Sunday 9th September 2018 Imperial Golf Klub

Posted on September 11, 2018 by rogerfinnie

The Day

With the Tee Set Committee reverting to the previous practice of preparing sign-ups and cards on a Friday evening, the recent habit of many Tee Setters to sign up late was to create some scrambling as we ran out of the extra blank scoring cards and the course needed to push back another group to allow our extra flights beyond those advised based on the sign-ups.

However, Tee Set is nothing but accommodating and welcoming to all who turn-up and with the course also helping out the VP in sorting out the extra tee times with the main group, we got everybody out and round without any issues.

No eagles, a few birdies and plenty of geese on the course to keep us company as we enjoyed a perfect golfing day under blue skies, a far cry from the previous Sunday at Riverside.

One newcomer today, Rennie Putri who was given a warm Tee Set welcome and a couple of notable welcome backs with Geary Bowles joining us after 80 weeks and Tim Knight after 50 weeks. We hope to see you all back soon.

In the absence of the President, VP Ric Wymer took the reins and was ably assisted by Mark Johnson, Rennie Putri and Santi Miller to ensure the registrations and prize giving went as smoothly as possible. Many thanks to them all and to Beby who ensured we could all play off our updated handicaps after updating a months worth of cards. Photos of the day are here.

The Play

 

No shortage of fines this week with 6 players tied for Most Strokes and 6 enjoying the thrill of searching through the Tee Set dress up bag for their Skirt photo. Although some cards were missing, the recorded Most Strokes was shared between Bill Bigelow, Detlef Blumke, Laurie O’Connor, Matt McGowan, Ric Wymer and Rosie Putri whilst our skirt “winners” were Detlef, Ian Butcher, Jongchun Kim, Richard Green, Dirk Kruip and Simon Oxley. Less crowded was the Monster Putter leaderboard with Hana Ariestya out on top with her 42 strokes on the greens.

Richard Green won his money back with Most Improved of 7 whilst Laurie O’Connor was also in the black again after taking the money from a 4 way tie of Low Putts on 30 also including Don Duttlinger, Ric Wymer and Mark Fiorello. First Birdie went to Gary Mond for his effort on hole 5.

First Sandy on Hole 1 was shared between Andrew Waite and Santi Miller whilst Jeff Landau took home Low Gross after his round of 80.

Low Gross Winners on the day in the respective grades were Ken Runyon (70), VP Ric Wymer (68) and Dirk Kruip (77). Ken’s alter ego Mark Johnson collecting his prize as we had a snafu in managing the late registrations … another good reason to sign up early; we trust Mark and Ken will work out the prize giving side between them on a future week.

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

Tee Set Match-Play

Our first semi-final was completed on Sunday with Jens Roestel and Matthew Powell enjoying a very close match in which no less than 12 holes were halved. In the end Jens won the 18th hole and the match 1up to go through from the Kuning bracket to face the Emas winner for the Ric Wymer Match Play Trophy. Santi Miller and Matt Otto will play out the Emas bracket match in a couple of weeks so we will then know our 2 finalists.

Next Up: Padang Modern 16th September 12pm Rp795k

After a couple of cancellations due to competing tournaments, this Sunday sees us back at Padang Modern where we are always well looked after and have an enjoyable round. Tee time is 12.00pm and the cost, including cart, is Rp795,000.

If you are interested to join us please sign up here to register

Special Shirt and Belts Offers to golfers

With a change in ownership but not business model, our good sponsor Grand Slam Golf is having a flash sale to clear old stocks. Check out the great offers here and here and contact Richard Bittner at richardmbittner@gmail.com if you are interested in any of them.

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Next Up: Imperial Sunday 9th September at 11.55am

Posted on September 6, 2018 by rogerfinnie

Sunday sees us return to our local klub with a K, Imperial, for our 4th visit of the year.

Imperial’s layout is always a strong golfing challenge and the Club House has excellent views over the course to enjoy along with the good service and your chosen refreshment.

Tee time is 11.55 a.m. and the price Rp950,000 with carts.

We will need to provide names to the course on Saturday morning latest so please sign up as soon as you can to help us with the administration with Imperial. Those that can join us please sign up here.

