Next Up: Emeralda Golf Club 11am 10th June 2018

Posted on June 7, 2018 by rogerfinnie

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This week sees us again take advantage of the lighter traffic on the Jagorawi Toll to visit another of those gems of a course, Emeralda Golf Club.

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 this year. Usually difficult to get good group booking slots at a reasonable price, Emeralda has been off our calendar for a couple of years so we are pleased to include it this year to our schedule. The rate of Rp950k includes the cart and dinner afterwards and with an early tee time we will be able to enjoy fully the day and not be too late returning home.

This week also marks the golfing farewell to Tony Howarth who will be moving before the end of June. Tony has been a strong supporter of Tee Set activities and we wish him well on the next leg of his adventures.

To come wish Tony farewell and join in all the fun of a Tee Set Sunday please sign up here.

Rancamaya 3rd June 2018: Tee Set versus D.O.G.S.

The Day

Rancamaya has developed into one of the main events on our calendar and this year was no exception with it proving to be a popular and hugely successful week-end. With so many players cross-pollinating the D.O.G.S. and Tee Set memberships, the numbers captured for Tee Set do not tell the whole story of well over 50 players and family enjoying the traditional Saturday night BBQ and 74 players heading out on Sunday to participate in the Tee Set versus D.O.G.S. match or to enjoy a social round with friends and participate to one of either Societies’ weekly event.

Logistically this all requires good administration and so a huge thank you to Mark Johnson who handled all the hotel bookings and BBQ planning, John Brown for the course bookings, Glen Menyennett for the extra meat which made sure there was enough for the BBQ, Bill Lloyd for his music and Ric Wymer and Beby who along with Mark and the D.O.G.S. Committee ensured the week-end went as smoothly as we could manage. We also would like to thank Dan Javier and Arthur Mallari of San Miguel who kindly sponsored our beer refreshments on Saturday night, which proved very popular with everyone.

All good organization cannot however survive first contact with Golf Course management and so as usual we needed to adapt our planning as extra groups on Saturday appeared around our flights. Nevertheless, we managed to get everyone back in time for an early BBQ on Saturday which, as always, proved a fun and sociable evening and which was capped off by a formal toast to the inspiration behind the week-end, our dear departed friend Juergen Degert.

Sunday again saw Mark and Ric needing to manage not only the match and players but also manage the starter who was trying to push our flights out 90 minutes early: a challenge for those who stayed over and wished to recover from Saturday night’s party and of course, for those coming for the day only who arrived for a 12pm tee time. Some patience and firm control saw everything get organized and both the 8 flights of the match and 11 other flights went out by just after 12pm so we could all be finished in good time to finish off any remaining refreshments from Saturday night and enjoy the good Club House F&B whilst the prize giving was conducted.

No newcomers this week but a notable welcome back to Connor Dodsworth after 118 weeks and Sofie Bright after 33 weeks.

Clearly there was so much fun going on that the photo taking was a little light – we missed Pascal’s keen eye for a picture this year. What we have is posted here and if anyone has more pictures to share please forward them to the Tee Set email and we will add them.

The Play

Despite the challenges of Saturday night for many, there were some impressive results on the day as you will read further of below. Rancamaya however can also prove to be tricky and so it proved for Andrew Shaw and Jeff Durham who were caught out to collect a skirt apiece. Most Strokes of 13 and Monster Putter of 44 both were secured by Kathy Scalabre who chose to have her photo taken with the Monkey. Lis Wymer had the most improved for her back 9 which was 11 shots better than the front.

First Birdie went to Simon Oxley who birdied hole 1 to guarantee himself a prize. Some juggling of the prizes saw Jaturaporn Pibankul awarded 1st Sandy for his effort on hole 6 and David Baglivo Low Putts for his 26 shots on the greens as part of his impressive net 66 despite still feeling the effects of a heavy Saturday night.

Best Gross of the day again went to Gary Hing for his excellent 76 off the stick whilst Richard Mau (72), Geoff Thwaites (71) and Andrew Shaw (72) took home the prizes for Low Net A, B and C, respectively.

Having completed the presentations for both D.O.G.S. and Tee Set’s weekly competition, the last order of business was for the Juergen Degert Trophy to be awarded to the winning Captain, Ric Wymer, with Tee Set having prevailed on the day 10-6. This is the first time Tee Set have won on its 3rd event so we will be looking to even up the score next year!

