Palm Hills, a course that has not been played for quite some time by the TeeSet was visited by an elite, albeit small field, of TeeSet golfers. The promised tee time had disappeared out the window but the golfers were eventual standing at the tee box to get things underway. The course has 16 holes left but plays as 18 and this maybe one on the last times we get to play it as the bulldozers of development edge closer. The good news is that a new Palm Hills is already under construction further up the hill toward the top of Hambalang. This will make Palm Hills a true mountain course hopefully on a par with Gunung Guelis. That’s Hambalang in the background of the photo. There is a road that runs beside the current Palm Hills to the new location. The road has been there for years and has been remade more often than the Merak Tol, maybe the next makeover they will get it right and we’ll be golfing there in the not too distant future.
The small numbers was partially due to the Asian Tigers 45 Hole Challenge organised by Bill Lloyd the previous day. The President was as stiff as a board after spanking whitey over the Jagorawi courses on Saturday, plus a case of trench foot and a slight, but not to damaging hangover. Braver souls such as Jens, Shinta and Bill all backed up after the 45, oh to be young again.
Jens and Shinta both had wonderful rounds both finishing on 42 Stableford points which is truly a wonderful achievement after being on Shank’s pony for 11 hours the day before. Jens won on a coutback but Shinta was all smiles later that evening at the Bull & Vine birthday
WINNERS
Two iron men but it was Jens who was on fire with the winning Stablkeford score of 42
Rosie back in form takes the low gross with a well executed 83 strokes.
Shinta got her day off to a flying start with a birdie on the 1st hole.
TEESET BIRTHDAY SCRAMBLE PANGKALAN JATI THIS SUNDAY
OK fellow TeeSetters the teams are nearly all set the shotgun start has been organised now all you have to do is show up and play golf. There are 6 team prizes for the best nets and grosses then there are over 36 lucky draw prizes and they all happen to be alcohol. Woohoo!
On top of this we have the pre-game Presidential Spritz on offer for the early arrivals, bound to go quickly. You can buy well priced and well chilled beers on the course. After the game we have a heap of ice cold beer for players to enjoy over their dinner (you pay for your food). Plus I believe there will be music/karaoke playing into the evening. A special birthday cake organised by Mr. Mau and prepared by the chefs at J S Luwansa will be cut. There is no corkage so if you feel like bringing your favorite tipple along feel free to do so. Sharing is caring, especially with the President. Don’t forget to cancel Monday morning at the office.
Rules and Teebox allocations will be published on the Whatsapp group Saturday. So pay attention. Speed of play needs to be maintained so we can all get back and get stuck into the beer sponsored by San Miguel and TeeSet, who have bought some beers from the club. The kitchen will be a bit overwhelmed, probably, with so many players so please have some patience as they prepare your food. It might be smart to order before showering. A menu of what is available will be sent out via the Whatsapp group tomorrow.
Food and drinks prior to the game paid for by the individual. Please ensure all bills are settled before departure. Let’s have fun.
None of this happens without your Committee and Sponsors a big thanks to Roger for getting the Teams and handicaps organised. Also to our Sponsors San Miguel, Bull & Vine, Wine Cartel, J S Luwansa and Asian Tigers.
This little beauty was spotted on the 6th I believe by Anna. I remember once, when out in the wilds of BSD, before the concreter arrived, I had seen a lot of snakes whilst on na ramble and I asked a farmer what sort of snakes they had in this area. His reply cobras just cobras. The same is not the same at Cengkareng as last year a python was found on the 14th. Young Craig Edwards had an encounter at Cengkareng a few years back where a tasteless cobra gave him a nip and he stopped growing. So be very careful, my local course at home forbids players entering the bush during October & November due to Tiger snake breeding seasons they don’t stop your growth like a cobra they just stop you dead in your tracks. Don’t panic be like Anna and take a photo from a safe distance you are not on the menu, Craig probably was.
A few players with sore heads were seen in the clubrooms drinking large sodas and ice coffee in an attempt to take the pain away. The Pocksia mob need to stop having their day on the eve of ours. The pain, the pain.
We had 41 players registered which led to a bunch of 3 balls needing to be organised then someone dropped out leaving us with 40 players. Golf is not compulsory but it is compulsory to register and deregister. Play was a bit delayed as the club has new carts and it seemed everyone in the pre-TeeSet tee off groups had one. The start was slow and stayed that way all day but surprisingly we were home in just under 4.5 hours. The three ball behind us were rather rude but were seldom seen on a fairway but we unfortunately meet them at a few rest stops. Constantly trying to play through and complaining about the speed of and quality of play. This may have earned you a final flight starting position for the next 4 years. It’s good to be President. Axel, Vijay & Vincent behave 🙂
Conditions were hot at the start but by 2pm the temperature had started to drop. The wind picked up slightly taking the sting out of the day. The President met his wife as she maneuvered here cart between the hills of the 12th as she came looking for her ball played from the 11th. She was happy having just nailed a birdie carefree of the act that she was in the middle of the wrong fairway and a double would be a good result. I headed off to the 11th where I had strategically placed my drive and managed a well grafted 6 on the par 3 12th.
