Tee Set

The Day

We could have led with any number of great group photos today – you can view them here – but we wanted to recognise Samret’s best ever round, a gross 73, net 62, which included an eagle. Well done Samret, your playing partners enjoyed watching your round too, although Ric here seems a bit reluctant to hand over your second 200k prize for the day.

The second round of Interleague was enjoyed by almost everyone. It is a fantastic competition and the Riverside club provides an ideal venue. Its practice facilities and safe, open air space for after match gathering allows us to keep enjoying our golf and seeing each other. The start was a little delayed due to the holiday weekend attracting a larger than usual morning crowd, but we got through. Teams with gaps were supplied out of the players who turned up for the Tee Set competition.

Lots of newcomers – welcome everyone mentioned in the table below – and a massive welcome back to Ola after 195 weeks and Noel after 55 weeks as well as the others below who rejoined us. Great to have you playing.

The Play

So, being a combined competition, we will cover both Tee Set competition and Interleague results, from a biased Tee Set perspective of course!! First the full Tee Set scores, minus a few who did not submit cards, are here, with results summarised as follows:

We have mentioned Samret’s great round, but Pras in B Grade and Rika in C Grade had excellent rounds of 63 and 64 to win their grades, and JAWS Captain and former Tee Set Vice President, Simon, was awarded Low Gross with 74. None of the net winners were playing interleague, so there were no complaints of their handicaps, just congrats on great rounds.

Photos of other winners above, and there were lots, are here.

Ric led our Tee Set interleague team today from an off field position as he worked himself back into form; Captain Sam was there in spirit. Andy, was given the tough task against Riverside GM and steady front runner Peng from Pocksia, and squared the match with both players shooting even par. In form Dave took advantage of a slow start from Pocksia and Interleague Overall Captain, Roger, who has also been in spectacular form recently; several factors at play here – Dave’s outstanding play and his secret magic potion, Roger’s pre-match admin torture and perhaps some residual loyalty to his old team, although Tee Setters playing for other teams have never shown this to be true, so we will discount that. Anyone who knows Roger knows better too.

Matt and Adrian squared their match with JAWS. Geoff and Jude, opponents last month in the Tee Set matchplay, paired up extremely well, unfortunately choosing the same holes to shoot birdies on and eventually suffering a one down loss after their Cloggie opponent chipped in on the last hole, what a finish. Last month’s superstars, Mike and Arnold, were out barked by a couple of in form DOGS. They may have been distracted by a 76 year old running from nowhere on the first hole (their tenth) with a bee in his bonnet, who turned out to be a Tee Set team mate. James, playing for the DOGS, wisely pointed to his Tee Set opposition to deal with the intruder.

Tee Set finished with 4 points for the day and we now sit in third position behind JAWS in second and DOGS in the lead. Whether greyhounds, pointers, retrievers or Jack Russells, we are counting on DOGS being more natural chasers, so we’ll see how they go from the front. JAWS continue to be snappy too, although our move to lend a member of the previous Tee Set champion team to JAWS opponent Sandbaggers did deny the sharks two valuable points. We had offered Tom but DOGS claimed him under the non-existent “same family, same team” rule, so the ever sly Sandbagger Captain El Guapo drew on his next option. On recent form this could have backfired badly, but matchplay stalwart Jari’s hot start combined with some on song play from the ring in to make the JAWS team of Aeden and Chris, who both played decent golf themselves, wonder wtf was happening as they went down 5 and 4. Interleague skips April because of Ramadan, so the next round will be in mid May.

And now to round us off with our favourite battlers section…there were no skirts!!!! We debated whether we should draw attention to the battlers, but there are three reasons why this section is so good.

1. Our first timer and battler from last week, Diarmuid, was instantly recognised this week from his photo and welcomed back on registering.

2. Our winner of most strokes, Jari – so often a winner of cash prizes with us – subscribes that the golden rule of marketing is being noticed for something, whether its good or bad, and

3. Do you think Tom would wear this T-shirt if he did not want it to be noticed

So here we go, and here’s to this week’s battlers, cheers!!!!

