The Day

Whilst we arrived to a hot sunny day and were able to complete the round without interruptions from above, there was no escaping the impact of the recent heavy rains with the course playing much softer than usual; both on the fairways and the greens. This was reflected in the scores which are below but nevertheless, the 49 Tee Setters who turned out on the day had a good round and were well looked after by the Cengkareng team as usual.

4 newcomers on the day and a warm Tee Set welcome was given to Claire Pak, Jean-Pierre Seveke, Tom Soulsby and Noel Morrow. A healthy number of welcome backs too with Werner Lenten (87 weeks), Tony Blackburn (69) Daniel Brown (59) and Andrew Mackin (50) the most notable.

A reminder to everyone to be conscious on the speed of play, particularly with a large group as we had on Sunday. On a few occasions some of the groups were a little behind which causes issues for the groups behind and for the course who are looking to get everyone round on time whilst accommodating our bookings. Please also respect the guidance from the marshals who are there to ensure we can enjoy our round.

Many thanks to Ric and Beby for managing the day in the continued absence of the President. Photos of the day are here.

The Play

Despite the soft conditions, only a “usual” number of skirts returned on the day with Cory Packard, Craig Edwards, Doug McQuater, Ezra Alexander, Indar Dhaliwal, Mike Riley and Timo Karonen all sharing the dress up outfit. Jude Alexander was our Most Strokes awardee and Lis Wymer Monster Putter.

Timo Karonen has made First Par for Handicaps >= 30 his own recently to win back his fine whilst Most Improved went to James Ross and 1st Sandy to Bruce Smart. Dave Prosser had our only Eagle but on his 19th hole in the match play so was not able to be awarded for this; however he also secured 1st Birdie so did not go home empty handed

Low Putts went to Robert Watt and Low Gross to Tom Soulsby. Low Net winners were Daniel Brown (c/b from Robert), Ric Wymer and Indar Dhaliwal.

In the Monthly Competitions, Craig Binks won our NTP and Shawn Berg and Santi Miller were our Long Drives.

Taking home the Monthly Medal and getting name on the shield for the first time was Jari Antikainen who returned an impressive 45 points on the day; comfortably ahead of the field which was led by our runner up, Indar Dhaliwal, on 40 points.

Congratulations to all our winners and the detailed results are here: Cengkareng Results 23-02-20

Tee Set Match Play

Sunday was the last date for the first bracket placement round to be completed and a number of games where held at Cengkareng. 2 matches went beyond the 18th hole with Dave Prosser adding an eagle on the 19th hole to his opening birdie to squeeze passed 2018 runner-up Santi Miller 1up whilst James Bristow won a putt-off over Leon Bivolaru to head into the Emas bracket as well.

4 other matches were decided in regulation. Dave Barnes won 3&2 against Timo Karonen with Arnold Castillon beating Dan Javier by the same score. Lis and Ric Wymer were also both winners on the day with Lis winning 2&1 against David Baglivo and Ric winning 4&2 against Graham Parsonage.

For the matches not completed as scheduled last Sunday, our Match Play Supremo, James Ross, will be adjudicating them based on the usual criteria to determine which bracket each player will fall into. This will be updated shortly along with the results from Sunday above – please a reminder to confirm the results by email to James asap as they are only final when reported by the players – not by your scribe…..

Please check out the Match Play page on the website to find your emas or kuning bracket match-up for the next round; first knock-out round games are due to be played by 12th April.

Next Up: Emeralda 1st March 2020