The Day

Fresh from completing his first Fun Run event in Jakarta with fellow Tee Setter Mike Ha and team mates from Dungeon X, President Roger Finnie was in situ very early to welcome the rest of the 33 Tee Setters who turned out to Padang Modern this week for our second game of 2020. Whilst this, along with VP Bill Lloyd’s ensemble were both note-worthy in their own right, pride of place this week goes to the Landau family for which 3 generations turned out on Sunday – perhaps the first occasion for us to welcome 3 generations of one family at an event. Very proud Grandpa Mike, visiting Jakarta and returning to Tee Set after 176 weeks was joined by son Jeff and grandson Dillon, who was out for his first round with Tee Set.

Although the rain had been heavy in the week, we were to enjoy a very warm and dry day with the gentle breeze being just enough to ensure careful club selection was needed. The course itself showed a few signs of the wet weather it had endured in recent days but overall, the ball rolled well and the greens retained most of their usual quickness for those trying to bump and run around them. The morning’s bookings were quiet so we were able to head out ahead of the scheduled tee time and the first groups were back in the clubhouse well before 4pm after a smooth, traffic free round.

In addition to Dillon Landau, we gave warm Tee Set welcomes to newcomers Kelsey Tanabe and JP Salgado. Joining Mike Landau in this weeks welcome backs were Stefan Thiele after 53 weeks and Andy Vincent, Gimmy Panata, Jaturaporn Pibankul and Banphot Wongvisava, all after 34 weeks.

Thank you to Beby who managed the registrations and scoring and photos of the day can be found here.

The Play

Whilst the conditions were quite favourable, the overall challenge which Modern presents, particularly when not completely dry and rolling fast on the fairways, was reflected in the fact that only 1 player was able to beat their handicap on the day. With VP Ric Wymer having omitted the Tee Set bag from his packing this morning, our fine winners were spared the dress up accessories on the day but not the pleasure of being recognized in the prize-giving. 7 skirts were secured on the day shared between Axel Hertzke, Jaturaporn Pibankul, JP Salgado, Kelsey Tanabe, Matthias Coessens, Michael Mueller and Michael Seabrook.  Kelsey was back for Monster Putter while Most Strokes was awarded to Banphot Wongvisava.

First Par for Handicaps >=30 went to Michael Seabrook whilst Tom Grace took home Most Improved. First Sandy went to Geary Bowles and First Birdie to Andy Vincent. Low Putts was secured by Roger Finnie

Low Gross on the day was awarded to Tim Knight whilst Richard Mau, Lis Wymer and Timo Karonen (on a count-back from Michael Seabrook) took home our Low Net honours. After narrowly missing out on Saturday, Lis’s round also saw her bounce back to secure the Wymer Family Cup for this week….

Congratulations to all our winners on the day and detailed results can be seen here: Form_ Current Results Modern 12-01-20

2020 Tee Set Match-Play Championship

A thank you firstly to our Match-Play Supremo, James Ross, who has stepped up again to manage the 2020 Match-Play Championship. Participants will be playing for the Ric Wymer Match-Play Trophy presently held by President Roger Finnie.

The 2020 Tee Set Match-Play Championship is now open for registrations and sign ups will close on Sunday 26th January 2020 after our January monthly medal at Cengkareng. All entrants are guaranteed at least 2 matches in the competition which will follow the format and rules as per 2019. We will hold the drawing for the bracket placement round on Sunday, 26th January 2020 and games will then be scheduled to be completed in an approximately 4-5 week cycle such that the final can be completed by the end of October 2020 and the Champion for the year recognized in the Tee Set Championships as usual.

Everyone is welcome to join and please submit your details on the form here to join the competition.

Next Up: Riverside Sunday 19th January 2020 11.30am

This Sunday we take the short trip down to Junction 19 on the Jagorawi toll to visit Riverside. This Greg Norman designed course is always one of the most interesting challenges on the Tee Set schedule with the Shark’s trademark optical illusions regularly fooling the unwary. In addition to playing the excellent layout which is normally in great condition, we are also well looked after by the team at Riverside all making for a great day out on the golf course.

To join us for the fun of one of Jakarta’s finest courses on Sunday just sign up here as usual. Green fees of Rp800,000 with a tee time of 11.30pm: anyone who still holds a raincheck from the game which was interrupted by the storms on 22nd December may use it this week and the cost will then be Rp415,000.