Back in the club house things were warming up Dean had seen a two hour delay to his flight to KL so was getting into his cups. The food and the booze was flowing The Sheard’s group finally arrived before the sun went down and onto the prizes we shall go.
An impressive round sall Sari master the course with a dominate net 65.
Claudio breaks into a big grin with a best gross 74 and low putts 26. The man is enjoying a purple patch on the course.
Richard Sheard nailed the first birdie on hole 1 as did 3 other golfers but due to financial restraints we gae it to the youngest. Well done to the birdie boys.
Ladies long drive with a booming 180m drive goes to Anna. Well done
Nearest the pin Divya with 810cm. Well done on a challenging par 3
Ith a 660cm from the hole Siti takes closest to the pin ladies.
Seabrook gets caught in the fairway bunker on the 9th to take the first Sandy Par
This course is being rebuilt at the back of Hambalang so sign up and play the original this Saturday on MyGolf2U. Built on the side of the Cikeas river which then flows past Jagorawi, Emeralda and Riverside. A great course that is in easy striking distance of Jakarta.
Then head back to JAkarta to join Bull & Vine’s first anniversary party. All the best folk will be there.
Pangkalan Jati 41st Birthday Scramble 8th of September
We have room for more players so send us a message if you wish to make up a 4 ball or be placed in a team.
Shotgun start off holes 1-6 & 10-15
We will have a dinner menu which you choose from before the start of play. Thanks to our sponsors San Miguel we have a lot of beer to be consumed after the game and the TeeSet will also add beers to the mix. There will be pre-game Bloody Marys. Heaps of team prizes for net and gross plus fantastic lucky draw prizes also. All for the pre-inflation price of Rp200,000 (food at own expense). You can also bring a bottle of your favorites beverage to enjoy after the game no corkage
Gunung Geulis, translated into English means beautiful mountain. I know this, as near Eli’s house, in Sunda, is a similarly named lump and for many years it was a goal to climb it but each time I headed out I would get turned around and messed up in the valleys and creeks and the beautiful mountain remained elusive. To solve this problem I bought myself one of those new fangled flying machines, a drone. Now fly with me to the other Gunung Geulis https://youtu.be/onpKuz-2rxM?si=EAavPE2DCo98NYzd (good view at 2.38m and 5.13m). Located just 30 minutes from Giri Gerhana vila construction starts soonish.
What has this got to do with TeeSet’s trip to Gunung Geulis Golf Club? Well nothing, in the world of journalism this is known as filler. Used to padded out articles where the writer has little idea of what went on and it has now emerged that filler is more interesting than the facts, thanks to the rise of social media and the fake news factories in China, Russia and Cipete. Ooh nice filler Mr President.
Back to Sunday a small but elite field took on the challenges of Gunung Geulis. Word filtering in from the Hills was that course was at its challenging best and golfers struggled to match or even better their handicaps. There are 3 true mountainside courses in the Bogor/Sentul area, Rainbow Hills and Permata Sentul being the other 2 but this is the jewel in the crown. It is a shame more TeeSetters do not take on the challenge of this course. Speaking of shame, I was missing, but my excuse is not as lame as the rest of you, I was attending a friends birthday where a group of non-golfing friends were enjoying a succulent Sunday smorgasbord followed by overindulgence at The EP beach Party. Needed to give the back a rest in the lead up to Bill Lloyd’s save the tigers 45 hole Jags stroll next week. The dozen beers and a packet of fags at EP is an important part of my 45 hole taper training regime. Oops more filler.
Let’s go to the winners before I lose my line of thought. The acid 80s have played havoc with that. Back in line Mr President.
The Winners
Hitoshi takes the Stableford win with 35 points, taking the title King of the Hill. Well done!
Low gross Holger with a dashing 89 off the stick.
JP with a handy 33 slaps of the flat stick was the best on the greens. Those mountain lies are deceiving.
Bill “The Birdman” Lloyd takes first birdie on #4. No birds were hurt.
Ale takes sandy par on #7
Well done weekend winners
What’s coming up
After golf Roast at B&V. 15th of September Play Cabe dine on a succulent Sunday roast afterwards.
Grande Medaglia Cengkareng Sunday 25th
Get on down for the Grandest Medal in town. Once again TeeSetters head off to the golfer friendly fields of Cengkareng. The field is filling fast so skip that succulent Sunday dinner and put your golf boots on and head west and let TeeSet do the rest. Sign up on MyGolf2U if you don’t have the app yet get it from the app store on your phone. Used and recommend by good and bad golfers alike.
TeeSet Birthday Scramble 8th of Sept Pangkalan Jati
The date is approaching excitement is rising here are some early details.
Field is nearly full. If you wish to play we will see if we can accomodate by placing you in team which is not yet completed or adding another team if possible. Send your name to myself, Roger or Adhe or let us know this Sunday at the monthly medal.
