Due to operating on low level technology this post will be bereft of photos but will contain the usual grammar and spelling mistakes. The author is currently AWOL and is typing this from a foreign land. A place where you are constantly warned to be considerate and respectful of others, without these others having yet to earn it. Immediately one is on the backfoot cautious that someone’s feeling may be about be hurt.

This wimpy nature is thankfully not present on TeeSet. We bear our crosses like true sportsmen and recognise the jest and light heartedness that is prevalent through our golfing community. More about crosses later let’s get into Sunday’s game.

The cream always rises to the top and last Sunday was no exception. Present were last year’s Match Play Champion and Runner-up also. Some of the finest Italian golfers to ever play with TeeSet were there. Jovial Jude, smiling as usual like a Cheshire Cat was there. The ever competative Holger was there, wearing the latest in comfort hybrid golf type shoes from NB. These may catch on, curently NBing as typing. The finest of the fine, the guys and gals you can rely on in trying times. The golfers that can drag their sorry hungover arses out of bed on an overcast Sunday and get out and play golf.

After the rain that Jakarta had been hit with over the last few weeks the course was in reasonable conditions a bit of scurvy on a few greens being the only concern but the pins were placed well away from those areas. The open expanses of Riverside were a blessing after JGC the day before and the first slice of the day missed the tree line by metres and only found a bunker. The 3 ball I was with, Patrick and Arnold, took it in turns to play good golf with quite a few pars across the first 15 holes the highlights being a great par by Arnold on the 3rd, one of the courses more challenging holes and myself and Patrick both getting 7s on the index 1 hole in spite of incurring 2 penalty strokes each. Basically crap golf with some good shots and putting at the end of the 7th.

Ominous clouds were seen gathering in the south and the group in front of us, who had been making great pace suddenly slowed. The sky grew dark the wind began to blow and the golfers knew just what to do. Pick up the pace heading to the 16th the rains came. This fool wanted to tee off but wiser heads prevailed and to the shelter shed we went. The heavens then opened and the golf carts could barely be seen just metres away. Weather radar painted a grim picture. Having hashed in this area for years I knew how hard and long it can rain here so finally conceded a return to the club house after 30 minutes in the shed. Awaiting us were Roberto, Alessandro, Irene and Diarmuid already eating and drinking and looking like they had been there for 30 minutes. In their defense when the storm hit they were about to tee off on the 13th so the club house is but a pitching wedge away.

The rain did not abate for another 40 minutes by which time we were deep into our second jug of beer (best value for beer at Riverside). AN hour or so later with the aforementioned foursome having departed and our 3rd jug having departed also the warriors of Jude, JP, Holger, Claudio emerged from the gloom on the 18th green. There had been a hard fought tussle between JP, Jude and Holger fighting for low gross, low net. Unfortunately there could only be two winners today and the weather was not one of them. JP mastered the elements with low net and Jude took low gross. A couple of quick beers and it was time to stick the car on auto-pilot and head back to Jakarta another day’s golf in the bag

A big thanks to Peng for allowing Teeset to play at the contrated price albeit with a small turnout. As a note to TeeSetters you are under no obligation to play except when you want, but the club uses its numbers to negotiate very competattive weekend golf rates as do the DOGS. Our minimums are typically 24. If these numbers cannot be met the clubs reserve the right to jack the price, so your support is vital to continued cheap weekend golf.

Up Coming

Cengkareng for the Kojo Monthly medal. At this month’s medal the Teeset Match Play fields will be drawn so get your name down and see if you have what it takes to be a TeeSet Champ.

Back to crosses, TeeSet go on the road over Easter where we join the Bandung Bash. A great Friday and Saturday of golf. You can play both days or just the Saturday TeeSet round. Final prices for golf and accomodation out soon. For those with kids the best kiddies fun park is right next door.

Interleague is about to start if you want to help TeeSet re-capture this trophy speak to Dean Merriless or Same Westan

I will be missing at the medal this Sunday increasing your chances of a victory so sign up on MyGolf2U.

Tally Ho

The President

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The elite of the elite turned out for TeeSet’s annual 4 club event. Then there was me. Players were seen practising their putting with wedges, woods and rescues. The clubhouse banter was all about what you were carrying in your bag today. Most had a drive and a putter I had neither of these. Different is special.

It was a wasted exercise having a caddy today to lug your 4 clubs around but we must support the local economy. I did draw the line at driving around. My caddy was the height of the golf buggy so at times it was strange to see, what looked like, a self-propelled buggy heading down the fairway. He was short and if he sat on Steve’s caddy’s shoulders the pair of them would still be way shorter than me. There was some last minute jockeying of the flights and then we were off. The groups off the back 9 had a couple of slower movers in the front of them but they were comfortably slow, and speed of play was reasonable. Choosing between 4 clubs kills a bit of the time wasting I dare say.

Tom was long and strong off the tees and Steve was whacking a nice 3 wood out there, me with my rescue being the poor cousin. I definitely came to this shooting match with not enough fire power, but the rescue doubled well as a putter. A nice Scotty Cameron is available on EBay. Our 4 ball played consistent golf but luck was not our side with both Tom and Steve lipping out or leaving it on the edge of the cup on several occasions. Rosita provided the rap dancing moves on the putting greens and general words of motherly advice. The President was severely reprimanded for his coarse language. Rosita can hear a pin drop.

