Due to a slight technical glitch the report on BSD is delayed in being published.
Next Sunday sees us head to Matoa Nasional for a practice round ahead of the Tee Set Championships which will be held 2 weeks afterwards. DOGS are playing at the same venue on Sunday and so we will coordinate our 11.30am tee times so as to have a smooth tee off arrangement for both groups.
If you are interested to join for the reasonable price of Rp650k including cart please sign up here.
Next Sunday sees us return to ever popular and excellent Bumi Serpong Damai course. We have a 12.30 start off 2 tees and the price is Rp999k including cart. If you wish to join us please sign up here.
A reminder that the most important golfing date on our calendar it almost upon us. Sunday 26th November 2017 is the date for the 2017 Championships where we will award our Championship Trophies for Best Net and Best Gross, the Match-Play winner, 2017’s Eclectic Winners and a host of other awards and skill prizes on the day. We will also party hard before, during and after the round as our 6am registration makes sure we get the most out of the day. To keep you going there will be, as always, a few beverages, the BBQ stand and a special performance from the Singing President and his band to dance the afternoon away to following the prize giving.
As usual, numbers will be limited and preference given to those who have supported Tee Set during the year. For those who have been regular players, you should have already received the email inviting you to the event and to fill in your on-line application asap before the event is opened for general registration. Registration for all players will open 8th November.
A special mention and thank you to those sponsors who have already signed up to support the day: Asian Tigers, Kojo, Samson Tiara, Hotel Luwansa, Asia Serv, Hot-Hed, Schenck Process, Fugro, Ben Lines and Bintang Subsea.
We are always looking for additional sponsors, gifts for the goodie bag and door prizes. If you are able to help please contact Ric Wymer to coordinate the sponsorship and sending any gifts and door prizes ahead of the event.
As the current President inherited his role during the year, Roger Finnie has expressed a willingness to continue on for a full year’s term. However the position is open for anyone to be nominated so if you wish to stand for election please inform VP of Almost Everything, Ric Wymer. If we have multiple candidates for the position then an election will be held on the day.
Sunday saw us return to Padang Modern for the October Monthly medal and as has become customary we had a semi-shot gun start off 5 holes at 12pm following the morning’s play albeit with fairly short notice. In addition to the Monthly Medal, Sunday also saw the final of the Match-Play played between Jari Antikainen and Tony Howarth and please read further below for the report.
Having set up for a 2 tee start, we got everybody up and out for our 12pm shot-gun to find the heavens opening up for a short burst of rain. However, by the time most people got half way down the first hole the rain had stopped and although it threatened a couple of times to return, we were able to finish without any interruptions. The subsequent muggy conditions must have slowed us down as the round was a slightly longer than normal taking over 5 hours and thus resulting in a quick shower and change being needed before the prize giving.
No new-comers this week, despite the contrary mentioned below, with Mark Blake after 65 weeks being our biggest welcome back, followed by Ronald Dimaculangan and Mark Mongold.
Although Halloween was almost upon us and despite the offer of a sponsors prize from Coach Ken Runyon, there were no takers on the dress up front. However Ken kindly donated the prize of a free hours golf lesson to be given to the highest grossing player on the day. Ken also offered a free 15 minute clinic to all Tee Set members so a huge thank you to Ken and his team at Accel Golf for their support. Please refer to the Classified Page for details on how to contact Ken to make your booking.
Fresh off completing the Jakarta Half Marathon in the morning, Jari Antikainen, winner of the Kuning Bracket, took on Emas Bracket winner Tony Howarth in the final of the Tee Set Match-Play. A close game ensued with the finalists turning all square and the outcome still uncertain heading down the 18th fairway. Leading going into the final hole, Jari was able to get up and down for a safe par and secure the 2017 Match-Play Championship 2-Up. Congratulations to Jari for his victory and to Tony for reaching the final. Their trophies will be awarded at the Tee Set championships and a big thank you to James Ross for his smooth running of the event again this year.
The prize of 1 hour’s free golf lesson went to Andrew Chee for his 117 strokes on the day, compensating his full house of booby prizes which saw him also record Monster Putter (not awarded as less than 40 putts), Most Strokes (11) and a skirt. The skirt was shared with 4 others, Jaco Zaayman, Michael Seabrook, Ronald Dimaculangan and Rudie Basson.
Ronald, Most Improved with 11, and Michael, First Par for >=30 Handicap, both managed to off-set their skirt fines.
Joining them in the prize circle was serial Low Putts winner, Mark Johnson for his impressive 24 strokes with the flat stick and Best Gross winner Mark Blake for his 79 off the stick. First Birdie was awarded to joint winners David Baglivo and Roger Finnie for their effort on hole 3 and First Sandy went to Anna Wilson for her effort on hole 6.
