No photos today as a result of missing files, operating system failures, intercontinental travel and the new Maritime Axis.
Maybe we will catch up with a few on Thursday 🙂
The day An easy journey to the course for most on a very fine morning, only to find an overflowing car park due to a tournament in the morning, and the knock on effect of the congestion caused a slightly late getaway – and a relatively slow round of 5 hours.
Two Newcomers to report this week in Cyril Blyth and Don Williams, welcome both, enjoy your golf with Tee Set. 
The Welcome Backs were not terribly numerous either as most of our number had at least played the Championship a couple of weeks ago and Laurie O’Connor was to convincingly take the honours with loose change short of two years. Welcome back all!
A slow round can generally be lived with, at least with the aid of a sociable can or two with your mates, however, beers of any kind were not to be found in any of the on-course kiosks today.
The club management really needs to get its act together if they want us back on a regular basis; some things can be forgiven but depleted beer stocks is not amongst their number.
Fortunately, and in stark contrast, copious amounts of the amber neck fluid were available after the game from the post-Tee Set Championship stock as part of the send off for long standing member Mel Meeds.
Mel is of course returning to Brisbane shortly to help the Queensland rugby league team win back the State of Origin from the despicable NSW cockroaches. With Australian Customs & Excise forbidding him from importing more then two bottles of grog, Tee Set was implored to help finish off the remnants of his liquor cabinet and being ever helpful sorts, Tee Setters being real helpful sort of folks did the needful – and there may very well be a few sore heads in the office on Monday as a result.
Last round for George Bevege also as he leaves us to return to Australia. Apparently his company had to cut back on staff after their pie baking business took a hit from new local competition (and that may very well be Ric’s last joke).
George’s resilience in the face of abuse and adversity will be sorely missed – while his propensity for winning golfing bets on his own game may not be, at least by some!
Bill Lloyd of Tee Set Gold Sponsor, Asian Tigers Mobility, is interviewed in the December issue of Indonesia Expat and his views of, and experiences in, Indonesia over the last 12 years makes for an interesting and entertaining read, and this even though he disloyally failed to mention Tee Set even once!! Check it out here.
Finally, and in a word to the wise, Taylor Made outlets in Jakarta are selling off R11 and R1 drivers at the give away price of Rp990K. Both the Former President of Most Things and Geoff Thompson bought the R1 and smoked plenty of drives last Sunday.
The advertisement in the Jakarta Post mentioned outlets selling them are at Bintaro Jaya X Change Mall, Mall Kota Kasablanca, Gading Mas driving range Kelapa Gading, Sports Warehouse Poins Square and Kuningan City, and Pasar Raya in Blok M.
The play
Jaco Zaayman scorched the field for the third week in a row to secure Low Net for the third Sunday, this time with”only” a six under handicap 66. It is clear that the handicap committee is falling down on the job here, come on guys, do the thing you get paid the big bucks for!!
Having to get up before ten in the morning appears to have done no harm at all to Neil Mullins game as he shot 79 off the stick to take Low Gross again, though he can expect more competition for the nest one next week as you will read below.
Most of note amongst the minor prizes was 22-week Welcome Back Christian Engstrom managing to shake off the rust on his back 9 with a stunning 48-37-85 to take Most Improved with 11.
Newcomer Cyril Blyth wasted no time in getting acquainted with the feel of our Skirt and wig while Nicky Moir was delighted to get re-acquainted with his old friend the skirt during the last Sunday of his brief visit from the frozen wastelands of Aberdeen.
40 putts on a Sunday will normally see you well out of Monster Putter range and in fact just one lower has been known to be forgiven by your beneficent Treasurer in the past. Bad luck, Jess!
Magnificent revenue generating 5-way tie for Most Strokes, again just a humble 10 which you would you getting away with most weeks in the hunt for the coveted Most Strokes. many thanks to all for your contributions.
Fuller, player by player results here.
A Yuletide Message from the Immediate Past President of Some Things
Tee Setters,
Unfortunately my schedule has not allowed me to make a Sunday since the Championship, and it looks like I will not make one until 4th Jan.
I would like to thank Ric, Keith, Brenda and Wina for all their work during the year and especially on Championship day. It was a truly successful and very enjoyable day.
Congratulations to Jaco, the 2014 Tee Set Champion. All the best to the incoming Presidential team, President Craig and Vice President Simon for the 2015 Tee Set year.
Here is wishing all a great Christmas and a very happy and successful new year.
Peter
Next up
A great early Xmas treat is in store for those who haven’t departed for Xmas “di luar kota” this year – a round at the superb Imperial Golf Klub with a K which, to add to all its other charms, is now a fast and pleasant 30-40 minute Sunday morning drive from the south using the now complete Jakarta Outer Ring Road or JORR.
It was from this course on our last visit that Michael Seabrook astonished many with an amazing feat of mis-navigation that rendered half the Tee Set field that day bewildered and scattered over parts of Western Tangerang that are undoubtedly best left unvisited – and was to make him undisputed winner of this year’s Vasco da Garma trophy.
Should Michael offer to show you a “quick way home” on Sunday you might be best advised to protest a prior engagement in the Pluit or Ancol areas or somewhere North like that. Just don’t tell us you were not warned.
“Has any one here seen Kelly?” is an old music hall favourite and was recently applied to top Tee Set golfer Sam “Kelly” Westen as he disappeared off the face of the earth for months, with hide nor hair see of him since 21st September when he shot a fine 37-37-74 at Jagorawi of all places, before doing the disappearing act that engendered his new moniker.
Happy to report now that the Singing President has exchanged SMSs with Sam in the last few days and “Kelly” is likely to return to Tee Set action at Imperial when we hope to discover what he has been up to 🙂
Green fees including shared cart, a Santa Klaus hat and an autographed photo of Sam for the fist 30 to register will set you back just 675,000 roops which, as anyone who has played there will tell you, is outstanding value for a course of such a high standard as Imperial.
Tee time will at the unbelievably precise time, for Jakarta, of 11:47 – when we will launch from 2 tee boxes. Get signed up here to join in the fun of what is certain to be another great Tee Set Sunday.
See ya at Imperial! … Tee Set
A relatively early return on Sunday to what has quickly become a firm Tee Set favourite, Imperial Golf Klub with a K.
To the left is the final out-turn of our recent poll of Tee Setters favourite courses where you will see Imperial in a very solid #2 position just behind Rancamaya – having secured the vote of fully 60% of the membership.
Lotus Lakes is a stunning but difficult course with early strong winds adding distance to an already long course – and with the Orchid layout which we played as the second 9 being as good as any in these parts.
In general, scores reflected the challenge of a long and challenging course, the one major exception being evergreen Mustafa who shot a 81 (net 69) to win the major prize, demonstrating that a strong short game is just as important on a long course.
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