The Day

Official tee time was 11:30 but players were still drifting in to register after 11:15. The reason for the late shows was traffic but why would anybody in their right mind want to take on the Fatmawati market at 10:30AM. Peter Rancamaya excluded of course since he just loves close encounters with the Metro Mini drivers and the push and shove to get through the market sellers without running someone over.

Pangkalan Jati has always been a walking course but the management in recent times has decided to accommodate the more senior players by offering  carts. Nevertheless the Rp410,000 for walkers is still hard to beat even with the bribes needed for the starter to get us off on time. The food and beverage selection, quality and price are still good compared to many other courses.

There were a number of skeptics saying we wouldn’t finish the round because rain was predicted however all the groups made it through although the last two received a bit of a drenching for being slow.  Goetz Ebbecke was our only newcomer, a warm welcome to him, and in the welcome back category were Joe Alchi and Mark Blake, the latter of whom we haven’t seen since his last visit from Down Under in December 2012.

The Play

Eight skirts would have to be close to a Tee Set record since the PJ course and this despite not being set up to favor the ladies in any special way – unlike Jagorawi for instance.

Joe Alchi in fact stated that the red tee boxes were too close and added pressure to his tee shots because he was intimidated by being able to see the red tees out of the corner of his eye while addressing the ball. Nathan Belete owned up to a skirt missed by his flight buddies and was looking for favor from the ex President of Everything but this fell on deaf ears as you will see from the photos.  After all Nathan. Tee Set is not a charity.

When considering the 30 male golfers who played Sunday, 8 skirts on the day equates to nearly a 30% likelihood of earning a fine. So many in fact that the skirt photo shoot had to be broken into two sessions.  That said, it does seem rather harsh to award Leona a skirt. Your scribe missed Sunday, so shome mishtake here shurley?

Other observations worthy of mention was returnee Mark Blake taking on Sam Westen for low gross. Sam came out on top in the end with a 73 but without shooting his usual eagle. Mark would have taken low net with his 69 had he had the required minimum 5 cards for a Tee Set handicap.

Mark subsequently promised to provide the required number of cards even if they are from his home course in Brisbane. Sam was next in line with his 70 but already had low gross so James Ross’s net 72 was the score that took the money. Sam was also in line for low putts but was matched by Graham McGeady’s 26.

There was quite a number of sandy pars but we had to go all the way up to hole 17 to find a winner who didn’t already have a prize or had not left for home before the awards.

Fuller. player by player results can be found here.

Next Week

Just six weeks since our last visit to that fine and reasonably priced course off the Jagorawi Tol, Palm Hill. On that occasion Joseph Peries took Low Net with a 74 off the stick while Mo Maharam put in one of his best performances of the year with a Net 69. With the holiday season coming up we are, however, unlikely to match the 39 Tee Setters we saw out on that occasion.

Tee off from 1 and 10 a little later than usual at 12:16 when green fees etc including shared cart will be just 508,000 roops. There is no walking option as the course went “cart only” earlier in the year. Let us know if you intend playing by registering here as usual. See yah Sunday! …. Tee Set