Next Up: Sunday 21 March 2021, Damai Indah Golf & Country Club, Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) course

Thanks to the polite yet persistent negotiation of the non-singing, non-whispering immediate past President, Roger, we have secured the wonderful BSD course for four rounds this year, the first being next Sunday.

Green fees are 1 million Rp with carts; a reasonable price for a world class course. Tee off is 11.35am with men off the white tees; you’ll see why.

Register here as usual.

There are a few admin bits and pieces to remind you about but that can happen later in the week when you are more likely to remember.

If you have not yet signed up, please do so here. Men are off the white tees; green fees 880k.

The Tee Set interleague squad is raring and ready to go. We said we would announce our team in this post, but we were just teasing. We know our opposition are trawling for clues and we are not giving anything away. We love a bit of mystery and mayhem, but rest assured all is on track for a healthy harvest of points on Sunday. See you there……

The Day

Huge credit to Gading Raya for presenting the course in such excellent condition. Despite the rain we have been having, the fairways rolled nicely and the greens were true. The low scores demonstrated the state of the course and the improving standard of Tee Set play in general. Well done all. And of course the fun was still there. People so far seem to be enjoying the choice of tee box, the first group of three teeing off in sequence off blue, then white then red, no dramas.

Welcome newcomers William and Diarmuid, and big welcomes back to Manoj (67 weeks) and Rajeev, Ameesh and Shivashish all after more than 30 weeks away.

More photos of the day here.

The Play

Looking at all the scores here, 15 of the 37 players shot par or under and there were four rounds under 80 off the stick, so competition for the prizes was hot. Sami had the round of the day with a blistering 62 including an eagle on the 18th to win A grade, Arnold took B Grade with a fine 66 – clearly working his way into A Grade soon, and Mike shot an athletic 65 to take out C Grade. Richard was awarded Low Gross with 77, after Sami (75) was recognised for Low Net (yes, Tee Set is a net golf society, so net comes first in the hierarchy of prizes). Geoff was awarded first birdie, and James, helping Ric to market shirts here, had the first sandy par. As usual, serial fringe dweller Roger was off target with approaches but on target with chips and putts to win Low Putts with 24. Shivashish was awarded most improved and, had he not won, would have been given a prize for his name alone.

And now for the battlers, Dan has the solo skirt today, Reni and Rajeev had most strokes on a hole but Rajeev left Reni holding the monkey, and newcomer Diarmuid narrowly crossed the threshold to be Monster Putter with 41 putts, a touch unlucky on your first outing, but now we know you!

Save the Date: 8 and 9 May, Tee Set vs DOGS, Rancamaya

In what has become a highlight of the season, we have confirmed our annual sleepover and inter-society battle will be on these dates. The Saturday will be the last DOGS round of their Rancamaya eclectic cycle and will decide the Big Dog. The Saturday night will be our now legendary joint event and sleep over at R Hotel, and the Sunday will be the Tee Set v DOGS challenge, played in parallel with the Tee Set round. Mark it clearly in your calendar. More details to follow on accommodation. Our own MJ, no not Michael Jackson, not Michael Jordon or even Mary J Blighe, is on the case!!!

Next Up: Sunday 14 March 2021, Interleague Round 2 at Riverside

Round 2 has come around quickly after a short and eventful month. Our Interleague troops are ready to go in for us again and claim the points on offer. The combinations will be announced in our reminder post later in the week, so as not to give away too many clues to our opposition, who we know read this.

The normal Tee Set competition will run in parallel. Men will be playing off the white tees. Tee off is at 11.45am, green fees 880k with carts, register here.

If you haven’t yet registered for this week, please do so here.

Please remember to include in the comments box your preferred tee box – white or blue. Handicaps will be assigned based on tee box.

If you have not organised your matchplay please also get onto that, as the practice/bracketing round must be finished by 28 March.

