Next Up: Sunday 22nd December 2019: Riverside Xmas event

Posted on December 19, 2019 by rogerfinnie

The penultimate round of the year sees us team up with our friends from Djakarta Old Golfing Society and POCKSIA to head down to Riverside for a casual & fun 2 ball better ball event.

RiversideThis Greg Norman designed course is always one of the most interesting challenges on the Tee Set schedule with the Shark’s trademark optical illusions regularly fooling the unwary; meaning its an ideal venue for a team event where the risks and rewards of the round can be shared with your team-mate of the day.

As in the previous 2 years, we will play in 2 person teams which will be determined on the day by a blind draw from all the players registered on the morning. The draw will consist of one player from the lower handicap half of the field drawing a partner from the higher handicap half of the field. We have been assured of an earlier tee off so do not be late (10.30am please!) as the drawing will be conducted at 11.00 am so we can get the pairings to the starter. Late arrivals will be paired as they come.

Scoring on each hole for the team will be based on the better ball net score off individual handicaps, 5 lowest team scores will win the prizes on offer….

If anyone wishes to just join the day but not the event, we are more than happy to accommodate as well. Come join us for the fun and challenge of one of Jakarta’s finest courses on Sunday by signing up here as usual. Green fees of Rp775,000 including a shared cart with a tee time of 11.30pm

For those Tee Setters who are already travelling or who are busy the next couple of weeks, on behalf of the Committee we wish you and your families a joyous festive season and a Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you out on the fairways in 2020.

Lost and Found

If anyone lost a shoe bag with golf shoes last week at Cengkareng and would like to have them back, please let President Roger Finnie know and he can help arrange their repatriation…..

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Sunday 15th December 2019: Cengkareng Monthly Medal

Posted on December 16, 2019 by rogerfinnie

The Day

With the Monthly Medal moved up a couple of weeks in December before the holiday season starts, yesterday we headed off to Cengkareng for our last visit of the year; Sunday also marked the end of Cycle XI of the Eclectic completion which together with the attractions of good service and an excellent golf course meant we attracted a healthy turn out of 50 golfers.

Although the rumble of potential rain greeted our starting time, we were all to enjoy a dry and relatively cool day as the cloud cover provided a bit of shade and the gentle breeze some cooling on an otherwise muggy day. Freshened from recent rain, the greens were receptive and the course in good condition which all led to some excellent scoring as is reported below.

4 new-comers on the day and a warm Tee Set welcome was given to Diana Budiarti, Jae Won Lee, Karl Park and Rodney Weeks. A warm welcome back to Karan Khetan after 50 weeks and we look forward to seeing all out again soon.

Thank you to Brenda Mayland for the excellent management of the several group changes at registration and for the scoring afterwards. The photos of the day are here.

The Play

A bumper turn-out & X-mas celebrations in full swing made for a very happy Treasurer as fully 13 skirts were recorded on the day, almost 1/3 of the eligible field getting up to have their photo taken: Andrew Shaw, Chris Lever, David Baglivo, Fred Papachristidis-Bove, Graham Parsonage, Jae Won Lee, Karan Khetan, Mark Johnson, Oliver Fritz, Pepi Kurniawan, Rodney Weeks, Simon Oxley and Tribhuvan Singh. Monster Putter was shared between Mike Webb and Lorenzo Marengo whilst Most Strokes went to Karl Park. Oliver  was however back up shortly thereafter to collect his prize as First Par Handicaps >=30.

Also back up was Simon Oxley who shared First Birdie with Marcelo de Jesus and Karan Khetan who won 1st Sandy. Low Putter on the day was newcomer Rodney Weeks.

First Eagle on the day went to Mike Ha whilst Most Improved was Cory Packard. Cory was also back up with Juju Juhaeriah for their Long Drives in the Monthly Medal skills prizes. Lorenzo Marengo was our NTP but was absent at the prize giving…..