Playing fee is Rp200,000 per player this includes the opportunity to be part of a winning team in 7 different categories, including best dressed team. There will also be skill holes, longest drive, nearest the pin etc and for the golfer that relies more on luck than skill or dress sense there will be ample lucky draws.
Before and after the game there will be Bloody Mary’s and Screw Drivers
There will be music and if alcohol permits karaoke
Beers at discounted prices in the clubhouse
No corkage on wine or spirits buy mixers at club as required
Late finish time in clubhouse to karaoke a little bit longer.
Limited after golf menu of favorites to ensure a prompt as possible service.
More to come
I have just order some supplies from https://winecartel.id/ to ensure I make up for dry July and have stock ready for the birthday scramble. I used their shop on Tokopedia to buy.
I failed to generate the Riverside report due to writer’s block having churned out one of these every week for quite a while, the keyboard, last week, stared back blankly at me. Anyway back on my meds now and ready to plunge back in.
Firstly we had an excellent turn out 2 weeks back at Riverside where a group of 48 golfers took to the challenging fairways of the Greg Norman designed course. Many mastered the dog legs of death on the 3rd, 6th and 7th and some didn’t I fall into the later category, having failed on all three this time. I think I may try alcohol next time as I approach these holes, comfortably numb is better than a foul mouthed cussing President.
With a large crowd speed of play is essential and TEESETTERS did well with all groups back with plenty of daylight. This was important as we had prizes to distribute and a taste roast dinner awaited many TeeSetters at the Bull and Vine later that evening. Speaking of
They are our latest sponsor and we plan to host an after game succulent roast dinner there on a monthly basis. As with all of our sponsors they would appreciate TeeSet’s support in their business endeavours. Keep an eye out for their special offers and remember them when you are next planning a night out.
We had a surprise winner at Riverside but had to leave early for a family function so we had to find second place as Rosita with 50 Stableford points was OB by prize time. Well done Rosita next time relax and pick up the prize the family will wait.
To the prizes
Craig gets his swing back with a masterful 40 Stableford points to take first place
Claudio with 81 off the stick takes low gross. Well done mate.
The rangy Canadian, Ezra, takes first birdie on the 8th. The easy dog leg but still hard to birdie due to a challenging green.
Due to a camera malfunction Richard Mau will not be posted here winning low putts. You can go back through countless previous postings and choose your favorite photo of Richard winning this. Well done Richard.
Last Sunday Pondok Cabe
After a big turnout the previous week we struggled to get 6 flights for Cabe. Anyways those that showed up where not disappointed with the course in pristine condition and the greens nearly perfect. The weather was perfect with a stiffening breeze in the afternoon cooling the players and testing your irons in the swirling conditions. The Presidential Group teed off in the last group and made a wonderful start with 2 shots going OB and one just past the ladies’ tee luckily the President stepped up. After that we all settled down and got into a bit of a par rhythm. Which lasted 5 or 6 holes. My caddy was a bit deaf which went with his age, he used to play marbles with Suharto when they were both little boys. My wife asked for 2 senior caddies, i believe she got the one with experience and I got the one with age. He was looking hopefully at the electric carts and his glaucoma glazed eyes brimmed with tees as I informed him we were on Shank’s pony today. The old Digger did well and was normally not much further than 100 metres behind me, always with one of the three clubs I was contemplating using in his hand, he was a bit stiff to rarely get it right but he tried. A lot better than the previous weeks caddy at Riverside who did not try at all.
Back in the club house we were amongst the cups and the beer was delightfully cold, the food was promptly served and Mr Mee the man from the Moon was back playing golf with us after a European vacation as was Max sans Sri who was still a bit jet lagged from the trip from Germany. Rod sneaking in a cheeky Sunday round on his home course and earlier presented the little Dog to George for wonderful deeds the previous afternoon. Speaking of George where did he and Geoff disappear to after the game?
The beers and wine flowed until late then it was off for a few nightcaps at the Finnies. Glorious day for golf and glorious company. Let’s get to the winners.
Axel had a pretty good round and wanted all the money but we only paid him for best Stableford with a well played 40 points. If we paid him more we would’ve had to report him to the Tax Office.
Alessandro returns from holidays and immediately returns to the winners circle with best gross 85.
Achim takes the sandy par money on the index 1 hole where the President managed a penalty par.
Other Stuff
We have a new sponsor Wine Cartel who will be providing a weekly lucky draw of a bottle of wine. They have great offers on via tokopedia and can be found by typing winecartel into tokopedia search engine or their website https://winecartel.id/ . Once again let’s show support to our sponsors
Important Stuff, Birthday Scramble
After hitting a hurdle in organising the course and then re-scheduling to another date just to discover it is a religious holiday really threw a spanner in the Scramble event but with some great work and help from the committee and Adhe we have been able to find a course that will accomodate our large group with a shotgun start. The date is the 8th of September and the location is now Pangkalan Jati the birthplace of TeeSet so a fitting location.
