The Day

Sunday saw Tee Set head to Riverside long with the other Jakarta Inter-leagues teams for the 2nd round of this year’s competition and our regular Tee Set Sunday game. As usual, many of the regular Tee Setters were out in force but not all playing for Tee Set but nevertheless we had 28 players in our weekly prize pot.

VP Ric Wymer ably assisted by Matthew Powell did a good job of sorting out the starting holes and groups with the Team Captains and we were able to head out for our shot-gun start about on time at 11.30am. A couple of early starters were a little slow and therefore got swamped by our players as we headed to our respective holes but with the aid of the marshalls we were able to all slot in appropriately and proceeded to have a smooth round untroubled by the weather.

No newcomers today and modest welcome backs to Franz Heuken and Juju Juhairiah after 3 months.

Thank you to Ric, Matthew and Simon Oxley for assisting with the administration and announcements as the President needed to head out early.

The Play

Despite the long carries to the red tees, fully 1,200 yards on the card over 18 holes, we had a surprisingly modest return of skirts with Detlef Bluemke, playing partner Franz Heuken and Matthias Coessens all getting up for the dress up photo. Most Strokes was an out of form Michael Mueller with 10.

Matthias stayed up for the Monster Putter photo too being joined by Simon Reynolds who had 40 putts in an otherwise solid round of 84. First Sandy went to Mark Johnson and First Birdie to Jes Roestel for their efforts on hole 13 and 2, respectively.

Low Gross went to our regular winner Tim Knight after his 79 off the stick whilst our Low Net winners were Fernando Gaggino, Arnold Castillon and Franz Heuken, on a count-back from Detlef Bluemke.

In the JIL, Tee Set went down 6-4 to Sentul Swingers whilst 2018 Champions Tin Cups bounced back from the first round set-back to beat Cloggies 8-2 and Sandbaggers & Pocksia shared a 5-5 tie. This leaves the table very tight with 3 rounds to go and all to play for when we reconvene in June. Cloggies however could console themselves with the JIL skill prizes on the day winning both Long Drive (Roger) and NTP (Hans).

1 match-play result on the day with Simon Reynolds beating Marcelo de Jesus 3&2.

Detailed results are here and photos here.

Next Up: Senayan National Sunday 21st April 2019

Next up, and with Sunday being on a long holiday week-end, we make the very short trip to the excellent but tricky Senayan National golf course in the heart of Jakarta. Although shorter than the other courses we play, Senayan tests all the clubs in the bag and has the ability to catch out the unwary.

However the pleasant walk  and shorter course usually makes for a quicker round and with traffic lighter over the holiday week-end, we can all expect to be finished in good time to enjoy a longer beverage after the round and still get home early.

If you are not away celebrating Easter and are  interested to join us, please sign up here.

Cost is Rp750,000: this price is lower than last year and includes the buggy so for those who have previously put off walking and/or the high cost of the buggy, this is an excellent chance to join us.