Low Gross went to Roger Finnie whilst Ian Butcher, James Ross and 2019 Tee Set Champion Mike Riley took out the Low Net prizes with some impressive scoring on the day. Ian was unlucky on the day with a score which would have won all but 1 of the previous monthly medals but today he needed to settle for runner-up as Holger Molendyk’s impressive 48 points took home the prize for our final medal of the year.

Congratulations to all our winners and detailed results are here: Cengkareng 151219 Results

In the final round of Eclectic Cycle XI, most of the leading contenders were present and some impressive improvements were recorded; this included Round 3 leader Tom Grace who held onto his lead to bring home the Trophy…. this was metaphorical on the day as the President was still hung-over from the night before and forgot to bring it to the course! Apologies to Tom and Holger and we will get proper photos for the website in due course.

   

Cycle XII and our search for the 1st repeat winner will commence with the next Monthly Medal, January 2020.

Next Up: Riverside Sunday 22nd December 2019 11.30am

For the 3rd year in succession, our penultimate round of the year sees us team up with our friends from Djakarta Old Golfing Society and POCKSIA to head down to Riverside for a casual & fun 2 ball better ball event.

RiversideThis Greg Norman designed course is always one of the most interesting challenges on the Tee Set schedule with the Shark’s trademark optical illusions regularly fooling the unwary; meaning its an ideal venue for a team event where the risks and rewards of the round can be shared with your team-mate of the day.

As in the previous 2 years, we will play in 2 person teams which will be determined on the day by a blind draw from all the players registered on the morning. The draw will consist of one player from the lower handicap half of the field drawing a partner from the higher handicap half of the field. We have been assured of an earlier tee off so do not be late (10.30am please!) as the drawing will be conducted at 11.00 am so we can get the pairings to the starter. Late arrivals will be paired as they come.

Scoring on each hole for the team will be based on the better ball net score off individual handicaps, 5 lowest team scores will win the prizes on offer….

Come join us for the fun and challenge of one of Jakarta’s finest courses on Sunday by signing up here as usual. Green fees of Rp775,000 including a shared cart with a tee time of 11.30pm

For those Tee Setters who are already travelling or who are busy the next couple of weeks, on behalf of the Committee we wish you and your families a joyous festive season and a Happy New Year. We look forward to seeing you out on the fairways in 2020.

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Next Up: Cengkareng Monthly Medal and Eclectic XI Final Round Sunday 15th December 2019 12pm tee off

Posted on December 12, 2019 by rogerfinnie

This Sunday we head back to one of Jakarta’s finest courses and one of Tee Set’s most popular venues, Cengkareng, home for Tee Set’s Monthly Medal for 2019.

In addition to being the final Monthly Medal of 2019, this week will also be the 4th and final round of Cycle XI of the Tee Set Eclectic. With Cycle X winner, Matthew Powell, having departed Jakarta, we will definitely have a new winner: will it be another new name on the Trophy or will one of our past Champions rise to the occasion again.? Details of the current standings are here.

Whilst there is a lot to attract players for this week, we also welcome those who just wish to enjoy a pleasant trip across the rolling fairways, guided round by Cengkareng’s well trained caddies and then to sit and enjoy one of its famous Margaritas to cool you down afterwards.

If you are able to join us for a very reasonable Rp850,000 walking please sign up here. Tee time is 12pm as usual.

Reminder: For those who would prefer not to walk, in addition to the hover boards to glide across the rolling fairways, Cengkareng has available a limited number of golf carts. If you wish to reserve one please contact the Golf reservations staff at Cengkareng directly. As the carts are limited in number and we do not have visibility to those already booked on the day, your Tee Set Committee is not involved to the reservation of the carts

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Sunday 8th December 2019 Jagorawi New

Posted on December 9, 2019 by rogerfinnie

The Day & The Play

A flurry of late call offs culled our already smallish group in half on Sunday morning which resulted in only 10 Tee Setters turning out on Sunday at the beautiful but challenging Jagorawi New Course. GM Arron Cole and his team were on hand to look after us well with an early start time and caddies all lined up ready for when we had all had a pre-round bite to eat and catch-up.

