Next up: Cengkareng, Sunday 6th March 2016

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Tee Set
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Terrific turnout from the ladies last time, hoping for the same this time!

A welcome development by your hard working committee this year has been the inclusion of 6 rounds at the splendid, walking only Cengkareng course out on the airport Jalan Tol, a delight to get to and from South Jakarta thanks to the JORR.

Our first visit there was a great success even though we flooded the course with 65 Tee Setters and rounds were generally to take more than 5 hours. Management have assured us that steps have and are being taken, including advancing our first tee time to 12:04 from 1 & 10, and that things will be much better this time!

Cengkareng’s top class frozen Margaritas will be available once again both on and off the course and by the glass or jug. We will advise the special pricing available to Tee Setters when we send out the handicaps and groupings on Saturday morning.

Given the size of the field and the need to get us all round in a reasonable time, flights and flight times will once again be pre-ordained and advised at the same time as the Margarita pricing!

Green fees are just 750,000. With over 40 already signed up against an agreed maximum of 60 players, we would encourage you to sign up just as soon as possible if you have not already. No tears.

Tee Set Matchplay

All the first round sort out matches have now been decided and we march on to the knock-out stages. Matchplay Supremo James Ross is doing a fine job getting things moving along and indeed keeping the Matchplay web page fully up to date and relevant, pop over there to find your next opponent.

33 of 46 participating Tee Setters have already paid their participation fee; if you are in the “unlucky” 13 then please settle with Brenda next time you see her. We know who you are and where you live 🙂

Tee Set bag tags

After some technical adjustments, these are now in final production and we hope to be able to distribute at Cengkareng. Only 17 of the 42 ordered have been paid for as yet, so please make sure to bring your purse along on Sunday.

Old Newsletters

The VP of Almost Everything has been rummaging through his company’s server and turning up a treasure chest of classic old Newsletters and we published the first of these earlier this week. As we had hoped, this was to evoke some delightful responses from a couple of “old” Tee Setters.

We plan to publish all the old ones we can dig up at an amiable sort of pace and, as adding each new post automatically generates an e-mail, we hope you will bear with us, we suspect they are of interest to many.

‘Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it’ …. 

George Santayana was clearly not a Tee Setter otherwise he would have added “every Sunday”.

See ya soon for Margaritas! …. Tee Set

Special Deals for Tee Setters and Your Families

We will have a number of special deals coming up for Tee Setters based on presentation of new Tee Set membership cards which will be ready in the next month.  One you don’t need a card for is the special rate schedule offered by Riverside Golf Club. Just tell them we sent you!

 

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Monthly Medal Imperial Golf Klub, 28th February 2016

Posted on February 29, 2016 by singing

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The Day

Constant rain caused a number of late cancellations but the 46 Tee Setters who braved the weather stayed dry and found the course in remarkably good condition, except for the bunkers, which had not yet drained. It was humid for sure but cooler than usual. Welcome to Romeo for your first round and welcome back to Ronald after 87 weeks, Olivier after 13 weeks, Bags after 12 weeks eating his way through his home leave, KK and Reka and not to be left out the Web Guy who has been hiding in his computer room working on stats for 5 or 6 weeks.   Reka was also kind enough to sponsor prizes for the day from her restaurant/bar “Our Place” – see classifieds. As usual Imperial offered excellent facilities and service and people made a full day of the hospitality.

The Play

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The Monthly Medal is a stableford event and is calculated on points awarded to the net score per hole: 1 point for a net bogey, 2 for a net par, 3 for a net birdie, 4 for a net eagle and 5 for a net albatross (or double eagle). We had at least one net albatross this round, with Craig Edwards capping an otherwise frustrating round with a 5 pointer on the par 5 9th hole (gross birdie). Confusion among some on the scoring system meant that we have revised the awards for this week after the presentation. Winners will be recognised here and next week at Cengkareng.