Barbora Gaislerova (71), Mike Webb (73) and John Suermondt (70) won Low Net A, B and C divisions, respectively, with John slipping out just before the prize giving and this missing out on his picture.
Nearest the Pin was won by Barbora for her effort which stopped 2m from the hole and Tony Howarth was able to console himself in taking home long drive for his 245m effort.
Last and by no means least, the Monthly Medal saw our 3rd repeat winner of 2017 with Arthur Mallari returning after his summer break from Tee Set golf to secure October’s honours with 40 points.
Congratulations to Arthur for taking home the monthly medal and Grand Slam Golf voucher. Detailed player by player results can be found here and all the photos of the day here.
Finally a thank you to Brenda for all her efforts in making the day run smoothly as usual.
Next Sunday sees us return to ever popular and excellent Bumi Serpong Damai course. We have a 12.30 start off 2 tees and the price is Rp999k including cart. If you wish to join us please sign up here.
As usual for the last Sunday of the month we are back to Padang Modern for the monthly medal where Laurie O’Connor will be looking to retain the shield for another month as he defends the Monthly Medal.
The winner will take home a medal and Rp1juta voucher from Grand Slam Golf as well as get their name immortalized on the Monthly Medal Shield. Tee off will be at 12pm and the cost is Rp770k including cart.
With Halloween almost upon us, turn out on Sunday to play in your best Halloween costume and you will be in the running to win a Rp500,000 private golf lesson voucher from our own Coach Ken Runyon and his team at Accel Golf Academy. More details on lesson options offered by Ken are included in our classified section on the web-site here.
Whether you just wish to join in the Halloween fun, have a social round with friends or seek to get your name immortalized on the Monthly Medal shield please sign up here.
Note that with next month being the Club Championship at Matoa the next Eclectic will not start until December.
An early reminder that the most important golfing date on our calendar it almost upon us. Sunday 26th November 2017 is the date for the 2017 Championship where we will award our Championship Trophies for Best Net and Best Gross, the Match-Play winner, 2017’s Eclectic Winners and a host of other awards and skill prizes on the day. We will also party hard before, during and after the round as our 6am registration makes sure we get the most out of the day. To keep you going there will be, as always, a few beverages, the BBQ stand and a special performance from the Singing (Former) President to dance the afternoon away to following the prize giving.
As always numbers will be limited and preference given to those who have supported Tee Set during the year. For those who have been regular players, look out for the email inviting you to the event and fill in your on-line application asap before the event is opened for general registration.
As the current President inherited his role during the year, Roger Finnie has expressed a willingness to continue on for a full year’s term. However the position is open for anyone to be nominated so if you wish to stand for election please inform VP of Almost Everything, Ric Wymer. If we have multiple candidates for the position then an election will be held as usual on the day.
Lastly, but no less important, up to date handicaps are required to eligible to win one of the Championship prizes. For those playing regularly but not submitting cards from outside Tee Set and/or for those who have not played regularly with Tee Set over the past 6 months, please get your cards into Brenda asap. We will review current handicaps for all registered players and will apply a cut-off of eligible players based on cards submitted and registered by 19th November. If deemed ineligible by the Handicap Committee you are still able to play on the day and win a skill prizes but not win the Championship Trophies.
With 2 very popular golf events in Bali this week-end, Sunday’s game was always going to be a smaller affair with 21 Tee Setters turning up to join us at Pondok Cabe. The course was in good condition and the fairways relatively firm despite the recent on-set of the rainy season. Pleasantly, there was also not many other players out on the course so we were able to get off on-time and enjoyed a smooth 4 hour round. This meant that we were all safely in the clubhouse by the time some heavy droplets started to threaten the skies.
2 new-comers this week, Ryan Douwes and Harun Pravanta, who were both given a warm Tee Set welcome and we were pleased to welcome back Ivan Byriel after 20 weeks.
A thank you to Brenda for all the arrangements during the week and the scoring on the day.
Whilst there were many good putting returns, led by President Roger Finnie’s 25 putts, at the other end of the putting table was new-comer Ryan Douwes who was recognized for his Monster Putter effort of 43 putts. Most strokes went to VP of almost Everthing, Ric Wymer, whilst a modest return of skirts resulted saw Andrew Chee, Ivan Byriel, John Suermondt and Richard Bolton digging into the Tee Set bag for their photos.
Daniel Brown was awarded 1st Sandy for his effort on hole 1 and also had Most Improved but with the 1 prize rule did not get to take home further winnings and with other potential winners already left this went unclaimed for this week. Ivan recouped his loses by sharing 1st Par for Handicaps =>30 with Renny Sperry for their efforts on hole 4.