The course was in great shape with the rains having freshened up the grass and the greens were running smoothly as always. The challenge of the course was reflected in everyone scoring at least a 7 on one hole. Our two 3 balls got round in great time, just beating the rain which caught our 4-ball but they still managed to finish in good time after the short shower.

With only 10 players, everyone got a mention in the results one way or another and being Matt Otto’s last round before heading out to Mexico for his next assignment, we decided to forego the usual presentations and put all the funds towards a couple of jugs of beer to wish Matt Bon Voyage and best wishes in his next assignment.

Next Up: Cengkareng Monthly Medal and Rd IV Eclectic XI Sunday 15th December 2019

This Sunday we head back to one of Jakarta’s finest courses and one of Tee Set’s most popular venues, Cengkareng, home for Tee Set’s Monthly Medal for 2019.

In addition to being the final Monthly Medal of 2019, this week will also be the 4th and final round of Cycle XI of the Tee Set Eclectic. With Cycle X winner, Matthew Powell, having departed Jakarta, we will definitely have a new winner: will it be another new name on the Trophy or will one of our past Champions rise to the occasion again.? Details of the current standings are here.

Whilst there is a lot to attract players for this week, we also welcome those who just wish to enjoy a pleasant trip across the rolling fairways, guided round by Cengkareng’s well trained caddies and then to sit and enjoy one of its famous Margaritas to cool you down afterwards.

If you are able to join us for a very reasonable Rp850,000 walking please sign up here. Tee time is 12pm as usual.

Reminder: For those who would prefer not to walk, in addition to the hover boards to glide across the rolling fairways, Cengkareng has available a limited number of golf carts. If you wish to reserve one please contact the Golf reservations staff at Cengkareng directly. As the carts are limited in number and we do not have visibility to those already booked on the day, your Tee Set Committee is not involved to the reservation of the carts

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Next Up: Sunday 8th December Jagorawi New Course

Posted on December 5, 2019 by rogerfinnie

With JIL having moved to Riverside this season, we only have a limited number of visits to Jagorawi in 2019; this week being only our second visit of the year. We look forward to playing the excellent but tricky golfing challenge of the New Course where you really need to think through many of your shots, particularly off the tee.

Tee time is 12.30pm officially but we are expecting to get off a little earlier and possibly with a shot-gun start so we ask all of you to be at the course before 12pm please.

We will play white tees this week for men and if you are interested to join us please sign up here. Price is Rp999k with carts.

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Sunday 1st December 2019 Gading Raya

Posted on December 3, 2019 by rogerfinnie

The Day

The week after the Championships can be a quieter week for Tee Set but Gading Raya is a popular venue and so placing it on the calendar as our first week of the new season helps to ensure a healthy turnout. This week 34 Tee Setters and their guests joined us for an enjoyable day on this well looked after course with only the rather unscheduled, and recent coring, taking away from a great day out. Gading were apologetic for not informing us ahead of time and kindly provided some green fee vouchers to be shared amongst the group in compensation.

Not necessarily possessing swings for the purests, Tee Setters all share a love of the game and a few refreshments were enjoyed as usual afterwards; a good day out had by all!!

A warm Tee Set welcome to newcomers Tim Eldred and Damian Kelford and a warm welcome backs to  Stefan Skibinski, Adam Leigh-Smith, Michael Seabrook and Tony Cowan.

Many thanks to VPs Ric Wymer and Bill Lloyd for looking after the day as the President was absent nursing his post St Andrew’s Ball hangover. The results are here:  Gading 20191201 Results and photos of the day here

The Play

Whilst refreshed from the recent rains, the course was still running relatively well and so the small number of skirts was not too unexpected; Mike Webb, Oliver Fritz and Michael Seabrook all getting themselves an early marker in for our Cross Dresser of the Year award.  Most Strokes went to Kathy Scalabre and the difficult green condition challenged some of our golfers on the day, none more so than our Monster Putter, Tapio Jarvenenpaa. Michael was to get his money back sharing Most Improved with Alastair Livingston and newcomer Damian Kelford whilst Timo Karonen has rather made First Par handicaps >= 30 his own in recent weeks. Our First Eagle for the year was secured by Craig Binks.