Tee Set Match Play

1 result during the week with Divya Ahuja defeating Audie Kaunang 6&5 to progress. With 3 Sunday’s to go please can players of the remaining 7 get these arranged asap.

Tee Set Eclectic

The results from the first 2 round have been inputted and are available on the website as usual.

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Next Up: Emeralda Golf Club 11.00am Sunday 10th June

Posted on June 5, 2018 by rogerfinnie

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With some of the photos still to be uploaded the report on the fantastic Rancamaya week-end will follow soon. However, time waits for no golfer so in true Tee Set fashion we have already moved onto the next event which sees us again take advantage of the lighter traffic on the Jagorawi Toll to visit another of those gems of a course, Emeralda Golf Club.

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 this year. Usually difficult to get good group booking slots at a reasonable price, Emeralda has been off our calendar for a couple of years so we are pleased to include it this year to our schedule. The rate of Rp950k includes the cart and dinner afterwards and with an early tee time we will be able to enjoy fully the day and not be too late returning home.

To come and join us please sign up here.

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Next Up: Rancamaya 2nd/3rd June 2018

Posted on May 31, 2018 by rogerfinnie

Next week-end is the ever popular Tee Set versus D.O.G.S. event at Rancamaya. Saturday night is now fully booked at the hotel so there are no more spaces for those who may have been still thinking of coming down and making a week-end away unless you already made a reservation.

However, for those wishing to enjoy Rancamaya as a regular Sunday golf day, we will be very happy to see you and please sign up here as usual.

Anybody booked in for Saturday night does not need to register again unless you did your booking NOT via Mark Johnson and have not told us.

For those there on Saturday and wanting to play golf please be at the starter area by 11.30am and register with Mark Johnson who is organizing flights so we can have an orderly tee off departure. Saturday night’s BBQ will commence around 7pm and please bring your own special refreshments.

On Sunday, VP Ric Wymer and D.O.G.S. Captain Mark Johnson will arrange the teams for the match as well ensure everyone is placed into flights for the regular events of both societies. Please try and be there before 11.30am to assist them with making these arrangements smoothly.

We have some players looking for lifts so if any one has space and can offer a lift please let Ric Wymer know asap.

Forthcoming events

(1) Finna Challenge Cup 20th-22nd July 2018

Finna Golf and Country Club’s GM is Tee Set member Simon Reynolds. Following a recent visit by the Singing President Craig Ewers plus several other requests from members, we have worked with Simon to put together a tour package for July.

Details of the trip are attached here and please email our Tour Leader Craig Ewers at craig.ewers@aipj.or.id to confirm your interest in the trip. Craig will reach out to interested tourists to finalize the trip arrangements.

All reports on the course are fantastic and this should be a great week-end away so we hope you will join us.

(2) EARLY BIRD RATE – BWA CHARITY PINK GOLF DAY

The early bird catches the worm and a discount for signing up to this wonderful and popular event.

The BWA Golfing “Olym​PINKS”  will be held on Wednesday 24th October;  as always in support of breast cancer awareness.

Early Bird registration is open NOW for ladies and gents (all levels welcome). Price per player is 900,000 rupiah and this special rate is available until 30 July.

Register here https://goo.gl/forms/vPx72GlVsCl37XqI3 or ontact golf@bwajakarta.org for more details.

This is always a fun day out so please sign up asap either as a team or individually to support the event and secure your early bird rate.

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Sunday 27th May 2018: Cengkareng Monthly Medal

Posted on May 29, 2018 by rogerfinnie

The Day

Being the last week-end of the month, Sunday saw us heading out to Cengkareng for our Monthly Medal event which also coupled as the second round in Eclectic VIII. With a few late cancellations, numbers were slightly down on the usual turnout for this popular venue but 37 Tee Setters were there to enjoy the warm hospitality and good service which the course offers.

We were blessed with a dry sunny day and with the course playing well, the opportunity for good scoring was not missed by many of the players already in good form. Some impressive scoring, more below, was tempered by the longer carries from Blue to Red which ensured that a healthy level of fines were also collected during the prize giving.

3 newcomers on the day were given a warm Tee Set welcome: John Birch, Bill Bigelow and Chad Skorupka, whilst Chuck Jeffrey (23 weeks) and Al Livingston (16 weeks) headed the welcome backs. It was a pleasure also to see some of our recent new members back and we look forward to seeing you all again soon.

