Pangkalan Jati, Sunday May 24th 2015

The day

Smallest turnout for a long time, affected by both the Interleague at Jags and we suspect a bit of golf fatigue after the Rancamaya weekend,

No worries however as the 15 Tee Setters who did play had a fine day at Pangkalan Jati in just about perfect weather – and with only Neil Mullins succumbing to the vagaries of the Sunday market on Fatmawati and arriving a tad late

Hot and relatively dry recent weather provided great long driving conditions – and those conditions hadn’t yet affected the greens which were in as good a shape as they have ever been.

Two matchplays got played on the day with the Jelineks having mixed fortunes, Jan beating John Suermondt 1 up while, while Leona went down by the same score to Doug McQuater – both matches going down to the line!

The play

Well done to long time Tee Setter Clyde Wickiser for showing there is plenty of life left in the old dog by convincingly taking Low Net overall with a net par 72!

With the grown-ups away at Jags, Sofree took advantage to take Low Gross with 89 off the stick while with a small field, 30 putts was good enough to win Low Putts for Neil Mullins.

Small supplement to the treasury funds today, after the big hit it took last week at Rancamaya, from cross-dressers Karel Horak and Chris Till while Chris’ wife Maya took Most Strokes with 11 – Maya was however to balance the household budget by winning Most Improved on her own, with a 9 strokes improvement on the back.

Interleague

The all-conquering Tee Set continued their march towards glory today, led from behind by Captain Courageous Ric against Loose Impediments though it was all a little like a Tee Set Derby with Jiro, Tom Alcedo and Chris Smith all present in the Loose Impediments team.

Ever the creative skipper, Ric tried new combinations, splitting whizz kids Barbora and Daniel, pairing good friends Joe and Anlo and forming “Chris Squared” with Murcho and Lever.

Simon Reynolds joined Barbora as the singles ‘team’ and delivered an all square result against fellow Tee Setter Chris Smith who had brought along his best golf game with him, while Barbora took out the crafty Tom Alcedo 3 and 1. Great results as they were conceding 30 shots between them!

Joe and Anlo built further on their flawless records in demoralising the opposition with some uncanny birdies for a 4 and 3 win. The Singing President was driven around (some might say carried) around the course by 9 year old Daniel who shot a 95 in his first round ever round off the white tees. As he wondered if he could make it over the hazards on some holes, Daniel gave no cause for complaint from the opposition and plenty of cause for celebration as he helped square a tough match in which 10 holes were squared. The combination that shone brightest, however, was Chris Squared… a Kiwi and a Brit from beyond the Wall ….more dour a combination you could not find … combining brilliantly for a crushing 6 and 4 win.

All in all it was a great day with the 8-2 result extending Tee Set’s lead to 7 over closest rivals Tin Cups, a team we will play next month in what will essentially be the grand final.

Next up

Sunday 31st May – and if you guessed the Monthly Medal at Imperial with a K then you would be right!

Tee off from 1 & 10 some unspecified time after 11:46 as usual – and with green fees of 750,000 roops including shared chariot.

All the usual prizes plus a 500,000 meat voucher from Slaney the Butcher (and Ric really has them to give out now, honest!) and 6 of Santi’s best for Nearest to the Pin as ever.

Sunday is of course also the fourth of six rounds of the 2015 Tee Set Eclectic.