This Sunday at Glorious Gunung Geulis
Golfing at Gunung Geulis is a must play location. Without a doubt the premier location for golfing in the hills. This course offers spectacular vistas, some challenging holes where a smart goler will beat a big hitter everytime. Our last trip there saw the entire group raving about conditions which were nothing short of perfect and scores reflected that. The caddies are amongst the best trained in the region and listening to their advice whilst putting is generally a good idea. The clubhouse has all the facilities a golfer wants with well priced food and beverages. The recent road upgrade to the clubhouse now makes access from Jakarta easier than ever before. Sign up on MyGolf2U and come and play the premier mountain course with TeeSet you won’t be disappointed.
We had 56 golfers last Sunday which is one of the larger crowds we have had of recent times at the medal. Is this a sign of the President’s increasing popularity or the fact that Jakarta has finally chased away the rainy weather? Of course it is not the later or the former for that matter, we are there to play a great golf course that keeps golfers honest. This golfer was kept very honest after attempting to play after a long 8 hour session at various social events on Saturday evening. Your popularity soars when you are president as does your Sunday score.
We got off to a very timely start, with the first flights off at the advertised time. The weather was a bit toasty at the start and the President was producing pure ethanol, in the form of sweat. The beauty of a 12pm tee off is that as the day progresses the temperature drops to become a pleasant afternoon. Speed of play was ok with the last flights that had teed off from the 1st hole chasing the sun but back in reasonable light. Staring at the lie and hole for ten minutes doesn’t change anything. If you can’t read greens ask your caddy or buy an expensive golf gadget.
The Presidential 4some got off to a blazing start with pars and birdies over the first 4 holes and the President picked up a head injury when he walked into a low slung branch, being still numb from the previous night’s adventures the only pain he felt was the ensuing triple bogey. A pain more psychological than physical and a pain that some people never recover from. As the day progressed the tree line moved closer and closer to the fairway it seemed.
Ahead of us Simone was taking on Carter in a matchplay which lasted 17 holes before Simone was able to claim victory 2 and 1. Behind us were Hitoshi and Luca also battling it out to move into the next round. Luca persevered to claim the match over Hitoshi. A great day for Italy is a great day for golf. With the olympic well and truly underway there have been a few controversies from the opening ceremony to men beating women up in the boxing ring so don’t be surprised if we see the President hitting off the reds this Sunday.
As were were playing our 9th hole, the corresponding front 9 flight was teeing off on the 10th so they were about a hole a head of us. Swinging on to the back 9 the numbness from the previous activities had become comfortably numb so blasted around in 43 and headed off to the showers with a handsome 104 on the scorecard. Do the maths. It ain’t pretty. By the time mandi time was over the sun had got much lower and the stragglers were heading to the showers.
Roger and Rod had hosted the creator of the MyGolf2U app that has become such an integral part of TeeSet scoring and handicapping. I would like to thank Fazel for paying us a visit and we look forward to further updates and improvements to the app and hope to see him again soon. He did mention that Sunday’s golf was more enjoyable than Saturday’s and he was heading to Imperial Teletubbyland on Monday.
Speaking of the MyGolf2U app this is what we do our scoring on. It is your job to enter the scores into it not Adhe, unless you are the President of course. As you are not the President take the 2 second effort per hole to enter your score. Also we had a few plays forget to pay Adhe the Rp.100k registration fee. Pay this in future before you head out to practise your chipping or putting. It also helps avoid the cost of hiring a few Ambonese to pay you a visit.
To the winners
Shinta takes the Kojo Monthly Medal with a handicap busting nett 64. Super round young lady.
Another golfer having a great Sunday was Claudio with a superb 74 gross. I heard his jaw bone crack when he beamed for the cameras.
The birdie boys bankrupting TeeSet. Claudio, JP, Graham all get birds on their first hole. What’s that say on the President’s shirt? Yes
Hands off the President. Nic takes long drive with a 256 metre tap down the middle.
Long Drive ladies to the ever consistent Rosie with a hit of 156 metres
Jessica with a well played shot on the 8th takes the candy and buys the boys a beer with a 2.56 metre shot to the pin.
Henk with a 3.75 landing point is in the money for men’s nearest the pin.
Young Craig takes first Sandy par on the 13th. Luckily we don’t do sandy birdies or that would have seen the money go to Ryan on the 2nd. Well done Craig
He’s a surprise Richard takes low putts, just 26 taps of the flat stick.
Other Issues
In recent weeks when booking courses we have been told that the behaviour of some TeeSetters has been below standard when dealing with other golfers from outside TeeSet and also course staff. I would like to remind you that we are a fun golf society and trowing the toys out of the pram never solves anything. So if your caddy bring you the wrong club or the waiter brings you the wrong bill just relax it isn’t worth havin a heart attack over it.
