The day
As mentioned in our “Next up“, there is absolutely nothing not to like about the divine Rancamaya, though we can tell you there is now a small caveat about beer prices, since two cans of the amber aiming fluid will leave you no change from a Rp100K note. Luckily a few red ones were still available in the wallet after paying the very reasonable green fees of Rp550K.

Otherwise, just an absolutely glorious day, though a few groups were deprived of play on the last hole by some nasty late lightning.

Thankfully, predictions of traffic doom and gloom as a result of the ending Mudik festivities proved wide of  the mark, and those taking their time after the game were treated to very decent catering, a wonderful sunset and a delightful view of a cloud-free Gunung Salak.

The event was set up by long time Tee Setter, Juergen Dergert, and we thank him once again for his sterling efforts to win over course management to our cause.

Forty seven golfers showed up over a 1 hour period prior to tee off which created quite a challenge for the President of Everything (PoE) who was tasked with balancing the groupings. Apologies to those who ended up being bumped around a bit but a little confusion is inevitable with the large numbers of players showing up these days.

Secretary Tuti, fresh from her 2 week Mudik break, was also challenged by 10 new names out the 47 players appearing in the score sheet. Welcome to all our new players – we hope you’ll be back for more next week at Jababeka and/or many weeks thereafter.

Pictured are Allan and Ann Lees, holiday making in Indonesia but hoping to get back from time to time!

The play

Sad to report that Richard Newcombe played his last game with Tee Set after 58 starts over the past two years. However he can now breathe a sigh of relief as the only Tee Setter in living memory who has avoided earning a skirt over such a protracted period. Nonetheless, being his last event we made him wear it, and  the wig, anyway.

The real culprits on the day who truly earned the privilege to wear the skirt were Evaldo Roos, Mehdi Davoudi, Ben Kidd, Marshall Jones, Dale Drader, John Suermondt, Mike Webb and Edwin Thieroff who helped put a smile back on the Treasurer’s (PoE) face after some lean weeks. Harold Haynes reports that he has purchased a new driver that performs so well that he is now able to reach greens in regulation again…but only if he is allowed to tee off from the white tees. On Sunday he got such a wish since the green keeper had moved the blues up to the whites on most tee boxes. So how many greens did you hit in regulation, Harold?

An exciting finish to the match play between Joseph Periers and Koen Verhayen. All square with one to play with Koen having 2 strokes in hand coming to the last tee box. So how did he lose? Makes a great story but not enough space here to describe it – so get it first hand when you catch up with either one of them.

Peter “Rancamaya” Reichlmeier played Anthony King in his long awaited match play but went down 6 and 4 on Anthony’s home course, Jagorawi. Double whammy for Peter who also missed out on playing his favorite course.

Malcolm McDonald and Joseph Peries both shot 75 to share the money for low gross although Malcolm gets bragging rights by having the better back 9, low putts and first sandy. Neil Mullins playing in the same group as Malcolm took low net with a sparkling 67. Bill Tevruchte, also in the same flight, might have felt a little intimidated by these performances, especially since it was his first round in two years. Welcome back Bill – and the other 14 returnees who we haven’t seen around in a while.

For a full summary of results please open the link to the score sheet here.

Next Sunday

In line with Interleague advice we had listed next Sunday as an Interleague day for a number of months, however, now it isn’t –  so, happily, Tee Set will play together as just one group next Sunday – and at JABABEKA. The fee of 800,000 roops on this high quality cart-only course includes a post-round meal so don’t forget to take it – you’ve paid for it!!

Please register your intent to play at “Yes, I’m playing!” as ever.

We have had issues with sub-par Starter performance at JABABEKA on at least our last two visits, so there will be no Starter Tip until after the round this time – with its dimension entirely dependent on performance. Conversely the last year has seen better traffic conditions to and from JABABEKA on the Cikampek Tol than to be found on the Jagorawi Tol, so we have fingers crossed for a smooth journey both ways.

We seldom visit JABABEKA without a casualty from failing to exit early enough on the Cikanpek Tol heading east – get into the far left lane at no later than kilometer post 27 and exit at the next gate, Cikarang Barat. Failure to do so will ruin your day, trust us in this.

Finally, a reminder that the Tee Set 30th Anniversary event is coming up the week after, so if you haven’t already, then get that into your diary as it promises to be a lot of fun! The 30th Anniversary shirts will be delivered during the week and will only be available on the day itself unfortunately. On top of the 95 shirts ordered (and mainly paid for) we have 30 extra in a full range of sizes for sale on the day or the rest of the year, so don’t worry, we have you covered (sic).

See yah, Sunday!! …. Tee Set