Modern Report

The Day:

Game #2 of the Glorious TeeSet 24/25 Season saw us zip down the Jakarta-Merak toll road, turn right at the big IKEA, wind our way through a (rather nice) housing estate and end up at Modern Golf & Country Club. 21 golfers made the trip and were rewarded with a golf course in excellent condition and given the location, free from the rain that had enveloped vast swathes of the city over the previous days.

Modern itself boasts a fairly long course with some testing bunkers, though given the more forgiving width of the fairways, it’s accessible to everyone. I should also point out that the changing facilities are excellent with a jacuzzi, cold plunge pool and a sauna, for those that are interested in such things.

A warm TeeSet family welcome along to Peter Cue who was joining us for his first game (well played and we hope to see you again) and a special mention to the Tjaden’s who had a family day out with Arne (more on him later), Rosie and Jannes (more on him later too) all joining.

The Play:

Kudos to the management at Modern who were able to guide our troop around 18 holes and be back in the clubhouse, showered and changed, well before sunset, which is no mean feat considering that Modern, especially in rainy season, is one of the more popular courses. Further kudos also to the quality of golf on display within TeeSet at the moment with about 70% of the field shooting within 5 shots of their handicap! The Interleague captain is eagerly taking note ahead of next season!

Onto the winners and after being put to the sword in the Championship and again last week, the TeeSet men (finally) roared back into life.

Shooting a nett 72 and coming in third place was the Korean Dynamo and Interleague MVP, Daniel ‘DP’ Park. Arne Tjaden showed sparkling form with a nett 68 to come second but, leading the charge this week and taking the main prize with a blistering nett 67 (5 under handicap), was relative newbie Adam Ross, who has clearly settled into life and golf in Jakarta after arriving earlier this year. Congratulations Adam!

Arne takes the candy with an absent Adam. Well done on a great round

On the gross front, despite the fact that he is off to Singapore soon, Napoleon Verdenaal clearly is still clearly intent on collecting as much Rupiah as possible before departing, swashbuckling his way to a gross 76 to win by 4 strokes over the aforementioned Adam Ross and Chairman Mau himself.

As far as the skill prizes were concerned, not to be outdone by his father’s performance, Jannes Tjaden took first birdie

__ and Mr. Smiley Claudio Ghelli (who is sort of smiling in the below photo), took low putts

Next Week:

We return to the WHITE TEES (see below) at Cengkareng for the ever popular Kojo Monthly Medal. Last season, the TeeSet ladies reigned supreme at this event with over half the medals going the way of the XX chromosome, so it’s time for some good old fashioned intersex rivalry to see if the men have what it takes to wrestle dominance back. Tee off time, as usual, is from 12:04 but get there early just in case we can squeeze off earlier. Sign up on MyGolf2U and if you want to request a buggy, send a message to the TeeSet WhatsApp Group.

White Tee ’25

As a society, TeeSet is always looking to improve the enjoyment and experience for all members that play with us. With that in mind, starting with this week’s Kojo Monthly Medal, for 2025 all TeeSet games will be played from the white tee boxes.

There are loads of really dull stats we could cite about this change (average TeeSet handicap, average driving distance x 28 to give course length, age of TeeSet members and so on), but the best thing to say is that Bryson DeChambeau is a ‘dawg’ and he won the U.S. Open last year by practicing / playing off the reds… and if it’s good enough for Bryson, then it’s good enough for us! He even makes videos about it… check one out below to get you in the mood!

He also made a hole in one over his house recently, though Cengkareng hasn’t given us permission to play the 4th hole over the clubhouse… yet!

Other Stuff:

MyGolf2U / Score Entry – A gentle reminder (please) that scores should be entered by the golfer on the app during / straight after the round so that results can be accurately calculated. Paper scorecards should be handed in with first birdie, first sandy and putts clearly marked to make it easier to correctly allocate prizes to the winners.

Coming Up – As I wrote in the last blog, Christmas doesn’t stop TeeSet Sundays! We have our Christmas Party game on December 22 at Pondok Cabe and our End of Year / Happy New Year Party game on December 29 at Gading Raya. Sign up on MyGolf2U.

Capricorn Birthday Bash Golf Game – For those remaining in Jakarta over the Christmas / New Year period, the Capricorn Birthday Bash golf event (formerly known as Rod Williams’ birthday), is on Friday December 27 at Cengkareng. The first tee-off is at 12:00 and you can sign up on, you guessed it, MyGolf2U.

Long Live Glorious TeeSet!

SW.