Sunday off to Riverside
TeeSet fully booked as we speak but there maybe a drop out so keep an eye on the aapp if you wish to play. This picturesque course offers challenging green, bunkers with no lips, a nice clubhouse with spa facilities. See you on Sunday on our best behaviour.
TeeSet Birthday Scramble
This will be held on the 8th of September. It is promising to be a big day with 11 teams already signed up. So get a team together for a great days fun on the golf course. There will be a singles list on Sunday that you can put your name on, so you can be put in a team. Great prizes and apres golf action.
Make sure you get your match play finanlised as per the schedule.
6 holes, 6 holes, half a dozen more. All in the valley of Riverside rode the Glorious eight. Forward TeeSet! Charge for Victory! Into the Valley of Riverside rode the Glorious 8
Forward Tesset! Was there a golfer dismayed? Their’s not to make reply, theirs not to reason why, their’s but to golf and die. Into the valley of Riverside rode the Glorious 8
Dogs to the right of them, Dogs to the left of them, Dogs in front of them. Pounded with birdies and pars. Boldly they golfed and well, into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell rode the Glorious 8
When can their glory fade? Of the wild golf they played! All the world wondered. Honoured the game they played. Honour The TeeSet, & the Glorious 8
Well that was stirring wasn’t it? A great competition between TeeSet and DOGS, went down to the wire and a lipped out putt on the last is what separated the two teams. Well played TeeSetters. Thanks Dean for your leadership and well played all.
Albert and Jeff got off to a slow start but soon reeled the opposition in to take their match in style. Dean & Geoff fought a bit harder to win their two ball but got the job done. Craig & Michael had a to and fro battle on their hands before losing on the last with a lipped out putt. Daniel and Axel were our single players and came up against a strong Dogs pair who prevailed on the day. This result leaves TeeSet still on the top half of the table with 2 to play and we know that we will not shirk the challenge that lies a head as we strive for victory. Onwards Glorious TeeSet onwards.
Of special note on this Interleague day was Pocksia Player, Bruce Smart, getting a career first Hole in One on the par 3 2nd. Well done.
Conditions on the day started hot but cooled to a very pleasant temperature. Riverside had a morning comp that slowed the start by a bit but once they had left the course things moved along at a very nice pace. The banter back in the sheds after the game was amiable and beer delivery service was a bit slow. Teesetters helped turn off the lights as they revelled in the stories of holes lost and won.
Let’s get to the winners as there were quite a few regular TeeSetters joined for a Stableford round also.
Dean back in a bit of form picking up the lollies for best Stableford 44 and first Sandy Par on the first hole. Well done Skipper
Pras took low gross with a well played 84
Albert get’s the Presidential thumbs up for the first birdie on the 16th. Well played.
TeeSet’s finest putter last Sunday was Jane, with 32 puts on very fast greens. Well done.
TeeSet Birthday Scramble 8th of September
The first team has registered already
The Spazmatics: Seabrook, Cairns, Maclean, Davidson
A whatsapp registration group will be up and running shortly so get your teams ready. Prizes galore!
A band will play after the game and loads of fun to be had by all.
Kojo Monthly Medal Cengkareng July 28
At time of writing there are spots for 4 more players. A great Sunday awaits. Who will be the monthly medal champ?
Once again TeeSetters were treated to perfect weather. There was a light cloud cover and temperatures were perfect all day long with a nice afternoon breeze arriving on the back 9. We had pretty much a full complement of golfers with 43 registered. There was a fair bit of jockeying around as the groups changed frequently in the morning. Right up until the last minute. To make life easier going forward please let Adhe know who you wish to play with the day before and make sure they want to play with you. If you are doing last minute switches expect to be disappointed. No one likes being booted from a group so someone else can form their preferred group at 10.45 on a Sunday morning. 95% of people are registered by Friday so you can contact those people to ensure they want to be in your group, otherwise just leave it be. It’s a good way to meet other TeeSetters.
Also the earlier registered people will be given the earlier tee times. All players are expected to ensure they are playing a reasonable pace of play. If you cannot see the 4 ball in front of you and the 4 ball behind you is always waiting while you putt out, that is a fairly good indicator that your group is going too slow. Matchplay can sometimes cause this and that, to a degree, is understable but angsting over putts whilst playing wolfman is not a reason to be slowing play down. Just using wolfman as an example here only. Speed of play on Sunday was near on perfect and we only lost a bit of time when Gading management slipped a couple of flights in on the back 9, which did little besides temporarily ruffle a few feathers. Once back on the course things moved nicely. Also if there is a sudden appearance of a 3 ball due to cancellation expect that 3 ball to move ahead of your 4 ball. It may mean you are now the last group but you should understand why. This was not done to upset anyone just the most efficient way to play golf.
