The Day
After heavy rains the night before, Senayan was a little boggy but the greens drained well and many a putt picked up speed as they took off down the slopes. A few last minute withdrawals were balanced by a few last minute registrations. With ten or so involved in Interleague including both VPs, the turnout of 56 was excellent (a couple of cards were not handed in).
Senayan’s very attractive promotional rate of 495,000 roops was not exclusive to Tee Set and the management failed to communicate that there would be a hold up after nine holes as Tee Setters caught up with other groups the starter inserted in between. A few tense moments before the Manager and the Singing President squared off to avoid conflict between players. The numbers booked made it impossible for everyone to finish before dark and regrettably a few missed their last hole, missing holes were completed with a bogey or double bogey depending upon handicap.
A better (though not necessarily cheaper) deal has been promised for 3 July when we play there next including an earlier tee time.
Overall there was a large turnout of players staying for several hours and enjoying Senayan’s great facilities, some kicking on to other more lively venues afterwards, including one party checking out new sponsor Shangri-la before they had their 30% discount cards…patience men!
To keep the Treasurer happy (which means ultimately keeping us all happy), Tee Setters contributed what could be record takings after shirt and bag tag sales, and a rich skirt harvest (below). It comes back to you in prizes, events and championships so take joy in giving!
The Play
Some other pressures on your scribe have prevented the usual full spread this week. A rather unusual result for Low Putts is being reviewed and no prize was awarded. The key winners are pictured here, with Mark leading the tables in both low gross (76) and low net (67) A, which means John Mesiti and newcomer Rob Cheng shared low gross with 80.
Senayan also inflicted some damage: Pieter’s caddy retired hurt after a vicious slice from Dede struck her on the arm; Mullins did a Mullins (see Glossary here)…several times after losing his swing somewhere on the way to the course; newcomer Andrew Chee challenged the record with 53 putts to take Monster Putter but was spared a fine on his first round, and the 10 skirts, kept the coffers overflowing.
Detailed, player by player results, can be found here while there are lots of photos of a great day on the Tee Set Gallery on the way if not posted yet.
A discreet footnote on our brave warriors representing us at Interleague at Jagorawi. The post victory euphoria has officially ended with a crushing 10 zip defeat to Tin Cups. Captain Ric has gone into camp to rethink strategy.
Tee Set Matchplay
In an epic battle that was to swing either way during the afternoon, Santi (Mrs Pie) Miller and “Pastis” Pascal Bekaert ended up all square after 18 holes when it was of course (under the Rules of Golf pertaining to matchplay) their right to decide how to break the tie. To the astonishment of most they decided to play another 18 holes at Imperial next week to resolve the issue.
In the only other matchplay, Mark Fiorello’s 76 off the stick and a net 67 was too strong for a nervous Renny Sperry, resulting in a 6 and 5 win. Mark’s matchplay performances have been excellent to date and Renny gained valuable experience for next time, knowing she can relax and use her handicap advantage to shift the pressure onto the low handicappers.
Glossary of Terms
It has become clear that the site is in need of a helpful “glossary of terms” to assist the understanding of all, but Newcomers in particular – this is now provided here.
Next Up
Monthly Medal will be played over the Easter weekend at Imperial Golf Klub (with a K). Register here as usual.
See you at Imperial!! … Tee Set
Another fine turn out from the ladies again on Sunday – here’s a bye bye from some of them 🙂
Back to 
The Day
With Stuart Wigley taking Low Gross with 81 off the stick, Santi got Low Net A-Grade with a 72 while Andrew Waite and Cucu took the money for B and C grade respectively.
Well done to Newcomer Andrew McKelvie for losing his Monkey virginity with a 47 that was to only just beat the field. Best to get that particular Monkey off your back ASAP Andrew!!
With the Interleague team away doing battle at Jagorawi we also offer the alternative of the always popular Senayan in the city centre next Sunday when green fees will be a remarkable 495,000 roops walking. and this on a course as friendly to that activity as any to be found in these parts, or another 250,000 if you want the comfort of a cart. 12:30 start from 1 & 10 with participation limited to a maximum of 48 Tee Setters – so get registered early is the message on this one, 
Rather oddly, six months have passed since 
Rather a slow response to something that will provide great benefits to card holders at the Shangri-La Hotel to start with – and then to a number of other goods and services providers we have in the pipeline.
We have negotiated a deal with the Shangri-La hotel in town, a deal which provides Tee Set members with attractive discounts of up to 30% on F&B and free family access during the week to some of their very fine, centrally located facilities. This will become available once the cards are prepared.
We would love to see a great Tee Set turnout to keep the entire Tee Set committee company – they sometimes get lonely.
It was the frozen margaritas this week on special at the 19th and our field for Sunday at Cengkareng was full.
A 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.
And 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.
Imperial 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.
Big welcome to newcomer ladies Carmel (Carm) and Yunita (Tata) who were both playing their first ever full round of golf and welcome back to Tony “Tank” Gleeson (pictured) who joined the Singing President and the newcomer ladies in the last flight.