A big thank you to our secretary, Brenda Mayland, who managed all the registrations and scoring this week and photos of the day can be found here.

The Play

Always a good harvest of skirts at Cengkareng and this visit was no exception with 8 players being caught out. With several players leaving early we did our best to capture all of Chuck Jeffrey, John Birch, Mark Johnson, Francois Panchaud, Pieter Nielen-Groen, Ric Wymer, Richard Bolton and Richard Green.

The popular fine-prize double header was secured this week by Match Play supremo James Ross who took the Monkey for his most strokes of 10 on a hole in his front 9 and then came home 12 strokes better to win Most Improved by some margin.

Monster Putter and First Sandy winners were absent by the prize giving. 4 players birdied the 1st hole with Craig Binks and Jongchun Lim there to collect their prize at the end of the day. Master of the greens this week was Francois Panchaud who had an impressive day with the flatstick to take home Low Putts of 25 whilst Low Gross was awarded to Jeff Landau for his 79 off the stick.

Low Net A was won by the ever consistent Mark Fiorello who secured a net 70 off his equal low gross of the day 79 whilst Bill Lloyd took home Low Net B on a count-back from Craig Edwards after both recorded net 69’s. Lis Wymer completed our Low Net winners with her net 72 securing her C Grade honours.

In our monthly medal skill competitions, Simon Oxley was Nearest to the Pin to a tricky placement on Hole 17 whilst Santi Miller and Joshua Alexander were our Long Drive winners on hole 2.

With many good scores on the day the monthly medal was a close competition with Daniel Brown prevailing on a count-back from Craig Edwards after both scored 40 points. Congratulations to Daniel who joins our list of monthly medalist and gets his name inscribed on the shield.

Detailed results of the day can be found here.

Tee Set Match-Play

2 more matches were completed yesterday. Craig Edwards, who was unlucky with count-backs on Sunday, played well enough to put himself in contention for the monthly medal and also overcome Jon Pipe 4&2 to progress to the next round. For a second round in a row, Santi Miller showed steely nerves going down the last to prevail 1up against David Baglivo and also progress.

All the results communicated to us so far are posted to the match-play page on the website here and if you have played but not yet reported your results please do so to James Ross, cc Roger Finnie.

There are still 7 matches to be played in the current round so please make every effort to get these played prior to the next Monthly Medal which is the cut-off date.

Next Up: Rancamaya 2nd/3rd June 2018

Next week-end is the ever popular Tee Set versus D.O.G.S. event at Rancamaya. Saturday night is now fully booked at the hotel so there are no more spaces for those who may have been still thinking of coming down and making a week-end away unless you already made a reservation.

However, for those wishing to enjoy Rancamaya as a regular Sunday golf day, we will be very happy to see you and please sign up here as usual.

Anybody booked in for Saturday night does not need to register again unless you did your booking NOT via Mark Johnson and have not told us.

For those there on Saturday and wanting to play golf please be at the starter area by 11.30am and register with Mark Johnson who is organizing flights so we can have an orderly tee off departure. Saturday night’s BBQ will commence around 7pm and please bring your own special refreshments.

On Sunday, VP Ric Wymer and D.O.G.S. Captain Mark Johnson will arrange the teams for the match as well ensure everyone is placed into flights for the regular events of both societies. Please try and be there before 11.30am to assist them with making these arrangements smoothly.

We have some players looking for lifts so if any one has space and can offer a lift please let Ric Wymer know asap.

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Next Up: Cengkareng Sunday 27th May 2018 @ 12.00pm: Monthly Medal and Tee Set Eclectic VIII Round 2

Posted on May 24, 2018 by rogerfinnie

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 generous support 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 2nd  round of Cycle VIII of the Tee Set Eclectic and an opportunity for you to improve last months score or put your marker down to wrestle the Eclectic Trophy off Cycle VII winner, Mr James Ross.

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.

Tee Set Match-Play

There are 10 matches still to be played in the first knock-out round and with the holidays approaching the opportunities to play are going to disappear fast. Please check out who your opponent is and get the matches arranged as soon as possible if you are not already scheduled to play. If you have played but not reported the results please inform Roger Finnie to officially record the score and update the web-site.