There, housekeeping done. What happened on Sunday of note? Weather has been mentioned, what else? There were a couple of TeeSet matchplays being held and the low handicappers held sway over the high handicappers on this occasion. Although there were some chances offered. Axel first shot of the day looked like it had sailed OB and his provisional was a bit rough. Luckily he was not OB and managed a half. A few holes later and he is hitting the ball at right angles and where it went no one knows. This allowed the President with a free shot on every hole to sneak a head. Got to the turn one up and then Axel slowly ground the President to dust with some good matchplay golf and a cracking shot on the 4th last to half snuff out any chances of a revival. Axel prevailed 2/0. Simone and Tom were in the other matchplay and hit the halfway mark all square. Now Tom has his days they are either good days or bad days not usually a bit of both. Unfortunately for Tom his second 9 was strangely off and the younger and more fashionable Simone prevailed 4&3. That was a case of the Europeans kicking the might of the British Commonwealth into the gutter. We’ll be back. Well done to Axel and Simone who take the next step towards glory.
Some other interesting things, a reasonable low handicapper in Fernando had a rather enjoyable round picking up 46 Stableford points, getting 36 is par so this is basically picking up pars on every hole nearly where he had a stroke plus paring most. Well 10 pars and 4 birdies for a gross 74 goes part way in explaining this phenomenal effort. I bet Pocksia Captain Nico is over the moon with this form and new handicap leading into next Sunday’s interleague showdown. Speaking of Nico he and Rod, visiting from the DOGS, had a pleasant day beating up on Renny and Eli in their own private matchplay. Rod had a cracking first 9 before fading a bit on the final 9. This, on the back of winning the little doggie on the Saturday. A good weekend’s golfing. Sorry I was on the wagon but would have stayed for a few otherwise.
The feat of the day was Graham Sutcliffe on the 6th index 18 par 4, where off the tee he popped a drive straight down the middle for 300 metres to finish up a tad over a metre from the hole. A nervous tap in saw him take a nice eagle. Graham told me in confidentiality what had happened on the previous hole and how he needed an eagle to ensure breaking 50 on the last 9 of the day. I am pretty sure I haven’t let the cat out of the bag. We had 8 players shoot 40 or better Stableford points for a total of 16 players to shoot 36 or better. Well done TeeSetters, great golf in glorious conditions.
The low point of the day was an occurrence in the Men’s locker room. I am not sure that what I am about to describe is suitable for some of our readers. So if you are of a squeamish nature and have had a sheltered upbring I would suggest you stop here and head to the highlighted winners section below. You have been warned. Now what happens in the locker room normally stays in the locker room and there I was on this eventful Sunday afternoon having a chat and a laugh about how Americans call an Albatross a double eagle, this coming off the back of Graham’s eagle. Craig Pendek described that drive as the best he had ever seen at TeeSet or a golf course anywhere. I saw it also and it was special. With a smile on my dial from the mention of double eagles I headed towards the shower. On the way to the shower you pass the hand basins where you can grab some skin lotion or dry your hair. Lo’ and behold there stood the pride of Japan in all of nature’s glory giving the nether regions a good old blow with the blow dryer. Who do you report this to? The locker room boss? The manager? Craig Pendek? Anyways I reported it here and it was a sight that I can now not unsee. Be warned, they walk among us the ball bag blowers. The horror, the horror! I bet no one skipped this and went to the winners.
To the winners
Fernando with a smashing 46 points on his local course, takes the lollies this week.
Nicolas with a gross 75 hit the JACKPOT last Sunday.
The man of the moment, with an exocet off the 6th tee box for an eagle, I give you Mr. Graham Sutcliffe.
Rosie with the first birdie on the 13th. Well done on a good round.
Having celebrated his sweet 16th birthday a few days prior, more good things befell Bags, with low putts 28, on what were very slow greens, made harder by playing in the noisiest group on the planet.
Anna with her family, Goran and Emil.
New TeeSetter David Stewart, just getting back into the swing of things after a few years off. Hope to see you soon.
Year Book
To keep the memories of your time playing with TeeSet we have decided to produce a year book. There will some of the beeter weekly write ups in it but it is your memories that we want. So take some time over the next few months to record some of these and hopefully we can use in the book. These maybe photos with a story, just a photo, or an amusing golf story that you heard or may have involved one of your playing partners. The book will also contain reports from the Interleague, birthday bash, Valentine Scramble and others as well as an honour board and a memorial section.
This is the time where a small contribution would be greatly appreciated by your Committee. Send to mcpseabrook@gmail.com. We are also looking for advertisers (won’t be expensive but the package will be good). If your company sees an opportunity to take advantage of the excellent database we have let us know. Retail, insurance, hospitality, sporting goods, alcohol, are amongst areas we could see potential advertisers come from. It will be an exclusive few so you will get excellent bang for your buck via the yearbook and new website. Also, we are looking at redoing the website to bring it into the AI Age. If anyone has a good cheap contact please let me know.
Birthday Scramble
The scramble will be held on the 8th of September at Pondok Cabe. Now is the time to start forming your teams. We will soon put it in the Whatsapp group for teams to register. Great fun, great novelty holes, great music, great camaraderie. Don’t miss it.
