The Day

An unusually early wake-up time for Tee Setters was offset by breakfast and dawn cocktails.  Far too many no-shows forced last minute flights re-organizations, but following the traditional group picture, with the not so traditional drone this year, almost 100 Tee Setters managed to tee off on the shotgun start.  But not even the frozen smoothies could save us from the heat, as we cannot remember a warmer start to the morning, with the sun at full heat at 8am only to give way to more humid conditions as the day went on.  We took casualties, with one early return to the clubhouse and a number of others drenching themselves with cool water and having a lie down between holes.  Of course, the casualties would increase later in the day, but for other reasons.

The Play

Chris Smith won Closest to the PIN with 1,4 m and after voting an exception to the “one prize rule” also won First Birdie for his first shot of the day on hole #12 while Kees de Korver won the Lucky Draw amongst the around 20 people who managed to land their tee shot on the hole #12 green.

Peter Bush managed to keep it in the fairway to win Longest Drive for men with 265m, while Cucu Chandra hit it 185m to win the honour for the women.

On the course Peter Nielen-Groen won ‘Nearest to the Brenda’ with 11m, but seemed very happy to get much closer to her here:

First Sandy Par went to Nick Thomas on his second hole.

First Par over 30, on his 4^th hole, was awarded to president-elect Pastis Pascal.

Low Putts with 24, after a count back, went to Anthony King with special mentions to Craig Binks and Sugih Prihatin who also only needed 24 putts on the day.

Stuart Wigley with a 75 took home the George Bevege Trophy for Low Gross.

And the biggest prize of the day, Tee Set 2016 Champion with a net 66 went to Mick Dodsworth, who seemed to have been invigorated by his trek up the Himalayas and a sneaky little practice round on Friday afternoon with the Singing President where he showed some form, their tee shots captured by our spies at Senayan here.

Following Mick, 3 were tied on net 68, but after a count back Barbora Gaislerova was declared runner-up, Divya Prakash third and John Suermondt fourth.

Complete player by player results can be found here.

Yearly awards

Also recognized for their performances throughout the year 2016:

Jaroslav Gaisler won the Best Net Average 2016 with a 71.9 while Jeff Landau won the Best Gross Average 2016 with 80.9

Matchplay Champion 2016, James Ross, who received our new magnificent perpetual trophy to hold for a year, already assured the new President he would again organize that competition next year.

Also recognized was Matchplay runner-up Wina Nugraha, who showed her determination to win it next year by actually playing 36 holes at Matoa on Sunday.

The winners of the Eclectic in 2016: Fernando, Pascal and Jaturaporn were immortalized with the new permanent Eclectic trophy Jaturaporn took home for 4 months until the next cycle winner is decided.

The winners (Srikandi) and runners-up (Team GB and Team India) of the first Tee Set World Cup were also rewarded.

As the mood seemed more joyful than normally, the booby prizes were not really considered on the day, including the Skirts that on record only King and Jari would have got, but Andrew McKelvie was awarded the Tee Set Skirt Queen title for 2016 for his high 0.6 propensity during the year.

The Elections

After the bunch of door prizes were awarded, the results of the election for the new Tee Set President were announced and as soon as Pastis Pascal was declared the winner he asked the defeated Roger Finnie to join him on the new committee as Vice-President, joining the perpetual V-P Ric.

After a short speech from the new President, who first shocked the audience by jokingly saying French would now be the official language of Tee Set, and then more seriously thanked the hard work of the of Championship Director Ric Wymer, the Web Guy Keith Miller who as usual did great work in the shadows on the banners, statistics, etc. that can be seen here, our lovely secretaries Brenda and Aisha and of course the now Singing ex-President, it was down to the partying.

The Party

In true Tee Set spirit the singing, partying and dancing was wild, up to the point that when the Band from Bandung sponsored by Geoff T and Kojo tried to stop the music, some generous Tee Setters chipped him to have them go a bit longer. We again also distinguished ourselves in the drinking department, as the 4 gallons of margaritas disappeared rather quickly, so did the rest of the drinks, last but not least the new President Pastis that was shared in the “poisoned chalice”.

The traditional sunset three club challenge was too much for us after a massive day.  A few Tee Set stalwarts were seen struggling to leave the premises, but the hardened ones including the Champion and new President were later spotted around a pool table in South Jakarta.

