Matin, a new member, takes the monthly medal with a great 39 points

The Day

The day did not bode well for the Writer as he had been attending the most serious of sporting events the AFL Grand Final where the first draft was consumed at 11am and then moved onto the Ryder Cup where the last draft was downed at 1am with other adult beverages consumed in between and a slice of bread. The day was sunny and a nice breeze kept the heat at bay.

More TeeSetters are driving around in electric buggies than ever before. Is this laziness or is it required to carry enough beers for 18 holes? The pace of play was ok on the first 9 but dragged a bit on the second allowing hangover recovery time or did it? Cengkareng once had a sign at the front gate claiming the best greens in Jakarta. That sign disappeared a few years back when some fungal disease beset the putting arenas. Last Sunday was the best they had been since the sign was last sighted. Just a few more patches and we’ll be back to the gold greens of Cengkareng

We were just shy of a full field with 46 players contesting the Medal. The leader board was tight at the top when we take into account Damion on 42 points disappeared to watch the mighty Brisbane Broncos get the job done in the NRL Semi-final rather than collect his medal and long drive prizes. Priorities are different for everyone. My new one is arrive in a more sober state for TeeSet golf. Let’s see what happens tomorrow.

We had 16 players who played to their handicap or better and another dozen within a few shots of that. The hand over to the new management seems to have been rater seamless intransaction which is good for us and therefore good for golf.

The Winners

The winners were all presented with a bag of beer from our sponsors San Miguel, brewer of Indonesia’s finest beers.

Richard happy with a gross 77 some money and especially a bag of beer.

Jason & Joe both nailed birdies on the first hole. Well done lads.

Joe nailed a drive 255m for more money and beer

Always in the winners circle, Shinta long drive 213m and NTP ladies

Axel was nearest the pin for men. Kindly offered the beer to me but I was still leaking from the previous night.

Vijay 1st sand on the 1st hole, failed on 3 other attempt before getting another on the 18th. His round was bookended by Sandy pars maybe a TeeSet first.

Tom had low putts with 30 taps of the flatstick.

Matchplay Results from Sunday

We are getting to the pointy end of the season and we had a few games being played alongside the Medal comp. Winners Jaako 2/0 over Leon in a competitive round played in the true spirit of TeeSet. Tom was the winner 5/4 over Hitoshi and in the same group we had the same result with Roger 5/4 over Trisna. Keeping the ladies alive in the Matchplay was Shinta who had a win of 5/3 over Jason. .

This Sunday Jakarta Interleague at Jagorawi Old Course

Things are also hotting up in the Interleague on the back of a good win by TeeSet last Round. We take on Pocksia this Sunday still need two players. Now is time for all good TeeSetters to come to the aid of the Team. Sign up on Mygolf2U for tomorrow’s game and we will get you a spot on theGlorious Tee Set Team.

Vale Rod Williams

Many of us woke to the news that, DOGS stawalt, occasional TeeSetter as well as Pocksia Captain, Rod Williams had passed away the previous evening. Rod was a larger than life personality amongst Jakarta’s golf societies and his passing will leave a huge hole in our community.

Our thoughts are with his family during this sad time. There will be a service for Rod at his house this Monday morning to be followed by a burial. Details will be available tomorrow at the course.

Golf On

Mister Mister