Next up: Gading Raya, Sunday 15th January 2017

Posted on January 12, 2017 by Pascal Bekaert

This week we go back to one of our most popular courses last year, Gading Raya.

So if you haven’t done so yet and want to join us for 950,000 Rp including cart and an official tee off time of 12:00, but don’t be late as when they can they tend to let us tee off early, please register here.

Friendly reminder that even though we always accept registrations until the last minute, we do appreciate when they are made before Friday afternoon as it greatly helps us with the preparations. On the other end, if you have registered and for some reason can’t make it please let us know.

Other news

Inter-League

New Tee Set Captain VP Roger Finnie is actively recruiting for this year competition that will kick-off next month on 19th February at Jagowari, so if you are interested in representing us please let Roger know as soon as possible either by email on rogerfinnie@yahoo.com or by catching him at one of the forthcoming events.

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Cengkareng, 8th January 2017

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Pascal Bekaert

The Day

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As the holidays are over and our Tee Setters are slowly coming back, we had a fairly healthy group of 45, and once more unusually dry, sunny and hot conditions for this time of the year, as illustrated by my divot on hole #16.

 

 Including our beautiful ladies pictured below.

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One way to cool off was using one of the Cengkareng hoverboards like our Web Guy did and said “worth it .. and a bit of fun too “.

 

 

 

 

 

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And the other one was of course with the now legendary Cengkareng hospitality and Margaritas.

 

 

We didn’t have any newcomer playing this week, but a few signed up with Tee Set and will join us soon. We had a couple of Welcome Backs worth mentioning, Mark Manderson after 44 weeks and Boonyarit Jaiya after 33 weeks.

 

The Play

Unlike last week we had some sub-par net rounds this week, including by all the winners of the Low Net categories pictured below. VP Roger Finnie showed his potential as new Inter-League captain by winning Low Net A Grade for his 68. Andrew Marron, who won Low Net B Grade on a count-back from Stefan Thiele, showed that his first official handicap was no fluke by carding a net 70. Jaturaporn Pibankul won Low Net C Grade with a 69, on a count-back from Jana Gaislerova whose 11 on I think her last hole proved costly, no doubt continuing to push his march towards B Grade.

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Mark Johnson, who had to leave early to catch his plane, was awarded Low Gross for his 82. Also winning the unofficial “Pinkiest” award, also known as the “I am comfortable enough with my masculinity to wear pink” award. And don’t ask me what Axel is doing in that picture!

 

 

 

 

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Boonyarit Jaiya showed that his long absence with us didn’t mean he didn’t practice his putting and won Low Putts with 27.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manfred Borer won First Birdie on his 2nd hole.

 

 

 

 

 

First Sandy Par was awarded to both Kelly Chaisson and Chris Smith for their efforts on their 2nd hole. Which for Kelly was a great improvement after getting a double-skirt and a 10 on his first hole.

 

 

 

 

First Par Over 30 was awarded to both Kim Pham and Mike Riley for their efforts on their 2nd hole.

 

 

Most Improved went to ever smiling Geary Bowles for shaving 16 shots on his back nine after a disastrous 61 on his front nine, during which his 12 on a hole, including 9 shots from the same bunker, gave him a share of Most Strokes.

 

 

 

 

Kim Pham unfortunately had to return half her gains from her First Par Over 30 when she won the less coveted Monster Putter for her 44 putts.

Most Strokes was shared by Mike Riley and the aforementioned Geary Bowles for their 12 on a hole, even though last week’s winner Kelly Chaisson had a go at it with his 11 on Par 3 hole #4.

 

And finally once more Cengkareng produced its share of skirts with 9, of which are pictured below: the President who has now managed a skirt for 4 events in a row, Chris Smith, Kelly Chaisson who got a wardrobe on the day, Mike Riley, Laurie O’Connor, Stefan Thiele and Paisan Thanasitsomboon, as well as the excused Dave Chew and Dennis Wee.

