The Day

Continuing the trend of recent weeks, we were pleased to have a strong turnout of 40 players this week as we travelled to Padang Modern for our second visit of the year. Our numbers were boosted by 5 newcomers this week as well as the welcome backs of Chris Smith and Kasana Kaewwijit after 55 and 61 weeks, respectively.

Our newcomers, Andy Vincent, Holger Molendyk, Maya Gustiana, Poompich Sriputthimeth and Sofyan Syarief were given a warm Tee Set welcome and each had a good day by all accounts. We look forward to seeing you out again shortly.

We were greeted with excellent conditions when we arrived and were able to head out on time albeit  with those off 10 getting held up for 20 minutes or so as the groups in front of them were late getting off. About 12 holes into the round for the leading groups, a large thunderstorm arrived and held up play for around 20 minutes before we were able to continue on the now somewhat wetter course. Whilst we all finished in good time, it did make for a longer round than expected and a few wet clubs and clothes for us to take home to sort out.

With former President Pascal “Pastis” Bekaert in fine form on Sunday, President Roger Finnie was happy to pass over the presentation duties to him whilst he enjoyed a delightful whiskey with John “Malty” Suermondt following their Match Play.

A thank you Pascal for making the presentations so entertaining in your inimitable style and to Brenda Mayland for all the administration and registrations on the day.

With 2 cameras in action during the round there are plenty of photos to enjoy which can be found here.

 The Play

As usual, Modern provided a good opportunity to score well but also showed its teeth for those not quite on the top of their game.

Although Pascal was delighted to escape a skirt fine, Arthur Mallari, John Suermondt, Kasana Kaewwijit, King Tirto, Niclas Roos and Rudie Basson were not to be denied the opportunity of the Tee Set skirt outfit. 2 of our newcomers were also fined with Maya Gustiana taking home Most Strokes with 13 and Holger Molendyk Monster Putter with 45.

On the other end of the  putting stats, Bill Lloyd took home Low Putts, despite a late night at the Paddy’s Ball, with only 25 putts needed on the round. Pascal was able to award himself First Par for Handicaps >=30 for his effort on hole 3 whilst Chris Smith eased himself back into Tee Set golf after a year with First Sandy on hole 4.

With his match play versus President Roger Finnie over a little earlier than he wished, John Suermondt was able to find some form on the back nine to come home 8 strokes better than his front 9 and take home most improved. First Birdie went to Efsi Hayati for her effort on hole 2 whilst Roger Finnie took home Low Gross on a count-back from Arne Tjaden after both shot best of day 81’s.

Our main winners on the day were Matthew Powell Low Net A, Geoff Thwaites Low Net B and Dirk Kruip for Low Net C. Matthew and Dirk shooting excellent net 68’s and Geoff coming in on handicap. Detailed player results are here.

Next Up: Jagorawi G&CC 9.30 AM 18th March 2018

As mentioned previously, this year we will hold our regular Sunday events at Jagorawi on those weeks when Inter-League is being played. Therefore, this week are taking the short trip down the Jagorawi Tol to Jagorawi Golf & Country Club. JGCC is an excellent test of golf and always in great condition.

Sunday’s event is open to all Tee Set players and we will select the Inter-League team from those who have signed up to play on Sunday. JIL Tee Set Team members who have confirmed their availability are therefore requested to also sign up as usual and please bring your Green Tee Set shirt for playing in.

It is a rare morning start at 9.30am which may challenge those out late on Saturday night but there is the attraction of an early return home too. 2 added benefits for this Sunday:

(1) There is a 10% discount on F&B in the club house on JIL match days this year; and

(2) We have some discounted vouchers for green fees courtesy of Richard Mau and the team at Hotel Luwansa. The price for the vouchers is Rp525,000 which will be collected by Roger Finnie or Brenda on the day. Please come and find us to collect/pay in cash for the voucher before you register with the Club. When you then register you will need to pay the Club for the cart & caddy fee but overall you will save around Rp200,000 on the published rate for the day of Rp950,000. Even if you are late the Rp950,000 fee still represents a good discount from last year thanks to the efforts of the JIL Committee.

Please plan to be there and ready to play in good time as JIL will go off as a shotgun start at 9.30am with Tee Set’s regular players to follow.

If you are interested to join us please sign up here to register.

For those wishing to learn more about the Jakarta Inter-League event please read this page on our website which gives some good insight to it and contains the 2017 report of the matches. If you are interested in playing for the Tee Set team and have not already informed us, please let Roger Finnie (whatsapp +62 811 389 1350) or Ric Wymer know a.s.a.p..

Battle Royale III: 20th – 22nd April in Bali

The dates for Battle Royale III have now been locked in as 20th to 22nd April 2018 and it is to be played at Handara Golf Club, up in the mountains of Bali. We are looking to have a team of at least 16 players as we seek to defend the trophy won last year at Cengkareng but there is no limit as Par 5 Club will match our team numbers. Presently we have 1o players signed up so are looking for some extra players to join.

We have secured an excellent package which covers 3 rounds of golf (2 Saturday and 1 Sunday in the match), 2 nights B&B on the course, a Saturday night function and Sunday prize giving lunch. There are different rooming options but the cost is under Rp5m per head for a single rooming golfer and under Rp4m per head 2 golfers sharing. For those with non-playing partners then the extra charge will be around Rp750,000 on top of the single player cost.

Flights, drinks and Friday night dinner will be on top. Additional golf on Friday or Monday and additional accommodation is available.

More details on the schedule and the pricing based on the options selected will be shared to those who are interested in joining. For now, Captain Nick Gleeson needs to know who is interest in joining and any extra requests so please go here to register your interest.