Sunday 1st October 2017: Matoa Nasional

Posted on October 3, 2017 by rogerfinnie

The Day 

With 20+ regular Tee Setters involved in the final round of the Jakarta Inter-League which was being played in parallel, Sunday saw a good turn out of 22 players to tackle Matoa Nasional, the home of the upcoming Tee Set Championship. A few sore heads after the ANZAC Ball were evident in the pre-tee off socializing but perhaps not the reason for a few frantic messages to the President to ensure we knew the Gaisler Family would be there “just in time”. However their late arrival and lack of warm up was not to affect their results as you will read below.

The smooth and relatively quick round was fortunate as a cloudy start gave way to a heavy rain storm resulting in the course being closed just as some of the groups were finishing. This resulted in the VP of Almost Everything Ric Wymer needing to apply an equitable score to any missing holes in order to be able to recognize the winners on the day.

A warm Tee Set welcome to our 1 newcomer on the day, Fitrat Ameer, and perhaps on an annual pilgrimage to Jakarta for the AFL Grand final week-end, after 52 weeks a warm welcome back to Max Strawhorn.  Thank you to Ric Wymer, Lis and Beby for ensuring the day ran smoothly.

The Play

Its not often these prizes get retained week to week but for a second week in a row, Kathy Scalabre won Most Improved for a 12 shot improvement on the back nine and Juju Juhairiah won 1st Par for Handicaps >= 30 for her effort on hole 1. Juju unfortunately had to give back half her winnings for her Most Strokes of 13 on a hole and with no skirts from the Men players, completing the line up of a Ladies only contribution to the Treasurer’s funds was Meta Sari for her Monster Putter effort of 40 putts.


 

 

 

 

A distinctly family affair amongst the Low Net category winners with both Daniel Gaisler and Jana Gaislerova making light of their late arrivals to take home Low Net A and Low Net B with a net 67 and 68, respectively. Here they were joined by last week’s big winner Laurie O’Connor who shot a more modest net 68 this week to win Low Net C.

 

Daniel being restricted by the 1 prize rule from taking other categories enabled us to recognize new comer Fitrat Ameer for his Low Gross of 80 shots and James Ross for Low Putts of 29 strokes  on the greens. Similarly, Matthew Cherrett also benefited as we recognized his First Birdie effort on hole 6.

 

 

 

 

Photos of the day can be found here and the detailed player results here.

Tee Set Eclectic

After completing the scoring, I am pleased to announce Laurie O’Connor as the winner of Eclectic Cycle VI and we will be presenting Laurie with the trophy at an upcoming event shortly. Laurie was one of 4 leading contenders entering into the last round and was pushed hard by Juju Juhairiah’s excellent round in week 4 of the cycle. Laurie however won his second monthly medal in the cycle to improve his score in the final week by 7 strokes and win by 2 shots. A summary of the cycle and the top performers is here.

Inter-League

Sunday was also the last round of the Inter-League and although Tee Set entered the week-end with an outside chance of winning the league, Sentul Swingers’ 8-2 victory over Tee Set Too confirmed them as worthy champions for 2017. Tee Set played out a 5-5 draw against Sandbaggers in what is always a close contest and finished overall in 4th place.

As a society Tee Set stepped up at the last minute to field a second side due to the late withdrawal of 1 team and therefore a huge thank you to all of the approximately 35 Tee Setters who put their hands up and represented our 2 teams over the 7 weeks of the competition. We had some excellent matches, high-lighted by beating the top 2 teams, and look forward to the end of season event on 19th November which will also double as a regular Tee Set week-end with a band and BBQ to follow. A summary of the season and final results and standings are all here.

Next Up: Tee Set World Cup of Golf at Cengkareng on 8th October at 12PM

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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.

 

 

 

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Sunday 1st October: Matoa Nasional

Posted on September 28, 2017 by rogerfinnie

 

If you are not joining the final round of Inter-League but still wish to get out, this week sees us return to the home of the Tee Set Championship and an opportunity for you to get in another early practice round at Matoa.

A pleasant walk for those who like to stretch their legs or enjoy a relaxing afternoon riding the rolling fairways in a cart all for a very reasonable Rp650,000.

If you wish to join us please sign up here.

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Sunday 24th September Padang Modern Golf

Posted on September 26, 2017 by rogerfinnie

The Day

The last Sunday of the month saw us heading back to Padang Modern Golf for a 3 in 1 golfing day with our regular Sunday event also being the September Monthly Medal and the final installment of Eclectic Round VI which had been held over from August.