Low Putts and 1st Birdie were won by winners in other categories so we were just left to recognize Fitrat Ameer for his excellent Gross 76 off the stick for Low Gross and the winners of the respective flights, Roger Finnie Low Net A, Glen Menyennett Low Net B and Richard Bolton Low Net C for their efforts of 75, 65 and 68, respectively.
More detailed results can be found here and photos of the day here.
As usual for the last Sunday of the month we are back to Padang Modern for the monthly medal where Laurie O’Connor will be looking to retain the shield for another month as he defends the Monthly Medal.
The winner will take home a medal and Rp1juta voucher from Grand Slam Golf as well as get their name immortalized on the Monthly Medal Shield. Tee off will be at 12pm and the cost is Rp770k including cart.
With Halloween almost upon us, turn out on Sunday to play in your best Halloween costume and you will be in the running to win a Rp500,000 private golf lesson voucher from our own Coach Ken Runyon and his team at Accel Golf Academy. More details on lesson options offered by Ken are included in our classified section on the web-site here.
Whether you just wish to join in the Halloween fun, have a social round with friends or seek to get your name immortalized on the Monthly Medal shield please sign up here.
Sunday sees us return to Pondok Cabe for our second visit of the year. Whilst not the most challenging layout we play during the year, it is always a relaxed round and exceptionally good value both on the course and in the club house. If you are interested to join us for the great value of Rp475k walking or an additional Rp225k (shared) for a cart please sign up here.
The eagle eyed have noted that the initial results posted omitted Team Finland’s 5th place finish so please refer here for the post which was already updated.
Pahoittelemme Suomen tiimiä raportointivirheestä. Ilmainen olut jollekin joukkueelle, joka soittaa sunnuntaina.
A final reminder that this event is on next week and is fun day deserving of your support if you can make it. Please see here for details on how to contact BWA to register.
Sunday saw us return to Cengkareng for the final round of the World Cup event. We arrived to slightly threatening winds and sky but the day remained dry and as usual it was a very enjoyable walk around the rolling fairways. Although we teed off pretty much on time, the pleasant walk obviously was being enjoyed too much by some as we ended up being slightly slower going round this week albeit we all just finished in time.
Several changes to personnel in teams this week and quite a few extra players outside of the World Cup teams made for some additional administration but it was, as always, handled with the minimum of fuss by VP of almost Everything Ric Wymer and Secretary Brenda; a huge thank you to both of them for the organization over the 2 week-ends in making the event run smoothly.
Amongst the new players this week, we had 4 new-comers, Christian Sinz, Jack Fox, Sofie Bright and Desmond Wright. A warm welcome to each of them and we look forward to seeing you at future events. We also has a number of welcome backs of which Markus Veikkola (49 weeks) Mikko Koskivirta (45 weeks) and Chris Cromarty (31 weeks) were the most notable.
With both daily prizes and the overall World Cup prizes to award we had a late finish in the club house rounded off by wishing Simon Reynolds a warm “au revoir” as he departs in a week to take up a new position as GM for Finna Golf course in Surabaya. Once Simon has settled in we will look to arrange a trip over to play I am sure.
Whilst the main event was the overall World Cup team event with the best 3 individual stableford scores counting for the team, we also recognized several individual performances and results on the day.
Although hard and fast on the fairways, there were still some long carries from the Blue to the Red tees and so an impressive 8 skirts were recorded on a day. We managed capture most of them in the photo: Jaco Zaayman, Andrew Waite, Pekka Kiviola, Pascal Bekaert, King Tirto and Andrew Abram along with new-comers Markus Veikkola and Mikko Koskivirta.
First Birdie went to Stuart Wigley for his effort on hole 1, Low Putts to Desmond Wright for his 28 putts and First Sandy to Simon Reynolds for his double sandy effort on hole 5.
Best of the non-World Cup players was won by King Tirto for his net 72 effort for which he took home a bottle of wine donated by President Roger Finnie. Last of the individual prizes awarded on the day was shared between Anna Wilson and Wina Nugraha who both had 42 stableford points for their respective teams of UK and Srikandi1.
Best team scores on the day was won by Team UK of Simon Reynolds, Anna Wilson, Frank Wilson and Roger Finnie who each took home a bottle of wine for their team 109 points, just edging out Team Srikandi2 who scored 106 points on the day. Overall however the positions were reversed with Team Srikandi2 recording 195 points over the 2 days combined to win by 4 points from Team UK with Srikandi1 placing 3rd.
Final team placings are as above and the individual scores on the day here and as usual the photos of the day here.
The match-play is down to the final with the departing Simon Reynolds sure to have played the winner having beaten Kunning finalist Jari Antikainen in the preliminary round and lost to Tony Horwath in the Emas bracket final. Good luck to both players and a reminder the match is due to be finished by 12th November so we can award the winners trophy at the Championship on 26th November.