 

You can enjoy more pictures of the day here and consult the player by player results here.

Inter-League

Reminder that the Inter-League will kick-off next month on 19th February at Jagowari. There are 8 rounds planned and these will be held on the 3rd Sunday each month from February to November except for the summer break in July and August. And that new Captain VP Roger Finnie is recruiting, so if you are interested to join the Tee Set team please let Roger know as soon as possible either by email on rogerfinnie@yahoo.com or by catching him at one of the forthcoming events.

Next Up

A return to the popular Gading Raya at 950,000 Rp including cart with a tee off time of 12:00, but don’t be late as if they can they normally let us tee off earlier, so please register here.

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Next up: Cengkareng, Sunday 8th January 2017

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Pascal Bekaert

This week we go back to one of Jakarta’s finest courses, Cengkareng that offers great caddies and staff, arguably the best Margaritas in town and for those who don’t want to walk hoverboards that our Bushy tested during our visit last September, and Mrs Pie during our last visit but was unfortunately not captured.

So if you haven’t done so yet and want to join us for a mere 750,000 Rp and an official tee off time of 12:00 please register here.

 

Friendly reminder that even though we always accept registrations until the last minute, we do appreciate when they are made before Friday afternoon as it greatly helps us with the preparations.

Other news

2017 Schedule

We are pleased to let you know that your Committee has been and still is hard at work on the proposed schedule for 2017, which you can now see here.  As several of the courses are still under negotiation please be aware that the schedule is likely to change over the course of the year so please remember to check the weekly updates on the website for the current week’s schedule.

The eagle-eyed will note that there are no events shown for BSD and Imperial. This is due to the high prices and/or poor tee times being offered by these courses presently. Your Committee will continue to try and negotiate better arrangements and, if successful, we will make appropriate changes.

Inter-League

The Inter-League will kick-off next month on 19th February with the venue remaining at Jagowari. There are 8 rounds planned and these will be held on the 3rd Sunday each month from February to November except for the summer break in July and August.

This year VP Roger Finnie will Captain the Tee Set team with the support of Ric Wymer who will continue to double up duties on the Inter-League Committee. If you are interested to join the Tee Set team please let Roger know as soon as possible either by email on rogerfinnie@yahoo.com or by catching him at one of the forthcoming events.

Inter-Society Matches

As in 2016 we plan to have 2 Inter-Society matches against Bali Par 5 Club (Battle Royale) and The Dogs on the week-ends of 6th/7th May and 10th/11th June, respectively. Both events will involve a week-end away and further details, including a call for interested players will follow closer to each event. Presently, neither Cup is held by Tee Set so we will be looking to turn the results around from last year’s matches.

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Pangkalan Jati, 1st January 2017

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Pascal Bekaert

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.

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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.

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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

 

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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.

 

 

 

 

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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.

 

 

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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.

 

 

 

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Mike Webb, who on his 100th round with Tee Set coincidentally carded a Gross 100, won Low Net B Grade with 75.

 

 

 

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King Tirto, who had the best net round of the day, won Low Net C Grade for his 72.

 

 

 

 

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Jochen Sautter won First Birdie on his 6th hole.

 

 

 

 

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The always happy Kelly Chaisson was awarded First Sandy Par after visiting the beach on his 8th hole.

 

 

 

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Most Improved went to Dede Nielen-Groen for shaving 5 shots on her back nine.

 

 

 

 

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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.

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Most Strokes was awarded to Kelly Chaisson for his 11, who wasn’t charged though because he had already contributed to the skirts fund.

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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.

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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.

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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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Next up: New Year Event, Pangkalan Jati, Sunday 1st January 2017

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Pascal Bekaert

 

This Sunday we are back at Pangkalan Jati  for our first event of the new year 2017, where we will sweat out the excesses of New Year’s Eve and celebrate the returning Mrs Pie birthday.

