A group of 44 players headed out to contest the monthly medal. Conditions were initially, ideal but as we made our way around the course the wind picked up and the skies darkened. Shortly after the swing onto the back 9 the heavens unleashed a short torrential storm. Within a hole and a half it had moved on. It also moved on a slow moving Korean 4 ball in front of us. This led to a much faster back 9. The state of some of the greens were pretty poor. I know these things can’t be fixed overnight but little seems to be getting done.

Jari had a walk over in his Matchplay and Carter managed 2 eagles over the weekend. I have managed 1 over my golfing career and the witness is no longer with us. Does it still count? More and more TeeSet golfers are finding the walking course of Cengkareng to be beyond their physical capabilities and are resorting to carting around the course leaving wheel marks near greens and caddies in awe of your lack of effort.

Let’s get to the prizes before my cart arrives

Mark Patrick Kojo Monthly Medal Winner with 40 points. Well done after a long few days of golfing.

Carter takes low gross 76, long drive 228m, first eagle on the 14th.

First birdies all on the first Joe, Jari & Nico

Nearest the pin with a 1.3 metre next to the pin mark, Vijay.

Nearest the pin Rey 9m, long drive 204m. Well done.

First Sandy Par, Max on hole No9

Low putts Claudio with the 30 tapps of the flat stick

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A great day. Currently 7 teams we want to get beyond 14. If you are a single player sign up and we will allocate according to HCP.

After the game we kick back to Bull n Vine to celebrate the day.

See you at the birthdays bash.

Mister Mister

22 TeeSetters took the trip to Parahyangan. Golfers arrived by various means of transport but for 16 it was by Whoosh. Whoosh was fast like very fast. We left on time and arrived on time Parahyangan stuffed up and had no transport to meet us but soon we were loading ourselves and clubs into taxis and striking out for the golf course. Only a short Rp60k ride away along the outskirts of a rapidly growing Bandung.

We were ready to go at 12 on the dot and the starter informed Chairman Lloyd that things were looking good for our 1.30 tee times. Oh goodness have we made a big mistake? No was the answer Bill fixed the starter and off to the tee boxes we went. For many this was a first time visit. The course is truly in the best shape of any course that I have played in Indonesia. Craftly crafted fairways a plethora of bunkers and some long hits over gorges makes this a truly challenging and enjoyable course, add to that a stiff afternoon breeze. The greens were amazing. The sand in the bunker was perfect, I was only in two. The views around the course are nothing special but when you are playing such a special course who cares for any view besides the fairway in front of you.

The squad off the front 9 had a bit of a slow round but the crew off the back 9 were around in regulation time and into the warmdown beers. Thanks Craig I owe ya. The last group came in the dark and a light drizzle as we watched from the beer balcony. Off to the whoosh and in Jakarta 35 minutes later

We will be back sooner rather than later. Thanks to Adhe to making the day as smooth as possible and for strong support from Craig.

The winners

Well done to Nanin the only player to play to handicap.

Hari Merdeka Jagorawi Z9 Merah Putih Scramble

This Sunday a 2 ball scramble at the infamous Z9. 9 off the whites then 9 off the reds should be more fun than a barrel of monkeys. A dozen bottles of wine to be won plus 2 bottles of Whisky, you better sign up on MyGolf2U. To ensure we have a great day TeeSet have the whole Z9 to ourselves so it will be a shotgun start. A big thanks to Shinta and Jens who have put a lot of effort into this day. Come along and join us.

TeeSet Birthday Scramble Pangkalan Jati Sept 7th

Time to start forming your teams a great day and a great evening back at Bull n Vine

See ya in the clubhouse

Mister Mister

The Jakarta golf societies were shocked to hear of the sudden passing of Gary last Friday. Gary was an active member of TeeSet, POCKSIA and DOGS and was often sneaking in a mid week round when his schedule allowed.

Gary appeared on our golfing radar post covid, and was often paired with colleague Andy Cross and his son Carter. Soon Gary was involved with different flights and his pleasant easy going manner made his company a pleasure both on and off the golf course. He was always comfortable with whoever he was paired with. Gary was a bright light in the after golf warm downs and loved the game for what it offers, a challenge and an opportunity to enjoy the company of others.

The stunned state that this has left his friends in is only, slowly, starting to wear off. I chose not to post a photo of him as my last memory of him was his farewell at the monthly medal. It was his usual warm farewell and smiling face and this is how I wish to remember our friend Gary.

There will be a wake to celebrate Gary’s life tomorrow at The Bull and Vine from 7pm onwards. We hope to see many golfers there remembering the good times we had on and off the course with Gary.