Rancamaya Tee Set vs D.O.G.S. 2nd/3rd June 2018

LAST CALL FOR ANY ROOM BOOKINGS: SUNDAY ONLY GOLF REGISTRATIONS OPENS NEXT MONDAY

One of our most popular events and always an excellent week-end away, our visit to Rancamaya will be held over the week-end of 2nd/3rd June as we take advantage of the good traffic during Ramadan to head further down the Jagorawi Toll.

The event is open to all Tee Setters and for those who want to make a full week-end of it, booking your hotel room early is a must. Details about the week-end, the hotel and the rooming options are on the website  here. In addition to being a good week-end away, the golf is also great value with the rate  with carts confirmed at Rp660,000 for both Saturday PM and Sunday PM; thanks to John and Sarah Brown from D.O.G.S. for securing this rate.

Mark Johnson markstevenjohnson56@gmail.com has kindly coordinated all the room bookings and for those who have already booked via Mark here is the information we have so please check it is correct. If any changes are needed  or your booking is missing or you are signing up late please contact Mark to update. If you coming with a spouse/partner please also email Mark to inform him as we are finalizing BBQ numbers for Saturday night.

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Sunday 20th May 2018: Bogor Raya

Posted on May 22, 2018 by rogerfinnie

The Day

The opportunity to enjoy a pleasant trip both ways on the Jagorawi Toll to access the great courses around the Bogor area with relatively little traffic delay is always a popular time of year for Tee Setters. Added to the attractions of a scenic layout, great caddies and good service in the club house, it is always a pleasure to be able to visit Bogor Raya.

No surprises therefore that a very impressive turnout of 52 players came on Sunday to play, representing our best turnout of the year so far. This kept our Secretary Beby and VP Ric Wymer extremely busy beforehand as many of the players arrived close to tee off time and then there needed to be some rearrangements on hole allocations as we ended up with a mini-shot gun rather than the expected 2 tee start. Nevertheless, in true Tee Set fashion, all was resolved with minimum fuss and we got everyone out largely as requested.

In addition to being the last game for Neil Mullins before his return to Australia after a few weeks around Asia, we welcomed 6 new Tee Setters and 5 notable welcome backs. A warm Tee Set welcome was given to Scherzo Wahid Naiborh, Ronny Titheruw, Francois Panchaud, Muhammad Farooq, David Wong and Alexander Watt: most of whom we captured in the photos below. Heading the welcome backs was Robert Humberson after 84 weeks and father & daughter Scotty and Kayla Graham after 38 and 36 weeks, respectively.

With the journey time being under an hour for most Tee Setters both ways, bright sunshine and a course in good condition, the day was made for us to enjoy a great round. So it was to prove with play being smooth and relatively quick and some excellent results turned in for both gross and net scores.

A big thank you to VP Ric Wymer and  our Secretary Beby for handling all the registrations, scoring and announcements on the day. Detailed pictures are here for you to enjoy.

The Play

Some excellent results recorded by many players but with several winners choosing to head out early, the prize awardees were not always the initial winners as you will note below. Less confusing were the fines which included new comer Scherzo Whaid Naiborh getting caught with the Monkey for Monster Putter (42 putts) and Ivan Byriel and Matthew Allan sharing Most Strokes of 10 on a hole. Always popular is the skirt photo with David O’Shea, Dirk Kruip, Ivan Byriel, John Suermondt and Francois Panchaud all failing to pass the red tees during the round.

Ivan recovered his fine by taking first Par for Handicaps =>30 for his effort on hole 11 whilst Most Improved went to a happy Paul Daud who recovered 9 strokes on the back nine from his front nine effort. Mark Fiorello continued his fine form and won 1st Sandy this week for his effort on hole 8.

David Wong took home 1st Birdie with a fine effort on the first hole whilst Low Gross went again to Gary Hing for excellent 75 off the stick. Honours in the Low Net category went to Richard Mau in A Grade (70), serial winner the last few weeks Amol Singhal in B Grade (66) and Dirk Kruip in C Grade (78).

Thank you to all those who came and joined us, congratulations to all the winners and detailed results of the day can be found here.

Next UP: Cengkareng Monthly Medal & Eclectic Round 2 Sunday 27th May 2018 12.00pm

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 generous support 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 2nd  round of Cycle VIII of the Tee Set Eclectic and an opportunity for you to improve last months score or put your marker down to wrestle the Eclectic Trophy off Cycle VII winner, Mr James Ross.

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.

