The Day

Although a few regulars were on the return trip back to Jakarta after Easter, we had an improved turnout with 34 Tee Setters joining us for the Monthly Medal at Cengkareng this week.

Heavy rain had interrupted Saturday’s round for some of our players and the clouds were very threatening prior to tee time ensuring some chatter of how many holes we may get in. However, we were to head out on time and after a few holes, to enjoy a bright, sunny and clear round. Most were finshed well before 5pm leaving plenty of time to enjoy the good hospitality and refreshments on offer in the clubhouse as the scoring was completed and prize giving announced.

One newcomer on the day, Byung Ho Park, pictured left above and who was given a warm Tee Set welcome. Amongst our welcome backs were Michael Seabrook (37 weeks) and Brett Shields (27 weeks) but the loudest cheer of the day was for Brenda Mayland who joined us the first time since the Championship and made sure the day went smoothly.

A pleasure to have Brenda join us this week and many thanks for taking care of arrangements. Pictures of the day can be found here.

The Play

An improved harvest of skirts this month with several of our winners also contributing to the fines; called up for the ubiquitous photo were VP Ric Wymer and his playing partners Michael Seabrook & Mike Riley as well as Eric Mary and Indah Dhaliwal. Congratulating himself on not getting a skirt but up Monster Putter was Tan Chee Hwa.

Most Strokes went to Jari Antikainen after 12 on a hole whilst back to recover their fines were Indah Dhaliwal for First Sandy and Ric Wymer for Low Putts.

Also back up was Michael Seabrook who claimed First Par for Handicaps >=30 whilst Graham Parsonage claimed First Birdie and James Ross Most Improved.

Low Gross was Tim Knight after a 77 off the stick whilst our Monthly Medal skill prizes went for Long Driver to Santi Miller and Lorenzo Marengo and for NTP to Fernando Gaggino. Pipped at the post for the Monthly Medal after all being tied on net 68’s and 40 stableford points, Lorenzo Marengo, Eric Mary and Aurelie Neufkens had to be content with Low Net for A, B and C grades, respectively.

Our Monthly Medal honours went to President Roger Finnie after his low round of the day of 76 gross to return 41 points and get his name on the shield for the first time.

Congratulations to all our winners and details of the scoring can be found here.

Match Play Championship

The first week of the 2nd knock-out round saw 3 matches played. Simon Oxley and Santi Miller both overcame their opponents, Mike Webb and John Birch, respectively, 3 & 2 and will face off in the next round. Our 3rd match saw Matthew Powell and Fernando Gaggino finish all square after 18 with Matthew prevailing down the 19th hole to win 1up.

For the remaining matches, please be conscious that the holiday season means people are often away for a few weeks so it is recommended to try and get your matches completed early. Details of the opponents in each match are on the website here.

Next Up: Bogor Raya Sunday 5th May 2019 at 12pm

A late change to the published schedule as we have been informed that Bogor Raya is over-booked next week and Permata Sentul has a competition this week: meaning we would only tee off at both courses at 1pm unless we changed plans. Not to lose out on the opportunity to play both these popular courses on a more agreeable timing, we have made some calls today and managed to achieve a simple solution by just swopping the weeks over. Many thanks to our Fixture Secretary Wina Nugraha for sorting out the arrangements with both courses at short notice.

Therefore, this week we start this special time of the year where the mix of Ramadan and what should be the dry season – written as it is pouring outside this evening : -(  ! enables us to schedule most of the Sundays down the Jagorawi Toll, as we hope to get better rates than normal, usually have less busy courses and less traffic & rain to slow us on the return trip.

This Sunday is our only scheduled visit of the year to one of the top courses in the area, Bogor Raya. Designed by internationally renowned Australian architect Graham Marsh on 72 hectares in a stunning natural setting, Bogor Raya is a real treat to play and visually one of the best courses we play on all year.

The price is Rp900,000 with carts and our tee time is 12.00pm but often we can get off a little earlier which would leave additional time afterwards to enjoy a relaxing time in the clubhouse; please try and arrive early just in case. If you wish to join us please register here.

Rancamaya weekend 25th – 26th May 2019: 3 weeks to go!

This ever popular event is 3 weeks away and so its time to plan for a great get-away week-end. A big thank you to Mark Johnson for taking the lead in coordinating the arrangements for both DOGS and Tee Set again. The full details are on the web-site menu page so please check it out here and contact Mark to make your hotel booking as soon as possible.

Please see the attached list of who Mark has registered as signed up so far. Please check your details and if you have not already done so please advise on any guests under your booking and for those staying Saturday night, please confirm numbers for the BBQ.