A healthy turnout of 43 Tee Setters were there well on time and all organized for our published two tee start when we learnt of what is now becoming a customary late change to the arrangements. However, the Modern starters organized a semi-shot gun start off holes 1 to 5 in their usual efficient manner resulting in us all getting off close to 12pm after a little chaos as players had to find which hole and cart their bags had been assigned to.

A bright sunny morning had given way to the threat of some rain as we headed out and whilst a few small showers fell towards the start and end of the round, reminding us that the rainy season is not far away, the weather stayed mainly dry for us all to finish in good time. The course played in good condition and the scores recorded reflected this.

Two newcomers were welcomed this week, Andrew Shaw and Daniel Brown both pictured below getting to know their new golfing comrades.


 

 

 

Amongst the welcome backs we had Tim Knight after 95 weeks and Murray Samuel after 50 weeks.

A thank you to Beby and Liz Wymer for helping out with all the arrangements and scoring on the day.

The Play

 

Our Monthly Medal skill prizes were picked up by regular winner David Baglivo for his Long Drive effort of 245m and Ken Runyon for getting to 150cm from the hole for NTP.

Kathy Scalabre using borrowed clubs had a small prize giving session to herself as she took home the prize for Most Improved coming back 15 shots better on her back nine.

This being directly correlated to her Most Strokes effort of 15 on a hole and Monster Putter of 57 strokes with the flat stick. The one fine rule enable Kathy to at least retain half of winnings whilst also getting pictured with the Monkey.

 

A single skirt on the day enabled Kelly Chaisson to enjoy the full selection of the dress up collection. Low Putts was won by Jeff Landau who needed only 25 strokes on the greens, with First Birdie awarded to Rob Cheng and First Sandy to Efsi Hayati for their efforts on holes 1 and 8, respectively.

 

 

 

 

Tim Knight showed he is in fine form despite not playing with Tee Set for almost 2 years with a best of the day 75 for Low Gross. Juju Juhairiah despite shooting her Tee Set best ever round of 97 Gross, net 63, was pipped for both Low Net C and the monthly medal but took home First Par for Handicaps =>30 for her effort on hole 3.


 

 

 

 

 

Low Net C was awarded to former President, Pascal Bekaert who also shot his Tee Set best round of Net 62 where he was joined by Low Net B winner Dave Chew, net 65 and Low Net A winner Ken Runyon, net 67.

 

 

These excellent rounds where however not enough to take home the Monthly Medal which was won for the second time in 4 months by Laurie O’Connor with 47 stableford points. With the last minute cancellation of the VP of Almost Everything due to work commitments, we did not have the monthly medal, shield and Grand Slam Golf voucher to present on the day and will award these to Laurie at a future event. As a repeat winner we do have a file photo in lieu!

Photos of the day are posted here and more details of the player by player results here.

Eclectic Cycle VI

With both of Laurie’s Monthly Medal wins falling in the same Eclectic cycle, and already at the head of the leader board with 3 others, a straw poll of scores on the day indicates that he will have also won the Eclectic Cycle VI event too. However, the official tallying of results for the Eclectic is being done at the time of going to press and the result will be confirmed shortly.

Next Up

Next week sees us with competing events. The regular Tee Set event will be at Matoa Nasional which also plays well and is a very reasonable Rp650,000. Tee time is 11.30am and please sign up here if you are interested in joining us.

Inter-League is also taking place as the final round of matches at Jagorawi will involve both Tee Set versus Sandbaggers and Tee Set Too versus Sentul Swingers. Captain Roger Finnie is looking for players still so please contact him directly if you can play.

 

 

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Padang Modern Golf: Sunday 24th September 2017

Posted on September 21, 2017 by rogerfinnie

Sunday sees us return to Padang Modern Golf for the September Monthly medal where you have the chance to succeed last month’s winner, Tony Howarth, in taking home the winners medal, getting your name immortalized on the Monthly Medal Shield as well as receiving a Rp1,000,000 golf voucher sponsored by Grand Slam Golf.

 

With the cancellation of the final round last month, this Sunday is also the last round of cycle VI of the Eclectic. With 4 players tied at the top and a further 6 players within 6 strokes, there is all to play for in succeeding Craig Edwards as the Eclectic champion from Cycle V. For those in contention, you can check out your opportunities to improve your scores here.

 

Confirmation of our tee time at 12.15pm off 2 tees so, if you are interested to join for the reasonable price of Rp770,000 including cart, please sign up here.