 

So if you haven’t done so yet and want to join us for a mere 550,000 Rp, excluding cart, and an official tee off time of 12:00, but don’t be late as we will most likely be able to start earlier, please register here.

Note that PJ offers carts, but be careful when booking them as their policy is to charge by cart, not by player, so you better arrange in advance your co-rider.

Friendly reminder that even though we always accept registrations until the last minute, we do appreciate when they are made before Friday afternoon, as it greatly helps us with the preparations.

Other news

As it is customary at this time of the year, I offer you a bit of retrospective on the year almost gone by consulting here how you improved, or not, your handicap during the year. In which you will see our Most Improved members during 2016 were Stuart Wigley, Tom Grace, the Gaisler Men and Jeff Landau, while at the other end of the spectrum was our always smiling Marcelo De Jesus, I am sure will regain his great handicap in 2017. Which either way I hope will encourage you to add to your New Year’s Resolutions playing more with Tee Set in 2017.

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As the next time you should hear from us we will already be in 2017, on behalf of the Tee Set committee I wish to all our members and their families a Happy New Year 2017, hopefully filled with golf and joy, hoping to see you all at our January 1 event or in the near future.

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Christmas Event, Pangkalan Jati , Saturday 24th December 2016

Posted on December 25, 2016 by Pascal Bekaert

The Day

Keeping up the Tee Set mantra of “Never a week-end missed in 33 years”, 14 festive Tee Setters turned up to Pangkalan Jati to play the last outing of the year; held on Saturday 24th December so everyone could enjoy their Christmas Day with families and friends.

Thanks to everyone arriving in good time and some helpful organization by the Caddy Master, we were treated to an excellent day of golf. An early tee off, a clear gap for our 4 groups on both the front and back nine’s and fantastic weather all led to us being finished by 3.35pm and all off home by 4.30pm after beers and the prize giving.

 

The Play

With only 14 players, it was an opportunity for everyone to get some form of recognition and by the end of the day we did indeed have all 14 players with honorable mentions for either great effort and/or great success as the case may be. Our small group also meant that we gave the secretaries a welcome week-end off with the scoring being done manually by VP Roger Finnie. Apologies therefore if there are any quirks in the presentation of the results.

 

 

Monster putter was distinctly a family affair with Dede just edging out Pieter with her 42 putts but, as Pieter mentioned, it was a result which was “sama-sama” to the wallet.

 

 

Although we were a small group, the harvest of skirts was still strong with 42% of the male playing contingent contribution to the Tee Set coffers. Pieter being joined by Anlo, Joe, Pekka and Karan. Whilst Karan was spared any further monetary penalty for his most strokes (11), Joe was able to recoup his losses through Most Improved over the back nine (9) clearly benefiting from the warm up front nine after 25 weeks away.

Joe just pipped Peter Ruffy and Laurie O’Connor on the most improved but Peter’s storming back nine including 2 birdies was enough for him to win Best Net B Grade, joining Anlo du Pisani and Mike Webb who took home the money for Best Net A and C Grades, respectively. Mike’s 69 net was the best of the day with Roger’s 84 good enough for Low Gross.

On the skills prizes, Tom Grace took home the first and only sandy par of the day for his effort on hole 10 and Chris Lever, who had to leave early and therefore missed a photo opportunity, won 1st birdie for his effort on the Par 3 3rd hole. With the low putters having already won prizes and the next best scores being closer to the monster putter than low putts, the VP took an executive decision to preserve the Tee Set coffers and not award this prize.

 

Especially for our most recent members a reminder that you can find all kind of valuable information on our website and consult your handicap or at least the rounds you played towards the 5 minimum ones to get one by entering your name here.

 

Next Up

Thank you to everyone who turned up today to support Tee Set and for those who missed this week, there is a chance to make up for it as we will be back to Pangkalan Jati for round 2 of our double header at our former home course to welcome 2017 and celebrate the returning Mrs Pie birthday on Sunday 1st January for a mere 550,000 Rp without cart, even though some are available, with a tee off time of 12:00 or maybe earlier, so please register here.