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Sunday 2nd September 2018: Riverside

Posted on September 4, 2018 by rogerfinnie

A great Day, ultimately a wash out

Riverside is one of our popular courses, which tests all of the Tee Set community and does not give up a good score easily. This Sunday saw 32 Tee Setters take the short trip down the Jagorawi Toll to test their skills against the tricky Greg Norman layout and enjoy a fun day in team pairs as we tried out a new event format of Russian Stableford.

16 teams were paired up and organized for our 4 hole shot-gun start, kindly organized by the Riverside GM Peng Siong, who also joined us for the day. After an explanation on the scoring rules we all headed out under bright sunny skies to tackle the course.

Amongst the early movers were President Roger Finnie and partner Len Ogembo who scored a birdie and par on a stroke hole which also was their first Russian scoring hole for 12 points. However by the time we made the turn, Lis Wymer, taking style lessons from playing partner, GM Peng Siong, were tearing up the course on the back of Lis’ 43 outward half to register an impressive 45 points.

Sadly for all of us, this is when the heavens opened and we were forced to seek shelter from the “Mother of All Storms” which descended rapidly over the course. With very high winds and laterally driven rain, the course suffered extensive damage as several trees fell across the course and cart paths. This made the course unplayable and so play was abandoned for the day.

 Whist the course maintenance crew cleared the roads of fallen trees so we could go home, we showered and headed to the bar where, in lieu of prizes, we enjoyed a couple of rounds of our sponsors product which happened (!) to be on special for our visit.

Naturally this led to plenty of banter and despite no prize giving, the Tee Set outfits made their customary appearance to the amusement of those who stayed. Best dressed went to Rosie and Arne…

We have been promised a reduced rate for our next visit in lieu of the rain check and details of this will be provided as soon as they are confirmed with Riverside’s management. Naturally the ride home was a little wet but all made it safely back.

Next Up: Imperial Sunday 9th September at 11.55am

Sunday sees us return to our local klub with a K, Imperial, for our 4th visit of the year.

Imperial’s layout is always a strong golfing challenge and the Club House has excellent views over the course to enjoy along with the good service and your chosen refreshment.

Tee time is 11.55 a.m. and the price Rp950,000 with carts.

We will need to provide names to the course on Saturday morning latest so please sign up as soon as you can to help us with the administration with Imperial. Those that can join us please sign up here.

 

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Next Up Riverside 12pm Sunday 2nd September 2018

Posted on August 30, 2018 by rogerfinnie

RiversideThe Greg Norman designed Riverside 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 will be mixing up the format of our games by holding a Russian Stableford event. Played in 2 man teams, your stableford scores will be counted together for a team score but with a twist. Whilst on 12 holes your two scores will be added together, on holes 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 they will be multiplied together to give us that Russian twist….. ie., if your team scores on a hole are 2 points and 4 points you will score a team 6 points (2+4) on the regular holes whilst on the special holes above your team will get 8 points (2*4). Obviously a player scoring 0 on those special holes will wipe the team score as 0 times anything is still 0! Prizes for the best 3 teams will be awarded on the day.

Find yourself a partner and come and join in the fun – tell us in the comments section who your partner is. Don’t have a partner?; still come along and we will pair you up on the day. Confused about the scoring? President Roger Finnie will manage all the queries on the day.

To join us for the fun of this unique format and the challenge of one of Jakarta’s finest courses on Sunday just sign up here as usual. Green fees of Rp750,000 including a shared cart with a tee time of 12.00pm: please be there around 11.00am as we should have a shot-gun start so it takes a little more time to get bags/players organized and out to the respective holes.

 

Other forthcoming golf events which may interest you….

 

Par 5 PNG Independence Day Event

Riverside Golf Club

Friday, 14th September 2018  

Tee-off: 07:00am

Entry Fee – Rp 1,295,000.00

Come and join the Friends of PNG Day Golf as they take on Riverside Golf Club in their annual PNG Independence Day Golf Event. The competition is a 4-ball Texas Scramble Competition with teams working together for the best overall stroke score.

Your entry fee includes – Breakfast, Lunch, Tournament Shirt, Lucky Draw Prizes and of course most importantly a round of Golf (Caddy, Cart and Insurance).