Tee Set World Cup of Golf

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Tee Set’s second annual World Cup of Golf is coming soon. Won last year by ladies of Indonesia, they will be looking to retain bragging rights and the Trophy when this year’s event is played over two week-ends at Cengkareng on 8th and 15th October.

A reminder that teams are built on a geographical basis and 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 South Africa, UK, Germany, a Nordic Viking representation and USA. Initiatives to create the teams come from yourselves so please get together and decide your captains and team members. Sign ups will be coming out shortly.

New to Tee Set or do not have enough for a team? No problems, Tee Set President Roger Finnie will put together some “UN” sides from players not otherwise affiliated with other teams at the time of signing up.

 

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Pangkalan Jati: Sunday 17th September 2017

Posted on September 19, 2017 by rogerfinnie

The Day

 

 

 

With Inter-league also being played on Sunday and therefore taking away several regular players for both Tee Set and other teams, a small but select group of 20 Tee Setters headed out to one of Tee Set’s old favourite courses, Pangkalan Jati.

A compact but tricky lay-out requires the use of most of the clubs in one’s bag as well as care and patience to come away with a good score. Pangkalan Jati’s penchant for catching the unwary is usually reflected in a low number of scores at or below handicap and this visit was no exception despite the excellent weather and playing conditions, with only 1 score under handicap recorded on the day. More on the results below.

As usual, after the 12pm rush to register and pay due the old booking system at the course, play got off smoothly and we were round in a relatively quick 4 1/2 hours; meaning we had plenty of time to enjoy a beer, recognize the winners on the day and still get away before sunset.

No new-comers or welcome backs of significant note this week but a big thank you from President Roger Finnie to Keith and Santi Miller for helping out with all the admin on the day so we could give our secretaries a Sunday off again.

The Play

With only 20 players on the day, we managed to capture 75% of them onto the honours board of the day above albeit the number of actual prizes and fines were relatively low making for a fairly short end of day presentation.

After last week’s blank, it was good to see 3 skirts this week with Chris Till, Lorenzo Marengo and Hal Loevy able to each get a good part of the outfit for the photo. Most Strokes and the coveted photo with the monkey was picked up by Goetz Ebbecke for his 11 strokes on 1 hole.

No putting awards or fines this week with everybody having a good day on the greens and the low putters already recognized for other skill prizes. Most Improved with a unusually low improvement for Tee Set was Manfred Borer who came back 5 strokes better than his front 9 to pip Meta and Hal by 1 stroke of improvement.

With VP of almost Everything Ric Wymer busy with the prize presentation photos, he failed to note that his effort on hole 3 was over-looked and therefore Richard Green took home the prize for First Birdie. Perhaps a beer to share next week Ric and Richard!

Low Gross for his 87 off the stick was awarded to Ryan Shepherd after President Roger Finnie was awarded Low Net A for his net 72. He was joined by Don Duttlinger who shot a best net of the day 68 to win Low Net B and Meta Sari who won Low Net C for her net 74.

Meta would also have won First Par for handicaps =>30 but for the 1 prize rule.

Detailed results of the day are here and photos of the day here.

As for the aforementioned Inter-League, Tee Set Too were playing the league leaders Tin Cups and a strong performance held Tin Cups to a narrow victory as our team went down 6-4 after losing the final game on 18th hole. Thank you to all the players representing Tee Set and the last round of Inter-league will be played on 1st October; more details are here.

Next up: Monthly Medal at Padang Modern Golf on Sunday 24th September

Sunday sees us return to Padang Modern Golf for the September Monthly medal where you have the chance to succeed last month’s winner, Tony Howarth, in taking home the winners medal, getting your name immortalized on the Monthly Medal Shield as well as receiving a Rp1,000,000 golf voucher sponsored by Grand Slam Golf.

 

With the cancellation of the final round last month, this Sunday is also the last round of cycle VI of the Eclectic. With 4 players tied at the top and a further 6 players within 6 strokes, there is all to play for in succeeding Craig Edwards as the Eclectic champion from Cycle V. For those in contention, you can check out your opportunities to improve your scores here.

 

As of going to press we are not aware of any complications this month and so we will revert to our usual 11.30am start time. Don’t be late!

If you are interested to join for the reasonable price of Rp770,000 including cart please sign up here.

 

 

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Next Up: Pangkalan Jati 12pm Sunday 17th September

Posted on September 14, 2017 by rogerfinnie

One of the old favourites to which we return from time to time, Pangkalan Jati is a unique and challenging course which will see you using rather more of the contents of your bag than most other courses in the Jakarta area.

