most of today’s large crop of cross-dressers, though the reason for Michael Seabrook’s curious choice of headgear remains unclear 🙂

The Day

A bad day for our 4-legged friends meant a good day for Tee Setters with the journey to the Pangkalan Jati course achieved in record time in super light traffic for the turnout of the healthy number of Tee Setters showing up, 37 – and a car park, clubhouse  and course nearly as empty to go with it.

Regular Monthly Medal “Neary” Sponsor, Santi’s Premium Pies, got many of us off to a fine start with samples of her latest creation, the Beef Rendang Pie, a pie to which even Master Baker Pulpy George was to give exceptionally high marks. Many thanks to the eponymous Santi!

Already allocated an early tee off at 10:30, the starter needed little persuasion to get the first groups off from 1 and 10 at 10am – unprecedented, and the pace on the course was also good, with most groups coming in at around three and a half hours.

Just one Newcomer to report this week, Dave Collecott, so a warm welcome to him. Dave registered for play at 8.59, just 61 minutes before tee off so well done him, just a little earlier next time though Dave when you will get your own scorecard!

14  Welcome Backs with Wally Walters heading the list with an impressive 172 weeks since last played though he does have a good excuse having left Indonesia back in 2011 and just being on a business visit this time. Well done for remembering and re-joining us, Wally.

The day was also notable for the near total absence of Tee Set officials with Ric and Peter away on yet more marriage related duties one presumes, while Brenda is tied up with Financial year-end accounting matters in her day job.

All this meant that the Web Guy had to do more or less everything, though Mel Meeds stepped into the breech to sort out flights while Santi, despite not being able to play today, did a flawless job extracting money from all and sundry – and managing to take some photos while she was about it. Many thanks to them all.

Also worth a mention for Jess Kindler who registered on Friday with the following:

Comment: I have to buy the wife a dog on Saturday afternoon so as long as that happens I’ll be there, so please print me a scorecard…

With dog duly bought Jess turned up in plenty of time, and was the central figure in one of the day’s highlights as he took his third shot from BEHIND the Ladies’ Tee but somehow still managed to avoid a skirt. You will have to ask him yourself!

All in all a great day at our former home course, with the course in good nick, the weather glorious if a little hot and the beer cheap and plentiful. And, as a final bonus, the early start, fast pace of play and record-breaking results recording etc. meant the shouting was all over by 4:30, allowing the many who wanted to watch various major sporting events to both support the day and get home in time to watch their favourites on the box.

The Play

A day to warm the cockles of the absent Treasurer’s heart as, to go with a healthy crop of 8 Skirt fines, we had a 6 way tie for Most Strokes and even a two-way tie for Monster Putter for a total of 800,000 roops in fines going to Tee Set funds – and what must surely be a record for one event.

Thanks to all for your generosity this week!

Shome, mishtake, shurely?

Good job we had all that money coming in from fines as there were also an unseemly number of ties for the skills prizes as well, with three Tee Setters sharing Low Gross, 2 sharing 1st Birdie and even 1st Par >=30 being going to two of our number for achieving that on the third hole, the latter cementing the iron grip the Jelinek family has recently established over that particular prize 🙂

The day’s major prize on the other hand , Low Net, went to but a single first time winner, Craig Edwards, who took full advantage of his handicap and more to come in with a net 65. Well done Craig, expect a significant adverse move in your handicap as soon as Brenda returns to action 😦

Fuller results of the day can be found here while what photos of the day that were taken can be seen on the Tee Set Gallery as ever.

2014 Matchplay Championship

Just one of the few remaining games played today and it really couldn’t have been any closer with 7 handicapper Pulpy Bevege only squeezing out 29 handicapper Tom Alcedo on the putting green after finishing even after 18 holes. Great stuff guys!

Your committee has, in its wisdom, decided that given the (comparatively) excellent progress made this year under hard-man Fernando “El Guapo” Gaggino, that the Matchplay Final will be played ahead of Tee Set Championship Day, thereby allowing the finalists to fully enjoy the fun of our biggest day of the year.

2014 Tee Set Championship

51 of the 89 Tee Setters who have played 6 or more times since the last Championship have been invited by e-mail and have confirmed their participation in this year’s event on the 30th November.

Together with Sponsor allocations this means that there are just 25 or so slots left to fill. If you received our e-mail inviting you to play but haven’t yet confirmed your intention to participate in the Championship then you have just five more days left to do so – and receive the preferential rate of 900,000 roops and indeed participation, as the remaining places will be thrown open to all on a first-come first served basis on the 11th October at a somewhat less advantageous rate. Do it, and do it now to avoid disappointment and tears.

Next Up

Without doubt, one of the very finest days of the Tee Set year was our first ever round at the Imperial Golf Klub back in late August.

Thanks to the efforts of our tireless course scheduler, Wina, we have a very welcome early return to a fine club in every respect, a club moreover that made us really very welcome to boot so don’t miss the opportunity of joining in the fun and get yourself signed up as soon as possible for what should be another fabulous day. 11:47 tee off from 1 and 10 – and green fees of a bargain 675,000 roops.

To add to its attractions, access to Imperial, out at Lippo Karawaci on the western flatlands and just off the Merak Tol, has been made much easier for South Jakartans by the completion of the last section of the Outer Ring Road.

Selamat jalan and see ya at Imperial !!! …. Tee Set