First Birdie was shared by Jens Roestel and Adam Leigh-Smith and Low Putts by Jeff Landau who was beaten by Tim Knight for Low Gross after a count-back. Our Low Net winners for the week were Axel Hertzke, Ric Wymer and Tan Chee Hua.

Congratulations to all our winners on the day.

Next Up: Jagorawi Sunday 8th December 2019

With JIL having moved to Riverside this season, we only have a limited number of visits to Jagorawi in 2019; this week being only our second visit of the year. We look forward to playing the excellent but tricky golfing challenge of the New Course where you really need to think through many of your shots, particularly off the tee.

Tee time is 12.30pm officially but we are expecting to get off a little earlier and possibly with a shot-gun start so we ask all of you to be at the course before 12pm please.

We will play white tees this week for men and if you are interested to join us please sign up here. Price is Rp999k with carts.

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Next Up: Gading Raya 11.30am Sunday 1st December

Posted on November 28, 2019 by rogerfinnie

With the photos now uploaded, the Tee Set scribe is now completing the Championships report albeit slowly…..However, as ever, we move on with our regular events with this week seeing us kick-off the new Tee Set year at Gading Raya. One of our more popular courses, close to many Tee Setters and where the team make a good effort to look after us well.

Tee times off 1 & 10 at 11.30am have been confirmed along with the attractive pricing of Rp815,000 with carts. If you are able to join us please sign up here and we look forward to seeing all who can make it on Sunday

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Tee Set Championships Sunday 24th November 2019

Posted on November 25, 2019 by rogerfinnie

The Day

This is the day when our golfing year comes to the fore in Tee Set calendar with all of the year’s winners and contributors being recognized, our sponsors and committee thanked, our champions crowned and most importantly, a great party shared as we celebrate another year of camaraderie and friendship. Thanks to those Tee Setters who had signed up for the Championships but could not make it informing us in time to accommodate our waiting list, we had 109 players signed up on Saturday night…. and we had 109 players turn up on Sunday morning which was a record turn out for any Tee Set event; much to the satisfaction of everyone who had put so much effort into organizing it.

As usual VP Ric Wymer and his team of helpers had been at Matoa for most of Saturday afternoon making sure everything was ready for the dawn arrival of all the players. Once bags were dropped and registration confirmed, players were able to choose their shirt colour, a new adaptation since the committee couldn’t agree on a single colour this year(!), take a short medical check up kindly provided by Mayapada Healthcare and enjoy breakfast whilst catching up. Around the room was displayed all the statistics of the year, put together as usual by our web-guy Keith Miller.

 

With everyone expected turning up, there were very few movements in the pre-determined flights meaning we were able to head out onto the course in good time for our group photo and the shot-gun start at 7am.

Our day was blessed with great weather and so despite the high turn-out we were able to move round relatively smoothly. For those in need of sustenance, the Star Deli girls were roving the course with the drinks cart and Hot-Hed Hot Dogs were being served at the Clubhouse through out the round.

After the round, Keith and Brenda collected all the scores whilst everyone changed and got ready for lunch and the prize-giving.

Proceedings commenced as usual with our Commissioner of Elections, Keith Miller calling for a vote of thanks to out-going President Roger Finnie and all the Committee. Keith also advised the room that he had not been inundated with a rush of new candidates for the coming year and so by a show of hands, Roger would be dobbed in to serve for another year. The motion passed with a solitary objection, Roger’s partner!! VP’s Ric Wymer and Bill Lloyd then recognized our sponsors: Asian Tigers, Asia Serv, Hot-Hed, JS Luwansa Hotel, Kojo, San Miguel, Schenck Process, LF Logistics, Bina Nusantara Perkasa, Bintang Sub-sea, Samson Tiara, Mayapada Hospitals and Fugro as well as all the Matoa staff for their hard efforts on the day. With the week being Keith’s birthday, he was then asked to blow out the candles on the celebratory cake provided by Richard Mau and his team at JS Luwansa.

