The committee has voted overwhelmingly to get Brenda one of those skirts …

Newsflash

Nicky Moir is shortly returning to kith and kin in bonny Scotland after a fun packed time in the Big Durian,  time which included 29 rounds with Tee Set. Nicky is keen to hit a few more OBs and say farewell to his Tee Set mates and maybe even have a few drinks with them, before he goes – so join us at Senayan at 11:00 on Wednesday if you can, and help ensure Nicky gets an appropriate send off. Green fees are a bargain basement 400,000 roops for a great course.

We have 15 already lined up for the day but there are more spaces available in the 5 flights we have booked. Let Keith Miller know if you want to fill one of them.

The Day

Travel to the course on the day was something of a breeze if a rather prolonged breeze at around 75 minutes from Kemang – though immediately rewarded with breakfast on the lovely terrace of the Rainbow Hills clubhouse in delightful weather conditions.

Those delightful conditions did not last too long for the 39 Tee Setters who set off a little ahead of the scheduled time of 12:30, however, as a light rain set in almost immediately and was followed, after a few holes, by some very significant Hujan which was to drive us all off the course and into various bolt holes where fine Anker Bir was to distract some, not least with its on-course price of 56,000 roops a can 😦

No worries, Tee Setters are made of sterner stuff than your common or garden weekend golfer and the rain stopped, and play resumed within half an hour when the sun also came out to help dry things up pretty quickly – and put a smile back on the Tee Set’s face, though the Grumpy Pirate’s contract for Pawang Hujan services is now under review.

No Newcomers for the first time in many weeks but some significant Welcome Backs. most notably former Tee Set President Clyde Wickiser returning to the fold for the first time in just over the year, Nick Shearman who has been away so long that he forgot to pay his Tee Set fee, and Noemi Ross and Dean Kirt who had not been seen since the Tee Set Championship in November.Welcome back to them all – we missed you!

General agreement that Rainbow is a great venue and one that we must return to at least once more this year. Your committee has taken due note.

The Play Another fine round from Mark Johnson to take Low Net for the second week in a row, this time with a 41-40-81-13-68. Mark will be less happy to know that, such are the vagaries of the USGA Handicapping system that his handicap will shortly be dropping like a stone !

Dan Richards played his best round of the 14 he has now played with Tee Set to finish just one stroke behind Mark. Happily, for Dan at least, this coincided with his Matchplay with Dean Kirt who, showing a little rustiness after such a long absence, was put to be put to the sword in a 7 and 6 loss to Dan.

Dan goes on to meet the winner of the Grumpy Pirate v Pulpy Bevege clash while Dean playe the winner of the Ian Barr/Cucu clash. Death, taxes and Sam Westen winning Low Gross? Yep, the same sort of inevitability and even Simon Reynolds now playing his best golf since joining us in late 2012 was a full 5 strokes away in second place. Simon would have been closer to Sam if he had avoided the cross-dressing fate he shared with 6 others on Sunday by failing to reach the ladies tee for the first time ever in his case; those joining him on the trans-gender walkway included the Immediate Past President of Everything who had, for him, an horrendous first 9 of 55 but righted the ship somewhat on the back with a rather more respectable 46 and take Most Improved as some consolation.

A remarkable run of 6 single putts on the back 9 by Mark Fiorello saw him to Low Putts of 29 blows with the flattest club in his bag, and a count back win from the Grumpy Pirate, Pulpy and Mike Webb.

More detailed, player by player results can be found here.

Shot of the day was Nathan Belete hitting the flag stick on the full with his tee shot on the par 3 #17. Could have easily bounced into the cup which would have put enormous pressure on his credit card rating.

Next Up

We are at Jagorawi on Sunday for the usual Tee Set and also Round 2 of Interleague when 8 of our our brave Lads and Lad-ettes will also take on Jakarta Loose Impediments to see if we can get our title bid back on track. A tee time of 9:30 and green fees including shared buggy for one of Jakarta’s premier courses of 950,000 roops. Sign up here if you haven’t done so already.

Ric and Peter will be contacting all the Usual Suspects and more to make sure we have as strong a team as possible for the fixture, so don’t switch your phone off.

See yah Sunday!! …. Tee Set

The heavy rains at Rainbow meant that finding a ball in a bunker could be  a little tricky at times. A small prize to the first to spot Ed “Bunker King” Helsing’s in this one ….. his caddy took several minutes ..