The Day

Cengkareng is one of Tee Set’s favourite courses as the firm course conditions and well trained caddies usually make for excellent scoring opportunities followed by a few relaxing frozen Margaritas in the club house afterwards to share the stories of the day. This Sunday was no exception as 33 Tee Setters and their 8 Par 5 guests from Bali arrived under clear blue skies to enjoy our usual Sunday game in addition to the 3rd and final round of 2017’s Battle Royale. More of the latter below.

The excellent conditions led to a host of great rounds and the day was rounded off with a BBQ as the results of the day and the Battle Royale II event were announced just as the sun set on what was an excellent day of golf.

Two new comers, Grant Lutz and Eric Flores, were given a warm Tee Set welcome and we look forward to seeing you at future events soon along with Nick Thomas who was our longest welcome back after 25 weeks.

The Play

After last week’s blank, the Treasurer, VP of Almost Everything Ric Wymer, was pleased to see a healthy list of skirts with Al Livingston, Jaroslav Gaisler, John Suermondt, Mick Dodsworth, Nick Thomas, Richard Green and Vanco Pop-Petrovski all contributing their fines.

Showing his rustiness after 25 weeks away, Nick Thomas also won Monster Putter for his 44 strokes on the greens. Although avoiding a second fine due to the 1 fine rule, he missed out on recouping his losses for 1st Par => 30 Handicap as he was OB at the prize giving to the benefit of Kim Pham who took home the prize for her Par on hole 4.

Newcomer Grant Lutz shook off his first 9 troubles to shave an impressive 13 strokes over his second 9 to win Most Improved; just pipping  Rusty Witwer who came home 12 strokes better – no doubt as a result of not repeating the 12 strokes on one hole which instead resulted in a fine for Most Strokes.

Simon Reynolds was awarded Low Gross for his equal best of the day 75 which also saw Nick Gleeson take home 1st Sandy on the one prize rule for his effort on hole 9. A glitch in the processing on the day saw Joseph D’Cruz overlooked under the same 1 prize rule for Low Putts and Ryan Shepherd for First Birdie, with Pieter Nielen-Groen only recognized for their efforts on hole 2. The Treasurer may fix you up next week if you talk nicely to him!

The Low Net prizes reflected the perfect firm and fast scoring conditions with 5 of the players at the top of their respective grades recording their best ever Tee Set rounds. Honourable mentions to Efsi Hayati, who could console herself with the only Eagle of the day scored on hole 6, and Nick Thomas for breaking 100 with Tee Set for the first time.

However, the prizes for Low Net went to Lis Wymer (also her first round under 100 with Tee Set),  Wina Nugraha and President Roger Finnie for their net scores of 67, 67 and 65 in C, B and A grades, respectively.

As usual the detailed results of the day can be found here and pictures of the day here.

Battle Royale II

Saturday and Sunday saw the second installment of our now annual match against Par 5 Club, Bali. Unfortunately with a few late cancellations, Par 5 arrived with only 8 players but thanks to an enthusiastic response from our Tee Set members, we were able to supplement their numbers and also have 20 Tee Setters participate over the week-end.

Saturday morning’s 4-Balls saw Tee Set take a 4-2 lead which they held during the afternoon scramble format as the teams shared the spoils 3-3. This left everything to play for on Sunday with Tee Set needing at least 3 1/2 points from the 8 available to win the Battle Royale Cup won last year by Par 5 Club on home turf in Bali.

Led from the front by Captain Roger Finnie’s best ever round of 75 to pip Par 5 Captain Tony Franco 1 up and supported by wins across each of the flights, Tee Set ran out winners 12-8. More importantly, friendships made last year were renewed and new acquaintances formed over the 54 holes of match-play and a few beers in the club house afterwards.

This led to Par 5 throwing out the challenge for next year in Bali after presenting Tee Set with the Cup. Look out for Battle Royale III in 2018.

A big thank you was given to the Cengkareng staff for hosting the event this year and to all of the participants for making it an excellent week-end of golf.

Next Up: Monthly Medal and Eclectic Cycle VI final round

Next Sunday sees us return to Padang Modern Golf for the August Monthly medal where you have the chance to succeed last month’s first time winner, Jaroslav Gaisler, in taking home the winners medal, getting your name immortalized on the Monthly Medal Shield as well as receiving a Rp1juta golf voucher sponsored by Grand Slam Golf.

This Sunday is also the last round of the current cycle of the Eclectic. With 4 players tied at the top and a further 6 players within 6 strokes, there is all to play for in succeeding Craig Edwards as the Eclectic champion from Cycle V. For those in contention, you can check out your opportunities to improve your scores here.

Due to a morning competition, we will have a slightly later tee time of 12.30pm with a shotgun start over 10 holes to enable everyone to get around comfortably. If you are interested to join for the reasonable price of Rp770,000 including cart please sign up here.

Tee Set Match-Play

A reminder to the 8 players left in the match-play that there are just 2 weeks left to complete the bracket semi-finals. The last date to complete the round is 3rd September so if you do not wish the Match-Play Supremo, James Ross, to adjudicate the winner please arrange to complete your match before the cut-off date. As usual, there are no exceptions and it is up to the players to sort out the arrangements to play before the cut off date.