The Monthly Medal winner for February is KK with 39 points after some excellent driving and iron play, especially on the front nine. KK has been busy starting up his ticketing business which was last month’s sponsor of the medal. Unfortunately UB40 cancelled for security fears leaving winner Andrew having to be content to 2 free tickets to the Jaya Pub to see the Singing President or to Geoff’s birthday to see the Band from Bandung….

The net prizes were rearranged to recognize Bas (Jaturaporn) as C Grade Net winner on 76, the Singing President as B Grade winner on 72 and Murcho as A Grade winner also on 72 who won on a countback from Joe, Roger and Rasmus, all on even par. Not to be denied a prize and heading most tables including lowest putts, Rasmus won low gross with 81.

Joe picked up first birdie after Jiro took the prize for first sandy. Roger was awarded Low Putts with Art to be recognised next week (long story…but it all ends happily ever after). Santi was the Long Drive Winner and Simon hit a beauty to within 12 feet of the pin on the island green, only to three putt. Isa and the Web Guy shared Most Improved with 8 strokes, and, in one of the many stories of the day, perennial runner up Pascal won First Par Over 30 without even knowing it, thanks to after round scoring revisions.

There were skirts a plenty, the highlight being Bags first skirt since joining Tee Set. Fresh back from a break in golf, Bags coupled the skirt with an interesting score return on one of the par 4s – a 7/5 – yes two on, five putts. The Web Guy must have been contemplating the standard deviation of the participants and forgot to join the photo so we gave him his own…fetching. King got lost with a 12 on one hole and Lis and Joe shared Monster Putter, with Joe on 38 stableford points wondering what might have been if he putted straight.

For more great photos thanks to Pascal and Brenda, click here.

Tee Set Matchplay

This was the cut off week for completing matches in the first non elimination round. Fernando handed the first win of the day to Craig on a forfeit. Reports had him spotted in the company of the infamous virus twins, Cold and Flu, the night before and still recovering. Another early casualty and the first KO was Chris who had to withdraw early on in his match with Stuart due to injury. Best wishes to both El Guapo and Chris for speedy returns. A few other concessions have also been recorded.

In the battle of the 2015 Prez and Vice Prez, Craig and Simon lined up on the first, still laughing after seeing Pascal losing his club on an enthusiastic practice swing and almost decapitating the group in front. The Singing President promptly hit his first drive 9m to claim a skirt but, to the disbelief of those watching, went on to win the hole and eventually the match 7 and 5. The handicap difference of 15 made it tough for Simon and the usual claims of “burglar” could be heard from the gallery.

25246372662_e1e7c31329_mA number of regular interleaguers from various teams played their rounds. Interleague MVP Murcho schooled newcomer to matchplay, John, with a steady 5 and 3 win. Miserly putter Mark took on two time Matchplay Champion Bags and put the heat on at the right times to win 4 and 2. Interleague stalwarts Chris and Joe won their matches 1 Up and 4 &2 against Renny and Tom respectively. Chris photographed here, clearly happy with his narrow win.

Santi outplayed Jaco with a solid 3 and 2 result.

25271572951_d3b9124a9a_mAnd now a report from the players, thanks Bushy. After a few weeks off to celebrate the birth of a new Bushy, Peter returned to play Mike in their battle. Bushy jumped out to a 2 hole lead after 2 holes but that was as big as the lead was for either player all afternoon. There were some comments before play in the clubhouse about some players possibly throwing their first game so that they go into the “easier” side of the draw but in our game we were not trying to lose but just both happened to be playing some very ordinary golf, the race to the bottom being highlighted by a half on the 18th (9th as played) with two 10’s, when both of us each put 2 balls in the water. Mike held a 1 or 2 hole lead for most of the back 9 before a par by Bushy on the 8th squared things up with 1 hole to play. Some more scratchy golf led to Bushy winning the hole with 7 to Mike’s 8 to claim a 1 Up win.

