Tee Set

Still unable to hold our regular group comps, players are organising their own flights at various courses around Jakarta. There are flights booked already at Pondok Cabe and Geoff is happy to book a flight or two at one of the courses on the Jagorawi Toll, obviously respecting the rules and the clubs who host us by limiting numbers and not gathering. I think we still have the Bali Wanderers too conjuring up some fun, so get in touch with them if you are in Bali. Contact us at teesetcards@gmail.com if you want to follow these guys up and we’ll put you in touch.

Coming Up: Asia Tigers 45 Hole Challenge, Friday 24th September 2021 (subject to restrictions being relaxed)

One of the great events on the Jakarta Golfing calendar, the 45 hole challenge has been rescheduled as above, along with the 18 hole challenge which starts later and runs parallel, for the fainter hearted among us (that’s me). Asian Tigers will be working with the club to ensure all health requirements are met, and the event is still of course subject to Government restrictions being relaxed, which will be known closer to the date and looks more likely with case numbers coming down.

This is not a Tee Set event but our current Committee Dude among Dudes, Bill, founded and hosts it every year, and Tee Setters enthusiastically support it, so put it in your diary. Stay hydrated, avoid chafing (nasty), work the rules to your advantage. Get your name in now.

Register with Nurung on 08119555806 or by email nunsugi21@gmail.com.

Over the (extended) weekend, there were games at Sedayu, Kedaton, Cengkareng, Modern, Bali and of course Neil in Miami, welcome back mate. Ian is on his way over to take his mate on, and their handicaps are converging as we speak. We’ll report results of this grudge match once Ian fights his way through another quarantine, enforced chipping practice stint. In all, 19 players submitted scores.

Really great to see cases coming down, vaccinations going up and courses in Jakarta and surrounds opening up, The teams at the courses are still working out their protocols around entry, vaccination certificates, negative tests, etc so some players have been turned away. You need the PeduliLindungi app for sure so load it up if you haven’t already. If you have a foreign vaccine certificate, then get ready to show it, along with a hardcopy ID (passport or SIM) which demonstrates that you are the person on the certificate (name and date of birth). Of course, all courses are different so stay patient and work through it if you can with the staff. While capacities remain limited by regulations, they are not accepting group bookings or allowing presentations, so we will continue to spread out in smaller groups and report our games through here for now.

Some very good rounds again this week. under 30 points, we had the guys playing the tough new links course Sedayu – Hari, Randy, Divya and Andrew, Ezra, Bags, Craig (high gravity) and Jeremy. On 32 we had Rav, Terence, Eric and Craig (low gravity); on 33 we had Richard, on 34 Shawn, on 35 was Michael, then on 36 Neil (Miami), 37 – Ian (yep pipped him by one), 38 – second top, and a great round, was Mike….and with a brilliant round of 81 gross, 43 points was Jiro our winner this week.

Thanks again for making the effort to send photos and scores in. If you keep doing that, I’ll keep writing this up. Of course, we would rather be having live comps, but this is the best we can do now, and at least we are out playing golf again.

Next Up: Sunday 29th August 2021

You guessed it – same again. Send your scores and photos to teesetcards@gmail.com. We accept rounds from any day and anywhere really, but if you are playing every day, choose your best round played between Friday and Sunday.

Selamat Hari Merdeka (Happy Independence Day) Indonesia!!!!! A number of us donned the merah putih this weekend and appreciated the freedom of a round of golf after a long break.

Courses are opening up in and around Jakarta, tentatively with conditions, including not allowing groups and gatherings, so Tee Setters need to book their foursomes directly for now and we will organise our comp online like this for a little longer.

Thanks again to all for submitting scores and photos – some preferred not to submit scores but are featured in the rogue’s gallery above, and some preferred to submit scores but not photos, and others again flew right under the radar incognito.

All over the scores were solid, especially given the lack of recent play for many. Neil the Bandito from Miami continues to torment his nemesis Ian with good scores, this time 42 points. Neil, you are now in a league of your own and will be delighted to know that Ian somehow had his handicap adjusted to 2 and is calling you every name known currently. Ian’s protests have been heard by the committee and a review is underway. We also got a score of 37 from Paul in Jindaloop, Western Australia and a photo taken after a couple of Kilkenny draughts. Our gang of wanderers in Bali took on New Kuta again and are included in the Indonesian results below.

The highlight of the weekend was the return of Jakarta golf, played by most at Takara in Banten. We counted about 17 Tee Setters spread out over the two days. Here are the scores we had:

Bringing up the tail end on his 2 handicap was Ian (27), followed by Shawn, Bobby, Bags, Richard, Divya, Holger (31), Indar (32), Manoj, Murthy (33), Jeremy, Simon, Jiro (34), Craig (38)

and the joint winners with 39 points – Michael and Terence.

Terence clearly learned from his previous rounds at New Kuta, and Michael, known well for pulling wins out of nowhere, stormed home with 10 points on the final 3 holes, including a 30 ft putt on the last.

Overall a great weekend of golf.

Next Up: Sunday 22nd August 2021, Tee Set Global Hybrid

Given the circumstances, we are continuing with our current online arrangements.

Jakarta area courses are still organising themselves to meet the policies for opening up. Some, like Pondok Cabe have closed again so they can work it all out, but some of our regular courses are opening up but being quiet about it. Group golf and gathering for presentation is definitely out for now but we may be able to get our Tee Set rates if we ask nicely. It’s still very sensitive so we just have to organise flights and register separately for now, respect the regulations, the golf courses and their teams, and not gather as a large group.

Courses will be requiring players to check-in on the PeduliLindungi application, so please load that on your phone. They will also require vaccination certificates. The Ministry of Health has announced in the media that overseas vaccination certificates are acceptable, preferably digital but paper will be accepted. Of course, this message may not have got through to everyone, so don’t be surprised if it is a bit chaotic, and stay patient as it’s not the time to draw attention to yourself.

Again, please send photos and your stableford and gross scores for your best round played between Friday and Sunday into teesetcards@gmail.com. Low gross scores will be recognised this week. Bragging rights are still on the line, and proving very valuable for Neil in his ongoing battle of wits with Ian. Like this week, we will feature overseas and Indonesian rounds…why? Because it’s fun!!!!!

As cases reduce and Governments start to ease restrictions, several courses including Takara in Banten (above), the Bandung courses, Sedana and several established courses in Jakarta (Pondok Indah, Pondok Cabe, Jakarta Golf Club Rawamangun, perhaps others) are opening but group golf and tournaments are still not allowed and dining areas and locker rooms are not operating.

So, Tee Setters in Jakarta are now getting out again, and will do over the weekend but in a scattered and disorganised way, a four ball at a time, with no gathering or presentation.

We are happy to announce that Tee Set Global will welcome back Jakarta players this week, but that we will remain open to our brothers and sisters internationally and in Bali, who have kept us going over the last few weeks. It has been so good to have you back that we want to keep you.

So, again, wherever you are playing this weekend (Saturday or Sunday), please send your stableford scores and a photo in to teesetcards@gmail.com. Note any birdies, eagles or sandy pars in your email and the hole you scored them on. That’s about all we can cope with still, sorry. Bragging rights continue to be up for grabs…and the promise of a prize in some liquid form when we see you again.