The Day

After most players got there early due to the light Ramadan traffic, Padang Golf Modern once more provided our 42 Tee Setters a great day by allowing us to avoid their morning tournament by giving us a semi-shotgun start on the first 5 holes. The strategy worked well, as even though we had to stop play for around 30 minutes during a torrential downpour, we all finished in good time. The only problem, apparently only noticed by some, was the fuel stench after the rain we couldn’t figure emanated from where!

Additionally Modern was nice enough to print us free of charge new banners for our Nearest to the PIN and Longest Drive holes, the former pictured above.

We had 2 Newcomers this week: the lovely South-African couple Minda and Rudie Basson who said they had a great day and would definitely be back, to whom we wish a warm Tee Set welcome.

We also had some Welcome Backs worth mentioning, lead by Jeffri Samosir after 59 weeks, followed by the jovial John Steger after 26 weeks and Chakkapong Yingwattan and Dia Meta Sari after 23 weeks.

The Play

To his apparent surprise Mark Johnson won Low Net A Grade for his net 72. Karan Khetan, who was in the shower so missed the picture, won Low Net B Grade with 72 on a count-back from Anna Wilson. While Dia Meta Sari won Low Net C Grade for her excellent net 69, on a count-back from Paisan Thanasitsomboon.

Stuart Wigley won Low Gross for his superb 81 off the stick.

Thanks to the one prize rule, Roger Finnie and Wina Nugraha were both awarded Low Putts with 26.

Jan Albeck won First Birdie on his 1^st hole.

John Steger won First Sandy Par on his 13^th hole.

First Par Over 30 was awarded to Paisan Thanasitsomboon for his effort on his 3^rd hole.

Efsi Hayati and Geoff Thwaites both won Most Improved for shaving 10 shots on their back nine.

For our Monthly Medal only awards, long hitter Tony Howarth won Longest Drive with 240 meters, while Stuart Wigley secured Closest to the Pin for his effort that was measured as 2.25 meters but he claimed was much closer.

And the biggest prize of them all, the Monthly Medal, was awarded to Laurie O’Connor for his 44 Stableford points accumulated during the best round of the day with his fantastic net 64. His great performance might also help his recent campaign to distance himself from his O’Threeputt moniker, as he only needed 28 putts today. For his performance Laurie will get his name engraved on our Monthly Medal Shield and received a medal and a 1,000,000 Rp voucher for Grand Slam Golf merchandise (paid in half by GSG and half by Tee Set).

Once more our Monster Putter Monkey stayed in the bag, or should I say was thrown back in the bag by VP Ric, as nobody deserved a picture with it, since everybody had a good day on the greens given the highest number of putts was a respectable 36.

Most Strokes was shared by Geoff Thwaites and John Suermondt for their 12 shots on a hole, John avoiding the fine as you will see below he had also collected a skirt, he did pay for.

Probably inspired by yours truly rare feat of not getting any skirt on the day, Modern only produced 4 skirts today, for: John Suermondt, the colorful Manfred Borer, Stefan Thiele who managed to avoid the photo and more surprisingly the long hitting and hairier than normal Tony Howarth.

You can enjoy more pictures of the day here and consult the player by player results here.

Other News

Tee Set Match Play

Sunday 3 more matches of the third round of our 2017 Match Play competition were completed, during which:

Divya Prakash Ahuja, who pulled a LIFO (Last In First Out) yesterday, edged Tom Alcedo 2 and 1.
Tony Howarth who had seen his early lead disappear, finished strong to defeat Chris Murchison 2 up.
Roger Finnie bested Manfred Borer 2 and 1.

For those concerned, even though you still have until June 25 to complete this round, you are encouraged to do so as early as possible, for more details consult our Match Play page.

Rancamaya Weekend vs. D.O.G.S.

The registrations for the hotel rooms and BBQ for this great June 10 and 11 weekend are now closed, but for those of you who will just want to join us for the Sunday round you will be able to register next week using the normal webpage.