 We are also seeking any organisation that wishes to sponsor any of the holes or skill prizes, so if you are interested in signing up and/or sponsoring any of the holes on the day, contact Rob (Par 5 Club) +62 813 3109 5424 / rob.par5club@gmail.com

BWA Pink Golf Day

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Sunday 26th August 2018 Cengakreng Monthly Medal and Eclectic IX Rd. 1

Posted on August 27, 2018 by rogerfinnie

The Day

A relatively quiet day at the end of a 3-day week-end festival of golf which saw the most adventurous of our group play 81 holes of golf after walking the 45-Holes Asian Tigers event hosted by VP Bill Lloyd on Friday and participating in the Thompson Cup on Saturday before coming back to Cengkareng the next day for a gentle 18 holes as we held our regular monthly medal. A couple of weary bodies beforehand but otherwise a great spirit and much joviality around the club-house as we sorted out registrations with President Roger Finnie still in his Scotland kit from the previous day….

With The D.O.G.S. also having their event on Sunday this week, a smaller than usual turnout of 34 players (the data-base missing 1 card not turned in) enjoyed a another fantastic golfing day with the course in great condition and the sunshine and friendly caddies & staff at Cengkareng keeping us all happy.

    

2 newcomers on the day and a warm Tee Set welcome was given to John Dotch and Prabhu who joined us for the first time. We also welcomed back the Gaisler family after 14 weeks which gave us the opportunity to finally present Jana with her Monthly Medal from April 2018.

Lots of good stories on the day to share in the clubhouse afterwards including a “Barnes Wallace” effort from Joshua Alexander who managed to skip his iron shot twice across the lake on hole 5 and see it pop out the other end.

We also enjoyed sharing Audie’s Hole in One success from last week with the jugs of beer he kindly purchased for us all to consume after the round.

In the continuing absence of our secretarial assistance, a big thank you to Pascal Bekaert who ensured we got plenty of quality pictures this week and to VP Ric Wymer who again stepped up to manage the scoring on the day. The many photos of the day can be found here.

The Play

As usual, Cengkareng proved a very competitive course for our monthly medal with many good scores at or just under net par providing the scorer with a small headache as he sorted out the several count-backs needed to resolve the winners as well as determine the owners of a couple of cards which were turned in without their names on them!.

Of less debate were the fines with newcomer Prabhu being joined by skirt regular Pascal Bekaert and Jaroslav Gaisler for a delve into the Tee Set dress up bag. Still wearing her April monthly medal, Jana Gaislerova was called up to be photographed with the Monkey for her Monster Putter effort of 40 strokes on the greens; Eric Park having gone home as had our Most Strokes “winner” Michael Reading who had 13 on a hole.

Unusually for Cengkareng, First Birdie held out until hole 7 where 4 players all finally scored one with Ian Butcher and Amol Singhal remaining to collect their prize. Most Improved was awarded to Geoff Thwaites who got to grips with his golf game in the back nine to improve by 10 strokes whilst playing partners Joshua Alexander and Roger Finnie followed each other in on hole 4 to share First Sandy. Audie Kaunang showed that even if he cannot get a hole in one every week, his putter was in fine form too as he took home Low Putts with 28 strokes on the green.

Daniel Gaisler won Low Net A on a 4 way count-back of the players on net 72’s and Efsi Hayati Low Net B after her best net of the day 67. Low Gross went to Len Ogembo after another count-back on 82 gross.

On the monthly skill prizes, Nearest the Pin was won by Gary Mond and Long Drives by Santi Miller and Amol Singhal. The big winner on the day and finally the holder of a Monthly Medal was Pascal “Pastis” Bekaert who scored 41 points and prevailed on a count-back from Efsi Hayati who had to be content with a runners-up spot for a second month in a row.

Pascal was a very happy gentleman and in addition to posing for the Monthly Medal award, he came back and had a second photo to reflect all his winnings on the day having also got a skirt and been the only >=30 handicapper thus securing those prizes too…. but for the one prize rule of course…

Congratulations to all our winners on the day and the detailed scoring can be found here.

Tee Set Match-Play

Sunday was also the last day of the bracket semi-final round for the Tee Match Play and we had our final 2 matches played out.

In the Emas bracket, Santi Miller beat Wina Nugraha 4&3 whilst in the Kuning bracket Matthew Powell beat Geoff Thwaites 5&4. Both progress to the bracket finals where they will face Matt Otto and Jens Roestel, respectively. The matches are due to be completed by 30th September.

