The Day
With Tee Set making arrangements for a week-end at Gunung Guelis playing both courses and D.O.G.S. playing near-by at Rainbow Hills on Saturday, several Tee Setters took advantage to enjoy a relaxing evening in the Sentul area and a leisurely hop to the golf course on Sunday morning. The rest of our group obviously had a trouble free trip as we were all signed in and sitting on carts in good time to tee off on schedule.
The 2 courses at Gunung Geulis were both spectacular and challenging in their own ways. However, as was mentioned more than once during the week-end, it is so rare that every hole on a course is so picturesque so none of us minded finding them a little more of a challenge than usual. With the West course being relatively quiet on Sunday, the cool air and bright sunshine making conditions ideal on the fast running fairways, the day was certainly one to enjoy and despite some initial concerns for the journey home, the toll was also free running so we got home in good time once getting off the mountain.
3 new comers this week and we gave a warm Tee Set welcome to Christophe Beau, Ian Law and Phongthep. Welcome backs after 24 weeks to Nick Gleeson and 16 weeks to Peraphon.
Thank you to VP Bill Lloyd for coordinating the hotel arrangements for Saturday night and to VP Ric Wymer for managing all the scoring on the day; pictures of the day can be found here.
The Play
The challenges of the West course were reflected in the scoring with no one managing to hit handicap but this masked some excellent play nonetheless. Our Treasurer was happy to see some skirts for the first time in 3 weeks, so much so he was up for the photo with Ric Wymer being joined by newcomer Ian Law, Nick Gleeson, Zander Watt and Rakesh Surampudi. Rakesh also had Monster Putter whilst Andrew Shaw and Brett Shields shared Most Strokes.
Divya Ahjua had Low Putts and Mike Riggs was always in the money with a First Birdie on hole 1 as part of an outward gross 37. recovering his fine, Ian Law improved by 12 on the back 9 to take home Most Improved whist Tim Knight shot an impressive 34 coming home to win Low Gross.
Clearly in resort mode, Paul Daud and Bill Lloyd were split for the Low Net Winners photo by the mono-chrome shirted Roger Finnie.
Congratulations to all our winners and the detailed results can be found here: Form_ Current Results-Gunung Geulis
Tee Set Match-Play Championship
Sunday saw the Kuning Bracket final played with Simon Oxley winning 4&2 against Keith Gorman to proceed to the Match Play Championship Final where he awaits the winner of the Emas Bracket to play for the Ric Wymer Cup.
Next Up: Cengkareng Sunday 28th July Monthly Medal
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 7th Monthly Medal of 2019, this week will also be the final round of Cycle X of the Tee Set Eclectic. Will former Eclectic champion James Ross retain his lead and become our first 2-time winner or will someone else surge through to succeed Lorenzo Marengo as Champion. If you are interested to see the leaderboard and/or your own scores, please check out the Eclectic page.
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.
Forthcoming Tee Set team event fun events….
We have opened registrations for these 3 upcoming events….
(1) 36th Birthday Tee Set Scramble Sunday 4th August 2019 Matoa Nasional:
We will return to Matoa for our annual scramble event to celebrate Tee Set’s 36th year. Always a fun day supported by our sponsors so please start to think about your teams of 4 players to compete for the glory of winning this event. Registrations are open on the website so please register your team here when ready .
(2) Tee Set World Cup of Golf Sunday 18th August 2019 Riverside:
Can anyone wrestle the trophy off Srikandi??? Following the good feedback from last year’s format, our 4th holding of the Tee Set World Cup will be held as a 1 day event again but returning to its inaugural venue, Riverside. Format will remain unchanged from 2018 with Teams of 4 competing for Best Net and Best Gross prizes and of course, the Tee Set World Cup Trophy.
The Event Supremo, Craig Edwards will be looking to confirm Captains for teams soon so we can organize sign-ups for event. Remember teams are by nationality/logical geographical regions so national bragging rights are on the line. Start forming your teams and again sign-ups are open so please sign up here.
(3) 2nd Annual East Java Challenge
Under the leadership of former President Craig Ewers and Mark Fiorello we have arranged the 2nd East Java Challenge which this year will be based at the picturesque Taman Dayu course, just outside Surabaya. As last year, it will be a 2-day Eclectic Tournament with the option of some social golf on Friday. The date is set for 21-22 September 2019 and with current trophy holder Fernando “El Guapo” Gaggino unable to defend his crown, we are sure to have a new champion this year. Details of the event are here: Second Annual Tee Set East Java Challenge MF and please contact directly to Craig Ewers at Craig.Ewers@aipj.or.id if you are interested to attend
Asian Tigers 45 hole challenge….
Please check out our Classified Page for forthcoming events including the ever popular 45 Hole Asian Tigers Golf challenge being hosted by VP Bill Lloyd. Certainly the most unique golf event, a lot of fun and one not to miss if you relish a challenge.
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