Matchplay El Supremo James reminds everyone to email results to him, even in the event of a concession or default, and even if your match is reported on here. Your next match will not be scheduled until you advise the result by email. To follow the matchplay draw, click here. If your name is not there then email James…perhaps your result was not notified by email 🙂

Tee Set Eclectic

Round 2 of the 3rd cycle of the Eclectic was played.  Results from Round 1 are now on the Eclectic Page.  Progress after round 2 will be posted next week.

Next Up

We are back to the very popular Cengkareng next Sunday, so register early here to help ensure an early tee time.

There have been a number of other changes to the schedule, which will be announced next week in full. BSD has offered a good deal so we want to fit that option in. The Rancamaya weekend is also moving from May to September.  Finally, we are also waiting to confirm the DOGS v Tee Set team event which we hope to fit into the DOGS calendar at Rancamaya during Ramadan.

 

 

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Next up: Monthly Medal etc, Imperial GK, Sunday 28th February 2016

Posted on February 27, 2016 by Tee Set

imperialphotoImperial Golf Klub with a K is going to be a hive of activity tomorrow with the last Sunday of the month seeing the February Monthly Medal, the 3rd (?) round of the Eclectic and the last opportunity for playing the first round of the 2016 Tee Set Matchplay.

With green fees of 770,000 roops, an 11:48 tee off from 1 & 10 and 46 Tee Setters already signed up, we still have a little space for the tardy if you sign up here.

To add to the excitement we will once again have a sponsor for the Monthly Medal – Reka Romango’s “Our Place”, which will be providing some interesting liquid refreshment of which more anon (ie we haven’t a clue right now but are working on it).

Finally, here is a little statistic from the web guy, a statistic revealing the average off-the-stick score of every course over the past five years – and therefore a pretty fair gauge of relative course difficulty.

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See ya at Imperial …. cheers, Tee Set

 

 

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Pangkalan Jati, 21st February 2016

Posted on February 23, 2016 by singing

The Day

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Perhaps the highlight of the day came on the first tee.  As playing partners watched on, John made what ended up looking like a good swing at the finish…..unfortunately the ball stayed there….twice!!!  ‘Twas not to be the last of the drama in this flight as Axel nailed his caddy with a wayward chip….poor bugger fell like the proverbial and was rushed off by motorbike for treatment…we heard later he was OK, perhaps minus a tooth.

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The Play

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In terms of actual skill, clearly the highlight was Tom and Mark’s matchplay which Tom won 2 and 1 after outshooting Mark’s fine round of 69 net (79 gross) with a better 64 net (88 gross).  This made them clear winners in the A and B Grade net categories.  In fact Mark topped the table in 4 categories but under our rules could only win one.  This left the Singing President sheepishly to accept Low Gross on default with 89 and Paisan to win Low C Grade.

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In other prizes, John recovered from his first tee wobbles to lead Most Improved but was awarded the more prestigious Low Putts and James moved in to take the Most Improved.  Santi was OB so she could rush back to the Web Guy who was home with a bug so missed her first sandy prize. There was no first birdie or first par over 30 awarded because winners had already won – makes a happy Treasurer.

Not surprisingly our first gamers featured in the booby prizes sharing Monster Putter with 41 strokes, joined by Reni.

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Bas couldn’t keep out of the presentation with a hefty 15 strokes to win Most Strokes and there was the usual healthy (not sure if that fits this bunch) harvest of skirts…with John having 2 before he hit a ball.

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Chris was clearly a bit nervous and, not surprisingly quickly sought refuge in the arms of Umaya, pictured here earlier in the day waiting on the first tee – Tee Set’s equivalent of Fashions on the Field.25185534375_f92fef6b16_m

Interleague

As we sat to enjoy after match camaraderie and PJ’s cheap beer, we were advised of the Tee Set Interleague team result from Captain Ric, who selected the team on form, leaving himself on the sideline.  A great 8-2 victory for the defending champs.

