The Day
Sunday saw Tee Set return to Kedaton where we last played in October as the rainy season was just commencing. This week however was in stark contrast with the 21 Tee Setters who turned out being welcomed by bright sunshine and perfect weather. Geoff “The Weather Whisperer” Thwaites explained that the wind had turned yesterday to the East after a couple of weeks of heavy rain thus signaling the official start of the dry season; a fact we all hope will mean dryer courses for the next few months, as was Kedaton yesterday.
Kedaton was in great condition with the fairways providing some extra run and the greens rolling fast and true; meaning we all enjoyed a good and challenging round with only Dave Chew managing to record a net under par round.
We had no Newcomer, but two serious Welcome Backs for Jan Gramm and my old friend Torben Olsen after a massive 83 weeks and we also welcomed home Jaco Zaayman and Neil Mullins from their travels since the Tee Set Championship 14 weeks ago.
Sadly we also said good-bye to the cigar-loving Anlo du Pisani who played his last Tee Set round (for now hopefully) before heading off to a new position in Nigeria. We all wished Anlo Bon Voyage, gave him a Tee Set golf shirt as a parting gift for his continued support of Tee Set, and he also gave a speech to thank all the Tee Set family for helping him enjoy golf here in Jakarta since joining us in 2013.
The Play
Axel Hertzke won Low Net A Grade for his net 73, Dave Chew won Low Net B Grade with his excellent net 68, while Lis Wymer won Low Net C Grade for her 74.
As Axel had already won a prize, Roger Finnie was awarded Low gross for his 87 off the stick.
The returning Jaco Zaayman showed he hadn’t lost his touch and won Low Putts with 30.
First Birdie was not awarded this week as two that had managed to record one already won another prize and the third was OB.
First Sandy Par was awarded to the returning Neil Mullins for his effort on his 11th hole.
First Par Over 30 was also not awarded this week, as the only that would have qualified for this category, Lis failed to record one and had anyway won another prize.
Most Improved was shared between Glen Menyennett and Torben Olsen for both shaving 11 shots on their back nine.
Most Strokes went to Jonathan Quek for his 10 shots on a hole.
Once more the Tee Set Monkey stayed in his bag this week, as the less coveted Monster Putter was not awarded since nobody needed 40 putts or more, given everybody actually handled the Kedaton greens very well with a maximum of 38 swings of the Flatstick .
And more surprisingly the Tee Set Skirt also stayed in the bag this week, as nobody failed to pass the ladies tees, no doubt helped by the fact yours truly didn’t play.
You can enjoy more pictures of the day here and consult the player by player results here.
Other News
Bogor Golf Club 130th Tournament
The Bogor Golf Club (not Bogor Raya) will hold their 130th Tournament on March 24 and 25, 2017 (Friday and Saturday) and have a few places left, so if you are interested please contact Aisha Sofyan at +62 812-8484-8147 or aisha@asiaservindonesia.com for more details.
Schedule
As you know our Tee Set Schedule is always changing to reflect courses constraints, players’ preferences and new deals we manage to arrange, including a new one we just stroke with one of our most popular courses last year, Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) at 999k including cart, we found reasonable for a course of that caliber and will now visit 4 times this year, so you are encouraged to regularly consult our “Schedule” page on our website.
Next Up
A return to one of our most popular venues, Cengkareng (and its famous frozen margaritas) at 770,000 Rp with a tee off time of 12:00, so please register here.
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