In the meantime, the Committee wishes all Tee Setters and their families a very Merry Christmas and all the best wishes for a healthy, prosperous and golf filled New Year.

Special Thanks to VP Roger Finnie who “held the fort” yesterday and basically wrote this post.

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Reminder: Christmas Event, Pangkalan Jati, Saturday 24th December 2016

Posted on December 23, 2016 by Pascal Bekaert

Reminder that our special Christmas event where you are encouraged to dress up, will be held tomorrow Saturday, not on Sunday like normally, at Pangkalan Jati.

 

 

As the PJ course is quite near, relatively easy to play, and we expect a smaller than normal number of players, more reasons to join as you will have an increased chance of winning a prize.

So if you haven’t done so yet and want to join us for a mere 495,000 Rp, excluding cart, and an official tee off time of 12:00, but don’t be late in case we can start a bit earlier, please register here. Note that PJ offers carts, but be careful when booking them as their policy is to charge by cart, not by player, so you better arrange in advance your co-rider.

Friendly reminder that even though we always accept registrations until the last minute, we do appreciate when they are made before Friday afternoon as it greatly helps us with the preparations.

Other news

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As I will unfortunately be unable to attend Saturday, so will most of the committee except VP Roger who will be in charge, on behalf of the Tee Set committee I wish to all our  members who celebrate it a Merry Christmas, and to all a Happy New Year, hoping to see you all at our January 1 event.

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Next up: Christmas Event, Pangkalan Jati, Saturday 24th December 2016

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Pascal Bekaert

This Saturday we are back at Pangkalan Jati  for our last event of the year, the special Christmas event where you are encouraged to dress up for it, at least wear your Christmas hats if you have them, as shown below by our troops last year.

 

As the PJ course is quite near, relatively easy to play, and we expect a smaller than normal number of players, more reasons to join as you will have an increased chance of winning a prize.

So if you haven’t done so yet and want to join us for a mere 495,000 Rp, excluding cart, and an official tee off time of 12:00, but don’t be late in case we can start a bit earlier, please register here. Note that PJ offers carts, but be careful when booking them as their policy is to charge by cart, not by player, so you better arrange in advance your co-rider.

Friendly reminder that even though we always accept registrations until the last minute, we do appreciate when they are made before Friday afternoon as it greatly helps us with the preparations.

Other news

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As I will unfortunately be unable to attend Saturday, so will most of the committee except VP Roger who will be in charge, on behalf of the Tee Set committee I wish to all our  members who celebrate it a Merry Christmas, and to all a Happy New Year, hoping to see you all at our January 1 event.

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Monthly Medal, Imperial Golf Klub , Sunday 18th December 2016

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Pascal Bekaert

The Day

What looked like a rather quiet day for a Monthly Medal turned out to be quite busy with 50 players thanks to late and very late registrations more than offsetting a few cancellations, which along with the discovery of the fact the hole indexes were not properly factored on our scorecards caused a bit of headaches for the committee, but didn’t stop us from having a great day where everybody finished before sundown and with a minimum amount of rain for this time of the year.

We welcomed 4 new Tee Setters: Jonathan Quek, Pak Sugeng Susilo (father of Dian Novita who joined Tee Set last week), Simo Vaananen who joined our increasing Finn contingent, and William Wong to whom we wish a warm welcome to Tee Set.

We welcomed back Jeff Durham after 18 weeks and the Thai quatuor of Chakkapong Yingwattanat, Jirathpol Sunsap, Kasana Kaewwijit and Piboon Sirinantanakol whose 16 weeks absence probably explained why they forgot to register and turn in their cards after their round.

Note that as Modern will be our new Monthly Medal home in 2017, the first round of Eclectic Cycle 5 will be when we play there in January, so today didn’t count for the Eclectic.