Rancamaya Tee Set vs D.O.G.S. 2nd/3rd June 2018

LAST CALL FOR ANY ROOM BOOKINGS: SUNDAY ONLY GOLF REGISTRATIONS OPEN NEXT WEEK

One of our most popular events and always an excellent week-end away, our visit to Rancamaya will be held over the week-end of 2nd/3rd June as we take advantage of the good traffic during Ramadan to head further down the Jagorawi Toll.

The event is open to all Tee Setters and for those who want to make a full week-end of it, booking your hotel room early is a must. Details about the week-end, the hotel and the rooming options are on the website  here. In addition to being a good week-end away, the golf is also great value with the rate  with carts confirmed at Rp660,000 for both Saturday PM and Sunday PM; thanks to John and Sarah Brown from D.O.G.S. for securing this rate.

Mark Johnson markstevenjohnson56@gmail.com is kindly coordinating all the room bookings so please contact him via email as soon as possible to secure your desired room type and to inform him on which dates you require the reservation for. Some popular rooms are in limited supply and will fill up fast; these will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please email Mark asap.

For those who have already booked: here is the information we have so please check it is correct. If any changes are needed  or your booking is missing please contact Mark to update.

New Event: Finna Challenge Cup 20th-22nd July 2018

Finna Golf and Country Club’s GM is Tee Set member Simon Reynolds. Following a recent visit by the Singing President Craig Ewers plus several other requests from members, we have worked with Simon to put together a tour package for July.

Details of the trip are attached here and please email our Tour Leader Craig Ewers at craig.ewers@aipj.or.id to confirm your interest in the trip. Craig will reach out to interested tourists to finalize the trip arrangements.

All reports on the course are fantastic and this should be a great week-end away so we hope you will join us.

 

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Next Up: Bogor Raya Sunday 20th May 2018 @ 11am

Posted on May 17, 2018 by rogerfinnie

This week we start the special time of the year where the mix of Ramadan and what should be the dry season enables us to schedule most of the Sundays down the Jagorawi Toll, as we get better rates than normal, usually have less busy courses and less traffic & rain to slow us on the return trip.

This Sunday is our only scheduled visit of the year to one of the top courses in the area, Bogor Raya. Designed by internationally renowned Australian architect Graham V. Marsh on 72 hectares in a stunning natural setting, Bogor Raya is a real treat to play and visually one of the best courses we play on all year.

For those still to complete their Match Play 1st Knock-out round:  with the holiday period coming up, matching your schedule with you match play opponent may get more difficult so please try and get your game in as soon as possible.

We have secured a very reasonable price of Rp800,000 with carts and a great tee time of 11.00am so there is plenty of time afterwards to enjoy a relaxing time in the clubhouse or to head back early. If you wish to join us please register here.

Rancamaya Tee Set vs D.O.G.S. 2nd/3rd June 2018

Just 2 weeks to go so if you are planning to stay Saturday night please book asap: rooms are filling up fast.

One of our most popular events and always an excellent week-end away, our visit to Rancamaya will be held over the week-end of 2nd/3rd June as we take advantage of the good traffic during Ramadan to head further down the Jagorawi Toll.

The event is open to all Tee Setters and for those who want to make a full week-end of it, booking your hotel room early is a must. Details about the week-end, the hotel and the rooming options are on the website  here. In addition to being a good week-end away, the golf is also great value with the rate  with carts confirmed at Rp660,000 for both Saturday PM and Sunday PM; thanks to John and Sarah Brown from D.O.G.S. for securing this rate.

Mark Johnson markstevenjohnson56@gmail.com is kindly coordinating all the room bookings so please contact him via email as soon as possible to secure your desired room type and to inform him on which dates you require the reservation for. Some popular rooms are in limited supply and will fill up fast; these will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please email Mark asap.

For those who have already booked: here is the information we have so please check it is correct. If any changes are needed  or your booking is missing please contact Mark to update.

For those only wishing to join for the Sunday event, we will open registrations as normal 1 week before

New Event: Finna Challenge Cup 20th-22nd July 2018

Finna Golf and Country Club’s GM is Tee Set member Simon Reynolds. Following a recent visit by the Singing President Craig Ewers plus several other requests from members, we have worked with Simon to put together a tour package for July.

Details of the trip are attached here and please email our Tour Leader Craig Ewers at craig.ewers@aipj.or.id to confirm your interest in the trip. Craig will reach out to interested tourists to finalize the trip arrangements.

