Next Up: Emeralda Sunday 13th January 2019

Posted on January 10, 2019 by rogerfinnie

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Although we made a late change to play our last game of 2018 there just 2 weeks ago, our previously planned scheduling sees us make a quick return to the excellent Emeralda. We have requested to play the River/Lake combination to mix it up from our last visit.

With its 27 holes designed by Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer you can walk the footsteps of legends whilst enjoying one of the more picturesque courses we will play all year.

The rate is Rp950k including cart and with an 11.30am tee time we will be able to enjoy fully the day and not be too late returning home. To come and join in all the fun of a Tee Set Sunday please sign up here.

Tee Set Match-Play 2019

The 2019 Tee Set Match Play Championship is now open for registrations.  Games will start the first week of February and we will hold a drawing for the placement round at the monthly medal on 27 January 2019.

Please submit your details on the form here to join the competition to try to wrest the Ric Wymer Cup from current Champion, Jens Roestel.

Tee Set Schedule 2019

Your Tee Set committee has put together a strong schedule for 2019 and the details are here for you to peruse and mark any key highlights into your calendar. Three items of note:

  1. It is fluid so please check it from time to time as we make changes based on feedback from courses on competition days or other potential complications to our expected smooth rounds. Your President is happy to receive feedback on potential new courses to be added to the schedule should slots open up during the year;
  2. There are 2 Thompson Cup events which fall on Saturdays and are not part of the Tee Set official schedule but given many of us play in it, its been added it to the schedule for information;
  3. In addition to the week-end at Rancamaya when we have our BBQ and match with The DOG’s, we are coordinating 3 other potential over-night events. Firstly, a visit to Gunung Geulis in July. Secondly, following on from the success of our inaugural visit in 2018, a return to Finna in Surabaya and thirdly, a new trip to Merapi, Jogjakarta. The dates of these latter 2 events are to be scheduled but please look out for more details as we fine-tune them with our tour masters, Craig Ewers and Axel Hertzke.

 

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Sunday 6th January 2019: Gading Raya

Posted on January 8, 2019 by rogerfinnie

The Day

Our first game of the New Year saw us return to Gading Raya where we welcomed 45 Tee Setters on what was a dry and sunny day. It was an opportunity for several players who had just flown in to get out and stretch their legs to help get over the jet lag; none more so than birthday boy Jens Roestel and Shawn Berg who had arrived in from Germany and Canada, respectively, the evening before. Good to see everyone out after the New Year.

Although hoping for a smooth day, we had a couple of curve balls to deal with in the pre-round arrangements with firstly an accident on the toll delaying the arrival of the VP of Almost Everything along with our secretary and then the caddy master sending out some of the groups fully 45 minutes early despite 1/3 of the group had not yet arrived.

Whilst the administration coped as normal, this meant there was long gap between the front and back of the field and so the post-round gathering was a little quieter than normal. After the scoring was collated, several headed over the DOCKS where we enjoyed some food and drinks kindly laid on by Jens to celebrate his birthday.

4 newcomers welcomed on the day and a warm Tee Set welcome was given to Tim Evershed, Dominic Wong, Jack Harkness and Ben Jenkins. We also gave a warm welcome back to Kathy Scalabre and Arnold Castillon who were both back after 7 months away. We look forward to welcoming you all again soon.

Thank you’s on the day to Jens for his hospitality, Beby for managing the scoring, Craig Edwards for the registrations and VP Ric Wymer for almost everything else needed to make the day run smoothly. Photos of the day are here.

The Play

Whilst relatively flat, Gading Raya has some tricky rough, soft fringes and undulating greens which can reward good play and catch-out the unwary. The scores today reflecting these characteristics as they do during most visits.

Monster Putter was a close run thing with Tim Evershed just pipping Tim Henssen with 44 putts on the day. Tim however was not to escape as he was fined for his skirt along with VP Ric Wymer and Stefan Thiele. Unsurprisingly perhaps, Shawn Berg ran out of steam on the back 9 which included a 10 to share Most Strokes along with Tan Chee Hua. Most Improved went to Nick Gleeson who tightened his game up to come home 8 strokes better whilst Kim Pham secured first Par for handicaps >=30 with her effort on hole 4.

On the skill prizes, First Sandy went to Lorenzo Marengo for his effort on hole 1 where Chris Chipman also secured First Birdie. Completing the trio was Keith Gorman for his Low Putts of 27.