And now, for some business, the Tee Set shirts are available every week for those who do not yet have one at 200k a pop. They are created for the Club Championships and reflect the fashion sense, or lack of it of the Committee at the time. They become important historical souvenirs. Importantly too, they give our sponsors visibility, on the front, back and sleeves. Which reminds me, we are always open to sponsors – we provide lots of exposure on Tee Shirts and on our web site. Talk to whichever Committee member you like the most, or more importantly, you can find, they are listed here. If you are lucky, you will also get featured in the regular blog – that missed putt was brought to you by…….

The Day and the Play

Monthly Medal is the day about the play, so let’s get into it. You don’t want to hear about the weather….

Congrats to our February Monthly Medallist, the non singing, non whispering former President, Roger, for an excellent round of 42 points. Roger also paired with Mike to win the jailers versus convicts match against two of the three Craigs on the last hole. The frozen margarita was clearly for his third hand, as one was on the beer and one firmly on the shield. Joining him in the winner’s circle were Mark, finding some form in A Grade, Jude always in form in B Grade and Michael ever challenging in C Grade. Matt again won low gross, but we are good with that, because he reinvests his winnings in Japanese gin for the after match, cheers!!! And looking sensational in the signature socks, Rosie won something…as she normally does, not clear from the results what, but it’s a ripper photo!!!

A big welcome to newcomer Craig Stewart, to add to our collection of Craigs and welcome back to Harry and Miguel after decent breaks.

As normal, Cengkareng rewards accurate golf and punishes those of us who stray into the rough. The fifteen birdies showed that opportunities are out there, as did the good scoring to handicap. Like last month, play was slower than what we would like – remember, the aim is to keep up with the group in front, not the group behind you. It’s hard to finish before dark if we don’t motor along.

Individual scores can be found here. Other winners for the day included Richard, quick off the blocks for first birdie on hole one, Sami for low putts, Karl for most improved. More photos of the day here.

And not to forget the battlers….led this week by Michael who needed no wig after months without a trim. Michael is joined here by Matthew and Terence; he also had most strokes on a hole to win the quinella. There was no monster putter as the 40 putt threshold was not reached.

Tee Set Admin

We welcomed Febi today in an expanded role as Secretary and thank Beby for all her hard work with Tee Set since Brenda left us for love. Beby stepped in to help out Ric and we really appreciate it!

Febi will take on competition and event management, admin, marketing and social media, and allow us Committee members to focus on golf. Let’s see if our scores improve.

We are still working on handicap management to ensure transferability across societies so will keep you posted. In the meantime keep sending in your card details to teesetcards@gmail.com.

Next Up: Sunday 7 March 2021, Gading Raya Padang Golf, 11.30am, 850k with carts.

Our previous round at Gading was a fill in for a late cancellation, so the quick turnaround to go back there is to play our scheduled round. Make sense now? Please nominate your preferred tee box in the comments box when you register here.

A reminder to all in the matchplay competition that the first round, a “warm up” placement only round, must be completed by 28 March, so try to schedule as soon as you can. Then start the real battles.

No, this is not the Gading clubhouse, it is the grandest of grand driving ranges, check it out….

The Day

With scenes like this the day before, it was no wonder that a few players decided to hunker down at home. Parts of Jakarta remain flooded, including the Eastern Promise pub (again), and rescue operations are continuing throughout the city. In typical resilient Jakarta style though, by Sunday the tolls were already clear of water, the access to Riverside was not affected and the course was in surprisingly good condition. And, after bucketloads falling in the days before, the rain held off all day, and the sun came out.

On a date that sounded like a concert sound check….2-1-2-2-1 (sorry band joke), it was a combined Tee Set/Jakarta Inter League round today, with an estimated 80 players competing, 46 officially submitting cards to Tee Set . Big welcome backs to Tapio and Detlef, always great to see you, as well as Sandbagger El Guapo and JAWS tycoons, Divya and Chris. No newcomers today.

