The great day is nearly upon us and, despite the absence in Singapore of Tournament Director Ric Wymer, all is fully-under-control-chaos with his Whatsapp red-hot working overtime in whipping the dilatory into shape from afar.
The club itself will be taking your 1,000,000Rp participation fee on arrival, nothing more to pay. We had something of an issue with the club cashier last time we were there so, please, make sure you receive and keep your receipt to avoid any problems.
As you pay, you will be handed a voting slip for the election of the President and Vice President positions, please complete this as soon as you have made your mind up and put it into the clearly and professionally marked box thoughtfully provided.
Details of your locker number are posted on the notice boards along with your flight details, handicap etc. Your locker will have your name on it and inside will be an assortment of goodies thanks to our sponsors, and most importantly your super stylish 2016/17 Tee Set shirt. Please put it on straight away.
The earliness of the hour means that we will provide a solid breakfast and heart-starters in the shape of Bloody Marys and Jack Calcote’s legendary smoothies, just to get you in prime condition for the rigors of the day.
The first of those rigors will be the taking of team photos and the drone video which will happen promptly at 06:45 after which you should find your cart and get to your allocated tee in time for the shotgun going off at 7am on the dot. PLEASE make sure you are changed into your new shirt before the photo!!
The Championships are a stroke play event. Gimmie circles will be marked to allow consistency in conceding putts. Putts should be given if any part of the ball is touching the circle.
Inputting and validating scores takes a while with a field as large as we have for the Championship, so it is even more important than usual that you FULLY complete your cards and hand them over to Brenda as soon as you have checked and added them up – and BEFORE showering!!
After showering it is downhill all the way with the usual spread of exotic foods and beverages to be consumed to the sound of the Band from Bandung doing their thing courtesy of sponsor Geoff T and Kojo. On the question of beverages, the first to be finished in recent years have been the frozen Margaritas, however this will NOT happen in 2016. Guaranteed.
Prizes will be provided for Lowest Net (Champion), Runner Up and Low Gross (the George Bevege Trophy). There will also be new perpetual trophies for Matchplay Champion, won this year by James Ross and the Eclectic Champion, won this cycle by Jaturaporn Pikanbul. It is important to note that, as always, the Handicap related prizes can only be won by players with an official Tee Set handicap who have played at least 5 times since the last Championship. There will also be yearly “top of the table” prizes – based on some very sharp analysis by the Web Guy, which you will see posted on the walls, skills prizes for longest drive and nearest to the pin, and oodles and oodles of door prizes.
The Singing President will then step down and the election of the President and Vice Presidents will take place.
And then the games begin. Something of a tradition has grown up at the Championship for an intensely disorganised and informal “Tee Set’s Got Talent” comp starting up after the prize giving and we are not about to discourage the variety of Tee Setters who get up to exercise their vocal ch0rds and much else besides – quite the contrary as there will be a bottle of wine of your choice for the biggest talent we see in the first hour – chosen by rather undemocratic open outcry of course, so get your mates lined up. If you are still able to stand by sunset, you can join the three club challenge played over two holes.
Finally, if you suddenly discover that you cannot play for whatever reason, then it is absolutely essential that you let us know immediately.
See ya at the Championship! … Tee Set
PS don’t forget to set your alarm before you go to sleep on Saturday night!
PPS LATE BREAKING NEWS
Last minute drop outs meant that we can offer a couple of places that have become available ….. contact us here if you are up to the rigors of Tee Set’s premier day. First come first served.
Oh…and Laurie O’Three Putt has a Matoa golf membership and a house for sale/lease – we tried to get him to donate both as prizes but for some reason he wasn’t feeling that generous – for details, click here.
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Thanks for the prompt notice` What will the fee be for current Matoa members, normally approx 400,000 rp less` Can I have the new shirt colour to arrange matching cap? regards Laurie
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Laurie, it’s a little complicated. We have a rate for players up to 90 people and then its higher for each player after that, so we will want to count you as one of the over 90 so we are not charged. As a member, how much do you normally pay? Re shirt – sorry it’s a deeply guarded secret to be revealed only on the opening of your locker door or if some early bird already has theirs on – I can tell you it’s not green – but you will need to take the risk of being unco-ordinated, colour wise that is. Drop me an email if you are desperate and I may spill the beans.