All reports on the course are fantastic and this should be a great week-end away so we hope you will join us.

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Sunday 13th May 2018: Jagorawi Golf & Country Club

Posted on May 14, 2018 by rogerfinnie

 The Day

The last Sunday before the fasting period saw us have a later start than normal as the JIL tee time at Jagorawi was moved back to 12.30pm due to a morning competition. This gave some, albeit not all, those attending the BWA Ball on the Saturday night time to get over their excesses and still make the first tee. A shot-gun start made sure we all got off in good time to finish the round and once the mid-day sun started to fade, we enjoyed a pleasant round in the cooler part of the day.

In total, 32 Tee Setters were able to make the day, another healthy turn-out for one of the more challenging courses we play, and we had 5 newcomers on the day continuing our good trend of new members. A warm Tee Set welcome to Simon Oxley, Kalle-Erikki Penttila, Juha Christensen, Aditya Lasmana and Aaron Davis. Our welcome backs were headed by Keith Gorman after 33 weeks and Jari Rahtu after 21 weeks. We look forward to welcoming you all back soon.

We missed some photos this week of our new members with only Simon getting his mug shot recorded and Juha getting caught with the fine photo below.

The continued good weather after the rainy season meant we were able to enjoy the course in its almost full glory with the fairways running hard and the greens back to their speedy best. The only downside being the continued maintenance of the bunkers where the sand conditions were very contrasted depending if you were in one which had already been re-sanded.  Whilst only 2 players broke their handicaps on the day, the overall scores and putting stats showed most of us adapted well to the conditions.

A big thank you to VP Ric Wymer who managed all the duties for both Inter-league and Tee Set in the absence of the other committee members following the aforementioned Ball, to Secretary on the day Beby who handled all the registrations and scoring and to Lis who made sure they were both there in good time!.

Photos of the day can be found here.

The Play

With no putting fines and prizes due to the Inter-league matches and a few people heading off early to try and beat the worst of the traffic, the prize giving was a little spartan. As last week, we had a single skirt winner with newcomer Juha Christensen able to discover the options of the Tee Set dress up bag. Last week’s Low B winner, Amol Singhal, took our most frequent double-header in getting fined for his Most Strokes of 10 on a hole and then coming home 13 shots better for Most Improved to get back his fine.

First Sandy was won by Jens Roestel for his effort on the first hole whilst equal low putter on the day, Fernando Gaggino was also our Low Gross on the day for his excellent 85 off the stick.

Low Net A was awarded to Daniel Brown who also took home NTP on hole 11 in whilst Low Net B went to Dan Javier for his net 71.

With Captain Roger Finnie MIA on the day, long-time Captain and JIL President Ric Wymer took over the reins to see if the fortunes of the team could be turned around after 2 wipe-outs. An improved performance saw our Inter-League team finally get on the board this season winning a couple of games against 2017 Champions Sentual Swingers who won the match overall 6-4. With the other matches being close, this leaves Tee Set in prime position to take home the wooden spoon unless we can turn the results around when JIL resumes after the summer break.

Congratulations to all our winners and detailed results of the day can be found here.

 Next Up: Bogor Raya Sunday 20th May 2018 @ 11.00AM

This week we start the special time of the year where the mix of Ramadan and what should be the dry season enables us to schedule most of the Sundays down the Jagorawi Toll, as we get better rates than normal, usually have less busy courses and less traffic & rain to slow us on the return trip.

We start this Sunday with our only visit of the year to one of the top courses in the area, Bogor Raya. Designed by internationally renowned Australian architect Graham V. Marsh on 72 hectares in a stunning natural setting, Bogor Raya is a real treat to play and visually one of the best courses we play on all year.

We have secured a very reasonable price of Rp800,000 with carts and a great tee time of 11.00am so there is plenty of time afterwards to enjoy a relaxing time in the clubhouse or to head back early. If you wish to join us please register here.

Rancamaya Tee Set vs D.O.G.S. 2nd/3rd June 2018

Just 3 weeks to go so if you are planning to stay Saturday night please book asap: rooms are filling up fast.

One of our most popular events and always an excellent week-end away, our visit to Rancamaya will be held over the week-end of 2nd/3rd June as we take advantage of the good traffic during Ramadan to head further down the Jagorawi Toll.

