The above photo as we all know is the par 5 18th at Riverside. Which by close of play had a river running from the top of the hill all the way to the green. It rained a bit. But with every storm there is a silver lining. We were able to tack advantage of the can bar at the starters box as we waited hopefully for a restart. By the time it had been declared rained out we were comfortably numb. That is the golfers who were strategically located when the heavens opened. Other less fortunate souls were trying to find shelter in small huts with the rain coming in horizontally. We were just trying to order another beer.

Be prepared is the old Boy Scout motto, and Joel takes being prepared to the next level, he and his bunch of rain shelter dwellers were presently surprised when he produced a nice bottle of red and 4 glasses. Who cares about the rain when you have good company and a nice vino looking over a lovely vista? Not TeeSetters. Meanwhile back at the starters box more rounds were being ordered. But Axel and Sami weren’t playing as both had been well and truly fixed up by Hitoshi with a range of fine Japanese whiskies. Everytime Sami lent over to tee up he thought he throw up. He was looking very fragile but did manage a 275 metre drive with no follow through. Big Graham on the 17 hit it into the greenside bunker off the tee, Big Andy hit my caddy from the wrong fairway. Big President hit too many bunkers but managed to successfully putt out of all of them.

There was a bit of niggle going on between Patrick and Diarmuid over their upcoming matchplay to decide the TeeSet Champion. There was also a bit of niggle over the actual handicap of new teesetter Claudio as he was claiming 24 but according to Diarmuid was playing like a 14 handicapper. Always hear these complaints when things are not going well. Anyway good luck to Patrick and Diarmuid this Sunday as they battle it out at Cengkerang.

With the rain came rain checks I am holding 8 of them if you didn’t get one I have it and it has your name on it. They are valid until the 11th of December. Who’s up for a midweek round? Let me know.

The new club house nice new furniture and a new coat of paint and new staff. Man it was hard to get an order in they happily brought over beer that had been taken straight out of a box not a fridge. They really need to lift their game as they would collapse completely with a large crowd.

Cenkerang on the 19th

Sign up on MyGolf2U and enjoy playing in a Stableford format at the airport course. Easy location ample parking friendly caddies and lovely clubhouse staff plus happy hour whoohoo. This really pushes Cenks up the Albert Golf Course Beer Scale. Sign up to the game ASAP so we can get extra flights organised if necessary.

TEESET CHAMPIONSHIP

Just over a week out from the TeeSet Championship. Please sign up for this ASAP via MyGolf2u. If you have yet to pay the club Rp800,000 please pay that to Adhe on the day or this Sunday at Cengkerang. We have a lot of stuff going on that day but mainly it is about contesting the championship. It is stroke play so keep those blowouts for Stableford days. The rain has probably taken some speed out of fast Cabe greens.

On the day once you have paid for your green fees proceed to the TeeSet registration table to get your goody bag and pay Rp800,000 if outstanding. TeeSet will be located in the room on the left, look for the big banners. There will be Blood Marys served with a light breakfast/brunch. Out on the course there will be the famous AsiaServe frozen smoothies and Hot Hed hot dogs. Back to the club house for apres golf activities and we have an extensive range of Adult drinks for the discerning Adult to choose from. Including rum, whisky, wines, ports and other delights. We have a Thai/Indo fusion buffet organised by our own Mr. Mee (Viboon) which will help recharge the batteries so you can get on down to the groovy beats of Chico Funk.

This is it, we’ll hit the heights
And oh what heights we’ll hit
On with the show this is it.

Best Regards

Mr President, to you.