Low Gross was awarded to both President Roger Finnie and Tee Set Champion Richard Mau as their gross scores of 80 could not be separated by a simple count-back. In the Low Net category, Gading Raya specialist Fernando Gaggino was back to secure A Grade after a net 69 with Arthur Mallari (67) and Kathy Scalabre (70) taking Grades B & C, respectively.

Congratulations to all our winners.

Next Up: Emeralda Sunday 13th January 2019

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Although we made a late change to play our last game of 2018 there just 2 weeks ago, our previously planned scheduling sees us make a quick return to the excellent Emeralda. We have requested to play the River/Lake combination to mix it up from our last visit.

With its 27 holes designed by Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer you can walk the footsteps of legends whilst enjoying one of the more picturesque courses we will play all year.

The rate is Rp950k including cart and with an 11.30am tee time we will be able to enjoy fully the day and not be too late returning home. To come and join in all the fun of a Tee Set Sunday please sign up here.

Tee Set Match-Play 2019

The 2019 Tee Set Match Play Championship is now open for registrations.  Games will start the first week of February.  We will hold a drawing for the placement round at the monthly medal on 27 January 2019.

Please submit your details on the form here to join the competition to try to wrest the Ric Wymer Cup from current Champion, Jens Roestel.

Tee Set Schedule 2019

Your Tee Set committee has put together a strong schedule for 2019 and the details are here for you to peruse and mark any key highlights into your calendar. Three items of note:

  1. It is fluid so please check it from time to time as we make changes based on feedback from courses on competition days or other potential complications to our expected smooth rounds. Your President is happy to receive feedback on potential new courses to be added to the schedule should slots open up during the year;
  2. There are 2 Thompson Cup events which fall on Saturdays and are not part of the Tee Set official schedule but given many of us play in it, its been added it to the schedule for information;
  3. In addition to the week-end at Rancamaya when we have our BBQ and match with The DOG’s, we are coordinating 3 other potential over-night events. Firstly, a visit to Gunung Geulis in July. Secondly, following on from the success of our inaugural visit in 2018, a return to Finna in Surabaya and thirdly, a new trip to Merapi, Jogjakarta. The dates of these latter 2 events are to be scheduled but please look out for more details as we fine-tune them with our tour masters, Craig Ewers and Axel Hertzke.

 

 

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Next Up: Gading Raya Sunday 6th January 2019

Posted on January 3, 2019 by rogerfinnie

A Happy New Year to all Tee Setters and we begin 2019 with a visit to Gading Raya followed by a post round event at The DOCKS where we will be treated to a couple of free barrels in celebration of the New Year and the birthday of Tee Set Match-Play Champion, Jens Roestel.

Gading Raya has been one of Tee Set’s favourites and deservedly so with an excellent course and good facilities being complemented by relatively easy access for many Tee Setters.

Tee times off 1 & 10 at 11.30am have been confirmed along with the attractive pricing of Rp815,000 with carts.

Lots of good reasons therefore to sign up here and we look forward to seeing all who can join us on Sunday.

Whilst we are working on the full 2019 schedule, the next few weeks have already been confirmed as below.

In Memory: Jack Sanford

We have learnt this week of the recent passing back in Houston of Jack Sanford, aged 77 years.

Jack was one of the Tee Set originals and even after retiring from his job here, he would come back regularly to Indonesia and play with Tee Set and in the Bali Classic.

We will share some more words on Jack shortly as well as any other details we can get on arrangements. In the meantime, our commiserations to all his family and we will be raising a toast to Jack on Sunday.

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Sunday 30th December 2018 Emeralda

Posted on January 1, 2019 by rogerfinnie

The Day

For our final round of 2018 we went down to Emeralda and the 30 Tee Setters who joined enjoyed a great round of golf with the weather and rather empty course ensuring we had an excellent day out.

The continuing winds made for some interesting shot selection on a challenging layout but with the fairways and greens in good condition those striking the ball well were able to return some good scores.

A long welcome back to Kai Hertzke, bother of Axel, who was back with us after an absence of 151 weeks and it was a pleasure to welcome back Charles Lim and Rene Jansen who had joined us for the first time last week.

A thank you to Craig Edwards for again sorting out the registrations and pairings and to Beby for inputting all the scores and handicap updates.