The Play

So……first for the Tee Set competition, which was played in parallel with Inter League. It also included some memorable matches featuring two former Presidents, one Whispering who played Jude and the other, Singing, who played Dan the San Miguel Man. Geoff had three birdies but it was still not enough. After a mix of brilliant and woeful shots, both matches were squared going into the last hole. Dan chipped close and made the par putt to win his match and Jude took advantage of some waywardness from The Whisperer to take the honours there, and also win Low B Grade in the net competition on a countback. He was joined in the winners’ circle by the non whispering, non singing, but always collecting, former President Roger taking A Grade with a Net 66, lifted by his responsiblities of leading out the Pocksia team. Patrick joined them taking C Grade on a count back, a very popular winner, Patrick, is a Tee Setter who is happy to be paired as it suits, and as a result has become known quickly to a number of us for his good company and sharp wit.

After deserting the captaincy of Tee Set to captain JAWS, reportedly in a lucrative transfer deal, Simon led his new team from the front with a fine 76, returning to Tee Set briefly to collect our Low Gross award…and looked rather happy about it in the picture below. Rika, a regular feature in our winners’ circle, made up for countback disappointment in C grade to take First Sandy. The First Birdie went to Dave, who also took out Longest Drive in the Inter League. Mike topped the putting with 26 Putts and topped B Grade scoring, a double top, but missed the B Grade prize to Jude on a countback. The last to wake up, or the Most Improved by 10 strokes, was awarded to Phillip, who returned some of his winnings later for Most Strokes on a hole. Phillip was also part of the most lively table today, featured heavily in the social photos, which are hidden away here.

And now for our battlers, all from that same lively table!!!!! Max with Frans in one of our best skirt photos for a while, Hana joining Phillip for Most Strokes on a Hole, and Max up again (no fine this time) with Dimitri sharing Monster Putter.

Tee Set Inter League Team

Captain Sam was the most nervous we have ever seen him, prowling the grounds of Riverside like a caged lion, having declared on taking the job several weeks ago that he had his eye on the prize. Despite sleepless nights and obsessing over Amen Corner, Sam won his singles (below), leading Tee Set to secure 8 out of a possible 10 points, and move into second after the first round. He then collapsed into his chair in emotional exhaustion, unable to drink the Tanqeray he generously supplied, but with just enough energy to provide some notes, so thanks Sam.

Seven friendly societies competed, with JAWS and DOGS joining for the first time, putting some much needed bite into the competition. To accommodate an odd number of teams, the organisers devised an innovative format, which mixes matches across the different teams, as opposed to the old head to head format.

The Sandbagger in Chief, Fernando “El Guapo” showed some great form in the first singles match, using his shots to advantage to take a 5/4 win over our number one, Matt. Our Captain Sam then played Jens in a very tight match, won eventually by Sam 2/1. Sam had never seen Jens’ innovative putting stroke before and thought he was stretching, so was still chatting with playing partners on the first green as Jens prepared to putt. He quickly realised, apologised and enjoyed the show.

Following a pre-season recruiting coup, Tee Set managed to lure Lis back from Pocksia to play in the first pair with hubby Ric. Pairing hubby and wife at golf can be a disaster but it worked a treat in this case as they combined to take a 3/1 win, protecting Lis’s undefeated record in Inter League……no pressure there, hubby. Andy and Dave, in their first appearances with Tee Set, snatched a victory on the last hole. They were giving away a hefty stroke advantage to their opponents, Pocksia’s William and Ruth, but pulled out a stunning upset; this pair of Big Dogs were no sacrificial lambs at all. In the final pair, Tee Set reigning matchplay and eclectic champ, Arnold, was paired with Mike, rejuvenated after practice and intensive grooming by Captain Sam. They combined well to win 2/1 from Sandbaggers Willi and Ola. Mike shot a net 68 and his approach to within 3 feet of the pin on the treacherous Hole 3 – their 16th – to set up the win, was like he was throwing darts. Arnold was solid as ever picking up the holes that Mike did not.

Of course, many Tee Setters competed in other teams, and will be mentioned in their newsletters 🙂

The next round will be held on 14 March.