Opposition team Jakarta Loose Impediments also fielded 6 Tee Setters, including Tony Blackburn who kindly filled in at the last minute. Leading off with A graders Rasmus and Stuart (first gamer) in singles, then Tee Set legends Geoff and Murcho,  current monthly medalist Andrew (first game) and stalwart Chris Lever,  and good mates Anlo  and Joseph in the doubles, Tee Set were all square in two matches and won the other 3 games.  Stuart had a stunning debut with a 7 and 6 win. Joining Ric at Jags to cheer on the team were Mel , Mick and Connor Dodsworth out at Jags  although there were a few lost balls by the end of the day and a skirt apiece to Mel and Connor.

Next Up

There’s lots of golf on offer over the next month or so.  As a result numbers were so low that Bash Supremo Geoff and the Tee Set Committee agreed that the Bandung Bash would be postponed until we could work out a better time.

There is a gents event sponsored by Albens Cider for cider fans at Cengkareng on Tuesday 8 March, there is the Legends event at Jags on Friday 11th March which Ric recommends as a great day – see here and Murphy’s has a St. Patrick’s Day event at Cengkareng on Wednesday 16th March which may be full now.

But most importantly it is Monthly Medal time again at Imperial Golf Klub and the second round of the third cycle of the Eclectic championship – current standings online soon – so register here as usual.

 

 

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Pangkalan Jati/Jags Interleague, 21st February 2016

Posted on February 19, 2016 by Tee Set

PJ2Two choices this week.

The regular Tee set round will be at Pangkalan Jati, known for many years as Tee Set’s home course.  It is a classic “Padang” course blending into the local landscape and continues to deny those who think they will shoot a low score after showing promise on some of the flashier courses elsewhere.  This week a number of new Tee Setters will be playing their first rounds and PJ’s is a great place to be introduced to golf.

By now Captain Ric has contacted his team for Interleague to play the first round at Jagorawi and they will be off there.  Other Tee Setters are welcome to register to follow them.  Our brothers in Tee Set who make up the Jakarta Loose Impediments are desperate for players.

If you haven’t registered for one or the other course, do so here.

Tee Set bag tags

In a rare moment of unclarity, the Web Guy has fessed up to whatever a wayward SQL statement is, waywardness that led to the number of rounds played on the bag tag page being understated for some and he has now corrected them there.

The effect is that some people who ordered the 50 rounds played actually qualify for, and will receive, the 100 rounds played version – and some who ordered the “plain” version will instead receive the 50 rounds played.

This is your last chance to order these handsome Tee Set bag tags, so don’t hang around, put in your order now if you haven’t already. We will order on order on Monday and then the opportunity will be gone forever.

Golf tales

It’s been a while since we got a joke worthy of adding to golf tales but here is one that tickled us from Laurie O’Connor. It’s about golfer gullibility, pro shop smarts or government inefficency, your choice.

See you somewhere on Sunday!! … Tee Set

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Gading Raya, Sunday 14th February 2016

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Tee Set

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The Day

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Yes, love was in the air as Tee Setters came out for Valentines.  To celebrate the day, the ladies headed out in the first flight, perhaps for the first time, and set a fine example in speedy play coming in to the clubhouse in good time, despite the horrible conditions.  Everyone was drenched from the constant rain on the second nine, which led to lots of slipping clubs, a few giving up and no doubt a few bouts of flu this week.

Weather aside it was one the best days of the season, with Gading Raya putting on pre-game music.  Vice President Mel demonstrated Tee Set’s succession planning as he first showed his singing talents and then danced while serenaded by the Singing President.

Dede supplied all with her delicious home made Valentine’s Day chocolates, King celebrated his birthday with lots of love and couples enjoyed their special day out.

A number of newcomers and welcome backs headed by Ghavi after 143 weeks.  Father and son Mick and Connor joined forces, Roger was joined by mates David and Matthew, and Ali, Kokom and Livia had their intro to Tee Set.