Even though we are still missing a lot of them, you can already enjoy hundreds of pictures of the day here.

Thanks also to the Tee Set Championship Sponsors, helpers and staff at Matoa for a great day.

Lost and Found

James Young still hasn’t recovered his Titleist valuables bag lost in Matoa. It is a small, red bag with Titleist stitched in White. It contains his set of keys, some meds and some other ancillary items, so if anybody has it, let us know.

Pascal found the following hat and glasses left behind in Matoa, contact him if they are yours.

Next Up

A return to the popular Gading Raya at 850,000 Rp with an official tee off time of 11:48am, but judging by last month when they let some of us tee off at around 11am, don’t be late. Register here.

The great day is nearly upon us and, despite the absence in Singapore of Tournament Director Ric Wymer, all is fully-under-control-chaos with his Whatsapp red-hot working overtime in whipping the dilatory into shape from afar.

The club itself will be taking your 1,000,000Rp participation fee on arrival, nothing more to pay. We had something of an issue with the club cashier last time we were there so, please, make sure you receive and keep your receipt to avoid any problems.

As you pay, you will be handed a voting slip for the election of the President and Vice President positions, please complete this as soon as you have made your mind up and put it into the clearly and professionally marked box thoughtfully provided.

Details of your locker number are posted on the notice boards along with your flight details, handicap etc. Your locker will have your name on it and inside will be an assortment of goodies thanks to our sponsors, and most importantly your super stylish 2016/17 Tee Set shirt. Please put it on straight away.

The earliness of the hour means that we will provide a solid breakfast and heart-starters in the shape of Bloody Marys and Jack Calcote’s legendary smoothies, just to get you in prime condition for the rigors of the day.

The first of those rigors will be the taking of team photos and the drone video which will happen promptly at 06:45 after which you should find your cart and get to your allocated tee in time for the shotgun going off at 7am on the dot. PLEASE make sure you are changed into your new shirt before the photo!!

The Championships are a stroke play event.  Gimmie circles will be marked to allow consistency in conceding putts. Putts should be given if any part of the ball is touching the circle.

Inputting and validating scores takes a while with a field as large as we have for the Championship, so it is even more important than usual that you FULLY complete your cards and hand them over to Brenda as soon as you have checked and added them up – and BEFORE showering!!

After showering it is downhill all the way with the usual spread of exotic foods and beverages to be consumed to the sound of the Band from Bandung doing their thing courtesy of sponsor Geoff T and Kojo.  On the question of beverages, the first to be finished in recent years have been the frozen Margaritas, however this will NOT happen in 2016. Guaranteed.

Prizes will be provided for Lowest Net (Champion), Runner Up and Low Gross (the George Bevege Trophy).  There will also be new perpetual trophies for Matchplay Champion, won this year by James Ross and the Eclectic Champion, won this cycle by Jaturaporn Pikanbul.  It is important to note that, as always, the Handicap related prizes can only be won by players with an official Tee Set handicap who have played at least 5 times since the last Championship.  There will also be yearly “top of the table” prizes – based on some very sharp analysis by the Web Guy, which you will see posted on the walls, skills prizes for longest drive and nearest to the pin, and oodles and oodles of door prizes.

The Singing President will then step down and the election of the President and Vice Presidents will take place.

And then the games begin.  Something of a tradition has grown up at the Championship for an intensely disorganised and informal “Tee Set’s Got Talent” comp starting up after the prize giving and we are not about to discourage the variety of Tee Setters who get up to exercise their vocal ch0rds and much else besides – quite the contrary as there will be a bottle of wine of your choice for the biggest talent we see in the first hour – chosen by rather undemocratic open outcry of course, so get your mates lined up.  If you are still able to stand by sunset, you can join the three club challenge played over two holes.

Finally, if you suddenly discover that you cannot play for whatever reason, then it is absolutely essential that you let us know immediately.

See ya at the Championship! … Tee Set

PS don’t forget to set your alarm before you go to sleep on Saturday night!

PPS LATE BREAKING NEWS

Last minute drop outs meant that we can offer a couple of places that have become available ….. contact us here if you are up to the rigors of Tee Set’s premier day. First come first served.

Oh…and Laurie O’Three Putt has a Matoa golf membership and a house for sale/lease – we tried to get him to donate both as prizes but for some reason he wasn’t feeling that generous – for details, click here.