Next Up: Sunday 28 February 2021, Monthly Medal, Cengkareng, 12 noon

We are back to the great staff and facilities offered by Cengkareng for our premier event of the month, the Monthly Medal, played off the blue tees for men. Because we use a net scoring method for other weeks, we use a stableford scoring method for Monthly Medal rounds….just in case you are wondering…this is how we have always done it and yep we like to be different. Green fees have been capped at last year’s level of 875k, based on walking. Those preferring carts can book directly through the course, but please check before you leave home if the course is in condition to take the carts. It was not last time we played.

Sign up here as usual.

According to those who pretend to know, Greg Norman shot 81 the first time he played Riverside, a golf course he crafted out of the forest. He is an advocate for attacking golf, but the Shark may have been bitten by his own course. It has its own version of “Amen Corner”, three holes which test the nerve of every club golfer. However, it also has many holes which are able to be attacked, with plenty of opportunities for pars.

Riverside is one of the best facilities in Indonesia and we get to play here at least six times this year, linked up to the Jakarta Inter League competition. Tee Set launches its assault on the Inter League championship this week, with Sam and Ric leading us into battle. We also have players in other teams, including JAWS and DOGS who are in it for the first time this year. Good luck to all!!!!

The normal Tee Set competition will run in parallel, and will include both Inter League players who wish to join and Tee Setters not competing in Inter League. To keep the Tee Set competition consistent with Inter League, men will play off the white tees and we will follow the Inter League ruling on the day as to whether preferred lies (lift, clean and place) will apply. Please check when you arrive.

If you have not signed up already, please register here.

Quick Update: Rules of Golf

We have written about pace of play before – max 40 seconds to take a shot, play ready golf and all that 🙂 …and…. as we move into matchplay competitions, it’s a good time to refresh ourselves on the rules of golf. Knowing the rules will help minimise confusion or conflict in matches. Going right to the source, the R&A has fantastic resources online, including an online rules academy, where you can complete courses free and get a certificate (more here).

One of the most misunderstood rules relates to relief from red stake penalty areas, and there are plenty of these at Riverside this week!!!! This video from USGA explains the rules well.

With red stakes, you can play the ball as it lies inside the penalty area or take relief with one penalty stroke, from the point that your ball crossed into the penalty area, NOT where your ball eventually lands or rests.

You have three standard options for relief with one penalty stroke: lateral relief (drop within two club lengths from the point your ball crossed into the penalty area); on the line relief (drop within one club length anywhere on a line extended back from the hole through where your ball crossed into the penalty area – note this is often not available because that line takes you further into the penalty area), and stroke and distance relief (drop within one club length of where you played your last shot). If you choose stroke and distance relief, please make this decision quickly, so as not to slow down play. The most common relief taken is lateral relief. All drops must of course me no nearer the hole.

If your ball clearly crosses into a red penalty area from your tee shot, there is no reason to play a provisional ball, but you can choose to hit another tee shot with a penalty as part of taking the stroke and distance relief option. Again, most often, players will go to where their ball crossed into the penalty area and take the lateral relief option. In addition to standard relief options from penalty areas, there are also designated drop zones, intended to help with pace of play, so you may take relief there on penalty of one stroke.

The Day

Our first special event of the year, a “couples” scramble for Valentine’s Day. This was restored to our calendar this year after a break of almost 20 years, and was a huge success all round. So most of the focus will be on the day and the “couples”, with some loose notes about the play.

First of all a big thanks to James and Lili “Let your Love Flow” Bristow for doing just that and organising an outstanding event. Thank you, Jane Finnie, for staying up the night before to bake cupcakes for the goody bags – Jane, we had photos of you in the madness of the day but none of them did you justice, so we will wait. On the contrary, we did capture Ric at his glamourous best below and, to you and Lis, our appreciation as always for liaising with the venue and reaching out to long lost friends to join, including from other societies. A big thanks to Bags for donating Prosecco for the winners, even though he could not make the event. The team at Sawangan were amazing, making us so welcome (we love you too) and even washing our cars while we played. Finally to the 42 players who got into the spirit of the event, of course the ladies were the stars, but also thanks to TBS and the other uncoupled lads who were left over to play with each other.