 

The Play

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The play was tough, especially the second nine.  Stuart’s round of 67 net (79 gross) was exceptional in the conditions as was Pieter’s 69, continuing his fine form.  Michael “Vasco da Gama” Seabrook narrowly pipped Pastis Pascal on a countback to take Low Net C Grade.

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The highlight in the skills prizes was Wina’s 26 putts, no need to hide Wina.  Rasmus wasted no time birdie-ing they first two holes, Geoff took first sandy on the second but scuttled off before prizes and birthday boy King had the first par over 30 handicap.  Well done Mike – on such a difficulty day – he managed to improve 9 strokes on the back nine to win Most Improved and recoup some of his previous contributions.

A special Combined Low Net prize was offered this week due to us doubling up at Gading Raya.  After rain and a few beers we weren’t fit to calculate it and award it on Sunday, but we can now announce that Wina with 140 net narrowly pipped Pascal (always a bridesmaid) with 141….stick at it mate, you are sure to win soon!!!!  Your prize awaits Wina!

And now for the booby prizes, and what may be a Tee Set record…no not the skirts, a surprisingly low skirt count…although the usual suspects were there again, with Mel literally wearing the skirt.  The highlight was Dede’s 61 putts to win Monster Putter…her playing partners must have been super tough….no gimmies ladies!  Don’t worry last week’s monster putter Chris shot out of the gates this week with 5 one putts, so your luck will change Dede!

See Player by Player Results for Gading Raya here while more photos of the day are on our photo gallery.

Tee Set Matchplay

Five matches played with four decided on the last holes (careful how you say that).  In the battle of the Past Presidents, Ric approached the last to gimmie range for par while Geoff got lost in the sand, leaving Ric with a 2 Up result and some good form moving into the first round of interleague.

James also had sand problems on the last to go down to Laurie 1 Up again on the last after finding the sand, moving some loose impediments by mistake and ending up in the water.

Pascal outlasted Cucu in a torrid affair, which saw some friendly fire exchanged between the carts, Tom ducking for cover after being caught here fraternising the enemy, but finding a happy ending despite Pascal’s 1 Up win.

Despite an excellent first nine playing under his handicap, Bill found Pieter in even hotter form on his way to his net 69 and a 5 and 4 victory.

Please don’t forget to email results of your games to Matchplay El Supremo James – they are not recorded until he receives the email.  Follow results here.

Tee Set bag tags

Bag tagOrders for the excellent cast bronze Tee Set bag tags we are having made close this week so, if you are not one of the many who have ordered already, please go here, fill in the exceptionally simple form and let us know your needs!

Delivery is expected around 10 days after we put in the order.

Next up

A choice of two courses as we have 2 registered Tee Set events this Sunday.

Sunday is the first round of Jakarta Interleague so Tee Set as the reigning champions will be out there defending our title and any Tee Setters are welcome to follow the interleague team  in a round at Jagorawi at the price of 1,050,000 Rp including carts (if it hasn’t snuck up).  Alternatively you can join the rest of the Tee Set at Pangkalan Jati at a much more affordable 470,000 Rp if you are walking.  Register here and choose your course of choice.

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Next Up: CHANGE OF VENUE!! Gading Raya, 14th February 2016,12.28pm.

Posted on February 12, 2016 by singing

Valentine's Day

A sudden change of venue is required due to Kedaton calling in to say that their course is in no fit state for Tee Set after the recent rains.

Gading Raya has welcomed us back for the second successive week.  If you missed out last week, here’s your chance.  If you played last week, you qualify for a special prize of Best Combined Net.

 

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Another special prize for the best Valentine’s Day themed golf attire.

Green fees are 750,000Rp including cart.  No need to re-register, but if you have not done so, then register here.

We are also keen to announce that personalised bronze Tee Set bag tags are now available for order here.  Good for bragging rights and to find your bag after those frozen margaritas on the 19th hole (or if you take advantage of the delivery service offered on some courses the  1st, 3rd, 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, ouch).

