Palm Hills, a course that has not been played for quite some time by the TeeSet was visited by an elite, albeit small field, of TeeSet golfers. The promised tee time had disappeared out the window but the golfers were eventual standing at the tee box to get things underway. The course has 16 holes left but plays as 18 and this maybe one on the last times we get to play it as the bulldozers of development edge closer. The good news is that a new Palm Hills is already under construction further up the hill toward the top of Hambalang. This will make Palm Hills a true mountain course hopefully on a par with Gunung Guelis. That’s Hambalang in the background of the photo. There is a road that runs beside the current Palm Hills to the new location. The road has been there for years and has been remade more often than the Merak Tol, maybe the next makeover they will get it right and we’ll be golfing there in the not too distant future.

The small numbers was partially due to the Asian Tigers 45 Hole Challenge organised by Bill Lloyd the previous day. The President was as stiff as a board after spanking whitey over the Jagorawi courses on Saturday, plus a case of trench foot and a slight, but not to damaging hangover. Braver souls such as Jens, Shinta and Bill all backed up after the 45, oh to be young again.

Jens and Shinta both had wonderful rounds both finishing on 42 Stableford points which is truly a wonderful achievement after being on Shank’s pony for 11 hours the day before. Jens won on a coutback but Shinta was all smiles later that evening at the Bull & Vine birthday

WINNERS

Two iron men but it was Jens who was on fire with the winning Stablkeford score of 42

Rosie back in form takes the low gross with a well executed 83 strokes.

Shinta got her day off to a flying start with a birdie on the 1st hole.

TEESET BIRTHDAY SCRAMBLE PANGKALAN JATI THIS SUNDAY

OK fellow TeeSetters the teams are nearly all set the shotgun start has been organised now all you have to do is show up and play golf. There are 6 team prizes for the best nets and grosses then there are over 36 lucky draw prizes and they all happen to be alcohol. Woohoo!

On top of this we have the pre-game Presidential Spritz on offer for the early arrivals, bound to go quickly. You can buy well priced and well chilled beers on the course. After the game we have a heap of ice cold beer for players to enjoy over their dinner (you pay for your food). Plus I believe there will be music/karaoke playing into the evening. A special birthday cake organised by Mr. Mau and prepared by the chefs at J S Luwansa will be cut. There is no corkage so if you feel like bringing your favorite tipple along feel free to do so. Sharing is caring, especially with the President. Don’t forget to cancel Monday morning at the office.

Rules and Teebox allocations will be published on the Whatsapp group Saturday. So pay attention. Speed of play needs to be maintained so we can all get back and get stuck into the beer sponsored by San Miguel and TeeSet, who have bought some beers from the club. The kitchen will be a bit overwhelmed, probably, with so many players so please have some patience as they prepare your food. It might be smart to order before showering. A menu of what is available will be sent out via the Whatsapp group tomorrow.

Food and drinks prior to the game paid for by the individual. Please ensure all bills are settled before departure. Let’s have fun.

None of this happens without your Committee and Sponsors a big thanks to Roger for getting the Teams and handicaps organised. Also to our Sponsors San Miguel, Bull & Vine, Wine Cartel, J S Luwansa and Asian Tigers.

Happy Anniversary

Mr President

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This little beauty was spotted on the 6th I believe by Anna. I remember once, when out in the wilds of BSD, before the concreter arrived, I had seen a lot of snakes whilst on na ramble and I asked a farmer what sort of snakes they had in this area. His reply cobras just cobras. The same is not the same at Cengkareng as last year a python was found on the 14th. Young Craig Edwards had an encounter at Cengkareng a few years back where a tasteless cobra gave him a nip and he stopped growing. So be very careful, my local course at home forbids players entering the bush during October & November due to Tiger snake breeding seasons they don’t stop your growth like a cobra they just stop you dead in your tracks. Don’t panic be like Anna and take a photo from a safe distance you are not on the menu, Craig probably was.

A few players with sore heads were seen in the clubrooms drinking large sodas and ice coffee in an attempt to take the pain away. The Pocksia mob need to stop having their day on the eve of ours. The pain, the pain.

