The Day

With most of us starting before 4am and finishing well after dark, it was certainly a long day, but an extremely enjoyable one.  Congratulations and thanks to Tournament Director and Vice President (former Immediate Past President) for Almost Everything, Ric for organising an incredibly successful championships.  Thanks also to the Tee Set Championships Sponsors, helpers and staff at Matoa. And a big thanks to Web Guy Keith for an outstanding job on stats and banners…rewarded with a fine round of 66 net.

101 players started their rounds, a couple of notable last minute withdrawals and no-shows.

Enjoy the amazing photos of the day here covering most flights during the day and highlighting the diversity of the Tee Set group.

As you can imagine as the day developed, our photographer captured different sides of Tee Setters, this before, during and after sequence of Mustafa being a favourite.

The Play

Although there were no fines today, we could not resist from honouring the cross dressers in our mandatory skirt photo.

Cross dresser of the year, James, was given a special mention for the most skirts over the year, but also managed to have the Best Net Average, be a dual monthly medal winner and reach the matchplay final, to be beaten in a putt off by Anthony in the final.  Special thanks to Fernando “El Guapo” for organising the matchplay this year.  He will be handing the reigns over to James next year and take on the role of Interleague Committee Member and co-organiser of the 45 Hole challenge again we hope!

Simon had the Best Gross Average all year and it was fitting that he also took out the George Bevege Trophy for Low Gross with 74, his best score all year.  It was a fine performance including the Longest Drive at 260m.

Simon was undefeated in Interleague and served as Tee Set Vice President during 2015 while continuing to promote golf in Indonesia.

Well done Simon, George would be proud of you winning his trophy.

George was a big part of Tee Set and a big part of this year’s championship.  Some of his closest friends were there and a special banner and badges were made to remember him.  The emotion of him going is still quite raw for a lot of us so it was hard to put feelings into words…but we hope it is some comfort to George’s friends and family how much he meant to Tee Set and how his memory is now a permanent part of our Tee Set Championships Day.

Well done to Kees for first sandy par, Yati for longest drive for ladies, Murcho for first birdie (after others had other prizes) and Reka for first par over 30. Mo won Nearest to the Pin for the men and Barbora for the ladies.

There were some exceptional rounds played with Best Net for A, B and C grades going to 3 Tee Setters that play most weeks.  Neil produced his best round of the year with a 68 nett and came back with a full set of clubs, Daniel at 9 years of age continued to amaze with a gross 78 and net 63 and Jan again demonstrated his appetite for big game performances in a net 63.

Jan also became the inaugural Eclectic Champion, needing to hire a truck to take the perpetual trophy home for a few months so he can brag to visitors.

Future winners will be added to the trophy as we complete eclectic rounds.  The next round is well underway with Pascal leading and there will be another after that, allowing for 2 winners per year.  There is no discounting of handicaps so high handicappers get a chance to shine.

And now for the winners…..it was a tie with Jaturoporn and defending champion Jaco both shooting 61  (yes it always ridiculously low!) so we had to go to a countback, based on the best net score on the last nine holes played. For the second time running, Jaco is the Tee Set Champion…Ric clearly can’t believe it and Jaco’s playing partner Andre is left eating his hat.  Well done Jaco and so close Jaturoporn…..you have both caught the eye of the Handicap Committee!!

Monthly medal winners for the year were honoured as were the victorious Tee Set interleague team led by Captain Courageous Ric.

With presentations out of the way, Jeff and the gang entertained with some great classic tunes, assisted as usual by the usual guest stars…the Singing President having to explain his name, Billy Master Blaster Lloyd putting on another classic performance, Umaya and Yunita providing some class and talent, Cucu and Tom leading the dancing with Mustafa, Geoff shaking his tailfeather…and of course Malty…what more can we say.

A brilliant day thanks to all those who helped and to all who participated in a great spirit – making the most of the opportunity and forgiving the inevitable stuff up every now and then.  The day ended with the Sundown challenge – a three club event over two holes in the twilight…as you can see by the focus, this was not the best time for quality golf…but lots of fun.

Tee Set Elections

As we have said before, Tee Set is a limited democracy and only three nominations were offered and accepted for the roles of President and Vice President.  All were affirmed by a show of hands.  The Singing President is continuing for another year, Mel Cantarella and Ric Wymer will be Vice Presidents.  As mentioned above James Ross will take over as Matchplay El Supremo.  Wina has kindly agreed to continue as Course Co-ordinator.

Next Up

Wina  has managed to get a great deal at the popular Gading Raya at 750,000 Rp teeing off as soon as we can after 11am – to be confirmed.  Register here.