Next Up: Riverside Sunday 2nd September 12pm Rp750k

RiversideThe Greg Norman designed Riverside 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 will be mixing up the format of our games by holding a Russian Stableford event. Played in 2 man teams, your stableford scores will be counted together for a team score but with a twist. Whilst on 12 holes your two scores will be added together, on holes 3, 6, 9, 12, 15 and 18 they will be multiplied together to give us that Russian twist….. ie., if your team scores on a hole are 2 points and 4 points you will score a team 6 points (2+4) on the regular holes whilst on the special holes above your team will get 8 points (2*4). Obviously a player scoring 0 on those special holes will wipe the team score as 0 times anything is still 0! Prizes for the best 3 teams will be awarded on the day.

Find yourself a partner and come and join in the fun – tell us in the comments section who your partner is. Don’t have a partner?; still come along and we will pair you up on the day. Confused about the scoring? President Roger Finnie will manage all the queries on the day.

To join us for the fun of this unique format and the challenge of one of Jakarta’s finest courses on Sunday just sign up here as usual. Green fees of Rp750,000 including a shared cart with a tee time of 12.00pm.

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Ivan Byriel

Posted on August 27, 2018 by rogerfinnie

Dear Tee Setters,

A short post to share that the funeral procession for Ivan will depart MRCCC today at 11am to head to Pondok Ranggon in Cibubur, JLRaya Tpu Pondok Ranggon. The funeral will commence at 1pm.

Thereafter there will be a wake at Jimm’s Bar in Bellagio Mall, Mega-Kuningan from 6pm.

All are welcome to attend either or both events

RIP Ivan

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Next up: Cengkareng 26th August 2018 12pm Monthly Medal & Eclectic Cycle IX Rd 1

Posted on August 23, 2018 by rogerfinnie

Ivan Byriel

In celebration of the life of Ivan Byriel, a quiet gathering of his friends and colleagues to honour his memory will be held at Brass Bar in Bellagio Mall, Kuningan.

Time is 7pm, today Thursday 23rd August, with a few words being shared around 9pm followed by a small voluntary collection which will be passed onto his family afterwards. If you can make it, all are welcome.

Next Up: 26th August 2018 Cengkareng 12pm Rp800,000 Monthly Medal and Eclectic Cycle IX Round 1

Being the last week-end of the month, 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.

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 first  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.

News Flash: 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.

BWA Pink Golf Day: Please support this worthy event

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Sunday 19th August 2018 BSD and post match social event

Posted on August 21, 2018 by rogerfinnie

The Day

What was otherwise an excellent day was tinged with the sadness of Ivan Byriel’s passing on Sunday. A tribute to Ivan follows below and he was given a warm toast at our prize giving after the round.

With BSD preparing for a major event next week, the reports on the course were very positive and the 49 Tee Setters and guests who attended (we lost a 4 ball who arrived late and failed to register!) were treated to a great day of golf with the course in superb condition and weather equally accommodating with bright skies and a gentle breeze.

This week saw us welcome 4 newcomers and a warm Tee Set welcome was given to Andile Keta, Isabelle, Sukkuriya Masri and David Prosser. Notable welcome backs to Koen Verheyen (246 weeks) and Shaun China (65 weeks) with Dennis Kloeth, Dan McNally and Nick Shearman all getting honourable mentions. We look forward to seeing you out again soon with Tee Set.

Sadly just about the only thing not working well on the day was the camera (operator error suspected!! but with this becoming a recurring theme it may be time to look at the camera?) so we have few pictures of the day or newcomers – Andile being captured by the President early on in the day and Isabelle was a staring support when the scores were being entered and captured below. Those we have are here.

With us playing off the white tees, the scores reflected the excellent conditions and many rounds at or under net handicap were recorded on the day. As planned, after a couple of beers at the club house, we retired to Casa De La Mexicana again to continue the post round celebrations. With everyone having a good time, entering the scoring was done late so apologies to a few prize winners who left early.

Thank  you to VP Ric Wymer for again doing the scoring and prize giving in the absence of our Secretary, ably assisted by Isabelle and kept refreshed by Shaun China. Thank you also to our hosts at Casa De La Mexicana, especially Sahara, who were kept busy answering the many food and drink requests from the 29 Tee Setters who joined the evening.

The Play

High-light of the day and somehow not also recorded as our first and only Eagle, was the Hole in One scored by Audie Kaunang. Audie fortunately had invested in the hole in one voucher and was able to collect his winnings after the round to enjoy. Congratulations Audie.