We had 41 players registered which led to a bunch of 3 balls needing to be organised then someone dropped out leaving us with 40 players. Golf is not compulsory but it is compulsory to register and deregister. Play was a bit delayed as the club has new carts and it seemed everyone in the pre-TeeSet tee off groups had one. The start was slow and stayed that way all day but surprisingly we were home in just under 4.5 hours. The three ball behind us were rather rude but were seldom seen on a fairway but we unfortunately meet them at a few rest stops. Constantly trying to play through and complaining about the speed of and quality of play. This may have earned you a final flight starting position for the next 4 years. It’s good to be President. Axel, Vijay & Vincent behave 🙂

Conditions were hot at the start but by 2pm the temperature had started to drop. The wind picked up slightly taking the sting out of the day. The President met his wife as she maneuvered here cart between the hills of the 12th as she came looking for her ball played from the 11th. She was happy having just nailed a birdie carefree of the act that she was in the middle of the wrong fairway and a double would be a good result. I headed off to the 11th where I had strategically placed my drive and managed a well grafted 6 on the par 3 12th.

Back in the club house things were warming up Dean had seen a two hour delay to his flight to KL so was getting into his cups. The food and the booze was flowing The Sheard’s group finally arrived before the sun went down and onto the prizes we shall go.

An impressive round sall Sari master the course with a dominate net 65.

Claudio breaks into a big grin with a best gross 74 and low putts 26. The man is enjoying a purple patch on the course.

Richard Sheard nailed the first birdie on hole 1 as did 3 other golfers but due to financial restraints we gae it to the youngest. Well done to the birdie boys.

Ladies long drive with a booming 180m drive goes to Anna. Well done

Nearest the pin Divya with 810cm. Well done on a challenging par 3

Ith a 660cm from the hole Siti takes closest to the pin ladies.

Seabrook gets caught in the fairway bunker on the 9th to take the first Sandy Par

Luca wins the lucky draw from

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Palm Hill on Saturday 31st

This course is being rebuilt at the back of Hambalang so sign up and play the original this Saturday on MyGolf2U. Built on the side of the Cikeas river which then flows past Jagorawi, Emeralda and Riverside. A great course that is in easy striking distance of Jakarta.

Then head back to JAkarta to join Bull & Vine’s first anniversary party. All the best folk will be there.

Pangkalan Jati 41st Birthday Scramble 8th of September

We have room for more players so send us a message if you wish to make up a 4 ball or be placed in a team.

Shotgun start off holes 1-6 & 10-15

We will have a dinner menu which you choose from before the start of play. Thanks to our sponsors San Miguel we have a lot of beer to be consumed after the game and the TeeSet will also add beers to the mix. There will be pre-game Bloody Marys. Heaps of team prizes for net and gross plus fantastic lucky draw prizes also. All for the pre-inflation price of Rp200,000 (food at own expense). You can also bring a bottle of your favorites beverage to enjoy after the game no corkage

Adios Amigos off to the 45

Mr President

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Gunung Geulis, translated into English means beautiful mountain. I know this, as near Eli’s house, in Sunda, is a similarly named lump and for many years it was a goal to climb it but each time I headed out I would get turned around and messed up in the valleys and creeks and the beautiful mountain remained elusive. To solve this problem I bought myself one of those new fangled flying machines, a drone. Now fly with me to the other Gunung Geulis https://youtu.be/onpKuz-2rxM?si=EAavPE2DCo98NYzd (good view at 2.38m and 5.13m). Located just 30 minutes from Giri Gerhana vila construction starts soonish.

What has this got to do with TeeSet’s trip to Gunung Geulis Golf Club? Well nothing, in the world of journalism this is known as filler. Used to padded out articles where the writer has little idea of what went on and it has now emerged that filler is more interesting than the facts, thanks to the rise of social media and the fake news factories in China, Russia and Cipete. Ooh nice filler Mr President.