JGC Jambalaya Round

Over the years we golfers have played in many different formats, stroke play, Stableford, Ambrose, Matchplay etc. Last Sunday we had the delight in playing a Jambalaya Scramble. Never has a game of golf involved so much fun. One minute you are wishing your partner nails the chip, next minute you are smugly smiling as the same person slices their tee shot into the trees. Rotate the love they say as they Jambalaya along. In perfect conditions we teed off and the Jambalaya was a way. The day stayed nice but a fair breeze picked up taking the sting out of the day. The course was in great conditions and the 2 ball scramble kept the trees out of play, most of the time.

Paul pips his new best mate Michel by 0.5 with a nett 65, with James in 3rd place with a 69. Some pretty good scores happen when we get down and Jambalaya. This will definitely be a repeated format. Glorious fun to say the least.

The Jambalaya crew warm down. Missing Dewi from the photo and Craig

Here’s Craig

Wooshing to Parahyangan Sunday 10th August

20 of TeeSet’s trainsetters are whooshing down to Parahyangan this Sunday to play the finest course in the country. You can still join us either by making your own Woosh bookings or making your own way there. We have a few that are taking more outdated modes of transportation to the course which is fine. If you want to join please sign up on MyGolf2U. Best course in the country and we are playing it at a better rate than what you can get at Modern on a Sunday.

Hari Merdeka Jagorawi Z9 course

Come and join the fun as we play red and white golf to celebrate our country’s independence. 9 off the whites then 9 off the reds. More fun than climbing a greasy pole. Sign up on MyGolf2U and add your name to the list found on the TeeSet Whatsapp. If you don’t have a partner we will find you one.

TeeSet Birthday Scramble Pangkalan Jati 7th September

Just around the corner get your teams together. Prizes for many and booze for all then rock on back to the Bull and Vine to ensure Monday is a slow day.

We will start a team sheet very soon but here is the first team

The Hashmatics

Seabrook Davidson

Cairns Mclean

Keeping golf glorious for 41 years TeeSet

See ya at the train station

Mister Mister

We had a full complement of TeeSeters on course for the Monthly Medal at Cengkareng, with 48 sign ups. Weather conditions were helpful for the foot brigade as we were treated to an overcast day with a light breeze blowing from the ocean. Or was it the kitchen? There were even 4 spots of rain, I counted them. We gathered, awaiting starters orders, in the clubhouse discussing techniques and newly acquired yips. The first flights got the nod from the starter 15 minutes before Tee time so in expectation of an early start players moved to their allocated starting hole. We finally managed to tee off 5 minutes late.

The usual hold ups at the usual holes, but after a pretty normal slowish time for the first 9, the speed picked up a bit for the last 9. All back home with ample daylight. There is not a lot a TeeSetter needs to do in a round of golf. They have their caddy to point out the direction of any wayward balls and find them for you. They are also good at reading the greens and handing you clubs as they rake bunkers and repair pitch marks. All we have to do is write down a score, better yet put it into MyGolf2U, and count putts and mark sandy pars, birdies, etc. Not too difficult? Well for this fella it is a task too many. I returned to the club house fuming 2 missed sandy pars, one would have been a double sandy par if I could putt a ball just 6 foot into a hole. Those misses meantno photo in the blog yet again, no winnings to offset the financial burden golf is placing on the family. As I pondered my misfortune it hit me, I had sandy parred the first hole. You can’t fix stupid. There you go a new verb “to sandy par”

Around the course there were a few battles going on to see who would advance to the next round of the TeeSet Matchplay Championship. With Velma & Bags both comfortably prevailing over their towering opponents Peter & Dean. Alastair back partnering Kim around the course for the first time in a long time had a most enjoyable round and missed the monthly medal by the longest of countbacks. Kim also had a glorious round. Brian ( From our best brewing company San MIg) had a great round with a large sub par score and was recounting stories with his group late into the evening. Riccardo is one of the club’s improving players and continued to show improvement with 41 Stableford points. Overall 16 players had 36 Stableford points or more. A glorious day of golf.

To The Winners

Rey led the way with 43 points. Great round gee it would have been tough to beat you in a matchplay with a game like that. Well done Champ.

Low gross goes to Anirudh with a gross 70, nett 72. We done.

First birdie on hole 1, Craig , Hitoshi and Brian, see below.

Long drive men goes to David with a booming 230m. Which is 3 metres more than he has ever hit before 🙂

Posie LD Ladies 155 metres, well done.

An ecstatic looking Steve with his Rp100k for his nearest the pin efforts of 6.80m

Rani takes Ladies NTP with a well struck ball pitching to 5.6m from the hole. Well done.

Arnold with a SANDY PAR on the 4th takes the prize. Well done.