The Play

Mark Johnson was celebrating his birthday this weekend and we were able to call him up a couple of times during the prize giving; Firstly for his skirt where he was joined by Mike Webb, Craig Ewers and no longer skirt virgin, Arne Tjaden. Mark was back to recover his fine for his Low Putts of 29 after we had awarded Monster Putter to Kim Pham (41) and Most Strokes to Tom Grace (13).

With the Plantation course the more difficult of the 2 nines we were playing, it was not a surprise that Most Improved came from those starting on that 9 with Leon Bivolaru taking the prize with an improvement of 5 strokes. Our other skill prizes went on Hole 1 with Tan Chee Hua winning First Sandy and President Roger Finnie First Birdie.

Low Gross went to Tim Knight who shot an excellent 78 off the stick whilst our Low Net Winners were Len Ogembo in A Grade (71), Michael Mueller in B Grade (70) and Lis Wymer in C Grade (71).

Congratulations to all our winners and the detailed results are here.

Next Up: Welcome back at Gading Raya and The DOCKS

A Happy New Year to all Tee Setters and we begin 2019 with a return visit to Gading Raya followed by post round event at The DOCKS were we will be treated to a couple of free barrels in celebration of the New Year and the birthday of Tee Set Match-Play Champion, Jens Roestel. 

Gading Raya has been one of Tee Set’s favourites and deservedly so with an excellent course and good faciliites being complemented by relatively easy access for many Tee Setters.

Tee times off 1 & 10 at 11.30am have been confirmed along with the more attractive pricing of Rp815,000 with carts.

Lots of good reasons therefore to sign up here and we look forward to seeing you all next week.

Whilst we are working on the full 2019 schedule, the next few weeks have already been confirmed as below.

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Emerald Sunday 30th December 2018

Posted on December 29, 2018 by rogerfinnie

Apologies to those not playing tomorrow but we have had an issue with the email out regarding tomorrow’s game and so we are sending out a confirmation via the blog posts.

For all those signed up (and those not yet signed up but wanting to come and play) this is confirm that tomorrow’s game is on as previously posted.

Tee off is 11.30am so please be there in good time for registrations and groups. Green fees payable to the Club are Rp950,000 and Rp100,000 is payable to Tee Set as usual.

For those who can make it, see you there; for everyone else a very Happy New Year and we hope to see you soon in 2019.

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Next Up: Emeralda Sunday 30th December 2018

Posted on December 27, 2018 by rogerfinnie

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Our last game of the year sees us take advantage of the light holiday traffic and head a short way down the Jagorawi Toll to the excellent Emeralda. Our previous 2 visits in 2018 have proven popular and so we have added this visit to our schedule as a late change from the scheduled PJ.

With its 27 holes designed by Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer you can walk the footsteps of legends whilst enjoying one of the more picturesque courses we will play all year.

The rate is Rp950k including cart and with an 11.30am tee time we will be able to enjoy fully the day and not be too late returning home. To come and join in all the fun of a Tee Set Sunday please sign up here.

For those unable to join us, your Committee wishes you a very Happy New Year wherever you are and we look forward to seeing you out early in 2019.

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23rd December 2018 Riverside

Posted on December 24, 2018 by rogerfinnie

The Day

With the holiday season in full swing for most of us, we invited our friends from DOGS and Pocksia to join us for a fun 2 player better ball stableford event for our return visit to Riverside. Thank you to everyone who came out and joined us and with 45 players turning out, it made for a fun afternoon on what was an almost empty course in front of us.

As we did for last year’s event, all the registered players were divided into 2 pots based on handicaps and the pairings drawn to make the 2 player teams. Thank you to Mark Johnson and Craig Edwards for assisting with the registrations and pairings.

Once teams were drawn we headed out for our shot-gun start just after 11.15am which was fortunate because, whilst we enjoyed a windy but dry round, as we were enjoying the post game celebrations the heavens opened and blessed the course with some more rain.

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This week marked the last game, for a while at least, of regular Tee Set and DOGS player, Detlef Bluemke. We thanked Detlef for his friendship and support and wished him bon voyage as he leaves to take up a new assignment. There was of course time to capture one last skirt photo, even if we were not collecting skirts this week, with some of those who had a skirt on the day joining Detlef for the photo.

Detlef also brought along a couple of cases of refreshments so that we all stayed a little longer in the clubhouse and enjoyed a leisurely late afternoon chatting and relaxing before taking the relatively smooth ride back into town.

