The Day

An unusually large number of Tee Setters were up with the birds on Sunday arriving at Pondok Cabe around 9am to have their breakfast – when they were able to watch as a lot of very wet morning golfers completing their splash rich rounds.

While the number of Tee Setters shrank from the 49 who had registered to just 43 in the flesh, presumably as a result of the weather, we again dodged a bullet as the rain stopped at the start of play which had been brought forward a little thanks to sound organisation and an efficient starter. This set the pattern for a well-paced round of golf with most back in the clubhouse before 4pm and the next downpour.

The flow of Newcomers to Tee Set continued with four new faces and some memorable welcome backs led by Neil Maclean after 144 weeks and Chris Till after 136 –  with Chris denying that he had ever played with us before and insisting he should be another Newcomer!!

We have the records Chris – 1st July 2012 at Permata Sentul – and you didn’t get a skirt!

Pondok Cabe again impressed Tee Setters – a sound design means that every hole presents a challenge.  A few of the greens were a little bare and it is not as manicured as the more expensive courses but offers excellent value for money – not least in the restaurant with its good food and drink at reasonable prices.

Just seven Tee Setters were to qualify for the free and very large bottles of Bintang on offer for those turning up in full 2014 Tee Set Championship regalia – and also possessed of the requisite Tee Set towel. Full marks to Nicky Moir for managing to somehow bring the whole lot from Scotland in order to qualify!

To add to the fun, the Former President of Almost Everything brought along a few bottles of happy water to celebrate Lis’s birthday and, with Lis there, he was to leave for home rather unaccustomedly early 🙂

Recent work on bunkering and cart paths have improved the course, although the Web Guy chose to freestyle wildly off the paths, throwing Mrs Pie from side to side and at one stage running over his own ball – yes the bright yellow one!  Tee Set’s favourite on-course Warung lady was once more a highlight on the 3rd, glamorous as always, and slowing play on that particular tee as Tee Setters and caddies stopped for drinks and gorengan.

The Play

The scores today showed once again that Pondok Cabe presents a fair test of golf with many in the field shooting close to their handicap but few below it.

Nicky Moir took out low gross with an impressive 80 (net 69) with Graham McGeady (net 72), Tom Grace (net 69) and Cucu Chandra (net 70) winning Low Net in the grades. Jess Kindler’s net 70 was his best round for a long while and he was desperately unlucky to miss out to Cucu in the C Grade on the dreaded countback. Keep at it, Jess!!

Amongst the lesser awards, Koen’s startling 15 shot improvement on the homeward nine was the stand out while in a rare moment of Tee Set controversy, first par over 30 was almost gifted to Mike Harling before an alert audience pointed out his handicap was under 30 and, before Mike could wave the 100k note around, it was quickly handed to its rightful owner in Lina Bunter.

Chris Lever again featured in the money with a miserly 26 putts while Alistair Livingston did well snatched 1st Birdie on only his second hole.

In a very healthy day for the Tee Set coffers, there were 4 skirts led by regular cross dressers Suermondt, Harling and Kaempf who were to be joined by a Wally Walters whose playing partners declared his a “muscular skirt” – with his tee shot viciously rocketing into a tee side barrier fence before cannoning back to the ladies’ tee at frightening speed.

Most Strokes is not usually a big money-maker for us but today was to be a little different with 7, yes seven, players contriving to take 10 on a hole and having to pony up 50,000 apiece for the smiling Treasurer to put to future good use 🙂

Albert Ong celebrated his Tee Set debut by winning Monster Putter and modelling the new Monster Putter mask.  Finally, three of the week’s cross dressers were joined by three other honest souls to share Most Strokes with 10.

Also of note was that for the first time in a long time, Leona did not feature in the prize awards; but only because she didn’t play of course.

Interleague

With Interleague starting on 22 February, the Former President of Almost Everything has now assumed the Interleague Captaincy after the Vice President for Golf Economics relieved himself (of the duty).

Ric is actively scouting potential Tee Setters of different handicaps to represent us in our quest to win the 2015 Interleague title.  Selection will be on the basis of form, team balance, and willingness to pay the hefty Jagorawi green fees.

2015 Tee Set Matchplay

Yep, the months roll along and its time to start thinking about the 2015 Tee Set Matchplay already.

The format is the same but a little different this year with the first round match up based upon USGA handicaps with 1 playing 2, 3 playing 4 and so on down the line which will avoid early on mismatches but will make it more fun later.

Fernando has once again taken on the poisoned chalice of organising the Matchplay again this year, a particularly welcome development given the excellent fist he made of it all in 2014 🙂

100,000 roops to register and with 6 already signed up today so sign up below to get yourself into one of Tee Set’s Premier competitions – and many would argue the most pure and fun form of the game of golf,

Settle up with Brenda next time you see here.

Next up

Next week sees our very first Monthly Medal at Imperial Golf Klub, the first of six and, in addition to the Monthly Medal prizes, we will also be competing for the “eclectic format” Imperial Champion and place getters over the six-week period. We may even remember to bring the Closest to the Pin and Longest Drive banners.

An “eclectic” tournament is a multi-round golf tournament that results in one 18-hole score per player. Each golfer plays X number of rounds and compares his or her score on each hole per round. The lowest score made on each hole is recorded, producing an 18-hole score.  So the more rounds you play the more chance you have of lowering your score on a particular hole.

Over the 6 weeks at Imperial for example, next Sunday you might score a 6 on hole No. 1; in May, you score a 7 and in July, you score a 4. You would therefore record an eclectic score of 4 on that hole.  Your handicap would be applied to your combined eclectic score for the full 18 holes. The winner and place are determined by, well, we are sure you can guess …

Get yourself signed up for the Monthly Medal at the delightful Imperial here, tee off at 12:00 and with green fees of a relatively modest 750,000 roops for such a fine course

See ya at Imperial!! ….. Tee Set