The Day
Kudos and good fortune to Mel Cantarella who managed to just escape the travel lock down in Manila and arrive in good time on Sunday at CGK to make Tee Set’s return visit to Emeralda this week. Mel was joined by 29 other Tee Setters who were to enjoy relatively good weather until the last couple of holes for the final groups.
As usual we were well looked after by the Emeralda team who are keen to have us back although having had 3 consecutive week-ends at the same junction, we’ll take a rain check until later in the year. Overall the course was in good shape but with the rains still persisting and repair work ongoing in the putting surfaces, it was no surprise to find the greens still a little variable in speed, leading to some impressive returns in the competition for Monster Putter.
5 newcomers this week and a warm Tee Set welcome to Anthony Robertson, Heru, Henk Pouels, Kamhaeng Sihachan and Mark Pinnells – most of whom featured further in the prize giving. A warm welcome back too for Rob Cheng (83 weeks), Francois Panchaud (64) and John Dotch (35). We look forward to seeing all again soon.
Thank you to our VP’s Ric and Bill as well as Lis and Beby for managing the day and photos can be found here.
The Play
“Tee it High & Let it Fly” was the intent but a slightly shallow swing saw his ball soar off the top of the driver and his tee fly not much further, in any case neither a far as the red tees, leaving VP Bill Lloyd with that most precious of all our awards, a skirt. Bill was joined by a couple of his playing partners, newcomers Mark Pinnells and Anthony Robertson as well as the returning Francois Panchaud and Mel Cantarella. Mark completed the Tee Set trifecta with Monster Putter and Most Strokes, the latter for which he was joined by Anthony, Tapio Jarvenenpaa and another of our newcomers, Henk Pouels.
Most Improved went to Divya Ahuja whilst Jens Roestel took home First Birdie and Kamhaeng Sihachan Low Putts.
Our Low Gross went to Richard Berg whilst Low Net honours were taken by Marcelo De Jesus, John Dotch and Timo Karonen.
Congratulations to all our winners and the detailed results are here: Emeralda Results 15-03-20
Tee Set Match-Play
2 games played this week but only 1 result as Ric Wymer and Divya Ahuja finished all square just as the heavens opened leaving their game to be resolved. Arnold Castillon however pipped Lis Wymer 1 up to progress.
For those who have completed their games, please do not forget to report your results to James Ross by email and for those yet to play the first round games, please note the deadline for this round is 12th April. Check out the Match Play page for more information as needed.
Next Up: Gading Raya Sunday 22nd March 2020
Originally advertised as being at Senayan but a check of the greens this morning confirmed our concerns on the speed of recovery from their recent poorer than normal condition. Your Committee has therefore decided on a change of venue and a warm thank you to the Gading Raya team for accommodating again us at short notice.
Tee times off 1 & 10 at 11.32 a.m. have been confirmed along with the attractive pricing of Rp850,000 with carts. If you are able to join us please sign up here and we look forward to seeing all who can make it on Sunday.
Classifieds
With an increasing number of golf related posts, we have split the Classified’s page into 2 separate pages to better share golf and non-golf related information. Please check out the website to see the various events and offers which are being shared to Tee Set members.
Ramadan Golf Week-ends May 2020
The quieter traffic on the Jagorawi Toll during this period makes it an excellent time to head a little bit further into the Bogor area for our golf events. Your committee has therefore decided to arrange 2 long week-end opportunities in early May and both options are now shown on the Tee Set website main menu.
Please do send your confirmations to Bill and Mark as soon as possible since the hotel rooms book up early.
Details of the Gunung Geulis week-end 1st-3rd May are posted here. Please contact Bill Lloyd bill.lloyd@asiantigers-indonesia.com directly to confirm your interest and details of which package you wish to book.
Details of the Rancamaya week-end 8th-10th May are posted here. Please contact Mark Johnson markstevenjohnson56@gmail.com directly to confirm your interest and details of which package you wish to book.
Thank you to Bill and Mark for their efforts in putting these 2 packages together along with John & Sarah Brown for their negotiation and arrangements with Rancamaya.
As always, for those just wishing to join either or both events for Sunday only, we welcome you to come and join the fun. Bookings for Sunday only will be via the normal sign-up which will open in the week before each event.
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