In the event, the top 3 teams were awarded a bottle of wine each with Arne Tjaden, Karan Khetan, Rosie Putri, Mike Webb, Al Livingston and Kim Pham (after a count back from Craig and Tim) all getting their prize. The full results are below.

riverside results

A thank you also to the Riverside staff who looked after us well on the day. Photos as usual are here.

Next Up: Emeralda 30th December 2018 11.30am

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Our last game of the year sees us make a last change in schedule as we have decided to take advantage of the light holiday traffic and head a short way down to the excellent Emerald. Our previous 2 visits in 2018 have proven popular and so we have added this visit to our schedule as a late change from the scheduled PJ.

With its 27 holes designed by Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer you can walk the footsteps of legends whilst enjoying one of the more picturesque courses we will play all year.

The rate is Rp950k including cart and with an 11.30am tee time we will be able to enjoy fully the day and not be too late returning home. To come and join in all the fun of a Tee Set Sunday please sign up here.

For those unable to join us, your Committee wishes you a very Happy New Year wherever you are and we look forward to seeing you out early in 2019.

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Next Up: Riverside Sunday 23rd December 2018 11.30am

Posted on December 20, 2018 by rogerfinnie

Our penultimate round in 2018 sees us head down to Riverside and claim the rain check from our last visit when we got severely washed off the course.

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.

This week we have invited our friends from the DOGS & POCKSIA to join us and we will be having a fun game together playing in 2-person team pairs. We will conduct a blind draw for teams with the lower handicap half of the field drawing a partner from the higher handicap half of the field. The drawing will be conducted at 11.00 am so we can get the pairings to the starter so please register by then. 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, 3 lowest team scores will win the prizes on offer. All players (Tee Setter, DOGS or POCKSIA) with a current Tee Set handicap will play that handicap on the day and the remaining players will play off their DOGS/POCKSIA handicap.

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 Rp525,000 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 2019.

Xmas Charity Drive: Lombok and Palu 

Thank you to all those who have generously emptied their wardrobes of old clothes so far. We are still collecting donations this week so if you have anything to donate please bring along to Riverside this week or contact Santi Miller or Roger Finnie to coordinate collection/deliveries.

Santi and Jane will be going through all the donations and creating shipments to be donated to families in both Lombok and Palu for the New Year. Thank you in advance for all your donations to support these worthy efforts.

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Sunday 16th December 2018 Cengkareng Monthly Medal

Posted on December 17, 2018 by rogerfinnie

The Day

Our final monthly medal of 2018, and the last one before the current shield is retired, saw a strong turnout of 42 Tee Setters heading to Cengkareng for another excellent afternoon of golf and to enjoy the great service and hospitality that the course offers.

Although a dry, bright sunny day, the tail effects of the tropical cyclone hitting northern Australia saw us tackle the course in a very strong wind which saw some holes become quite a different experience than we have had in our previous visits. Adaptable as Tee Setters are, many relished the challenge of the conditions and in the end the results were remarkably similar to other months at Cengkareng.

4 newcomers this week with Sang Young Park, Chris Chipman, Graham Parsonage and Andrew Macking all being given a warm Tee Set welcome. Only one notable welcome back with Gary Hing joining us after 6 months. We hope to see you all again soon.

Thank you to Craig Edwards for handling the early registrations and pairings and to Ric & Lis Wymer for managing the scoring and results after the round. Details of the results are below and the photos of the day here.

The Play

 

A 25% hit rate saw a bumper photo of 10 skirt winners with Chris Chipman, Craig Ewers, Detlef Bluemke, Eric Mary, Ian Butcher, Matt McGowan, Mick Dodsworth, Rod Ritson, Stefan Thiele and Tim Henssen all in the frame. Several were to return as winners later in the prize presentation although Rod and Chris were to remain for a second booby prize photo after securing Most Strokes (13) and Monster Putter (46), respectively.

First to recover their fine was Mick Dodsworth who was joined by VP Ric Wymer and Cucu Chandra in sharing Most Improved with 8. Tim Henssen also recovered his fine with First Sandy on hole 11 whilst Ronald Lim took First Birdie for his effort on hole 3. Completing the weekly skill prizes was Fernando Gaggino for his Low Putts return of 28 strokes.

Monthly skills prizes saw both Eric Mary (Long Drive Men) and Stefan Thiele (NTP) also back in the black whilst Rosie Putri took home Long Drive Ladies.

