The Day
Easter week-end, Bandung Bash, post-election holiday, school holidays…. a long list of events on this week-end which resulted in a rather select group of Tee Setters arriving on Easter Sunday at Senayan National to take on the challenges of this short but tricky lay-out in the heart of Jakarta. The challenges of the course were evident in the scoring with only 1 player being within 5 strokes of their handicap and the treasurer being almost able to recoup the prize money from the fines.
The course itself was quiet so we were able to head off a little earlier than scheduled and enjoyed an unhurried game under generally good conditions; albeit with a light sprinkling of rain take the heat of the afternoon making it a pleasant end to the round.
Scoring was quick with such a small group so VP Ric Wymer was able to make short work of it to be all finished by just after 5pm. Some chose to head to the new bar over-looking the 16th green (ed: something to consider for an evening of golf and wine perhaps) whilst most took the opportunity for an early trip home.
1 newcomer this week and a warm Tee Set welcome to Megat whilst our notable welcome backs were to Matthew Cherrett and Keith Miller after 35 and 21 weeks, respectively. Thank you to Ric for taking care of the administration for the day and photos of the day can be found here.
The Play
Although our overall putting was marginally improved from our last visit to Senayan, the fast and undulating greens got the better of many of us with Andy Vincent being top of the Monster Putter stats after his 43 stroke effort. Jari Antikainen was a 2 booby prize winner with Leon Bivolaru, Megat and Mike Riley joining him for the skirt photo and Graham Parsonage, James Ross and Matthew Cherrett sharing Most Strokes with after their respective 10 strokes on a hole.
Jari’s revenge was to win Most Improved after coming home 8 better than going out. Simon Oxley was our only Sandy and James Ross had our First Birdie on hole 8 to also recover his fine.
Dirk Kruip won Low Putts after his 32 stroke effort after Roger Finnie was awarded Low Gross. Our best net effort and the only player shooting handicap was Leon Bivolaru who was joined by Santi Miller and Mike Riley as our division winners on the day.
Congratulations to all our winners and detailed scoring can be found here.
Tee Set Match-Play
Sunday was the last week-end in the first knock-out round of the Match Play. In our one match played at Senayan, Santi Miller defeated Matthew Cherrett 5 & 4 to advance.
The next round of matches has now been determined and will run until 30 June so please make arrangements to get your matches played as soon as possible. Details of who is playing who can be found on the Match Play page of the web-site.
Next Up: Monthly Medal 28th April 2019 Cengkareng
This Sunday we head back to one of Jakarta’s finest courses and one of Tee Set’s most popular venues, Cengkareng, home for Tee Set’s Monthly Medal for 2019.
In addition to being the 4th Monthly Medal of the year, this week will also be the second (or first if the cards from last month continue to remain elusive!) round of Cycle X of the Tee Set Eclectic and so a good opportunity to lay down a marker in seeking to wrest the Eclectic Trophy from our current Champion, Lorenzo Marengo. We’ve not had a 2-time winner yet so will this be the cycle when someone breaks the rhythm?
Whilst there is a lot to attract players for this week, we also welcome those who just wish to enjoy a pleasant trip across the rolling fairways, guided round by Cengkareng’s well trained caddies and then to sit and enjoy one of its famous Margaritas to cool you down afterwards.
If you are able to join us for a very reasonable Rp850,000 walking please sign up here. Tee time is 12pm as usual.
Reminder: For those who would prefer not to walk, in addition to the hover boards to glide across the rolling fairways, Cengkareng management have purchased a limited number of golf carts. If you wish to reserve one please contact the Golf reservations staff at Cengkareng directly. As the carts are limited in number and we do not have visibility to those already booked on the day, your Tee Set Committee is not involved to the reservation of the carts.
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