We will be there again on Sunday for a midday start and green fees of Rp565,000 walking. Carts are available for a further Rp220,000 shared between 2 players  but you will need to make the sharing arrangements and settle up between the 2 riders if you do not want to lose out.

A reminder that their booking in system does not reconginze the tee time and so paying before 12pm will get charged at the morning rate: get yourselves ready and be prepared for a little scramble at the cashier desk at 12pm as we head out to the tee.

If you haven’t done so yet then sign up for the fun at PJ here.

For those playing Inter-League versus Tin Cups, Captain Roger Finnie will send you an email separately on the details.

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Matoa Nasional: Sunday 10th September 2017

Posted on September 12, 2017 by rogerfinnie

The Day

Sunday’s competition at BSD saw us rescheduling the day to Matoa  Nasional who as usual were very accommodating and welcomed the 34 Tee Setters who joined the day to enjoy the beautiful sunny weather  and the dry, fast fairways. Despite a small competition going on in the afternoon also, we were all finished in good time and enjoying a beer when a small thunderstorm hit as it turned dark and the prize giving was ongoing. The dry conditions on the course led to some very good scores, more of which is reported on below.

4 New-comers were given a warm Tee Set Welcome, Father and Daughter Ary and Amelia Priadi, Alexander Thielitz and long-time resident but joining Tee Set for the first time (at least as far as our records are concerned), William Daniel. Amelia joins the growing ranks of our juniors and we look forward to seeing you all out again soon.

A notable welcome back too to Andreas Jansen after 86 weeks.

The Play

Some very good scores on the day with many players managing to score below their handicaps. Husband and Wife, Mike and Reni Riley were amongst the leaders in Low Net C but were beaten to the prize by Kim Pham’s excellent net 62 as she recorded her best ever Tee Set round. Keeping with the household connections, Kim was joined by Al Livingston who won Low Net A with his net 69. Al and Kim were joined by Jari Antikainen who took home Low Net B with his also excellent 64 to edge out Laurie O’Connor by 1 stroke.

Low Gross was awarded to Stuart Wigley for his Gross 79, a score he shared with Jeff Landau who was awarded First Birdie for his effort on hole 6.

 

 

 

 

 

Jari came home in level par to improve his front nine score by 12 strokes which whilst it was Most Improved, he fell victim to the one prize rule as did Al and Kim for First Sandy (hole 3) and First Par => 30 Handicap (hole 15), respectively.

Jari also had Low Putts on the day, but the prize was awarded to Craig Binks for his next best effort of 26 putts. With no Skirts recorded on the day, and Most Strokes recipient Taylor Bowles already OB at the prize giving, our single fine for the day fell to new-comer Alexander Thielitz for his Monster Putter effort of 40 strokes with the flat stick.


 

 

 

 

2 match-plays were played out on the day. Jari Antikainen’s level par back nine brought him back from 5 down at the turn to run out the winner over Mike Webb and move onto the Tee Set Match-play final. Nick Gleeson and William Daniel were also battling it out in the Pocksia Match-play with Nick prevailing with a final hole birdie to win 1 up.

A final word of thanks to Mark Johnson and Laurie O’Connor for helping out the President with Sunday’s administration as our usual support was not available. More detailed results of the day are here.

Next Up: Pangkalan Jati 12pm Sunday 17th September

One of the old favourites to which we return from time to time, Pangkalan Jati is a unique and challenging course which will see you using rather more of the contents of your bag than any other in the Jakarta area.

We will be there again on Sunday for a midday start and green fees of Rp565,000 walking – and with a further Rp220,000 for a cart to be shared if possible between 2 players at that price – so make sure you have someone to share your cart with you or you will lose out. A reminder that their booking in system does not reconginze the tee time and so early sign-up’s on the day will get charged at the morning rate: get yourselves ready and be prepared for a little scramble at 12pm as we head out to the tee.

If you haven’t done so yet then sign up for the fun at PJ here.

Note there is also this Sunday a Inter-League match for Tee Set Too at Jagorawi against leaders Tin Cups so Inter-League Captain Roger Finnie will be in touch with the team to sign up players for this match. Tee Set’s match against Mad Dogs was also scheduled for Sunday but as they cannot raise a side the match is scratched already.

 

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Matoa Nasional: Sunday 10th September

Posted on September 7, 2017 by rogerfinnie


This week sees us return to the home of the Tee Set Championship and an opportunity for you to get in an early practice round at Matoa.

