The Day

 Sunday saw around 35 Tee Setters head out to Matoa to get in some practise ahead of the Tee Set Championships which are now 12 days away. With DOGS playing at the same venue 28 of them were registered in the Tee Set competition and with the likelihood of rain later in the day, both groups were keen to get away early so we split the tees between the 2 groups.

Matoa members were also mostly keen to finish early so there was a quick turn-around on carts as the large group of early players came in and we went out but this did not stop some enterprising Tee Setters looking for other modes of getting around the course!

Indeed our fears of rain were well founded as the heavens opened and the siren went off as most groups had 2 or 3 holes left to play leaving the scorers needing to apply the equitable scoring method to complete the scores and calculate the winners on the day. However a special mention to VP Bill Lloyd and Richard Mau who bided their time with a few refreshments waiting out the rain and went out and finished their rounds after the storm abated.

2 new-comers this week and a warm Tee Set welcome to Matthew Allan and Dan Javier and we look forward to seeing you both back again soon.

The Play

Although Matoa yielded no skirts again with its friendly Blue to Red tee distances, the scores on the day were unusually high with only 1 round breaking net handicap. Congratulations to Divya Prakash Ahuja who shot an excellent 81 off the stick to score a net 69 and win Low Net A where he was joined by Singing President Craig Ewers (net 72) and Rusty Witver (net 75) as winners of Low Net B and C, respectively.

Low Gross went to Stuart Wigley for his equal best of the day 81 and Low Putts to James Ross for his excellent 26 shots with the flat stick.

John Suermondt maintained his winning run as First Par for handicaps >=30 with his effort on hole 1 and Most Improved went to Bill Lloyd for shaving 9 strokes off his front nine score, Bill was presumably out finishing his round as we missed a picture of him, but we did manage to capture Richard Mau who was awarded first Birdie.

First Sandy went to VP of Almost Everything, Ric Wymer for effort on hole 6 and our only Sandy of the day but he was looking bemused as he needed to hand back 1/2 his winnings for his fine for Most Strokes of 10 on a hole. Our only other fine being for Monster Putter which went to Joseph Reyes for his 41 putts on Matoa’s greens.

A thank you Ric for managing proceedings on the day and Beby for entering all the scores. Pictures of the day are here and detailed player results here.

Next Up

Next Sunday sees us head to Jagorawi for the final event of the Inter-League calendar to be followed by the traditional end of league BBQ and prize giving. An early start as usual at Jagorawi with a shot gun start at 9.30am leaving plenty of time afterwards for some refreshments and food whilst still not being too late home. If you are interested to join at Rp1,100k please sign up here.

Our good sponsor, Richard Mau and his team at Hotel Luwansa have some vouchers for Jagorawi and there will be booth set up beside reception where you can buy the voucher on the day for the discounted price of Rp825k and then exchange it for your golf club registration with Jagorawi. It does not include caddy and carts so the club will take an extra payment for that, not a huge saving net but still enough to fund the BBQ cost or a couple of beers on the course as you wish. Thank you to Richard and his team for offering this to Tee Set members.

Note the BBQ fee is Rp150k which will be collected as you register and in lieu of our weekly prize fund donation.

Tee Set Championships: Sign ups are OPEN

The Tee Set Championship is now just under 2 weeks away, taking place on 26^th November 2017 at Matoa Nasional Golf Course.

A 6am breakfast and registration followed by a 7am shot-gun start leaves us plenty of time afterwards for food, a few beverages and to party the afternoon and evening away with the band after we have recognized the major winners of the day, the Tee Set Match-play and Eclectic winners for 2017 and for the iron-man/woman efforts of those regular players during the year.

The event is always popular and we are limited to 100 players on the day. The last few years have seen a high demand for places at the premier event in our calendar so you are recommended to sign up quickly as places are available on a first come first served basis.

There were already 65 players signed up as of Saturday morning so places are killing up fast. To secure your place please register to play by going to the simple form you will find here and filling it in. We would prefer for each individual player to complete their own form, however, there is provision to register more than 1 player if you so wish. If you are registering more than 1 player then please make sure that they have agreed that you will sign them up and that you advise us of their FULL NAME and shirt size.

A brief run-down of the day:

• 6 am  Registration and Bloody Marys’ on tap to warm you into the day
• 6.45am Group Photo at the front of the club house
• 7am Shot-gun start: Hot Dogs provided by Hot Head and Smoothies from Asia Serv available on the course
• 12.30pm-ish – Lunch including lamb kebabs and craw fish on the side with beers, wine and the frozen margarita machine keeping everybody refreshed and hydrated
• Prize ceremony
• Party the afternoon away thanks to the Singing President and his band
• Monday morning……..best arrange important meetings for the afternoon!

After 2 years of being able to hold the price of the day down through having sufficient funds in hand to subsidize the event, the reality of fewer players during the year and some cost increases is that the event charge on the day will be Rp1.2m. We believe this still represents exceptional value for a full day of golf, fun and your goodie bag including the 2017 Tee Set Shirt and cap. We are discussing with Matoa for a price adjustment for Matoa members and juniors and will pass on the savings accordingly to the relevant players.

A big thank you to our sponsors for the day and who support Tee Set through-out the year (as of writing):

• Gold Sponsors: Asian Tigers, Kojo, Samson Tiara, Hotel Luwansa, Asia Serv, Hot-Hed and Schenck Process
• Silver Sponsors: Fugro, Ben Lines
• Bronze Sponsors: Bintang Subsea

Lastly, and on a similar vein, we are always looking for additional sponsors for door prizes or more and so if you are able to offer some gifts or other form of sponsorship please let Ric Wymer or Roger Finnie know as soon as possible.

We will confirm further details closer to the Championships to registered players.

See you at the Championships!!