Velma takes the chocolates for low putts with just 28 taps of the flatstick

Upcoming Events

Jakarta Golf Club and TeeSet Present

Organise a 4 ball or we can find one for you and come and join the fun. What’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys? A Jambalaya Scramble of course. Don’t miss a great social days golf. Sign on with MyGolf2U

Woosh to Parahyangan 10th of August

TeeSetters have the opportunity to play Indonesia’s finest course on this weekend. Join us on the Woosh or make your own way to the course. If you are joining us on the Woosh we are taking the economy class at Rp275k each way. To ensure we are all on the right train Adhe will handle the bookings so please add your name to the TeeSet Whatsapp list and send funds to

Account Details Hayati 7330591964 BCA

Register on MyGolf2U so we can ensure sufficient flights are available. First registered on MyGolf2U will be guaranteed spots. Don’t delay on this one.

Hari Merdeka 80 Tahun Jagorawi Z-9 August 17

On the 17th of August we plan to have a 2 Person Texas Scramble on the Z-Course of Jagorawi. The club is giving us the whole 9 hole course only for Teeset. The playing format will be playing the first nine holes from the red tee boxes and the second 9 from the white tee boxes (the ladies have the option to play all 18 holes from the red tee boxes) The start will be a shotgun at 12.30 pm. The green fee on this Public Holiday Sunday will be Rp 1.045.000. We will name that days game as Mr. Zakhir Memorial Tournament, who was the former owner and maker of the Z-Course, which was designed by his daughter. He is also burried in the middle of the Jagorawi Golf Courses.
We expect this day to be a fantastic golf day with fun and a great gathering afterwards. We would be honored, if you would join us during this new event.

Wow what a great line up of events the committee and with help from others have put together. Best cancel those Sunday Brunches and book the babysitter to work Sunday’s as all I can see on the horizon is golf with glorious TeeSet.

Putt Putt Putt

Mister Mister

Mention TeeSet when placing the order.

The Interleague team went out to do battle with the rampant Cloggies, current leaders of the JIL. At the end of the day the glorious TeeSet team fell short of bringing home the chocolates. Two of our pairs had close games but could not prevail. It was a big day for the Thwaites as Sam had a challenging win in his singles and Geoff helped Peter achieve victory in the pairs. Well done. We are picking up points and have not been comprehensively rolled as other teams have but the elusive wins are just slipping out of our grasp. We have next month off and Team Captain Dean has an intensive training regime planned. I attend last Wednesday at Bull and Vine (Sponsor) along with Viboon. the training involved drink beer, play pool, drink beer, play pool then repeat. We should be ready to go come September, well at least the hangover will be a distant memory.

A lot happening in the TeeSet world over the upcoming weeks so pay attention to the info involved and get involved in the great days the committee and others have helped put together.

First the winners

Shinta with 41 Stableford points. Shinta is in sparkling form presently.

Arne in the money for low gross 83 and a Sandy par well done.

Up coming TeeSet Events

A new type of Scramble at JGC. A rotating two person scramble come and join the fun. Great prizes. Read the rules and further explanations will be available on the day for the dimwitted and the Australians. Sign up on MyGolf2U

TeeSet Takes the Whoosh to Parahyangan Golf on the 10th of August. We take the 9.25 Business Class train from Halim and disembark 30 minutes later where the golf club transport will meet us to take us to the course. This course is considered to be the finest in Indonesia So come and make a day of it. Sign up on MyGolf2U. The train is Rp900,000 return and will need to be pre-paid to TeeSet via Adhe’s BCA account. This is so we can make a group booking for the train and travel there and back together.

Account Details Hayati 7330591964 BCA

Once paid add your name to the list that will be on the TeeSet Whatsapp group. Ensure your names are in the message section of the transfer.

After golf we will take a train back to the Big Durian and pop in for some dinner at the Bull and Vine

TeeSet play the Sang Merah Putih at Jagorawi’s famous Z-9 course,9 off the reds 9 off the whites. A great day in celebration of our country of residence’s 80th anniversary. What day? The 17th of course. Sign up on th MyGolf2U. Some traditional Independence Day activities are also planned.

The TeeSet Birthday Scramble is just around the corner so now is time to start organising your teams. Pangkalan Jati on the 7th of September.

Kojo Monthly Medal 27th of July

Once again we go out to play for the MM. Sign up on MyGolf2U places filling quickly

See you on the course

Mister Mister

Palme D’Or R. Finnie

The hallowed fairways of Cengkareng were awash with red, white and blue as 49 tee setters came out to join our new Fete Tricolore event in celebration of Bastille Day which falls on 14th July each year. Offering players the opportunity to choose their tee boxes… the red, white and blues ones of course… and strategise their way around the course in the true spirit of Napoleon. Napoleon being well represented in the physical form of Craig Edwards.