Back to Sunday a small but elite field took on the challenges of Gunung Geulis. Word filtering in from the Hills was that course was at its challenging best and golfers struggled to match or even better their handicaps. There are 3 true mountainside courses in the Bogor/Sentul area, Rainbow Hills and Permata Sentul being the other 2 but this is the jewel in the crown. It is a shame more TeeSetters do not take on the challenge of this course. Speaking of shame, I was missing, but my excuse is not as lame as the rest of you, I was attending a friends birthday where a group of non-golfing friends were enjoying a succulent Sunday smorgasbord followed by overindulgence at The EP beach Party. Needed to give the back a rest in the lead up to Bill Lloyd’s save the tigers 45 hole Jags stroll next week. The dozen beers and a packet of fags at EP is an important part of my 45 hole taper training regime. Oops more filler.

Let’s go to the winners before I lose my line of thought. The acid 80s have played havoc with that. Back in line Mr President.

The Winners

Hitoshi takes the Stableford win with 35 points, taking the title King of the Hill. Well done!

Low gross Holger with a dashing 89 off the stick.

JP with a handy 33 slaps of the flat stick was the best on the greens. Those mountain lies are deceiving.

Bill “The Birdman” Lloyd takes first birdie on #4. No birds were hurt.

Ale takes sandy par on #7

Well done weekend winners

What’s coming up

After golf Roast at B&V. 15th of September Play Cabe dine on a succulent Sunday roast afterwards.

Grande Medaglia Cengkareng Sunday 25th

Get on down for the Grandest Medal in town. Once again TeeSetters head off to the golfer friendly fields of Cengkareng. The field is filling fast so skip that succulent Sunday dinner and put your golf boots on and head west and let TeeSet do the rest. Sign up on MyGolf2U if you don’t have the app yet get it from the app store on your phone. Used and recommend by good and bad golfers alike.

TeeSet Birthday Scramble 8th of Sept Pangkalan Jati

The date is approaching excitement is rising here are some early details.

Field is nearly full. If you wish to play we will see if we can accomodate by placing you in team which is not yet completed or adding another team if possible. Send your name to myself, Roger or Adhe or let us know this Sunday at the monthly medal.

Playing fee is Rp200,000 per player this includes the opportunity to be part of a winning team in 7 different categories, including best dressed team. There will also be skill holes, longest drive, nearest the pin etc and for the golfer that relies more on luck than skill or dress sense there will be ample lucky draws.

Before and after the game there will be Bloody Mary’s and Screw Drivers

There will be music and if alcohol permits karaoke

Beers at discounted prices in the clubhouse

No corkage on wine or spirits buy mixers at club as required

Late finish time in clubhouse to karaoke a little bit longer.

Limited after golf menu of favorites to ensure a prompt as possible service.

More to come

I have just order some supplies from https://winecartel.id/ to ensure I make up for dry July and have stock ready for the birthday scramble. I used their shop on Tokopedia to buy.

Regards

Michael Seabrook

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I failed to generate the Riverside report due to writer’s block having churned out one of these every week for quite a while, the keyboard, last week, stared back blankly at me. Anyway back on my meds now and ready to plunge back in.

Firstly we had an excellent turn out 2 weeks back at Riverside where a group of 48 golfers took to the challenging fairways of the Greg Norman designed course. Many mastered the dog legs of death on the 3rd, 6th and 7th and some didn’t I fall into the later category, having failed on all three this time. I think I may try alcohol next time as I approach these holes, comfortably numb is better than a foul mouthed cussing President.

With a large crowd speed of play is essential and TEESETTERS did well with all groups back with plenty of daylight. This was important as we had prizes to distribute and a taste roast dinner awaited many TeeSetters at the Bull and Vine later that evening. Speaking of

They are our latest sponsor and we plan to host an after game succulent roast dinner there on a monthly basis. As with all of our sponsors they would appreciate TeeSet’s support in their business endeavours. Keep an eye out for their special offers and remember them when you are next planning a night out.

We had a surprise winner at Riverside but had to leave early for a family function so we had to find second place as Rosita with 50 Stableford points was OB by prize time. Well done Rosita next time relax and pick up the prize the family will wait.

To the prizes

Craig gets his swing back with a masterful 40 Stableford points to take first place

Claudio with 81 off the stick takes low gross. Well done mate.