Jarkata Interleague at Riverside 21st of July
The Glorious Victorious TeeSet Matchplay team venture on to the fairways of combat this weekend lead by our great leaders Sam & Dean as we take on our cross town rivals, the DOGS. As per usual non-Interleaguers are welcome to join for a usual TeeSet Stableford day. So sign up now on MyGolf2U
Saturday in Jakarta, the sky could not be seen due to the amount of cats and dogs falling from it. It rained and rained and then rained some more. This caused a few of the light-hearted to cancel Sunday with the expectations that the same would prevail. So much rain fell on Saturday there was nothing left come Sunday and the 22 golfers that headed to Gunung Geulis were treated to the most glorious golfing conditions that Jakarta has to offer. We had the coolness of the mountains, well manicured greens with a good break in them. The fairways were fine with very few damp spots from the previous days deluge.
As those that have played and enjoyed Gunung Geulis we know afternoons are quiet with 36 holes spreading golfers across the mountain in a comfortable manner. The speed of play was fantastic, to the point of being unbelievable. The first group had returned to the clubhouse at 4pm and this was after encountering a few golfers dropping in on the 10th. The above picture is Steve teeing off on the 5th. Back to how glorious it was, no one even broke a sweat and we walked most of the course.
The standard of play was quite high, most likely owing to the glorious conditions, over half the field had 36 or more stableford points. As other players rolled in with happy countenances on their faces, it was a clear indicator of how glorious the day was. It was so glorious that Holger, who got skinned in Wingman, was demanding to know when was the next date for TeeSet there. You will be happy to know we have 3 more dates here before the return of the rainy season.
Glorious
The Winners
Roberto with a well struck 39 Stableford points takes the money, from those who were in the sauna or dining elsewhere. Hitoshi low gross with an 83 is this week’s LGW. JP first birdie on hole number 2 well done on a good round. This week’s putting champion is Craig with 30 taps of the least lofted club in the bag.
Conclusion
We all had a great time. Tom’s playing group were very impressed with his distance off the tees and a very impressive first 9. Vijay was happy he could remove the blot of a 9 from his scorecard by playing good golf over the remaining holes. Luca was happy he beat Jude in the TeeSet matchplay. Thanks for the photos Mike Webb & Richard Mau. In a word GLORIOUS
A quick word on the match play, this Sunday is the last week to finish games for the current round. Please let Adhe know who you are playing so she can arrange the pairings.
Gading Raya Sunday 14th of July
One of Jakarta’s more golfer friendly venues, with some nice wide fairways, no jungle to steal your ball and just enough water to keep you honest, Gading has it all. The clubhouse is inching towards completion, but the course is in fine nick. Bring your swim suit for a relaxing time in the men’s pool after the game, no nudies ok Jens! The mind boggles. Easily accessible from all parts of Jakarta you don’t want to miss out on a second week of glorious golf with TeeSet. Register via MyGolf2U. Spots limited to 40 players so register now to avoid disappointment.
TeeSetters have been giving the pins on the Par 3s a bit of a pounding over the last few months. Cucu was first past the post this season followed by Geoff with Ian picking one up at last Sunday’s monthly medal and finally, John popped one in earlier this week. Many other TeeSetters have nailed a hole in one and there is an elite section that have more than one. No jealousy from me just plain and simple envy.
The comments that flowed as these successes were posted in the TeeSet Whatsapp group shows what a great group of golfers that play with TeeSet. Golf is generally an individual sport and each day on the course we are striving to do better individually and those birdies, pars and rescues keep us coming back. The one thing that we all enjoy as golfers is watching other people having a magical moment on a golf course. These can be skimming a ball to dry land, successfully navigating the Tiger Line, a sandy par, a chip in birdie, or in Bill Lloyds case an in flight birdie. They make us all happy and it is a great conversation maker back in the club House over a few Adult Beverages. They bring us closer together as we share these events as eye witnesses or recounting the story. The reason for Social Golf.
On a different note we farewell one of TeeSets more frequent golfers with Diarmuid moving onto greener pastures. Over the years since he joined TeeSet i have kept an eye on him for various non-sexual reasons. Firstly it was his name Diarmuid. I dread a conversation as I had no idea how to pronounce that so for the first few encounters it was the ever safe greeting by using Mate. Eventually I knew this couldn’t last but what to do. Mr Google can help with everything, except my golf swing, so I was saved by this https://youtu.be/yoJSNmfsP6g. This allowed communication on a more civil level. Diarmuid started out with a handicap larger than the President’s but with consistent swearing was able to bring down to below 20 along the way picking up a voucher for most improved. As I took the mantle of leadership on there were a few incidents on the golf course where it seemed he was intent on doing the President harm. As his game improved and me having Adhe move him to safer locations on the golf course I could relax, much to Diarmuid’s frustration. Diarmuid was also a very competitive Matchplay golfer having come 2nd in a very close TeeSet final with his good mate Patrick, golf was a winner that day. It was always great to catch up with him and his work colleagues after the game for some friendly banter. I had him down as Presidential material now he is a ship leaving port. Safe travels Diarmuid.