Sawangan was the site of the first Tee Set event over 37 years ago. We last played there for our 30th birthday scramble, and yesterday may be the last time we play there. I think many of us felt that was a shame. The course was a picture (thanks Bill), the greens were true, and the guys got a buzz out of playing off the red tees for a change. Whatever happens, we have very fond memories of our Valentine’s Day visit.

A big welcome back to Iris and Louis, who last played at Sawangan 12 years go and to Phil and Ika, who organise the R&A society. They kindly hosted some of our players at their Monthly Medal on Saturday and it is always great to see them at Tee Set, featured here in action, and later in the winners’ circle.

It was great to have DOGS supremos, JB, Sarah, Rod and the little terrier himself, Craig, join with us, although we claim him as ours too. One of the highlights of the day was when we realised the prize mugs were printed with the Tee Set logo but the text “DOGS Valentine’s Day’. Horrfying to Lili and James but hilarious to all of us and a further sign of the closeness of the societies, particularly during this tough time for everyone. JB pictured here with what will no doubt become a collector’s item in years to come. Our big joint event is of course the Rancamaya weekend, usually held in June, but it was great to play together and share a few quiet ones.

Lots of ladies from the JAWS group too, and a few of the lads.

Many more photos here.

The Play

And now for the play. A suitably complicated scoring system was introduced, combining percentages of handicaps, adding to give “couples” an advantage, adding further based on beers consumed, taking the square root of the derivative of the median (no, that bit’s not true) …. and this is what we got!

Congratulations to the winning couple, Rosie and Sam. We can now reveal that this pairing was weeks in clandestine preparation, and Sami, who chose not to play without his preferred partner, can now discover the cause of his rejection. There were several name changes to this pair along the way, none of which can be published, either too crass or too corny. Sam was clearly nervous on arrival to the course and asked long-time confidante, Cucu, for some tips over a pre-match manicure. Rosie arrived with her eye clearly on the prize, overheard telling Sam on the first tee box to take an iron and place the ball in the middle of the fairway: “Course management, Sam, course management” she repeated three times. She was right to emphasise this too. By the end of the first nine, Sam had sprayed his drives like a Jackson Pollock and was worried he would not meet his quota of six drives. As it turned out, he reached his quota on the 18th, driving the green to set up an eagle putt. According to their playing partners, Rosie was the mature skipper that guided this young sailor and steadied the ship, but both players putted superbly, narrowing missing that eagle on the last.

We sent James and Takahashi-san to the bar, rather than award them runners-up. They were good with that. The runners up were an actual couple, Phil and Ika. Rav and TBS are not a real couple either, so were also sent to the bar, along with a bottle of gin awarded for Grossest, sorry Lowest Gross. Of coure, awarding the guys a bottle was a strategic move, because we knew from previous form that they would share it with the rest of us. Regular winners, Rika and Matt, took third place, and may have done even better but they had no beer discounts to improve their score. Matt asked if he could get Rika putting for him every week. After pictured above exploring his feminine side, Ric is pictured here perhaps overcompensating, as Lis carries the case of Ric’s favourite drop, Anker beer, for fourth place.

Thanks to Bill for leading the presentations, pictured below with Kayla, Adrian(a) and Richard, who slipped on one of his wife’s outfits just before tee off.

Next Up: Sunday 21 February 2021, Riverside, 11.45am, 880k with carts

Our round this week co-incides with the opening of the Jakarta Interleague Competition, which this year includes for the first time teams from DOGS and JAWS. After 6 weeks of eclectic rounds, the cunning DOGS honed their skills and put potential players’ feet to the fire on this tricky Greg Norman designed course, and the mystics in JAWS will no doubt claim some sort of weird spiritual affinity with the Shark. However, according to our own Captain Sam, Tee Set is in it to win it this year. He is crafting a winning combination of singles and pairs and may tap you on the shoulder with a call to duty. Those not so tapped, will enjoy a pressure free round, perhaps playing your first round of Tee Set matchplay. In line with Interleague rules, men will play off the white tees. Always a good day out at Riverside with great staff, an open air clubhouse and excellent facilities. Sign up here.