The event is open to all Tee Setters and for those who want to make a full week-end of it, booking your hotel room early is a must. Details about the week-end, the hotel and the rooming options are on the website  here. In addition to being a good week-end away, the golf is also great value with the rate  with carts confirmed at Rp660,000 for both Saturday PM and Sunday PM; thanks to John and Sarah Brown from D.O.G.S. for securing this rate.

Mark Johnson markstevenjohnson56@gmail.com is kindly coordinating all the room bookings so please contact him via email as soon as possible to secure your desired room type and to inform him on which dates you require the reservation for. Some popular rooms are in limited supply and will fill up fast; these will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please email Mark asap.

For those who have already booked: here is the information we have so please check it is correct. If any changes are needed  or your booking is missing please contact Mark to update.

For those only wishing to join for the Sunday event, we will open registrations as normal 1 week before

New Event: Finna Challenge Cup 20th-22nd July 2018

Finna Golf and Country Club’s GM is Tee Set member Simon Reynolds. Following a recent visit by the Singing President Craig Ewers plus several other requests from members, we have worked with Simon to put together a tour package for July.

Details of the trip are attached here and please email our Tour Leader Craig Ewers at craig.ewers@aipj.or.id to confirm your interest in the trip. Craig will reach out to interested tourists to finalize the trip arrangements.

All reports on the course are fantastic and this should be a great week-end away so we hope you will join us.

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Next Up: Jagorawi G&CC Sunday 13th May 2018 12.30pm Shotgun

Posted on May 10, 2018 by rogerfinnie

 

Sunday sees us take the short trip down the Jagorawi Toll for our third visit of the year to Jagorawi Golf & Country Club. JGCC is an excellent test of golf and always in great condition.

Sunday’s event is open to all Tee Set players and we will select the Inter-League team from those who have signed up to play on Sunday. JIL Tee Set Team members who have confirmed their availability are therefore requested to also sign up as usual and please bring your Green Tee Set shirt for playing in.

Unlike other JIL days, we will have a “regular” 12.30pm start with the usual shotgun arrangements so there is plenty of time for those out on Saturday evening to wake up and make there way to the course. Unfortunately the vouchers have been utilized already but the pricing is still excellent value at Rp950,000 including carts.

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

Rancamaya Tee Set vs D.O.G.S. 2nd/3rd June 2018

One of our most popular events and always an excellent week-end away, our visit to Rancamaya will be held over the week-end of 2nd/3rd June as we take advantage of the good traffic during Ramadan to head further down the Jagorawi Toll.

The event is open to all Tee Setters and for those who want to make a full week-end of it, booking your hotel room early is a must. Details about the week-end, the hotel and the rooming options are on the website  here. In addition to being a good week-end away, the golf is also great value with the rate  with carts confirmed at Rp660,000 for both Saturday PM and Sunday PM; thanks to John and Sarah Brown from D.O.G.S. for securing this rate.

Mark Johnson markstevenjohnson56@gmail.com is kindly coordinating all the room bookings so please contact him via email as soon as possible to secure your desired room type and to inform him on which dates you require the reservation for. Some popular rooms are in limited supply and will fill up fast; these will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please email Mark asap.

For those who have already booked: here is the information we have so please check it is correct. If any changes are needed  or your booking is missing please contact Mark to update.

For those only wishing to join for the Sunday event, we will open registrations as normal 1 week before

New Event: Finna Challenge Cup 20th-22nd July 2018

Finna Golf and Country Club’s GM is Tee Set member Simon Reynolds. Following a recent visit by the Singing President Craig Ewers plus several other requests from members, we have worked with Simon to put together a tour package for July.

Details of the trip are attached here and please email our Tour Leader Craig Ewers at craig.ewers@aipj.or.id to confirm your interest in the trip. Craig will reach out to interested tourists to finalize the trip arrangements.

All reports on the course are fantastic and this should be a great week-end away so we hope you will join us.

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Sunday 6th May 2018: Matoa Nasional

Posted on May 8, 2018 by rogerfinnie

The Day

With a change in the original schedule due to Modern being heavily booked, Sunday saw us head back to Matoa Nasional, home of the Tee Set Championships. Sunday traffic can be a lottery down to Matoa and so our enterprising Tee Setters found multiple forms of transport to ensure they arrived on time, including Lorenzo Marengo seen here on his Vespa, clubs and all.

The friendly staff were all decked out in their 2017 Tee Set shirts to welcome us and we enjoyed some snacks and refreshments in the café beside the practice green whilst VP Ric Wymer managed all the registrations and pairings in the absence of Brenda Mayland this week.

