoot lower scores.

Mike McLoughlin

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ghalfaire Great Member

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My list is too long, but here are some of the top ones.

Thankful for surviving long enough to be old and yet still in pretty good health.

Thankful for my family

Thankful for being born into a family that taught me how to take care of myself, being born with the tools to that, and for the wisdom to know I should share my success with those not born with the tools or the family support I was.

Given the above I am also thankful for being a USA citizen and having the opportunities I have had.  I have done a lot of traveling and know this isn't true for most of the world and I am grateful for the USA, even if it isn't perfect it is the best I've seen anywhere I have been.

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Butch


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I'm thankful for God, family, and friends in that order. It's corny perhaps, but I can't imagine life without them.

- Shane

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Many of the responses are exactly as I would have stated. Too many things for which to be thankful.

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TM White Smoke Big Fontana; Pro-V1
TM Rac 60 TT WS, MD2 56
Ping i20 irons U-4, CFS300
Callaway XR16 9 degree Fujikura Speeder 565 S
Callaway XR16 3W 15 degree Fujikura Speeder 565 S, X2Hot Pro 20 degrees S

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I'm thankful to have gotten through Leukemia and a Bone Marrow transplant (2011) and to still be here enjoying life (ten years ago I was given three to five years to live).

And I'm really thankful for all the friends and family that supported and loved me through the process, I've seen so many people at their best.

And I'm really thankful for all the nurses that cared for me and the nursing profession in general.  Nurses rock.

Public service announcement, join the Bone Marrow registry.  And, they don't drill holes in bones anymore, that was so 30 years ago.  Now, the donors take a medication for a week, and then they take the over supply of bone marrow stem cells out of your blood.  Not that different than giving blood.  Give the gift of life.

And I'm thankful for all those on the Bone Marrow registry.

Peace out.

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I'm thankful my son is enjoying golf and for the quality time it creates between us! I'm thankful for having such supportive parents who are still around! I'm thankful all my kids are growing up healthy and happy! I'm thankful that my wife is still pretty awesome! I'm thankful banshee has a 3rd series out in January! I'm thankful to galvin green for creating superb waterproof golf clothing! I'm thankful for the king size twix although it could never be too big! I'm thankful for KFC gravy, it's in a league of it's own! And I'm thankful for my obsession of golf, which frustrates & fulfils equally! Oh,.. And for Christmas, one of the 2 times a year you can spoil your children rotten!

Gaz Lee


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I'm thankful for my loving family and friends. I'm thankful for being healthy and able to play this crazy yet wonderful game that is golf. I'm thankful for having a stable job I'm thankful for finding this forum years ago, I've made some great friends here and the knowledge I've learned about this great game. I'm thankful for living in the USA, i know we have our problems, but it's still the best place in the world by a long way. I'm thankful Erik and Golf Evolution for creating this forum and being dedicated to keeping it the premier place for golfers to come together on the Internet.

Matt Dougherty, P.E.
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What's in My Bag
Driver; :pxg: 0311 Gen 5,  3-Wood: :titleist: 917h3 ,  Hybrid:  :titleist: 915 2-Hybrid,  Irons: Sub 70 TAIII Fordged
Wedges: :edel: (52, 56, 60),  Putter: :edel:,  Ball: :snell: MTB,  Shoe: :true_linkswear:,  Rangfinder: :leupold:
Bag: :ping:

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JonMA1 Super Member

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Family

Health

Employment

Those at this site for sharing their golf wisdom (and for taking it easy on me for some of my lame posts)

Jon

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I am thankful for my family, friends, health, and a good job. I'm also thankful for a new found love for the game of golf. I can't seem to get enough of the game.

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