It’s almost time. If you haven’t got a partner yet, try your luck and sign up here. Not too many people but lots of prizes, including one we just made up – best team name. Make it up together and write it on your card. Your chances of winning something this week are real good. Thanks to James “Let your Love Flow” Bristow and Lili for all their hard work in the lead up. Sure to be a day to remember.

The Day

Kudos to the course management for presenting it in such excellent condition after all the rain through the week. Fortuately the rain held off to allow play. A good turn out of 46 players and a very good atmosphere on the course and off. Welcome back Coach Ken and Max after decent breaks and good to see Grant survived the surf and apres surf in Bali, and is back with us for a break.

The photos featured the Seabrook-Wymer family challenge, Ric here pictured doing his best “Happy Gilmore”. Some big hitters – Sam and Adrian – were paired for the first time with former Club Champ Jaco and the less stretched of our Craigs. Striving for some extra distance to match his playing partners, Craig swung so hard on one shot, he clean missed it.

Matchplay Supremo Bags did well to launch the first matches before he heads off this week for an intensive golf camp at Mar-a-Lago, hoping to make his swing great again. We expect him to return to win his own competition. He managed to take the first step, overcoming Ric, in a socially distanced match, played from different flights. They agreed they did not want to get in each other’s head.

The Play

Another big hitter, David, took Low Net A with 70, a reward for patience after several recent good rounds. Emil shot a great 66 to win Low Net B and his match against James 4/2. Dimitri had the round of the day with 65, including a skirt (see below). Overall scores were low – see here – with 14 birdies and 4 rounds under 80, the best being Matt. Your picture with the cash was a bit fuzzy so we found a better one.

In the other prizes, confusion reigned supreme, due to early departures, messy scorecards and Ric leaving his specs at home. Yes, the normal organised chaos. Mike was clear winner of Low Putts with 26. Sami, pictured in the seated pose that he has made his own, was awarded First Sandy, because Sam, who had first sandy was ruled out of contention because he was in contention for another prize, which he did not win. 200k awaits next round!!!

Pictured below as a winner of both Most Improved, through a complex process of calculation, and Most Strokes on a Hole is Frans. He was photographed twice but we like a good money shot. Joining Frans in the battlers circle were Eli, unlucky to be just over the 40 putt threshold for Monster Putter, and Dimitri and Max, brave survivors for the skirt photo. A number of skirt fines are still on account….they go to a good cause…subsidising social events, so consider them a gift that gives back.

In other matchplay fixtures, Axel outplayed matchplay specialist, Jari, 4/3 and Juju topped Mike 2/1. The competition is now off and running!!!!!

Coming Up: Sunday 14 February 2021, Valentines’ Day Event, Sawangan, 10.30am, 315k walking, 415k shared carts (15 carts available), team of 2 scramble off the red tees

The idea of a weekend lockdown seems to have passed for now, but we have toned down the event. As Celine Dion sang as the Titanic tilted, the golf will go on.

No Luscious Love Tones, no BBQ feast, but a fun day followed by Lili’s famous chilli beans to welcome you in and help with the social distancing….plus prizes and oh, treats for the ladies…

Like all Valentines Days, this is all about the anticipation. Intrigue about the pairings is intensifying. Registrations are now open here but we promise we will keep the pairings a secret until Sunday.

Sawangan has a special place in the history of Tee Set. It will be our last round there before it disappears, so we look forward to a fond farewell. A number are staying at the bungalows on the course, which can be booked in advance through Devi on 0812 9504 1383. Phil and Ika have also extended an invitation to all Tee Setters to join their R&A group Monthly Medal event on Saturday morning, tee off 11am.