The Day

The last Sunday before the fasting period saw us have a later start than normal as the JIL tee time at Jagorawi was moved back to 12.30pm due to a morning competition. This gave some, albeit not all, those attending the BWA Ball on the Saturday night time to get over their excesses and still make the first tee. A shot-gun start made sure we all got off in good time to finish the round and once the mid-day sun started to fade, we enjoyed a pleasant round in the cooler part of the day.

In total, 32 Tee Setters were able to make the day, another healthy turn-out for one of the more challenging courses we play, and we had 5 newcomers on the day continuing our good trend of new members. A warm Tee Set welcome to Simon Oxley, Kalle-Erikki Penttila, Juha Christensen, Aditya Lasmana and Aaron Davis. Our welcome backs were headed by Keith Gorman after 33 weeks and Jari Rahtu after 21 weeks. We look forward to welcoming you all back soon.

We missed some photos this week of our new members with only Simon getting his mug shot recorded and Juha getting caught with the fine photo below.

The continued good weather after the rainy season meant we were able to enjoy the course in its almost full glory with the fairways running hard and the greens back to their speedy best. The only downside being the continued maintenance of the bunkers where the sand conditions were very contrasted depending if you were in one which had already been re-sanded.  Whilst only 2 players broke their handicaps on the day, the overall scores and putting stats showed most of us adapted well to the conditions.

A big thank you to VP Ric Wymer who managed all the duties for both Inter-league and Tee Set in the absence of the other committee members following the aforementioned Ball, to Secretary on the day Beby who handled all the registrations and scoring and to Lis who made sure they were both there in good time!.

Photos of the day can be found here.

The Play

With no putting fines and prizes due to the Inter-league matches and a few people heading off early to try and beat the worst of the traffic, the prize giving was a little spartan. As last week, we had a single skirt winner with newcomer Juha Christensen able to discover the options of the Tee Set dress up bag. Last week’s Low B winner, Amol Singhal, took our most frequent double-header in getting fined for his Most Strokes of 10 on a hole and then coming home 13 shots better for Most Improved to get back his fine.

First Sandy was won by Jens Roestel for his effort on the first hole whilst equal low putter on the day, Fernando Gaggino was also our Low Gross on the day for his excellent 85 off the stick.

Low Net A was awarded to Daniel Brown who also took home NTP on hole 11 in whilst Low Net B went to Dan Javier for his net 71.

With Captain Roger Finnie MIA on the day, long-time Captain and JIL President Ric Wymer took over the reins to see if the fortunes of the team could be turned around after 2 wipe-outs. An improved performance saw our Inter-League team finally get on the board this season winning a couple of games against 2017 Champions Sentual Swingers who won the match overall 6-4. With the other matches being close, this leaves Tee Set in prime position to take home the wooden spoon unless we can turn the results around when JIL resumes after the summer break.

Congratulations to all our winners and detailed results of the day can be found here.

 Next Up: Bogor Raya Sunday 20th May 2018 @ 11.00AM

Rancamaya Tee Set vs D.O.G.S. 2nd/3rd June 2018

Just 3 weeks to go so if you are planning to stay Saturday night please book asap: rooms are filling up fast.

One of our most popular events and always an excellent week-end away, our visit to Rancamaya will be held over the week-end of 2nd/3rd June as we take advantage of the good traffic during Ramadan to head further down the Jagorawi Toll.

The event is open to all Tee Setters and for those who want to make a full week-end of it, booking your hotel room early is a must. Details about the week-end, the hotel and the rooming options are on the website  here. In addition to being a good week-end away, the golf is also great value with the rate  with carts confirmed at Rp660,000 for both Saturday PM and Sunday PM; thanks to John and Sarah Brown from D.O.G.S. for securing this rate.

Mark Johnson markstevenjohnson56@gmail.com is kindly coordinating all the room bookings so please contact him via email as soon as possible to secure your desired room type and to inform him on which dates you require the reservation for. Some popular rooms are in limited supply and will fill up fast; these will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please email Mark asap.

For those who have already booked: here is the information we have so please check it is correct. If any changes are needed  or your booking is missing please contact Mark to update.

For those only wishing to join for the Sunday event, we will open registrations as normal 1 week before

New Event: Finna Challenge Cup 20th-22nd July 2018

Finna Golf and Country Club’s GM is Tee Set member Simon Reynolds. Following a recent visit by the Singing President Craig Ewers plus several other requests from members, we have worked with Simon to put together a tour package for July.

Details of the trip are attached here and please email our Tour Leader Craig Ewers at craig.ewers@aipj.or.id to confirm your interest in the trip. Craig will reach out to interested tourists to finalize the trip arrangements.

All reports on the course are fantastic and this should be a great week-end away so we hope you will join us.