Next Sunday see us return to Pondok Cabe for our second visit of the year. Whilst not the most challenging layout we play during the year, it is always a relaxed round and exceptionally good value both on the course and in the club house.
If you are interested to join us for the great value of Rp475k walking or an additional Rp225k (shared) for a cart please sign up here.
Tee Set’s 2nd Annual World Cup of golf kicked off last Sunday with 40 Tee Setters and their guests heading out in the 2-person better ball games to represent their respective country teams. The event is an opportunity to play a different format than the usual Tee Set Sundays as well as to welcome some guests who are not Tee Set regulars.
This year’s event is being held at Cengkareng where we received our usual warm welcome and hospitality. It was also a opportunity for most of the players to see the new holes which opened after our last visit for Battle Royale.
As usual, several teams got into the spirit of the day and got themselves dressed up in team colours.
Athough the round was a little slow due to heavy traffic on the course, the weather was kind to us which made for the usual pleasant walk around the course and afterwards we were able to relax over a cool margarita or poison of choice whilst Brenda and Ric sorted out the scores and winners on the day. This being made a little more complicated by the fact we discovered the actual layout by holes was not the same as our reference score card.
Teams were organized in matches against each other and these were competitive but for fun only. As the event is organized over 2 week-ends with next week’s results being added to this week’s scores we recognized only the top scores for the day.
4 teams scored an impressive 43 points on the better ball format including both Srikandi teams but they were beaten by the UK pairing of Frank Wilson and Divya Prakash who scored 46 points. However top team of the day was the Srikandi2 pairing of Santi Miller and Yuli Gaugil who recorded an impressive 49 points for their team.
Combined with the other pairing of Srikandi2’s 43 points this puts them in first place on 92 points followed by Srikandi on 86 points and UK on 82 points.
The team ranking in reverse order is list left and there is all to play for in the final round of singles to be played this week. See below to sign up.
Results for day by player and the inter-team games are here and there were plenty of photos taken on the day which you can peruse here.
A big thank you to Ric and Brenda for sorting out the organization and scoring on the day.
On 15th October we will return to Cengkareng for the final round of the World Cup event. Each player will play as a single scoring under the stableford system and the top 3 players for each team will have their score added to the above team scores to determine the winners of the World Cup event.
All players should please sign up as usual to confirm they can play.
Important note: Sunday’s event is open to all Tee Setters whether they play in the World Cup event or not. Should some teams be short a player, we will provide some fill ins from the spare players and for those not participating in the World Cup, President Roger Finnie will host a small side competition.
Whether you are playing in the World Cup event or just wish to enjoy the new Cengkareng layout please sign up here as usual. Tee time will be 12pm or very close thereto so please arrive in plenty of time for us to sort out the playing order.
Tee Set’s second annual World Cup of Golf has arrived!!. Won last year by the Ladies of Indonesia, they will be looking to retain bragging rights and the Trophy at this year’s event to be played over the next two week-ends at Cengkareng on 8th and 15th October. It will also be a first opportunity for us to play the new holes at Cengkareng which opened 5 weeks ago after our last visit.
Teams consist of 4 players and as a reminder these should be built on a geographical basis. We can have more than 1 side representing a country. Indonesia should be joined by at least several Australian sides as well as teams from Czech Republic, South Africa, UK, Germany, perhaps a Viking representation and the USA. Initiatives to create the teams come from yourselves so please get together and decide your captains and team members.
The winners will be calculated over the 2 week-ends. This week each team plays as 2 teams of 2-ball pairs and being scored based on their 2-ball better ball stableford scores. Next week, play will be as 4 singles with the 3 best stableford scores counting towards the results. The winning team will have the highest 5 stableford point scores combined over the 2 weeks so there will be limited prize giving this week.
New to Tee Set or do not have enough for a team? No problems, the Tee Set organizers will put together some “UN” sides from players not otherwise affiliated with other teams at the time of signing up.
Please sign up here as usual and in the comments section add your country and team members if these have been organized. All team members should sign up separately please. Price is the ever reasonable Rp750,000 walking with hover-boards available for an additional charge if you prefer to surf the fairways.
Check out our Classified Section for details of several events on in October. First up following the World Cup of Tee Set are 2 popular Golfing days, the Rob Peetoom sponsored Indonesia Amateur Event in Bali over the week-end of 21-22 October followed by the BWA sponsored Pink Golf Day in aid of Breast Cancer at Matoa on 25th October.
For those wishing a more cultured evening of Scottish fare, Saturday 28th October is the annual whisky tasting event held by the St Andrew’s Society. More details on all these events are here.
