The day

.. and the course ain’t half bad too …

Padang Golf Modern, while on the unfavoured western side of Jakarta, has easy access from the toll roads and, even coming from the south through BSD on Sunday, the trip was still only around 45 minutes from Kemang. Given that and what is written below, it seems we should make an effort to become more regular visitors than in the past.

The management put on a great day for the 34 Tee Setters making the trip and who were to be rewarded with a nearly empty course.

The cooperative starter got us off early from tee boxes 1 and 10 and most groups finished in 4 hours with the one exception being due to waiting for what turned into a no-show.

We most sincerely thank the management and staff of Modern for their support, generosity and especially warm  welcome. Having the player numbers we now attract seems to have brought more focus to their attention – a not unwelcome development!

This jewel of a course was as good as it gets and, as a bonus, the weather was pleasant. Our very own Pawang Hujan was seen performing strange dance like gyrations accompanied by loud expletives on several occasions, which we assume is part of his ritual to keep the rain away. Or shank induced.

Once again we attracted new members with Sofre Abdul, Jess Kindler and Peter Bush joining for the first time; welome to them all. Peter was a bit nervous and flirted with a skirt on the first three holes played before finding his rhythm on the 4th hole to take longest drive on his very first outing with Tee Set.

Joseph Peries headlined as so often, this time with a low gross of just three over par, while the Ladies recent good run continued with a low net 69 for Wina Nugraha – well done both.

Welcome back to Christian Molav who we haven’t seen since the Championship in November 2012 and  also to the Craigs who have also been absent for far too long. Jackie celebrated with a very solid 46 on the back nine while we suspect that Don will have been pretty pleased by his performance too.

Reka Romango gets a mention for taking 18 (EIGHTEEN) on a single hole. We believe it was largely due to taking 10 to get out of a very unfriendly bomb crater of a bunker. Bad luck Reka, but on the bright side it did set you up for the most improved award with 11 strokes better on the back 9!!

We had 3 players taking only 24 putts which gives a fair indication of how small the greens are at Modern. Mike Webb and Jess Kindler will undoubtedly have felt hard done by in having to wear the monkey mask for returned a rather modest 38 putts.

Two under achievers also requiring a mention are Don Craig and Chris Smith who enhanced their skirt ratios; regretably unable to bring you the usual pictures of the proud skirt winners due to Vice-President “I left the camera at home” Wymer.

Results and prizes

Detailed, player by player results from Modern can be found here

Gentle Reminder

Please try to arrive at the course at least one hour before the scheduled tee time. Some times we get lucky if the course is quiet, other times Mike Garwood brings his persuasive skills which means tee off can happen 30 minutes ahead of the schedule. Those coming right on advertised start time adds to the general last minute pairing panic and stress.

Pairings

It has been Tee Set policy for as long as can be remembered that pairings are random and at the sole discretion of the day’s captain in charge.  This promotes integration of new members and adds welcome variety to the groupings. Nevertheless the process is not random and consideration is given to husband/wife/ family teams, business visitors, match play games, level of handicap and speed of play etc.

Special requests will be accommodated as long as prior notification is given via the “I’m playing” registration on the web page where the “comments box” can be used for this function. The end result hopefully will be only minor last minute juggling of pairings and a less stressed out captain and secretary on the day. Numbers have swelled significantly this year and a little help from the troops in this matter makes life much easier for the organisers.

Ball Unplayable (Rule 28) – stuff we should know 😦

If your ball is in a water hazard and you do not wish to play it as it lies, you must proceed under the water hazard Rule – the unplayable ball Rule does not apply. Elsewhere on the course, if you believe your ball is unplayable, you may under penalty of one stroke play a ball from where your last shot was played, or drop a ball any distance behind the point where the ball lay keeping a straight line between the hole, the point where the ball lay and the spot on which the ball is dropped, or drop a ball within two club-lengths of where the ball lies not nearer the hole. If your ball is in a bunker you may proceed as above, except that if you are dropping back on a line or within two club-lengths, you must drop a ball in the bunker.

All clear now? … haha

Classifieds

Rather a disappointing response so far to Chazz Hassig’s recent attempted cellar clearing operation. You would be unwise to miss this stellar opportunity to acquire some top class gear at knockdown prices – and a little astuste tawar-menawar might even get the prices down a little more.

Get to it and make Mrs Hassig a happy lady.

Upcoming events

We have a new addition to the Upcoming Events page for you where a visit will give you some details of Tee Set’s Iron Man 3 event in September. An event guaranteed to be different in MANY ways and a whole bunch of fun.

Next Up

Interleague round 4 on Sunday next which means a choice of venue for those not involved in the league itself, viz Jagorawi, when tee off for the league matches will be rather later than usual at around 13:00 and for others about half an hour afterwards, when Green Fees etc including compulsory cart will be a modestly discounted Rp. 950,000 – or you could try Pangkalan Jati at a still civilised 11:30 tee off from 1 and 10 with Green Fees at Rp. 490,000 all in, or Rp. 395,000 if you would like to walk this relatively flat and pedestrian-friendly course.

As ever, please register your intention to play at the appropriate course (there are two options) by filling in a little data at the “Yes, I’m playing!!” page.

Wherever you play on Sunday, enjoy!!

Cheers, Geoff Thwaites