The Day

Sunday saw us return to Padang Modern for the October Monthly medal and as has become customary we had a semi-shot gun start off 5 holes at 12pm following the morning’s play albeit with fairly short notice. In addition to the Monthly Medal, Sunday also saw the final of the Match-Play played between Jari Antikainen and Tony Howarth and please read further below for the report.

Having set up for a 2 tee start, we got everybody up and out for our 12pm shot-gun to find the heavens opening up for a short burst of rain. However, by the time most people got half way down the first hole the rain had stopped and although it threatened a couple of times to return, we were able to finish without any interruptions. The subsequent muggy conditions must have slowed us down as the round was a slightly longer than normal taking over 5 hours and thus resulting in a quick shower and change being needed before the prize giving.

No new-comers this week, despite the contrary mentioned below, with Mark Blake after 65 weeks being our biggest welcome back, followed by Ronald Dimaculangan and Mark Mongold.

Although Halloween was almost upon us and despite the offer of a sponsors prize from Coach Ken Runyon, there were no takers on the dress up front. However Ken kindly donated the prize of a free hours golf lesson to be given to the highest grossing player on the day. Ken also offered a free 15 minute clinic to all Tee Set members so a huge thank you to Ken and his team at Accel Golf for their support. Please refer to the Classified Page for details on how to contact Ken to make your booking.

Match Play Final

Fresh off completing the Jakarta Half Marathon in the morning, Jari Antikainen, winner of the Kuning Bracket, took on Emas Bracket winner Tony Howarth in the final of the Tee Set Match-Play. A close game ensued with the finalists turning all square and the outcome still uncertain heading down the 18th fairway. Leading going into the final hole, Jari was able to get up and down for a safe par and secure the 2017 Match-Play Championship 2-Up. Congratulations to Jari for his victory and to Tony for reaching the final. Their trophies will be awarded at the Tee Set championships and a big thank you to James Ross for his smooth running of the event again this year.

The (Rest of the) Play

The prize of 1 hour’s free golf lesson went to Andrew Chee for his 117 strokes on the day, compensating his full house of booby prizes which saw him also record Monster Putter (not awarded as less than 40 putts), Most Strokes (11) and a skirt. The skirt was shared with 4 others, Jaco Zaayman, Michael Seabrook, Ronald Dimaculangan and Rudie Basson.

Ronald, Most Improved with 11, and Michael, First Par for >=30 Handicap, both managed to off-set their skirt fines.

Joining them in the prize circle was serial Low Putts winner, Mark Johnson for his impressive 24 strokes with the flat stick and Best Gross winner Mark Blake for his 79 off the stick. First Birdie was awarded to joint winners David Baglivo and Roger Finnie for their effort on hole 3 and First Sandy went to Anna Wilson for her effort on hole 6.

Barbora Gaislerova (71), Mike Webb (73) and John Suermondt (70) won Low Net A, B  and C divisions, respectively, with John slipping out just before the prize giving and this missing out on his picture.

Nearest the Pin was won by Barbora for her effort which stopped 2m from the hole and Tony Howarth was able to console himself in taking home long drive for his 245m effort.

Last and by no means least, the Monthly Medal saw our 3rd repeat winner of 2017 with Arthur Mallari returning after his summer break from Tee Set golf to secure October’s honours with 40 points.

Congratulations to Arthur for taking home the monthly medal and Grand Slam Golf voucher. Detailed player by player results can be found here and all the photos of the day here.

Finally a thank you to Brenda for all her efforts in making the day run smoothly as usual.

Next Up: Sunday 5th November @ BSD

Next Sunday sees us return to ever popular and excellent Bumi Serpong Damai course. We have a 12.30 start off 2 tees and the price is Rp999k including cart. If you wish to join us please sign up here.