With the Tee Set bag not making it to the restaurant, our skirt winners were for once spared the glory of their photo but still captured above were John Suermondt, Koen Verheyen, Matt Otto and Mel Cantarella. Also spared the Monkey photos were Brett Shields for his 12 on the opening hole (perhaps unsurprisingly since he made the ultimate effort to come from Matoa after finding his game was cancelled to join us with 5 minutes to spare) and newcomer Isabelle who had 46 putts for Monster Putter.

First Sandy went to newcomer Andile Keta on hole 3 whilst not for the first time this year, Andrew Waite took First Birdie on hole 1 along with Lorenzo Marengo. President Roger Finnie had equal Low Putts with 29 to collect that prize whilst Detlef Blumke was our Most Improved coming home a lucky 13 better than going out.

Jeff Landau had a good day on the greens as well in turning in our Best Gross of the day after an excellent 76 off the stick. In the Best Net category, Matt Otto had a net 73 to take home C Grade whilst Ken Runyon won A Grade on a count-back from Ian Butcher with a net 68. However, net king of the day was VP Ric Wymer who enjoyed an excellent day shooting net 64 to win B Grade.

One match-play was completed with Matt Otto beating Matthew Cherrett 2 Up to move into the semi-finals. The remaining 2 matches in this round will be completed at Cengkareng.

Congratulations to all our winners and detailed scoring on the day is here.

Ivan Byriel R.I.P.

On Sunday we were saddened to hear the news of Ivan’s passing whilst travelling in Timor Leste just one week after joining us for Tee Set’s 35th Anniversary Event; this picture coming from that event.

After completing his qualifications in Queensland, Australia, Ivan began a career in Oil & Gas which lasted for well over 40 years. This career saw him spend time in PNG and Equador but was very much focused on Indonesia where he worked in a number of roles specializing around seismic survey work.

His work in Oil & Gas no doubt drew Ivan into Tee Set where he was an active participant for many years. Although some recent health issues had reduced his playing time with us, Ivan always recognized the importance of the many Charity golf events here in Jakarta and could be relied upon to join up when-ever time and health permitted.

A straight talker, Ivan would always light up his group and foursome each week and you could see that twinkle in his eyes which gave you an inkling of perhaps a country larakin in his history. Ivan will be sadly missed by all of us in the Jakarta golf community who got to know him as well as his family on whom he doted.

Our condolences to all of Ivan’s family here and in Australia.

Thank you to the many Tee Setters who provided some contributions for the above including Craig Ewers, Neil Mullins, John Suermondt, Keith Miller and Pascal Bekaert.

Next Up: 26th August 2018 Cengkareng 12pm Rp800,000 Monthly Medal and Cycle IX Round 1

 

Being the last week-end of the month, 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.

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 first  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.

News Flash: 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.

BWA Pink Golf Day: Please support this worthy event

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Next UP: BSD 11.28am Sunday 19th August 2018 and social at Casa De La Mexicana

Posted on August 16, 2018 by rogerfinnie

This Sunday sees us return to the popular and excellent Bumi Serpong Damai course. With no morning competition this time round, we have an 11.28 AM start off 2 tees and the price has been held at the same rate as in 2017 at Rp999k including cart.

If you wish to join us please sign up here.

We will play White Tees for men as usual.

After the success of last times social, for the post match presentations, we will again be decamping from BSD to De la Mexicana which is run by the family of Tee Setter Axel Hertzke and is located only 5 minutes from the golf course.

For those coming afterwards we will collect Rp150k per person (usual Rp100k for those not) which will be defrayed along with a Tee Set subsidy in some welcome Margaritas/Mojitos and snacks during the prize giving. Some limited other refreshments will be available to buy but BYO is encouraged. All meals and drinks purchased on the night will be with a 15% discount for those making a full evening of it. Maps to the restaurant will be available at BSD.

Please note in the comments section to confirm you will be coming when signing up so we can let the restaurant know the numbers of tables to prepare for us.

PS: more photos uploaded from last Sunday so please check them out here.

2 Great events need your support: Last Calls

(1) Scotland versus England Golf Match 25th August 2018

Please email Roger Finnie and Mark Johnson if you can join us.

(2) 4th Annual Asian Tigers 45 Hole Challenge

Hosted and organized by Tee Set VP, Bill Lloyd, and our good sponsor, Asian Tigers Mobility, this unique golfing event on the Jakarta calendar is not to be missed.