 

 

 

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Easter frolics at the Bandung Bash: Alas, the Bash has now been postponed until further notice

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Tee Set

Due to so much other golf going on during March the Bash has been postponed this year.

 

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Gading Raya, Sunday 7th February 2016

Posted on February 9, 2016 by singing

The Day

Summary

High numbers again this week when Tee Set showed again it could survive notable absences. Thanks to Vice Presidents Mel and Ric, ably supported by Beby, taking charge and doing a great job.  Big thanks too to Pascal for starting off the registrations until the cavalry arrived and for taking some great photos of the day, see more here.

Welcome back after long absences to Tony, Tim, Jeff, Marcus and Jason. Welcome also to Axel’s brothers visiting Jakarta; they clearly enjoyed their Sunday with Tee Set.

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The Play

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Firstly congratulations to Joseph for shooting par off the stick and winning Low Gross.  Par rounds are very rare in Tee Set and to have 6 in the field shooting 80 or less on a championship course is fine golf.  Among them, Neil Mullins is continuing his fine form shooting a 67 net to win Low Net A Grade and claim victory in his match against Stuart.  Craig Edwards was again in the money winning Low Net B with 70, and the round of the day of a net 66 enabled King “Luar Biasa” Tirto to win Net C Grade and claim a strong 6 and 5 victory against current Monthly Medal champ Andrew in the first round of the matchplay.

Among other prizes were regulars Bas (Jaturoporn) with first Birdie, showing he can move between prize categories, Jonathan with Most Improved (he must have been OB, so claimed here by Ric), Ricardo with first sandy (as Joseph had won Low Gross), Rasmus for Lowest Putts with an excellent 26 (good chipping?) and it looks like King again for 1st Par over 30, although on our one prize policy it perhaps should have been Malty, so he is honoured here instead.

A modest harvest of 7 skirts this week, with some well known faces among the cross dressers.  Chris doubled up to also wear the Monster Putter mask, 7 putts ahead of the competition with 47 putts….it just wouldn’t go in?

Matchplay

The first matches were scheduled this week. Follow the competition here.

King beat Andrew 6 and 5 – King played his best game in many years, wasted no time and was already 3 up after the first 6 holes but Andrew managed to find the fairways for a few holes and hold him steady until King won the first 4 holes of the back nine, establishing an insurmountable lead of 6 up with 5 holes to go. Andrew suffering medallist hangover was left counting lost balls, wondering where King found his inspiration, and steeling himself for a comeback in the next round.

Other matches did not offer match reports (these are welcome!!).  Neil beat Stuart 5 and 3; in a battle of the gentlemen Jiro beat Mike 2 and 1, and Roger outlasted Chris with another 2 and 1 result, no doubt hearing some fine cursing along the way.

Next Up

We are heading west again with a visit to Kedaton.  Register here as usual. Price will be 650,000Rp walking plus shared cart at 260,000Rp per cart. Tee off 11.30am.

If you are playing matchplay, please ask to be paired with your opponent in the Comments field.

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Next Up: Gading Raya,7th February 2016, 11am, 750,000Rp (including cart)

Posted on February 5, 2016 by singing

Yes, it seems like only yesterday that Bags was spiking those margaritas with Grand Marnier, and Glen and Mel were carving up the Gading Raya course with rounds of the year, and we are back again at one of our favourite courses.  gading raya

An 11am start at 750,000Rp including cart is outstanding value, so register here if you haven’t already.  Make sure you list any pairing preferences in the comments field, as we will probably have to organise flights in advance again given the numbers.

 

For those entered in the matchplay, the first rounds will be played on Sunday.  There is still be a chance to register if you haven’t already.  For all the rules and information on Tee Set matchplay, check out here.

And preparations for the traditional Easter Bandung Bash are well underway, with Tournament Director and Former President Geoff, leading the way as usual.  The Bash is a Tee Set event this year  – keep an eye on the website as we will have a special Bandung Bash page with all details and registration in the next few days.

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