The groups behind us were never too faraway and may need to be moved back in the future as once more Diarmuid was whacking balls at the President, like an Irish Kneecapper in heat. We can add Viboon to the assassins list, he managed to get his projectile within 5 metres of the President. Surely the longest slice goes to Simone who was seen playing the first hole over past the green by the drain on the 3rd hole. That is a slice above the rest. Whilst we were ducking and weaving on the back 9, the players off the front 9 seemed to find conditions more favourable with Velma, Richard, Roger and Andrew all reveling in the challenges on hand at Pondok Cabe. Andrew was distracted by a late arriving caddy and his game deteriorated but his smile didn’t. Talking of caddy distractions, Tom had the best of the day. Having just walked off the 7th with a handy par and having been amongst the stableford points throughout the day he arrives at the 8th. After a drive that was a little bit disappointing the caddy heads off in search of the ball. I see the caddy find the ball I then see the caddy pick up the ball and cross the creek and place it. Tom also saw it and asked him what the puck he was doing eh. The thunder and rain might have made it hard for the caddy to hear so he was asked again. The caddy then re-traced his footsteps where he laid it in another incorrect position. Tom’s steam levels were rising and rain was evaporating off him in clouds of steam. God only knows what the caddy was thinking but it certainly ruined a pretty good round that Tom was putting together.

The day had started hot and it just got hotter over the first couple of hours a sure sign that rain was not far off. Sure enough the wind increased and the clouds began to gather and we were hit with the first drops on our 12th hole. It came and went and the bumbershoots came out and went back into their sleeves. But with 3 holes to go it had truly set in and this is where the chaff is separated from the wheat. The two flights behind sought shelter and worse, several players were found to be made of icing sugar and disappeared in the rain. The rest of us shouldered the brollies and soldiered on getting pars and triples on the way back to the clubhouse.

The survivors of the 2 flights off the front 9 were already into their cups on our arrival and the wait for the final 2 flights to finish took a while. Finally they arrived and we could get to the winners.

The Golfer in Pink gets the pink notes. Velma with a pretty handy 40 Stableford points the 4 Club Challenge Winner. Well done.

Roger pinches the low gross with a pretty handy 83.

A very deft chip in birdie by Steve gets him the money. Well played.

Second in the Stableford was Andrew and takes home the inaugural award for second place in the 4 club challenge, The Presidential Butt.

Next Week Gading Raya

One of TeeSets more favoured courses. The good news is the men get their lockers back so hopefully the ladies can return to theirs. Gading is a forgiving course if you can keep the ball relatively straight. Next Sunday we will also be starting the sign ups for this years TeeSet Match play championship. So looking forward to seeing a good turnout and we may even have a special prize or two. Sign up on MyGolf2U

What’s Coming Up?

There will be the Valentine’s Day 2 person scramble in February. So start looking for better half to accompany you in this event always a lot of fun and a great event after the golf. There maybe karaoke and a range of Adult beverages.

Happy TeeSetters. Golf, booze and companionship. Also that’s the recipe for a successful marriage.

Special Announcement

On Thursday the 25th there will be a wake held for Andy Anoys. At 4.30pm for a hash memorial run and circle starting from Andy’s house and finishing at EP and the 8 o’clock at Bull & Vine.

See you next week

Mr President

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A large group of TeeSetters turned out at Cengkerang many in festive attire. It was touted as a fun day and for once it was at least not a hot day. Playing in the second last flight off the 1st it was great to see TeeSetter after Teesetter nailing decent drives off the 1st. Definitely a bit of talent in the group these days. We had two eagle shots on the first hole with Holger coming up short by one revolution of his golf ball and Ash making a great chip to narrowly miss the hole. Both made birdies and both lost their balls on the next hole.

Speaking of the next hole which happens to be the second hole an orange ball appeared on the far side of the green. There was no shout of fore. We continued putting and just as we finished Jane came over the hill from the 5th. How she managed to get her ball from somewhere on the 5th to the far side of the green on the second will be one of golf’s unsolved mysteries. Jane lifted her game and was amongst the days top Stableford points scorers as well as taking home a few Skins.

I played with Mark, Ash and Holger all big hitters off the tee and with an equally impressive array of fairway and bunker shots. Whilst they were chasing eagles, birdies and pars I was desperately trying to avoid double bogey, basically something I failed to do. What had started as reasonable round was reduced to being shambolic on the back nine. The other 3 went from strength to strength. It was a nice walk in the park still, and as Hitoshi pointed out at Xmas lunch yesterday, a bad day at the golf course is still better than the best day at the office.

Kevin Dobson had a life altering round with 3 birdies and racking up 46 Stableford points to be a head of the rest of the field by a country mile. He went on to pick up a couple of skins and won the blind pairings partnering with Jane Finnie. As mentioned earlier she also had a great day at the course. The top 10 finishers were split equal amongst the 2 recognised sexes. Siti also had a wonderful round and Michael Webb said it was his best round in months.