Well how did these strategies pan out? Not so well in the experiences of the author as he clubbed his way to a new record of using bad words as shots went astray. The highlight being on the 5th where playing off the reds his second shot land right of the green and the uphill shot onto the green, all of 5 metres, failed to summit the hill and rolled back to his feet. People on the plane on the nearby runway heard his colourful outburst. But it was quite an experience playing from other red tees and fully understanding why the ladies struggle for par when you double bogey.

Not everyone had such a traumatised round as the author with Claudio knocking in an eagle on hole No. 1. Fernando had a sub 80 round with a deft 37 putts. Roger chipped in for 2 birdies and Shinta took it to the men by joining the Red, White & Blue challenge. Whilst Sari fresh from golfing in Scotland put in an impressive round playing from the traditional Red Tees.

The conditions for golf were perfect with the skies being overcast taking the sting out of the midday heat, we even had a few spots of rain. Not enough to get the wet weather gear out or even an umbrella. The pace of play on the first 9 was painfully slow but things got moving once the last of the morning round golfers vacated the course. Unfortunately for some their rounds finished in the dark, but friendship and ale awaited them back in the clubhouse.

A day like this just doesn’t occur it takes significant planning and big thanks goes out to the two chief planners Roger, on concept, Craig, on smallgoods. In minor support roles were Adhe, Chairman Bill & Michael.

Prizes/Winners

1.⁠ ⁠Christian Dior for Best Dressed goes to Rosie

 2.⁠ ⁠La Dunkerque = 1st Sandy Par & ⁠Napoleon Award = Best Points Men and the winner is Ed with 45 points, 15 of the Blue 15 of the white and 15 off the red. I hope you made the morning flight to Singapore

Sari takes the Josephine Award with 38 points well done.

Sri takes 2nd ladies 37 points.Well done. Oh but for the penalty on the 17th.

Steve takes 2nd on countback with 40 points.

3rd to Craig and 2nd in the countback also on 40 points

⁠ ⁠Edith Piaf je ne regrete rien. Pascal has no regrets and maybe no recollection come Monday morning. Big score award.

⁠Louis Braille (couldn’t read the greens) Award goes to Michel with 43 putts

La Tour Eiffel Award to Hitoshi with 75 off the stick

⁠La Guillotine. Award goes to Trancede with 10 stroke improvement on the back 9

Well that was a lot of winners or whatever they all got a bottle of wine which led to a long evening at Cengkareng as the TeeSetters shared their booty and golf stories were re-counted long into the night with French disco-punk serenading. The wobbly boots were firmly on come Monday morning.

Remember to be here for the next Bastille Day TeeSet Bash
 

Jakarta Interleague Sunday 20 at Riverside

Come and join the Interleague day either as a team member or one of the TeeSet casual golf set. TeeSet have a strong team for Sunday when we take on league leaders the Cloggies. Go Glorious TeeSet Go!

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Happy Golfing this weekend

Eyes down

Mister Mister

What rhymes with four? Pour! And it did, it rained cats and dogs. We had completed 8 holes when the heavens opened. Luckily we had just pulled up at the 10th so the clubhouse was close by. Back we went and hopped into the beers. After a few bottles we went back out again and hit one shot then went back to the beers.

The odd angry shot on the 10th resulted in a glorious moment as I pocketed Axel’s Pro V1 (see above) as he dashed back to the clubhouse. It was about 10 metres behind my drive but not bad for the old bloke in trying conditions. The good news to come out of this, is he is not getting it back. And so ends TeeSet’s adventure last Sunday when we were finally washed out. The first time in nearly 2 years.

Let’s not linger longer on last week’s round. Let’s push on to discover what wonderful events the committee have installed for us over the next few weeks.

New on the calendar, TeeSet this weekend celebrates all things French. We play the colours of the flag. Women can elect to join the tri-colour round or play the day from the reds

Le jour de gloire est arrivé. Aux baton de golf, citoyens, formez quatre balles golf. Golf on Golf on.

Just about full sign up on MyGolf2U. French Cab Sav prizes for the the victors, eh Frenchy.

Jambalaya Scramble Jakarta Golf Club 3rd Of August

An exciting scramble which is more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Great prizes for victors and glorious moments for those that get the ever elusive woody par. Put it in your calendar.

TeeSet Whoosh Challenge Parahyangan Golf Club 10th of August

We take the whoosh for a quick round at what many consider to be Indonesia’s finest golf course. A booking list will start soon. Make your plans to join this great day now.

17th of August Hari Merdeka Jagorawi GCC

Take on the challenging Z nine course not once but twice in the same round. In honour of Independence DAy we will play a round off the Reds and a round off the whites. Merdeka!

See ya Sunday.

Mister Mister