The Day

A total of thirty players was described as a quiet day for Tee Set compared to recent attendances but at least ten regulars were at Jags with interleague.  With the Singing President playing solo in Bandung, the VP for Almost Everything captaining Interleague at Jags and the Web Guy being a good dad, VP Mel and Brenda took charge and did a top job.

Right from the start of play the dark clouds circled the course and the regular rumble of thunder threatened, and although there were some spots throughout the day to slightly help cool the steamy conditions, the heavens did not fully open up until around 4.30 when greens became small lakes and unplayable.

First group off  were impressed with the lack of players in front of them and their 1.5 hour time to complete the first 9 holes. This joy quickly dissipated when they reached the 10th to find that at least 4 to 5 groups had been inserted ahead of them, for a long wait to start the second 9. Protests to the Marshall with the limited Bahasa Indonesian the four had between them proved unfruitful, and there was no other choice but to down a Bintang and make use of the time by getting to know the caddies better and improving the Bahasa  skills for future such occurrences. Interesting to note that we played our first ever round at Modern in January 2012 when the Starter started as he intended to carry on and has never wavered 😦

Unfortunately many flights could not finish the last 2 or 3 holes which caused the usual confusion with how to complete the scorecards. (To avoid future confusion we will post the rules surrounding this on the website shortly). The other downside was the sudden retreat of all players to the showers simultaneously making for a huge conga line snaking through the men’s locker room waiting for showers, made longer by the relatively small number of showers at Modern. It was lucky that most had already had a natural shower and only needed a quick 20 seconds under the hot water to take off the chill before changing.

A big Tee Set welcome to Luke.

With 4 weeks being the longest break for welcome backs, sorry guys you don’t get special mention this week but are recognised below.

A very special welcome back to the Tee Set Monkey however, found after a brief holiday abroad.

The Play

The shower line was long, but the number of skirts short with only 3 cross dressers this week, absent VP Mel the King of Skirts. The relatively short distance to the red tees on most holes contributed to the low skirt count, with only a totally botched drive preventing passing the ladies tee. Craig Edwards showed his group exactly what was necessary  on the final Par 3, after basking in the glory of a birdie on the previous Par 4 after a brilliant chip in “gobbler”, he hit the ground a foot before the ball, and came crashing down to earth as his ball dribbled forward a few feet. Joined here by Mike.

With hubby Ric captaining Interleague to a stunning comeback win (below), Liz Wymer took the spotlight and was beaming after a lightning round for someone so new to the sport, winning the prize for 1st par over 30 on her second hole, and just being one off low puts prize for the day with a 29. When asked by the VP on the day how she achieved such a low putt count, Liz attributed it to her new 3 Wood!! He assumed she had misheard the question and thought he had asked about her low gross score overall, and not that she had discovered a better putting stick. All about confidence that a new club brings…hati hati hubby, looks like some more spending coming up!

Mo took off early after having the lowest gross round of the day.  Jaco  was awarded Low Net A grade, Tom had an excellent net 62 to take out Low B Grade and Cucu won Low C Grade and shared the lead with the low putts count with Gerald (first pictured below).

Rounding off the prizes were the two Tonys – Tony Howarth taking most improved with 10 strokes improvement (sleepy first nine?) and Tony “Tank” Gleeson with first birdie.  Carm Gleeson didn’t reach the 40 putt limit to win Monster putter and Mike’s Most Strokes didn’t attract a photo this week, but he looks great in the wig above.

More photos of a wet and windy day can be found on the Tee Set Gallery  while more detailed, player by player results are here.

Interleague

After a 10 nil drubbing at the hands of Tip Cups last month, Tee Set were out to prove they are still contenders for 2016 and not just a one off wonder. The former President of Most Things and current Interleague Captain came up with a new master plan mixing up some solid performers from previous rounds with younger unblooded players. This in conjunction with matching up a low handicapper with a higher handicapper could not have worked any better and Tee Set shut out the Sentul Swingers before they even got going.

Murcho in singles dispatched former Bali Classic winner Lucas 4/3 and in the other singles Diviya held his nerve this time to take out Vigo 2 up. In the first doubles match Anlo was welcomed back after a month away and teamed up with Captain Ric to shut the door early on Alistair and Ari with a 9 and 8 win, Jags club member Joseph played inspired golf and with Chris Lever as partner won against Richard and Andrew 4 and 3. Joseph also took out nearest to the pin and longest drive with a 260m bomb.

Their excellent rounds at BSD last week earned Sudhir and Aditya selection for the first time and they did their team proud by beating Howard and Dave 4 and 3.  Selection is based on performance so they may end up as regulars for some time to come. All in all a great effort and a great day out only spoilt by the bumper to bumper 2 hour slog back to Jakarta.

Next up

Monthly Medal and Eclectic time again at Imperial Golf Klub with a K, 11.48 start, 770,000Rp. Register here as usual.