In addition to being just a great day out, it is also held for the worthy cause of supporting the protection of Sumatran Tigers through the work of the Animal Sanctuary Trust Indonesia,  https://www.simplygiving.com/NonProfit/animalsanctuarytrustindonesia.  ASTI’s mission, in part, to care for and rehabilitate the endangered Sumatran Tiger.

As you may guess from the name, the event is held over the 45 holes of Jagorawi Golf & Country Club with the emphasis on a golfing iron-man challenge to walk and play all 3 courses in a day. Carts are available for those who decide to relax during the day but with a penalty applied per 9 holes for their use.

Your score will be counted as the best four 9 hole scores  with the Best Net and Best Gross 36 hole scores getting to take home the finest trophy in Jakarta, here modeled by President Roger Finnie who won Best Net last year.

The date has been set for 24th August 2018 and if you are interested in supporting this event as a sponsor please contact Ken Runyon on accelgolf@gmail.com.

Registrations are open and your can download the registration form here. If you have any questions on the event please contact Bill Lloyd on  bill.lloyd@asiantigers-indonesia.com.

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12th August 2018: Tee Set 35th Anniversary Scramble at Matoa

Posted on August 14, 2018 by rogerfinnie

The Day

Sunday saw us head to Matoa for our traditional Anniversary Scramble event to celebrate Tee Set’s 35th Birthday. The day is always a lot of fun and attracts a good turnout with teams made up of players from different societies coming together with the Tee Set regulars to enjoy the day.

As always the day was well supported by our sponsors and so a big thank you to Asia Serv, Hot-Hed, JS Luwansa, Asian Tigers, San Miguel & Anker and Kojo as well as VP Ric Wymer and Rudie Basson who made some personal donations for the prize giving.

With few changes this year to teams on the day, registration was relatively smooth so players could enjoy some refreshments before the round to wash down the ever popular hot dogs from the BBQ and study the rules. All players were given a commemorative ball marker to mark the day whilst the President and VP had time to remember the good old days of 1980’s drivers whilst they arranged the set up of the novelty holes for the day. We also captured a proper photo with the shield of Craig Edwards after he won the Monthly Medal in July.

Apologies for anybody we may have missed but we were pleased to welcome for the first time Bernard Carr, Simon Caduff, Siegfried Sariowan, Clive Carlin, James Evans, Mark Souders and Rakesh Surampudi. We also had a welcome back to Jaco Zaayman who returned to the golfing fold after a serious illness.

With the refreshments on ice, the 18 teams and 73 golfers headed out on time under sunny skies to go and enjoy themselves whilst getting regularly served by our roving carts supplying cold drinks across the course to ensure the day was well oiled.

Although there were reports of a full moon before we finished, we were in fact all done in good time and able to enjoy the prize giving in the private room well before dark. Thank you to Pascal and Ric for bringing their cameras on the day and the pictures posted so far can be seen here; others will follow in due course once the VP has finished moving house this week.

The Presentations

President Roger Finnie opened the presentations by welcoming everyone to the Anniversary Event and thanking our sponsors, the team at Matoa and the Tee Set committee members who had all contributed to making the day special.

VP Ric Wymer then shared a few words on the history of Tee Set before long time member and sponsor Jack Calcote was asked to raise a toast to absent friends. Most recent amongst those long term stalwarts of Tee Set to depart was Clyde Wickiser who was a part of Tee Set from its first years right up until he passed away earlier this year.

Such was Clyde’s influence and support of Tee Set, President Roger Finnie then announced we would award a new trophy each year at the Anniversary event in honour of Clyde. The trophy is to be awarded to our Clubman of the Year and given his great contribution behind the scenes and iron-man support in turning out to over 75% of all events for many years, Roger announced VP Ric Wymer as the first recipient of the Clyde Wickiser Memorial Trophy.

After accepting the award, Ric offered a few more reflections on his memories of Clyde and we all agreed he may even have been a little emotional in accepting the award…. Congratulations Ric and well deserved as we all recognize and appreciate everything you do to make sure we play week in and week out.

With the club having run out of beer (!!?) early into the prize-giving we recognized that the wine ready for presentation as prizes was the only alcohol left in the room so we moved swiftly on to the rest of the agenda; starting with the cake cutting so it could be shared around whilst the winners on the day were recognized.