The rangy Canadian, Ezra, takes first birdie on the 8th. The easy dog leg but still hard to birdie due to a challenging green.

Due to a camera malfunction Richard Mau will not be posted here winning low putts. You can go back through countless previous postings and choose your favorite photo of Richard winning this. Well done Richard.

Last Sunday Pondok Cabe

After a big turnout the previous week we struggled to get 6 flights for Cabe. Anyways those that showed up where not disappointed with the course in pristine condition and the greens nearly perfect. The weather was perfect with a stiffening breeze in the afternoon cooling the players and testing your irons in the swirling conditions. The Presidential Group teed off in the last group and made a wonderful start with 2 shots going OB and one just past the ladies’ tee luckily the President stepped up. After that we all settled down and got into a bit of a par rhythm. Which lasted 5 or 6 holes. My caddy was a bit deaf which went with his age, he used to play marbles with Suharto when they were both little boys. My wife asked for 2 senior caddies, i believe she got the one with experience and I got the one with age. He was looking hopefully at the electric carts and his glaucoma glazed eyes brimmed with tees as I informed him we were on Shank’s pony today. The old Digger did well and was normally not much further than 100 metres behind me, always with one of the three clubs I was contemplating using in his hand, he was a bit stiff to rarely get it right but he tried. A lot better than the previous weeks caddy at Riverside who did not try at all.

Back in the club house we were amongst the cups and the beer was delightfully cold, the food was promptly served and Mr Mee the man from the Moon was back playing golf with us after a European vacation as was Max sans Sri who was still a bit jet lagged from the trip from Germany. Rod sneaking in a cheeky Sunday round on his home course and earlier presented the little Dog to George for wonderful deeds the previous afternoon. Speaking of George where did he and Geoff disappear to after the game?

The beers and wine flowed until late then it was off for a few nightcaps at the Finnies. Glorious day for golf and glorious company. Let’s get to the winners.

Axel had a pretty good round and wanted all the money but we only paid him for best Stableford with a well played 40 points. If we paid him more we would’ve had to report him to the Tax Office.

Alessandro returns from holidays and immediately returns to the winners circle with best gross 85.

Achim takes the sandy par money on the index 1 hole where the President managed a penalty par.

Other Stuff

We have a new sponsor Wine Cartel who will be providing a weekly lucky draw of a bottle of wine. They have great offers on via tokopedia and can be found by typing winecartel into tokopedia search engine or their website https://winecartel.id/ . Once again let’s show support to our sponsors

Important Stuff, Birthday Scramble

After hitting a hurdle in organising the course and then re-scheduling to another date just to discover it is a religious holiday really threw a spanner in the Scramble event but with some great work and help from the committee and Adhe we have been able to find a course that will accomodate our large group with a shotgun start. The date is the 8th of September and the location is now Pangkalan Jati the birthplace of TeeSet so a fitting location.

This Sunday at Glorious Gunung Geulis

Golfing at Gunung Geulis is a must play location. Without a doubt the premier location for golfing in the hills. This course offers spectacular vistas, some challenging holes where a smart goler will beat a big hitter everytime. Our last trip there saw the entire group raving about conditions which were nothing short of perfect and scores reflected that. The caddies are amongst the best trained in the region and listening to their advice whilst putting is generally a good idea. The clubhouse has all the facilities a golfer wants with well priced food and beverages. The recent road upgrade to the clubhouse now makes access from Jakarta easier than ever before. Sign up on MyGolf2U and come and play the premier mountain course with TeeSet you won’t be disappointed.

Kind regards

The President

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We had 56 golfers last Sunday which is one of the larger crowds we have had of recent times at the medal. Is this a sign of the President’s increasing popularity or the fact that Jakarta has finally chased away the rainy weather? Of course it is not the later or the former for that matter, we are there to play a great golf course that keeps golfers honest. This golfer was kept very honest after attempting to play after a long 8 hour session at various social events on Saturday evening. Your popularity soars when you are president as does your Sunday score.