 

Some Tee Setters (pictured here) were later spotted winding down at Star Deli and some others (not pictured) a bit more up north.

 

 

The Play

After a few last minute revisions not reflected above, the prizes were awarded as follows.

 

 

Low Gross went to Richard Mau for his 86 even though Andrew Waite had an 85 and Roger Finnie 86 but were awarded other prizes below.

 

 

 

Low Net A Grade was awarded to Roger Finnie for his net 74, Low Net B Grade to Andrew Waite for his net 67 and Low Net C Grade to Paisan Thanasitsom for his net 68.

 

 

James Ross won Low Putts for his 29.

 

 

 

 

 

First Birdie went to Don Duttlinger for his effort on his first hole.

 

 

 

 

 

One of our oldest member, Lina Bunter won First Par over 30 on her 7th hole.

 

 

 

First Sandy Par would have gone to Mark Johnson who was OB.

 

 

Most Improved was awarded to Jari Rahtu for his 9 shots improvement, as Rob Davies who improved by 10 was OB, which on the other end saved him from getting Most Strokes for his 14 on a hole.

 

 

 

Closest to the PIN went to Mick Dodsworth on hole #5 for his brilliant shot that almost went in and would have made his investment in the hole in one a lucrative one, but ended up 2’6” from the hole.

 

 

 

 

Longest Drive Men was awarded to Simo Vaananen for his 238 yards effort.

 

 

 

 

 

 

While Lis Wymer won Longest Drive Ladies for her 242 yards tee shot, we suspect might have been measured from the blue tees.

 

 

 

And the biggest prize of them all, the Monthly Medal, was won by Efsi Hayati with 42 stableford points after adjusting her scorecard with the proper hole indexes, leaving Andrew Waite and Paisan Thanasitsomboon as runners-up with their 40 points. For her brilliant performance Efsi not only earned a medal and her nameplate on the Monthly Medal Shield but also received 2 Cengkareng free weekend round certificates.

And in the less glamorous prizes section, Dian Novita, maybe helped by the added pressure of playing with her father, earned the Monster Putter for her 43 shots with the flat stick, but kept her smile.

And finally we had a harvest of 7 Skirts representing the multi-nationalities of Tee Set with: Andrew Marron, Bill Lloyd, Chris Smith, Karel Horak, Manfred Borer, Pekka Kivioja and once more yours truly for my poor effort on a par 3.

 

You can enjoy more pictures of the day here and consult the player by player results here.

 

Especially for our most recent members a reminder that you can find all kind of valuable information on our website and consult your handicap or at least the rounds you played towards the 5 minimum ones to get one by entering your name here.

 

Next Up

A special Christmas event where you are encouraged to dress up for it, and we might even provide the hats if they can be found, at Pangkalan Jati for a mere 495,000 Rp without cart, even though some are available, with a tee off time of 12:00, so please register here.

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Next up: Monthly Medal, Imperial Golf Klub, Sunday 18th December 2016

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Pascal Bekaert

This week we are back at the Imperial Golf Klub with a K for our last Monthly Medal of the year giving you the chance to not only win this medal and get your name immortalized on the Monthly Medal Shield, but also win the 2 Cengkareng free weekend round certificates that will be given to the winner.

 

 

 

So if you haven’t done so yet and want to join us for a mere 770,000 Rp including cart and an official tee off time of 12:30, but don’t be late in case we can start a bit earlier, please register here.

Friendly reminder that even though we always accept registrations until the last minute, we do appreciate when they are made before Friday afternoon as it greatly helps us with the preparations.

Other news

Even though we are still working on the 2017 Schedule, for those of you who like to plan ahead here are the first 2 events of what we hope will be a record year for Tee Set:

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The person who won the Park Lane Hotel free voucher door prize at the Tee Set Championship can now claim the actual voucher from the Vice-President of Almost Everything Ric Wymer.

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