We had 4 newcomers on the day and  Tribhuvan Singh, Steve Vette, Nick Mclean and Marvin Abao were all given a warm Tee Set welcome. The welcome backs were numerous and several well over 2 years so in the interests of proceedings we welcomed them all back en masse. Our long term members in attendance were then called up and those with 20+ years presented with a bottle of wine as a thank you: Anthony King, Mick Mongold, Joe Alchi, Manoj Mishra and Alistair Livingston. 

Our average winners for the year’s play were then recognized with Low Gross Tim Knight, Low Average Putts Richard Mau and Low Average Net Roger Finnie all being given a bottle of wine. A photo call was then made for the Tee Set Inter-league team, our Eclectic and Monthly Medal winners to recognize their success during the year.

We conducted our door prize draw before the first major trophy was awarded by Ric Wymer to the Match Play Champion of the year, Roger Finnie, and the runner’s-up prize to Simon Oxley.

The results of the day were then presented as below and with official proceedings closed, the party kicked off.  A few hardy souls made it to dark with former President Pascal Bekaert and Web-guy Keith Miller last seen tucking into some cheese and wine.

Thank you to everyone who made the day run so smoothly and the many, many photos of the day are here.

The Play

Being a regular Sunday we had our regular call up for skirts and so whilst they were spared a fine, Brad Burness, King Tirto, Mark Johnson and Paul Daud all got to parade in front of the assembled masses. Most Improved on the day went to James Ross and First Par Handicaps >=30 went to Timo Karonen. Anthony King took Low Putts and fellow playing partner Kees de Korver First Sandy whilst Doug McQuater and Emil Marcelo shared First Birdie.

Defending Tee Set Champion Richard Mau shot an excellent 73 gross to win the Low Gross Championship and the George Bevege Trophy. A snafu saw Jari Antikainen awarded the Tee Set Champions Trophy but after he grciously pointed out the mistake, the scorers were left with a 3-way tie for the Championship. The count-back went all the way down to the last 3 holes (as played) and finally Mike Riley emerged as the winner just pipping Laruie O’Connor and Eric Mary in the runners-up spots.

Congratulations to all our winners on the day and detailed results are here: TSC 2019 Full results listing for those wishing to check out all the scores.

Next Up: Gading Raya 11.30am Sunday 1st December

 

Collating all the photos and reports on the day takes a little longer than normal so this will be shared later in the week. However, as ever, we move on with our regular events with this week seeing us kick-off the new Tee Set year at Gading Raya. One of our more popular courses, close to many Tee Setters and where the team make a good effort to look after us well.

Tee times off 1 & 10 at 11.30am have been confirmed along with the attractive pricing of Rp815,000 with carts. If you are able to join us please sign up here and we look forward to seeing all who can make it on Sunday

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Tee Set Championships: 2 spots just opened up

Posted on November 23, 2019 by rogerfinnie

Less than 24 hours to go to our golfing party of the year. Thank you to the 5 players who kindly advised they could not make tomorrow; we have been able to offer the spaces to those on our waiting list last night and now have 2 slots remaining if anyone else wishes to join: please just sign up here:  2019-tee-set-championship-registration and we will confirm the arrangements during the course of the day… it may not be instantly as we are down at Matoa setting everything up.

To everyone coming, see you tomorrow bright and early.

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News flash: 2019 Tee Set Championships are Full

Posted on November 20, 2019 by rogerfinnie

Thank you all for supporting the 2019 Tee Set Championships to be held this Sunday, 24th November at Matoa Nasional Golf Course.

We now have 112 confirmed registrations and therefore we have a full field for the day. Any further registrations will go onto a waiting list and we will slot players in should there be any drop outs between now and Saturday evening.

If you have signed up but now cannot make it please let us know so we do not miss the opportunity to add players who signed up late.

To check you are on the list please see the confirmed list of players we have captured.

If you think your name should be here but isn’t (or is and it shouldn’t be!), please contact Roger Finnie ASAP. Also please advise if any changes to your shirt sizing.

Further details on the day will be sent to registered players by Saturday morning.

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