However, this was not before we recognized the great work of the Yayasan HOGS Group which we support with a donation on behalf of all Tee Set members. This year, being our 35th Anniversary we presented HOGS with a cheque for Rp15j. This was followed by a whip round which added another Rp4.1j meaning around 5-6 operations could be supported on children with Cleft lip by HOGS.

Nearest the Brenda was won by Wayne LaRosee and Nearest the Pin by Efsi Hayati whilst our long Hitters with the 1980’s driver were Livia Rivaiova and Edwin Thieroff. All received a bottle of wine for their efforts.

We also recognized the iron-men efforts in anchoring their teams off the tee with King Tirto winning the prize for Handicaps >=30 and Matthew Powell the prize overall with their contributions of 4 and 10 drives, respectively.

On the team prizes we had the remarkable return of all 18 teams having a gross score of under par – last year it was 10 teams from 22! Therefore the team prizes came down to the odd missed putt or unlucky bounce with less than a stroke covering most of the prize places for 1v2 and for 3rd place.

Best Gross on the day with a score of 65 went to Alcoholics Not Anonymous comprising of VP Bill Lloyd, Ken Runyon, Paul Daud and Don Duttlinger. 3rd place on the day was the team of 5, with one of its members having turned up late and slotted in, of Mission Impossible: Wina Nugraha, Efsi Hayati, Lis Wymer, VP Ric Wymer and Albert Arcenas. Second by a whisker was Ball Away: Manfred Borer, Simon Caduff, Stefan Thiele and Gary Mond with the winners being The Internationals: anchored by last year’s runners up Pieter and Dede Nielen-Groen and joined by Axel Hertzke and Jaco Zaayman this year.

With the prize giving done, The President looked forward to another good event next year, turned on his 1980’s music and joined everybody left in enjoying the prize giving wine as we partied the evening away.

Next UP: BSD 11.28am Sunday 19th August followed by evening social at Casa De La Mexicana

Next Sunday sees us return to the popular and excellent Bumi Serpong Damai course. With no morning competition this time round, we have an 11.28 AM start off 2 tees and the price has been held at the same rate as in 2017 at Rp999k including cart.

If you wish to join us please sign up here.

We will play White Tees for men as usual.

After the success of last times social, for the post match presentations, we will again be decamping from BSD to De la Mexicana which is run by the family of Tee Setter Axel Hertzke and is located only 5 minutes from the golf course.

For those coming afterwards we will collect Rp150k per person (usual Rp100k for those not) which will be defrayed along with a Tee Set subsidy in some welcome Margaritas/Mojitos and snacks during the prize giving. Some limited other refreshments will be available to buy but BYO is encouraged. All meals and drinks purchased on the night will be with a 15% discount for those making a full evening of it. Maps to the restaurant will be available at BSD.

Please note in the comments section to confirm you will be coming when signing up so we can let the restaurant know the numbers of tables to prepare for us.

2 Great events need your support and sign up now please

(1) Scotland versus England Golf Match 25th August 2018

Please email Roger Finnie and Mark Johnson if you can join us.

(2) 4th Annual Asian Tigers 45 Hole Challenge

Hosted and organized by Tee Set VP, Bill Lloyd, and our good sponsor, Asian Tigers Mobility, this unique golfing event on the Jakarta calendar is not to be missed.

In addition to being just a great day out, it is also held for the worthy cause of supporting the protection of Sumatran Tigers through the work of the Animal Sanctuary Trust Indonesia,  https://www.simplygiving.com/NonProfit/animalsanctuarytrustindonesia.  ASTI’s mission, in part, to care for and rehabilitate the endangered Sumatran Tiger.

As you may guess from the name, the event is held over the 45 holes of Jagorawi Golf & Country Club with the emphasis on a golfing iron-man challenge to walk and play all 3 courses in a day. Carts are available for those who decide to relax during the day but with a penalty applied per 9 holes for their use.

Your score will be counted as the best four 9 hole scores  with the Best Net and Best Gross 36 hole scores getting to take home the finest trophy in Jakarta, here modeled by President Roger Finnie who won Best Net last year.

The date has been set for 24th August 2018 and if you are interested in supporting this event as a sponsor please contact Ken Runyon on accelgolf@gmail.com.

Registrations are open and your can download the registration form here. If you have any questions on the event please contact Bill Lloyd on  bill.lloyd@asiantigers-indonesia.com.

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