We got off to a very timely start, with the first flights off at the advertised time. The weather was a bit toasty at the start and the President was producing pure ethanol, in the form of sweat. The beauty of a 12pm tee off is that as the day progresses the temperature drops to become a pleasant afternoon. Speed of play was ok with the last flights that had teed off from the 1st hole chasing the sun but back in reasonable light. Staring at the lie and hole for ten minutes doesn’t change anything. If you can’t read greens ask your caddy or buy an expensive golf gadget.

The Presidential 4some got off to a blazing start with pars and birdies over the first 4 holes and the President picked up a head injury when he walked into a low slung branch, being still numb from the previous night’s adventures the only pain he felt was the ensuing triple bogey. A pain more psychological than physical and a pain that some people never recover from. As the day progressed the tree line moved closer and closer to the fairway it seemed.

Ahead of us Simone was taking on Carter in a matchplay which lasted 17 holes before Simone was able to claim victory 2 and 1. Behind us were Hitoshi and Luca also battling it out to move into the next round. Luca persevered to claim the match over Hitoshi. A great day for Italy is a great day for golf. With the olympic well and truly underway there have been a few controversies from the opening ceremony to men beating women up in the boxing ring so don’t be surprised if we see the President hitting off the reds this Sunday.

As were were playing our 9th hole, the corresponding front 9 flight was teeing off on the 10th so they were about a hole a head of us. Swinging on to the back 9 the numbness from the previous activities had become comfortably numb so blasted around in 43 and headed off to the showers with a handsome 104 on the scorecard. Do the maths. It ain’t pretty. By the time mandi time was over the sun had got much lower and the stragglers were heading to the showers.

Roger and Rod had hosted the creator of the MyGolf2U app that has become such an integral part of TeeSet scoring and handicapping. I would like to thank Fazel for paying us a visit and we look forward to further updates and improvements to the app and hope to see him again soon. He did mention that Sunday’s golf was more enjoyable than Saturday’s and he was heading to Imperial Teletubbyland on Monday.

Speaking of the MyGolf2U app this is what we do our scoring on. It is your job to enter the scores into it not Adhe, unless you are the President of course. As you are not the President take the 2 second effort per hole to enter your score. Also we had a few plays forget to pay Adhe the Rp.100k registration fee. Pay this in future before you head out to practise your chipping or putting. It also helps avoid the cost of hiring a few Ambonese to pay you a visit.

To the winners

Shinta takes the Kojo Monthly Medal with a handicap busting nett 64. Super round young lady.

Another golfer having a great Sunday was Claudio with a superb 74 gross. I heard his jaw bone crack when he beamed for the cameras.

The birdie boys bankrupting TeeSet. Claudio, JP, Graham all get birds on their first hole. What’s that say on the President’s shirt? Yes

Hands off the President. Nic takes long drive with a 256 metre tap down the middle.

Long Drive ladies to the ever consistent Rosie with a hit of 156 metres

Jessica with a well played shot on the 8th takes the candy and buys the boys a beer with a 2.56 metre shot to the pin.

Henk with a 3.75 landing point is in the money for men’s nearest the pin.

Young Craig takes first Sandy par on the 13th. Luckily we don’t do sandy birdies or that would have seen the money go to Ryan on the 2nd. Well done Craig

He’s a surprise Richard takes low putts, just 26 taps of the flat stick.

Other Issues

In recent weeks when booking courses we have been told that the behaviour of some TeeSetters has been below standard when dealing with other golfers from outside TeeSet and also course staff.
I would like to remind you that we are a fun golf society and trowing the toys out of the pram never solves anything. So if your caddy bring you the wrong club or the waiter brings you the wrong bill just relax it isn’t worth havin a heart attack over it.

Sunday off to Riverside

TeeSet fully booked as we speak but there maybe a drop out so keep an eye on the aapp if you wish to play. This picturesque course offers challenging green, bunkers with no lips, a nice clubhouse with spa facilities. See you on Sunday on our best behaviour.

TeeSet Birthday Scramble

This will be held on the 8th of September. It is promising to be a big day with 11 teams already signed up. So get a team together for a great days fun on the golf course. There will be a singles list on Sunday that you can put your name on, so you can be put in a team. Great prizes and apres golf action.

Make sure you get your match play finanlised as per the schedule.

Regards

President