It was back to the club house where the frozen margaritas and beer followed freely for several hours before the still thirsty moved on to the B&V. A big thanks to Roger for organising the days format and prize giving, with a big hand to Rod for helping with the scoring. Well done guys.

Next Week at Riverside

New Year’s eve we head to Riverside to join Richard Mau’s event. Richard is hosting and Bill Lloyd will be the TeeSet representative on the day as the President will be diving. So please sign up on MyGolf2U.

The first round of the New Year will. be at JGC and registrations will be open for the 2024 MAtch PLay Championship.

From myself and the rest of the TeeSet Committee we wish you a happy New Year

Ciao

El Presidente

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Our first trip to Gading Raya for a while. The men are still hanging around the ladies locker rooms and the restaurant staff are completely oblivious to your existence. These are the only 2 nasty things I have to say about the club because once you walk out the door it is a course we all love it. The had us down for a 12.35 tee off but golfers were already making their way to the tee box as I arrived at high noon. A quick juggling of flights and we were off to Tee Box 10. Roger was a bit slower as his caddy had deviously hidden his clubs at Tee Box 1. The day was hot, like birds falling out of the sky hot, and the earlier start led to nothing but standing in the blazing heat a bit longer.

Cloudless skies and barely a breeze, meant long balls with a lot of roll, myself and Claudio were banging em long and Patrick was keeping in touch with a handy second shot. The greens were a bit slower than the previous day’s outing at Cabe and a few were left short, which gave rise to a few Presidential outbursts. Nothing too blue as I have the responsibility of office upon my shoulders. Pars were frequent but not as frequent as bogeys. The renovation at the kiosks left a limited offering as me and the boys were looking forward to a Magnum on the 15h, alas nothing. Better get on with the golf. The missing Magnum led to a nice slice into the mansion being built on the 16th. Now this would be akin to teeing up on the edge of the Grand Canyon and hitting a tourist bus as it entered the carpark. At this point another Presidential speech was produced.

A long wait on the swing saw the group struggle getting to the green as caddies searched for balls in the creek and building site. The back nine flowed fast and friendly, waves were exchanged with fellow TeeSetters spread across the course. Then came the final hole, Presidential tensions were high after making a meal of the previous hole, and who do we have coming down the 18th par 5 but Alessandro, Roberto, Diarmuid and Jude. The heckling begins, 4 more years, hit it into the bunker etc. Patrick responds to the challenge with his best drive of the day, Claudio does what he is told and hits it into the bunker. The President goes long, not wide just long way past Patrick and has plenty of time to return the heckle as he watches his tormentors hack and chop their way up the 18th. Nice shot out of the bunker sees Claudio in good position for a potential bogey. What comes next was something special as Patrick strikes a nice mid height iron into the green, I watch as it starts it’s procession across the green moving closer to the pin, curving nicely towards the pin, climbing the hill towards the pin. Will it make it? You betcha. Eagle! Excitement quite intense.

Back to the clubhouse feeling jubilant and blasting the hecklers as they 3 putt the last. There’s Bilal I wave we catch. How’d you go? So so but I managed an eagle on the first. TeeSet Bookend GAding Raya with an Eagle at the 1st and another on the 18th.To the winners

Best Stableford to Tom Terrific with a marvelous 45 points, off the blues. The prize money disappeared quicker than a bolt of lightening.

Low gross to the Axel 76. Cracking round

Hitoshi with 25 putts takes the money, proving that traveling 15kms from home to sleep in a car outside a pub is good for your game. We need to see more of it.

On a day when birdies were many there had to be a first and it went to Manoj. well done.

well if we could see his pearly whites we could say he was grinning like a Cheshire cat but alas. What we can say is he nailed an eagle. As did Bilal who unfortunately was not here to share the glory. Well done to both of you from all at TeeSet.

It was a great day with all but one golfer breaking 100 probably a first for the squad. Fast play makes for a good day. Standing over a putt and waiting for the earth to tilt of its axis does not constitute fast play. Twelve practise swings and staring down a fairway on your second shot does not bring the green closer. It is important that you are aware that others are playing and slow play is appreciated by none. If you think you have some of the tendencies described above, speed your bloody game up. We’re here for a good time not a long time.

Cengkerang this Saturday

With Christmas Eve falling on Sunday we have moved our regular game to Saturday to enable everyone celebrating Christmas to have the day free for last minute shopping, wrapping presents, parties etc… and for everyone else, the opportunity of a relaxing day.

The game is posted on mygolf2u and is at Cengkareng with our usual 12pm-ish start. In a twist from the usual prizes we will be blind-drawing 2-player teams and recognizing the best 3 teams on a better-ball stableford scoring basis. There is no need to be paired with your partner of the day as the scoring template will take care of this, so if you have any pairings requests, please let Roger know directly as Adhe is having a well-deserved break this weekend.

We will also recognize individual winners for Low Gross and Best Stableford Points. In parallel, we will also run a skins game which is optional for an additional Rp50k per head… just let Roger know you are joining when you pay your regular game fee and we will do the rest.

Merry Xmas folks have a great break and we hope to see you on the course

Cheers

Mr. President

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