Some say this course is older than the Caddie Whisperer, but you can see by the date in the photo that they are wrong. TeeSet headed to the tight lies of JGC last Sunday. The bravest of the brave were there ready to test the woodwork of JGC. 6 flights ventured out some returned in a state of bewilderment, some came back with the look of satisfaction of challenged accepted and met, some aren’t ever coming back again. There was one thing that leveled the playing field is that the management at JGC nicely provided each golfer with an icy cold Anker 500ml, the chosen drink of elite golfers.

Starting on the back 9 myself, Pekka, Roberto & Alessandro looked. down the narrow fairway of the 10th. The President promptly filled his pants and hooked it into the net protecting golfers on the 11th tee box. The others managed a more forward path toward the hole, albeit with a few shots collecting wood. A sound that would accompany us for most of the round whether from our flight or other passing golfers. Worm burners were a particularly safe shot and help the President bogey or par the first few holes. The drivers were left in the bag except for that brave Finn Pekka who was wielding the wood with gay abandon ( the use of the word gay here is the traditional pre-rainbow meaning). Onward we soldiered, the conditions were fine with a bit of a breeze taking the sting out of the Jakarta heat, pollution was low and no sign of the much needed rain. Roberto commented that we should play this course more often and he is 100% right it offers a challenge to golfers that are not found on the many American designed party courses. TeeSet will return shortly for sure.

Swing off the 18th and heading to the first a speeding buggy grinds to a halt and Jens is explaining to me that JGC have jammed 2 flights in front of them on hole 7 and he’s off to give it to the Starter. I should have followed and offerred presidential support but I don’t have the spine for confrontational moments so I happily wondered over to the 1st. Where we could get the drivers out woohoo. The use of the driver didn’t stop Roberto from being a ball or two short of the whole on a few occasions when putting. Alessandro stayed with the trusty 3 wood which spent a bit of time finding the tree wood. The best wood adventure for the day was the President hit 8 trees in 3 shots which brought a bit of lite relief to Roberto who had been dueling with bunkers earlier. Alessandro proud to have finished with the same ball that he started with. The ball was a bit square as it had hit so much timber by the end of 18.

Onward we toiled and finally back to the club house we see the Filipino 4 ball already into the free Anker and chatting away and munching on some of Albert’s fine home cooked cuisine. The last group in having been jumped by 2 flights were Roger T, Aljosja and a few others. What we have drawn from this round at JGC is the Albert Beer Index Rating and currently JGC has it hands down. Besides the free Anker can, on offer were 5 large bottles of Anker for the juicy price of Rp300k. We made sure we took advantage of this. Currently last on the Albert Beer Index is Modern who have the audacity to be charging TeeSetters Rp80k a can. The Albert Beer Index will be an important factor in choosing courses in 2024. Scores were ok but practise makes perfect and has ruined my theory of candles and beers See below.

Practise makes perfect Steve with 40 Stableford points and stayed late on the jars.

Aryan played a straight game and made good use of the tree monkeys to hit a great 84 off the stick.

First birdie on 9 to Aljosja, well done.

Dan takes low putts with a steady 28 taps of the flat stick. Well done.

TeeSet Championship Pondok Cabe Sunday the 26th

We have a shotgun start on this day and will be sharing the course with our Saturday Society The DOGS as they play an eclectic round in the pursuit of the Big Dog. What we have install on this championship day is what you have been waiting for. There will be a light brunch served prior to the game with bloody Marys and Screwdrivers on off to help steady the nerves. On the course there will be arrange of F&B available, plus remember Cabe rates very high on the Albert Beer Index for oncourse beer prices. After the game there will be the presentations and a spectacular buffet overseen by Mr Mee the legendary Thai chef. Beer and wine (some) will be supplied. There will be lucky draw prizes and music and maybe even karaoke. This will culminate with the election of a new President. So start organising your playing partners to ensure you get a spot. If you cannot be bothered organising a flight we can do it for you and you may get to play with the President who enjoys this side of social golf. So just register now on MyGolf2U. There will be a goody bag containing a new TeeSet shirt for 2024 in the anniversary colours plus other goodies. All this and more for the highly affordable and user friendly price of Rp1,600,000.

We will be putting out a shirt size order form next week so make sure you complete it.

JIL final round hosted by TeeSet at Imperial Oct 22

This Sunday sees the culmination of the JIL season who will be the champions? Who cares? TeeSetters will be fighting hard to finish off the season on a high note. Captain Dean once more leads his team onto the field of battle assured of the undying support of all the brotherhood and sisterhood. This what makes TeeSet great. Their will be a buffet and beers afterwards so sign up on MyGolf2U and fly the TeeSet Colours one final time this season. “We are the boys of TeeSet, every team we meet we mangle, roll em bowl em toss em in the bunkers we are the team that wins of course”.

All regular TeeSet players who are not playing in the interleague are welcome to join this Sunday as regular TeeSet Player.

One month to go yoddy yo yo yo.

El Presidente