36 TeeSetters arrived at Gading Jaya to the soothing sounds of jackhammers. The men were given the privilege of being allowed into the ladies locker room, whilst the ladies were pointed in the direction of a shed on the ground floor. Seems golf is a male privileged sport. I am currently penning a damning letter to Gading Management, the beer needs to be colder, and the restaurant trolley wheels make a horrible noise.

There were some late rearrangements on the scheduled flights due to a few late registering players but all was sorted by the time I arrived. The morning was quite warm and humid and the starter had us teeing off at exactly 11.30. The course was in excellent condition and the greens were not simple if you had landed your ball on the wrong part of the green, in my case that means anywhere from 15cm outside the big circle surrounding the cup. Speaking of that circle our group found it a bit distracting, in that we seemed to be putting for the circle and not the cup. Anyways Bob Fleishman had a reasonable day with the flat stick in our group getting it into that big circle most times.

The Caddie Whisperer was on a mission to drink the club out of wine and he managed this with a little help from his group and a group of passing lady golfers.

It didn’t seem to affect their golf, as usual they were outside the winner categories. But hey, better drinking red than dead.

The first 9 was played at a nice pace, as the day started to cool the Club Management thoughtfully added 3 or 4 flights on the turn so we would have plenty of time to have another red wine or an Anker or puff on a fag. So we were all well rested by the start of the second nine with a potential of rain in the distance. Despite the extra groups being jammed in on both nines all golfers were back well before the lights went out.

A hint of frustration was creeping into the President’s game as he could not put two reasonable shots together and was stuck in double bogey land. Not a pleasant place to spend a Sunday afternoon. Hitoshi pointed out to the President that it is unnecessary to be taking so many shots in a bunker. The President will be pointing Hitoshi to the last flight next Sunday. Has this power trip got to my head? I certainly hope so. Speaking of Hitoshi he nailed 4 birdies for the day I saw him nail a drive down the wrong fairway, hence his comments about my bunker play.

On to the winners

The 4 putters of the apocalypse. Albert, Jude, Sami & Hitoshi all managed 30 with the flat stick. You could smell Sami’s socks from the ladies change rooms, I was told.

A towering performance by Nicolas with a gross 76 and a birdie on the first.

A happy Roberto was the inform golfer last Sunday with a very nice 42 points. A fistful of flamingos is a good way to end a lovely day’s golf at Gading Raya

By the time The President departed the wine whisky and beers were flowing and the usual dehydrated golfers were being re-hydrated. A good day was had by all. Especially Tom who made a wonderful comeback after a bit of a dodgy round on the previous Friday a 30 shot improvement that barely moved his handicap.

IMPERIAL LIPPO KARAWACI 9TH OF JULY

Many Teesetters enjoy the challenge of this residential complex course. Now that my slice has been replaced with an occasional hook some of the residents are not so happy as I pass by. Noted for an array of unique holes and undulating fairways this course offers a challenge many teesetters look forward to. The food and drink menu is second to none and with easy access from Jakarta it will be a popular destination this Sunday. To avoid disappointment book now on MyGolf2U.

Regards

The President (time served a bit more than last week)