The Day
Tee Set’s World Cup of Golf held its 4th edition last Sunday and whilst the format of the event has evolved a little since it was launched in 2016 thanks to the initiative of the Singing President and his Committee, one thing had remained constant with Srikandi winning each year. We were therefore back to Riverside to see if it would be a 4-peat!!
11 teams competed that inaugural year and so it was great to see the evolution of the event with 80 players arriving at Riverside to represent one of the 20 teams entered for 2019’s World Cup event. Event Supremo, Craig Edwards did a great job in hustling teams for the event and many thanks to him and the Team Captains for getting so many players out for what is now our 3rd biggest event of the year.
Like the Anniversary scramble, team events are an opportunity for some new-comers to experience a Tee Set Sunday and we welcomed an impressive 12 new players on the day. A warm Tee Set welcome was given to Alfred Lee, Aprinius, Bambang Sadewo, David Bidau, Jason Lock, Jussi Nakai, Mark Dressler, Petri Lahdekorpi, Santeri Rantala, Thanawat Tarinampong, Victor Tang and Wisnu. Apologies if we missed anyone out… and for those not below, we will capture your photo next time you join.
Sadly, we also needed to wish Bon Voyage and Au Revoir to Joe Callahan who played his last Tee Set game before departing Jakarta to take up his next posting with the US Embassy – Joe was not to go away empty handed as further covered below.
The day sees several teams make a great effort to coordinate on out-fits and some colourful ensembles graced the fairways on Sunday. Given the efforts made by some teams, we introduced an extra prize for best dressed this year.
The day itself blessed us with perfect sunny golfing weather. With the course playing firm and the greens being receptive after some over-night rain, we all enjoyed an excellent day on the fairways with friends. Given the numbers, Riverside arranged a full shot-gun start and big thank you to all the staff there for helping ensure our round was smooth and that we could enjoy the evening prize-giving over refreshments until well into the evening.
In addition to the prize giving for the day, we also had one presentation delayed from the scramble day due the absence of former President Geoff Thwaites that week. Geoff was presented with the Clyde Wickiser Memorial Trophy as our Club Man for the year and received a well earned ovation from all present as well as a cake to mark the occasion kindly donated by Richard Mau.
Lots of contributions to make the day run smoothly and in addition to the aforementioned, a thank you to VP Ric Wymer, Peng Siong and Shinta at Riverside, John Brown and Craig Ewers.
The Play
Our skill awards on the day were won by Dave Prosser and Iris Rothenberg for their Long Drives and by Audie Kaunang for his Near Pin.
Best Dressed Team went to the US Embassy Team of Joe Callahan, Matt Otto, Andrew Shaw and Rakesh Surampudi, whilst special recognition was given to the 3 teams from Finland who were all coordinated in the same shirt design, …at least until late replacement Michael Mueller had to fill in on one of their teams!
Team prizes were given for Best Net and Best Gross (3 lowest player scores counting per hole for each team), albeit one prize per team only as usual in Tee Set. The winner of Low Gross was Aces of Trump (Bill Lloyd, Mark Souders, Jeff Landau, Richard Mau) with a final score of 241 off the stick with the teams of Arjuna (Audie Kaunang, Fitrat Ameer, Bambang Sadewo, Aprinius) and Garuda (Satya Santoso, Dippo, Fuad Yusuf, Risky Fabriando) taking the 2 runner-up spots.
Winners of the Low Net and the World Cup Trophy for 2019 was our UN team of Mark Fiorello, Jude Alexander, Billy Variava and Jaco Zaayman with Singapore (Peng Siong, Alfred Lee, Victor Tang, Wishnu) and Southern Ocean (Mark Scheide, Gavin Webb, Gary White, Rob Nicholls) taking the runners up spots.
Congratulation to all the winners and we look forward to seeing you all out again next year. Detailed results are below – as the Trophy goes to the Low Net winner, these places were allocated first before the Low Gross… in case you were asking!!
Next Up: Cengkareng Monthly Medal Sunday 25th August 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 8th Monthly Medal of 2019, this week will also be the first 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.?
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.
A quick note to all players, President Roger Finnie will be absent for the next 3 weeks so please contact VPs Ric Wymer or Bill Lloyd for any immediate queries on our upcoming events or other Tee Set matters.
Reminder: For those who would prefer not to walk, in addition to the hover boards to glide across the rolling fairways, Cengkareng management have purchased 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.
2nd Annual East Java Challenge update: As already noted, numbers were low and now hearing the course is rather dry in the evenings, we have decided to postpone this event to another date. We will post again once a date has been found to propose: likely near the end of the year.
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