A pleasant walk for those who like to stretch their legs or enjoy a relaxing afternoon riding the rolling fairways in a cart all for a very reasonable Rp650,000.

If you wish to join us please sign up here.

Golf Events in October

For those heading to Bali in mid-October there is a Golf event being supported and organized by Par 5 members at Handara on 21st-22nd October. In the following week there is also the British Women’s Association Pink Golf Day at Matoa Nasional.

Please check out our Classified page for more details on these events if you are interested to join.

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Senayan National: Sunday 3rd September 2017

Posted on September 5, 2017 by rogerfinnie

The Day

A long holiday week-end saw 36 Tee Setters take the relatively short and traffic free trip to Senayan National. Bounded by apartments and shopping malls, the course is a green oasis in the center of the City providing a different test of golf to our usual courses; placing greater emphasis on players’ short games and putting on the excellent greens which play fast and true. Only 3 rounds of Par or better was a testament to the challenge Senayan provides but with a relatively short walk around the course, we were able to finish in good time and enjoy our Sunday evenings at home earlier than normal.

Two newcomers this week with a warm Tee Set welcome to Taylor Bowles and Alberto Giraudi, son of Paolo.

Another long welcome back this week with Peter Masters who joined us after a very impressive 183 weeks and Joe Alchi after a more modest 36 weeks.

The Play

Although relatively short there were a few longer carries to the red tees and this was enough to return a healthy 5 skirts with Chris Lever, Gaurav Dass, Matthew Cherrett, Mike Harling and Nick Thomas all fined as well as getting to enjoy the Tee Set dress up selection.

The tricky greens and fast surfaces saw the Monkey out of the bag this week with Jonathan Quek just pipping several others for Monster Putter with a high 46 strokes.

Gaurav Dass managed to avoid a second fine for his Most Strokes of 12 shots on a hole and to recover his investment with First Sandy for his efforts on hole 1. Debbie Minicola was the sole handicapper of 30 and above with a Par to take home that prize, celebrating here with Geoff and Kelly.

In the absence of Alberto Giraudi to share the lime-light, Taylor Bowles took home Most Improved. Neither First Birdie or Low Putts were awarded with the winners already receiving prizes as in addition to Gaurav’s prize above,  Simon Reynolds took home Low Gross for his excellent effort of 75 shots.

Jonathan Quek showed that his Monster Putter prize did not distract from an otherwise excellent day’s golf by taking Low Net C grade with his Net 70 where he was joined by Glen Menyennett’s best of the day Net 67 in winning Low Net B grade and President Roger Finnie’s Low Net A grade of 68.

On the last day of the current round of the Match Play, Simon Reynolds with his strong round edged out Santi Miller 5 & 3 to move onto the bracket final.

As usual, photos of the day can be found here and more detailed player results here.

Next Up: Matoa 11.48AM

As our initial plan of BSD would have clashed with a large event, this week sees us return to the home of the Tee Set Championship and an opportunity for you to get in an early practice round at Matoa.

A pleasant walk for those who like to stretch their legs or enjoy a relaxing afternoon riding the rolling fairways in a cart all for a very reasonable Rp650,000.

If you wish to join us please sign up here.

 

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Senayan National: 12pm Sunday 3rd September 2017

Posted on August 31, 2017 by rogerfinnie

This week is a holiday week-end which is a chance for us all to enjoy macet-free inner city Jakarta. Senayan is a great walking course and one which forces us to use every club in the bag; the greens are usuallyin good and the facilities top notch. Green fees are a reasonable Rp800,000 (walking) but carts are a steep Rp500,000 per cart and beer prices are even steeper so be warned!

There are some important to know Senayan local rules (power lines and flower beds – some blue stakes free drop, some no stakes penalty drop) so read the score card.

Given that we will be starting off holes 1 and 10, and the front nine is par 36 and the back nine is 33, Most Improved will be calculated as if everybody was starting off hole 1…but make sure you mark your starting hole at the top of your card as other prizes will be awarded as usual.

A reminder to the 8 players still in the match-play that this week-end marks the end of the period to complete the matches. Match-play Supremo James Ross will otherwise adjudicate the winner of each unplayed match.

Whether you are completing the match-play or just enjoying your holiday week-end golf day in Jakarta and wish to join us, please register here as usual.

Schedule

Due to changes in the dates for certain events, the Committee have updated the proposed schedule. Please see the updated event list through to the end of the year here.

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