Off to last week winners
From top left, Siti for low nett 66 but medal goes to Sari who was OB. Next we have John with low gross 81. Anna with long drive ladies and NTP, 175 m and 4.85 m respectively. Sandy Par Dean on 3 and NTP Goran 4.4m. Roger working the flat stick for 26 taps. Finally last Sunday’s HIO boy Ian on hole 8.
This Sunday Gunung Geulis
Our first trip up the mountain for sometime. Great challenging course. Book early on MyGolf2U to avoid disappointment. Easy access from toll road.
TeeeSet Birthday Scramble
A bit of a muck up the scramble is in September. Get your teams sorted. Prizes to be won fun to be had.
Well, it may have been East of Java prior to the big bang of 1883. Maybe that’s where Sam went? Anyways a bunch of us found our way down to Royale Krakatua in Cilegon. When I see the word Royale I think of Pulp Fiction and Travolta. Where a McRoyale is the French version of a Quarter Pounder and if you try and order one of those at the Cilegon Dirty Rons (McDonalds), they will have no idea what you are talking about. Oops I must get rid of that aluminium kettle, I digress again. Let’s get back to the golf. 50 plus golfers and partners headed down the Merak Toll road for a weekends golf and festivities and what a weekend it was a 2 day Stableford combined points.
The weather was overcast and we were warned of slow greens but not of a slow round. There was a movie once called Field of Dreams which became famous for the phrase ” If you build it they will come”. The same could be said about golf courses in Indonesia, we had been expecting a quiet round with a shotgun start. Boom the shotgun start ran us straight into flight after flight of Korean golfers. If you build it they will come. From the first hole we were behind flights of Koreans and arriving at the 10th there was a squadron awaiting. I heard Bill “Beer Bags” navigated this problem successfully by driving to the front of the queue. The course was in good nick and Michael and Frank got off to a fly with pars on the first two holes. Michael then followed up with a birdie on the 3rd.
The weather on day one was great for golf, a bit hazy from some seasonal burn off, but it kept the sun away. The long par 5 saw the ladies teeing off with a 100 metre+ advantage. I handled it well until a point having finally, on my 3rd shot, getting past Madame President to be short of the greenside bunker. The next 5 shots to navigate the final 40 metres were magical to say the least. The language was blue.
Back in the club house and we had a fairly close leaderboard. Who could hold it together on the Sunday? Who would leave the Korean BBQ at a sensible hour? Who would avoid Bill “Beer Bags” Red light disco on the way home from the BBQ? Who would show up looking like they had been run over by a truck? Who thought they were a good karaoke singer? Don’t go anywhere folks this and much more will be revealed below. Read on
8am, thats right readers 8am on a lovely Sunday morning when this reporter is normally still dozing off in the Noddy Box but not this Sunday it was tee off time, OMG, oh Bill’s red light disco, oh the crappy buffet breakfast, oh Roger stealing my coffee :-), oh having to wake up at 6 to get there for 8. The horror! The horror! The hangover! The hangover!
The leading players from yesterday’s round were partnered up to give it a bit of a LIV final round feel. The questions on everyones minds were ” Can they keep it together? Will there be a dark horse making a bolt for the prize? The question on my mind was why, why 8am?
Golfers to your carts. I was paired up with Kevin, Cucu and Tom and there were two Pocksia matchplays to be won. To put it briefly Tom pulled my pants down early and I never got to pull them back up. He also took a nearest the pin in the demolition, now I may need professional help to get over this issue or just not roll up pissed on the first tee (15th). Cucu, like a cat toying with its prey let Kevin feeling that there may be a chance, before snuffing him out with a few to play. Well done Tom & Cucu. There was a bit of wild life about Mi spotted a butterfly and there were a few civet cats sneaking around the course. What was more common were the calls of the foriegn wildlife fore, fore, fore was heard through out the round I even put in a few dozen calls myself. But one lazy Korean failed to call which led to Roberto copping a hit on the right side of his head whilst waiting on the 18th tee box. He pondered calling it quits as the world spun around him but mustering his wits and courage he played on through the last five holes, with 4 pars and a bogey and came storming through the field to claim first prize. Bulldozing Alessandro back into second place. Nicolas took the 2 day Gross. I took a hiding from Tom
Nicolas. Alessandro. Roberto.
Kojo Monthly Medal Cengkareng Sunday 30th
Spots are filling fast for the monthly Medal so please sign up on MyGolf2U to avoid unbearable disappointment. Strokeplay, men play off the blues ladies from the red.
TeeSet Birthday Scramble
In the month of August we have the birthday scramble, now is the time to start organizing your team.
Once again thanks for everyone for joining us at Royale Krakatua last Sunday. All the Karaoke singers were wonderful except for that horrible duet by 2 drunks who will remain nameless to protect their families from public shaming and community scorn.