It was a perfect golfing day with 33 Tee Setters able to enjoy bright sunshine all day, tempered only with a nice cooling breeze to stop us getting overheated. With the great weather, the course had dry and relatively hard fairways but the greens and bunkers reflected the heavy usage and need for maintenance after the rainy season. We teed off on time to enjoy a relatively smooth round despite the course being busy ahead of us and were all completed with prize giving around 5pm. The one drawback on the day was the fact that the course had not had its usual deliveries of amber refreshments and so those looking for a drink were forced to head out elsewhere after proceedings were completed.

One newcomer, Jeff Grable, was given a warm Tee Set welcome. Jeff has a long on and off association with Indonesia and after the round he was trying to remember if he may have played with us before in the late 1990’s or early 2000’s. What was not in doubt was our 1000+ weeks of welcome backs headed by Rob Algie after an estimated 902 weeks and the equally impressive 217 weeks for Samret Raugit. We look forward to welcoming you all back sooner for your next rounds.

Many thanks to Ric for all the arrangements on the day and photos of the day can be found here.

The Play

We had one match play on the day with Matt Otto defeating Dan Javier 4 & 3 to proceed into the next round.

Matoa when it is playing hard and fast, as on Sunday, is very Tee Set friendly as can be seen by some impressive scores recorded by the players and the generally low numbers of potential fines. However, Mike Harling was caught out once to record our only skirt whilst Umaya Till had a bad day with the flatstick taking Monster Putter with 49 strokes recorded on the greens. Completing the fines were David Baglivo and Richard Green who shared the Monkey for their 10 strokes on a hole.

Long driving Matt McGowan creamed his first hole to win First Birdie whilst Michael Seabrook played his hole 3 steadily to pick up First Par >=30 handicaps. Generally everybody had a good day on the greens but their “inconsistent” condition meant only 3 players broke 30 putts with Kongkiat Chaisri recording Low Putts of 28.

VP Ric Wymer fresh  off handling all the registrations and groups started off slowly but was fully focused by the back nine to come home 9 shots better and take home Most Improved. President Roger Finnie recorded Low Gross on the day for his 82 off the stick.


 

 

 

 

Low A winner Marcello de Jesus was absent at the prize giving but our 2 best rounds of the day were there to collect their winnings with Amol Singhal taking Low Net B with his impressive net 65 only to be outshone by Pekka Kivioja who recorded a best of the day net 62 to win Low Net C.

Congratulations to all our winners and detailed results can be found here.

Next Up: Jagorawi 13th May 2018 Shotgun 12.30pm

This Sunday we take the short trip down the Jagorawi Toll for our third visit of the year to Jagorawi Golf & Country Club. JGCC is an excellent test of golf and always in great condition.

Sunday’s event is open to all Tee Set players and we will select the Inter-League team from those who have signed up to play on Sunday. JIL Tee Set Team members who have confirmed their availability are therefore requested to also sign up as usual and please bring your Green Tee Set shirt for playing in.

Unlike other JIL days, we will have a “regular” 12.30pm start with the usual shotgun arrangements so there is plenty of time for those out on Saturday evening to wake up and make there way to the course. Unfortunately the vouchers have been utilized already but the pricing is still excellent value at Rp950,000 including carts.

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

Rancamaya Tee Set vs D.O.G.S. 2nd/3rd June 2018

One of our most popular events and always an excellent week-end away, our visit to Rancamaya will be held over the week-end of 2nd/3rd June as we take advantage of the good traffic during Ramadan to head further down the Jagorawi Toll.

The event is open to all Tee Setters and for those who want to make a full week-end of it, booking your hotel room early is a must. Details about the week-end, the hotel and the rooming options are on the website  here. In addition to being a good week-end away, the golf is also great value with the rate  with carts confirmed at Rp660,000 for both Saturday PM and Sunday PM; thanks to John and Sarah Brown from D.O.G.S. for securing this rate.

Mark Johnson markstevenjohnson56@gmail.com is kindly coordinating all the room bookings so please contact him via email as soon as possible to secure your desired room type and to inform him on which dates you require the reservation for. Some popular rooms are in limited supply and will fill up fast; these will be allocated on a first come, first served basis so please email Mark asap.

For those only wishing to join for the Sunday event, we will open registrations as normal 1 week before

 

 

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