The Day
Constant rain caused a number of late cancellations but the 46 Tee Setters who braved the weather stayed dry and found the course in remarkably good condition, except for the bunkers, which had not yet drained. It was humid for sure but cooler than usual. Welcome to Romeo for your first round and welcome back to Ronald after 87 weeks, Olivier after 13 weeks, Bags after 12 weeks eating his way through his home leave, KK and Reka and not to be left out the Web Guy who has been hiding in his computer room working on stats for 5 or 6 weeks. Reka was also kind enough to sponsor prizes for the day from her restaurant/bar “Our Place” – see classifieds. As usual Imperial offered excellent facilities and service and people made a full day of the hospitality.
The Play
The Monthly Medal is a stableford event and is calculated on points awarded to the net score per hole: 1 point for a net bogey, 2 for a net par, 3 for a net birdie, 4 for a net eagle and 5 for a net albatross (or double eagle). We had at least one net albatross this round, with Craig Edwards capping an otherwise frustrating round with a 5 pointer on the par 5 9th hole (gross birdie). Confusion among some on the scoring system meant that we have revised the awards for this week after the presentation. Winners will be recognised here and next week at Cengkareng.
The Monthly Medal winner for February is KK with 39 points after some excellent driving and iron play, especially on the front nine. KK has been busy starting up his ticketing business which was last month’s sponsor of the medal. Unfortunately UB40 cancelled for security fears leaving winner Andrew having to be content to 2 free tickets to the Jaya Pub to see the Singing President or to Geoff’s birthday to see the Band from Bandung….
The net prizes were rearranged to recognize Bas (Jaturaporn) as C Grade Net winner on 76, the Singing President as B Grade winner on 72 and Murcho as A Grade winner also on 72 who won on a countback from Joe, Roger and Rasmus, all on even par. Not to be denied a prize and heading most tables including lowest putts, Rasmus won low gross with 81.
Joe picked up first birdie after Jiro took the prize for first sandy. Roger was awarded Low Putts with Art to be recognised next week (long story…but it all ends happily ever after). Santi was the Long Drive Winner and Simon hit a beauty to within 12 feet of the pin on the island green, only to three putt. Isa and the Web Guy shared Most Improved with 8 strokes, and, in one of the many stories of the day, perennial runner up Pascal won First Par Over 30 without even knowing it, thanks to after round scoring revisions.
There were skirts a plenty, the highlight being Bags first skirt since joining Tee Set. Fresh back from a break in golf, Bags coupled the skirt with an interesting score return on one of the par 4s – a 7/5 – yes two on, five putts. The Web Guy must have been contemplating the standard deviation of the participants and forgot to join the photo so we gave him his own…fetching. King got lost with a 12 on one hole and Lis and Joe shared Monster Putter, with Joe on 38 stableford points wondering what might have been if he putted straight.
For more great photos thanks to Pascal and Brenda, click here.
Tee Set Matchplay
This was the cut off week for completing matches in the first non elimination round. Fernando handed the first win of the day to Craig on a forfeit. Reports had him spotted in the company of the infamous virus twins, Cold and Flu, the night before and still recovering. Another early casualty and the first KO was Chris who had to withdraw early on in his match with Stuart due to injury. Best wishes to both El Guapo and Chris for speedy returns. A few other concessions have also been recorded.
In the battle of the 2015 Prez and Vice Prez, Craig and Simon lined up on the first, still laughing after seeing Pascal losing his club on an enthusiastic practice swing and almost decapitating the group in front. The Singing President promptly hit his first drive 9m to claim a skirt but, to the disbelief of those watching, went on to win the hole and eventually the match 7 and 5. The handicap difference of 15 made it tough for Simon and the usual claims of “burglar” could be heard from the gallery.
A number of regular interleaguers from various teams played their rounds. Interleague MVP Murcho schooled newcomer to matchplay, John, with a steady 5 and 3 win. Miserly putter Mark took on two time Matchplay Champion Bags and put the heat on at the right times to win 4 and 2. Interleague stalwarts Chris and Joe won their matches 1 Up and 4 &2 against Renny and Tom respectively. Chris photographed here, clearly happy with his narrow win.
Santi outplayed Jaco with a solid 3 and 2 result.
And now a report from the players, thanks Bushy. After a few weeks off to celebrate the birth of a new Bushy, Peter returned to play Mike in their battle. Bushy jumped out to a 2 hole lead after 2 holes but that was as big as the lead was for either player all afternoon. There were some comments before play in the clubhouse about some players possibly throwing their first game so that they go into the “easier” side of the draw but in our game we were not trying to lose but just both happened to be playing some very ordinary golf, the race to the bottom being highlighted by a half on the 18th (9th as played) with two 10’s, when both of us each put 2 balls in the water. Mike held a 1 or 2 hole lead for most of the back 9 before a par by Bushy on the 8th squared things up with 1 hole to play. Some more scratchy golf led to Bushy winning the hole with 7 to Mike’s 8 to claim a 1 Up win.
Matchplay El Supremo James reminds everyone to email results to him, even in the event of a concession or default, and even if your match is reported on here. Your next match will not be scheduled until you advise the result by email. To follow the matchplay draw, click here. If your name is not there then email James…perhaps your result was not notified by email 🙂
Tee Set Eclectic
Round 2 of the 3rd cycle of the Eclectic was played. Results from Round 1 are now on the Eclectic Page. Progress after round 2 will be posted next week.
Next Up
We are back to the very popular Cengkareng next Sunday, so register early here to help ensure an early tee time.
There have been a number of other changes to the schedule, which will be announced next week in full. BSD has offered a good deal so we want to fit that option in. The Rancamaya weekend is also moving from May to September. Finally, we are also waiting to confirm the DOGS v Tee Set team event which we hope to fit into the DOGS calendar at Rancamaya during Ramadan.
Tee Set 