The Day
Demonstrating again that quality over quantity is always best, a happy group of 19 Tee Setters overcame the previous night hangovers, and for some sickness, to complete the first round of 2017 in somewhat surprisingly for this time of the year dry, sunny and hot conditions.
The improved Pangkalan Jati with its new asphalted cart paths, tables and chairs and navy cement boat (pictured below) was quite challenging, as reflected by the fact for once no net sub-par round was achieved on the day and on the other end some surprisingly high scores were, but everybody was in good spirit before, during and after the round. PJ also allowed the participants to stock up on balls, gloves and honey for the year with their incredible prices.
After the round Mrs Pie shared a cake with everybody to celebrate her 29th birthday.
Later a good contingent continued the celebrations well into the night at the Millers lair, where the President even had to work overtime doubling up as a barman to quench the members thirst.
As today was mainly a hardcore Tee Setters affair we had no newcomers and Jochen Sautter led the Welcome Backs after 11 weeks, followed by the Millers returning from South Africa after 5 weeks.
The Play
Richard Mau, whose late arrival forced him to play 2 holes on his own before catching up to complete a foursome, was delighted to have improved his score by 9 from last week at the same venue, merited Low Gross for his 85.
Fernando Gaggino, who for his defense was quite sick as reflected by his worst score in ages of 103, still managed to win Low Putts with 27, demonstrating that not even illness affects his putting skills and that his new glasses might be better adapted for pool and putting than long shots.
Due to the limited number of Grade A players and since the other ones had already won another prize, birthday girl Santi Miller, who seemed impaired by the New Year celebration of the night before, only managed a net 88, but it was enough to win the Low Net A Grade on the day.
Mike Webb, who on his 100th round with Tee Set coincidentally carded a Gross 100, won Low Net B Grade with 75.
King Tirto, who had the best net round of the day, won Low Net C Grade for his 72.
Jochen Sautter won First Birdie on his 6th hole.
The always happy Kelly Chaisson was awarded First Sandy Par after visiting the beach on his 8th hole.
Most Improved went to Dede Nielen-Groen for shaving 5 shots on her back nine.
Thanks to the one prize rule, President Pastis Pascal won first Par Over 30 for his effort on his 11th hole.
Dede Nielen-Groen once more had her picture taken with her best friend, the Tee Set Monkey, for being awarded Monster Putter for her 43 putts.
Most Strokes was awarded to Kelly Chaisson for his 11, who wasn’t charged though because he had already contributed to the skirts fund.
Geary Bowles, who also had a rather rough day on the course, was ecstatic to finally get a skirt and insisted to be pictured on his own with it.
Joining Geary in this less glamorous category were Pieter Nielen-Groen, Kelly Chaisson who even though argued his OB shot might not have qualified as a skirt paid his fine with a smile, Rob Davies who paid his fine but left before the photo maybe because of his frustration to remain handicap less, and once more the President, who even though he greatly improved his drive of late, managed to get a skirt for the third event in a row. In case you wonder Peter Ruffy didn’t get a skirt but was in a cross-dressing mood so decided to join us for the photo.
You can enjoy more pictures of the day here and consult the player by player results here.
Next Up
A return to the popular Cengkareng (and its famous frozen margaritas) at 750,000 Rp with a tee off time of 12:00, so please register here.
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