A small band of TeeSet golfers ventured south on the Jagorawi toll as Ramadan beckoned golfers to the mountain courses of Bogor and Sentul. the drive from Kemang via the new toll was just under 50 minutes. The development around Gungung Geulis continues at breakneck speed hopefully the new houses have solid foundations.

TeeSet were off the West course with 8 flights using both Tee Boxes 1 & 10 to keep things moving. The President teed off first on 1 with a lovely topper that bounced down the cart path never to be seen again, a sign of things to come. The first flight safely on the fairway on the first hole enjoyed a barrage of balls from the second flight. This seem to continue for the rest of the round with flight 2 breathing down our neck right up to the last hole or 2.

Good to see Geoff Thwaites and son Sam back, as well as Robert Fleischman As well as three new members Deepak and Ishaan Pande and Bilal. Bilal made quite the impression on the group he played with due to some massive drives with both driver and iron, bit of work on the putting 🙂

Bilal 2nd on the right.

Sam Thwaites chopping wood for a par. Seems a free drop was available but why make an easy game easier?

The greens were heavily sanded as was the putting green to replicate conditions on the course. A few of the greens proved challenging and low putts was 32 from Sri. The first time in a long time that 32 putts was good enough to take the money.

Why putt when you can eagle. Young Vijay nailed a lovely eagle which helped him on his way to a best stableford of the day 40 points. In the photo below we can see Guarave contemplating a 9 iron into Vijay’s head. We don’t encourage violence at TeeSet but there is always the exception. Vijay survived.

Normally there would be special mention of the first birdie but with an eagle poor old Viboon gets relegated to view ruiner position. Nice birdie.

Low gross went to the man with the 9 iron, Guarav. Guarav had a tie last week for low gross which he lost, graciously, on a countback but was clear of the field this Sunday. Needs to relax a bit and undo that top button.

Next week TeeSet is at the lovely Bogor Raya. Rp1.1juta including cart. Please sign up via MyGolf2U as soon as possible so we can ensure we have enough flights booked and gives us enough time to arrange flights. With Ramadan traffic expect easy access to the course and fast travel times home. Which means plenty of time for Apres Golf activities (more time at the 19th)

Upcoming Events

In May, we have the annual JAWS, D.O.G.S, TeeSet charity weekend at Rancamaya Golf and Country Club. JAWS will be hosting the first day on Friday 12th of May, D.O.G.S will be holding a two ball scramble on the Saturday with an excellent BBQ buffet after the game. On the Sunday is the Match Player D.O.G.S v TeeSet. Lets get a good team together and put the DOGS back in the pound. If you wish to join TeeSet Team speak to Michael Seabrook, Dean Merriless, or Roger Finnie about your availability to play. I believe las Sunday we may have added Jens, Shinta, Dan, Thijs, Alessandro and Diarmuid to the squad. Correct me if I am wrong. The President is never wrong. Many players stay a night or 2 at the hotel next to the course. Book early to avoid disappointment. TeeSetters will find that this weekend is listed on MyGolf2U under D.O.G.S make sure you register early.

Idul Fitri occurs over the weekend of the 22-23 of April this year. Our scheduled game at Gading Raya has been moved to Pondok Cabe due to Gading Raya being closed on the Sunday. A big thanks to Rod Williams for helping us secure a good price on this religious long weekend. So 23rd Of April is at Pondok Cabe.

The annual World Cup is coming up in June we need to start getting teams organised so we can secure a shotgun start at Riverside. The bookies have the Australians in with no chance the Canucks in with a snowball’s chance of survival in hell. Let’s see what the bookies think of your country’s hopes. We can have more than one team representing a country and golfers from Tuvalu, San Marino, Vatican City etc we can place in a rest of the world team so make sure you let us know you want to play.

See you at the Tee Box next Sunday

The President