Our Low Net winners were Richie Tiblani (A Grade net 67), Ronald Dimaculangan (B Grade net 73 after a count-back from Rosie) and Riahana Ariestya (C Grade net 69).

Continuing his good form, President Roger Finnie was our Low Net on the day after his 78 gross whilst our Monthly Medalist after a fine net 66 and a return of 42 points was Matt McGowan.

Congratulations to all our winners and the detailed results are here.

Xmas Charity Drive: Lombok and Palu 

Thank you to all those who have generously emptied their wardrobes of old clothes so far. We are still collecting donations this week so if you have anything to donate please bring along to Riverside this week or contact Santi Miller or Roger Finnie to coordinate collection/deliveries.

Santi and Jane will be going through all the donations and creating shipments to be donated to families in both Lombok and Palu for the New Year. Thank you in advance for all your donations to support these worthy efforts.

Next up: Riverside Sunday 23rd December 2018 11.30am

Our penultimate round in 2018 sees us head down to Riverside and claim the rain check from our last visit when we got severely washed off the course.

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.

This week we have invited our friends from the DOGS & POCKSIA to join us and we will be having a fun game together playing in 2-person team pairs. We will conduct a blind draw for teams with the lower handicap half of the field drawing a partner from the higher handicap half of the field. 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, 3 lowest team scores will win the prizes on offer. All players (Tee Setter, DOGS or POCKSIA) with a current Tee Set handicap will play that handicap on the day and the remaining players will play off their DOGS/POCKSIA handicap.

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 Rp525,000 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 2019.

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Next Up: Cengkareng Sunday 16th December 2018 at 12pm. Monthly Medal and Eclectic IX

Posted on December 13, 2018 by rogerfinnie

As usual our December monthly medal is a little earlier in the month due to the holiday season so 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 2018’s Monthly Medal.

It’s the last opportunity to get your name on the current shield which will be full after this month’s event; but fear not, Kojo and Geoff Thwaites have already confirmed their continued sponsorship of the Monthly Medal Shield and a new one will be purchased to engrave with the winners from next month onwards. Thanks Geoff!

Thanks to the sponsorship of Ken Runyon and his teams at Accel Golf and Golf & Special Events Management we will recognizing the Low Gross and Low A, B & C winners with a trophy in addition to presentation of the Monthly Medal to the overall winner.

This week will also be the second  round of Cycle IX of the Tee Set Eclectic and an opportunity for you to down a first marker in the hope to wrestle the trophy from current holder, Amol Singhal.

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 Rp800,000 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 management have recently purchased 8 golf carts. These are priced at Rp55ok a cart so if you wish to reserve one please contact the Golf reservations staff at Cengakreng 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.

Xmas Charity Drive: Lombok and Palu 

Whilst the initial news has passed and many valuable contributions have been made to support the main relief efforts, news from families of Tee Setters with direct connections to these 2 locations report that there are many people who have lost all of their belongings and are therefore short of some basic necessities including clothing.

Therefore, under the initiative of Santi Miller, we would like to ask you to go through your wardrobes and find any serviceable old clothes and bedding which you would be happy to donate. Be conscious of what would be practical given the environment – no high heels for example – but otherwise all donations are welcome. We are asking for both adult and children’s clothing plus bedding but not food, toys etc…

Donations can be brought the Tee Set events to be held over the first 3 weeks of December (BSD, Cengkareng & Riverside) and passed to Santi or Roger Finnie. If you wish to donate but cannot make these events then please contact Roger, Santi or Keith Miller and we will give you an address where they can be sent to be added to those collected on each of the next 3 Sundays.

Santi and Jane will be going through all the donations and creating shipments to be donated to families in both Lombok and Palu for the New Year. Thank you in advance for all your donations to support these worthy efforts.

For your diaries….

A few of our regular Tee Setters will begin to head out from this week-end so our best wishes for the holiday season to those we will miss over the next 3 weeks or so.

For those staying in Jakarta, we will have our 2 player better ball stableford event at Riverside on 23rd December – a bargain at Rp525k as we claim our rain-check from earlier in the year and on 30th December we will return to Pangkalan Jati for our final round of 2018 with, I am sure, a few refreshments on hand to toast the end of year.

On 6th January 2019 we will be at Gading Raya followed by a social evening at the DOCKS as a welcome back and to celebrate Match-Play Champion Jens Roestel’s birthday. Jens will be sponsoring a couple of barrels of beer that evening so we can enjoy a fun evening to kick off the New Year.

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