The Day

Although not far down the Jagorawi Toll, we were back at Riverside early in the year due to us getting rained out during our December visit. Still being the heart of the rainy season, there was a lot of second guessing on this scheduling but we need not have worried as we arrived to a perfectly dry, sunny “made for golfing” day and to a golf course in top condition after being refreshed by recent rains. With a mini shot-gun start arranged for our group, we could all complete our rounds in good time to enable the prize giving to be completed by just after 5pm. Topping the day off was a smooth trip home up the toll.

We had 4 newcomers amongst our 41 players with a warm Tee Set welcome being given to Stuart Bennett, Chang Hyun Park, Peter Casement and Shouichi Nishimura. Notable welcome backs to Ronald Hioka after 63 weeks and Petri Lahdekorpi and Fitrat Ameer after 22 weeks.

Sunday saw plenty of refreshments shared with Ronald kindly bringing 3 cases of water for us to use on the course and Jeff Durham emptying the contents of his liquor cabinet as Sunday was his expected last day at Tee Set before returning home to live. Jeff made a short speech to those assembled and was thanked by the Committee for his contributions and support to Tee Set over the years.

Whilst everything went fairly smoothly on Sunday, the gloss on the day was sadly taken off with an untimely reminder that golf can be dangerous if due care is not taken for the other players around you when playing your shot or if something goes accidentally awry with the intended swing. Our fingers are crossed that there is no lasting effects and best wishes for a full and speedy recovery to Dave. Thanks to Keith for helping to look after him en route to the ER.

Thank you to Beby for doing the registrations and scoring on the day and photos are here.

The Play

With some tricky holes, a large score is always possible at Riverside and a log jam on 10 strokes saw 5 players relieved that Peter Casement and Ric Wymer shot 11 strokes on a hole to share Most Strokes. 5 skirts on the day shared by Dan Javier, James Bristow, Mark Johnson, Shouichi Nishimori and Weera Limjirakajorn.

Weera, First Par handicaps >=30, and Shouichi, Most Improved, were both up again to recover their fines. Petri Lahdekorpi was our master of the flat stick this week as Low Putter.

Fast out the gate were Richard Mau and Jari Antikainen taking 1st Birdie and First Sandy on their opening holes, respectively whilst steady all the way round was Low Gross winner, Fitrat Ameer.

Some good scores returned on the day with 8 players at or better than net par. Top of the grades were Andy Briston, Craig Edwards on a count-back from Mike Webb and Harry Lopez on a count-back from Tribhuvan Singh.

Congratulations to all our winners and detailed results are here: Riverside results 19-01-20

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. We will also be happy to slot in any late sign-ups but depending upon when you sign-up this may be directly to the knock-out bracket.

Next Up: Cengkareng Monthly Medal and Eclectic XII First Round Sunday 26th January 2020 12pm tee off