The Day
We could have led with any number of great group photos today – you can view them here – but we wanted to recognise Samret’s best ever round, a gross 73, net 62, which included an eagle. Well done Samret, your playing partners enjoyed watching your round too, although Ric here seems a bit reluctant to hand over your second 200k prize for the day.
The second round of Interleague was enjoyed by almost everyone. It is a fantastic competition and the Riverside club provides an ideal venue. Its practice facilities and safe, open air space for after match gathering allows us to keep enjoying our golf and seeing each other. The start was a little delayed due to the holiday weekend attracting a larger than usual morning crowd, but we got through. Teams with gaps were supplied out of the players who turned up for the Tee Set competition.
Lots of newcomers – welcome everyone mentioned in the table below – and a massive welcome back to Ola after 195 weeks and Noel after 55 weeks as well as the others below who rejoined us. Great to have you playing.
The Play
So, being a combined competition, we will cover both Tee Set competition and Interleague results, from a biased Tee Set perspective of course!! First the full Tee Set scores, minus a few who did not submit cards, are here, with results summarised as follows:
We have mentioned Samret’s great round, but Pras in B Grade and Rika in C Grade had excellent rounds of 63 and 64 to win their grades, and JAWS Captain and former Tee Set Vice President, Simon, was awarded Low Gross with 74. None of the net winners were playing interleague, so there were no complaints of their handicaps, just congrats on great rounds.
Photos of other winners above, and there were lots, are here.
Ric led our Tee Set interleague team today from an off field position as he worked himself back into form; Captain Sam was there in spirit. Andy, was given the tough task against Riverside GM and steady front runner Peng from Pocksia, and squared the match with both players shooting even par. In form Dave took advantage of a slow start from Pocksia and Interleague Overall Captain, Roger, who has also been in spectacular form recently; several factors at play here – Dave’s outstanding play and his secret magic potion, Roger’s pre-match admin torture and perhaps some residual loyalty to his old team, although Tee Setters playing for other teams have never shown this to be true, so we will discount that. Anyone who knows Roger knows better too.
Matt and Adrian squared their match with JAWS. Geoff and Jude, opponents last month in the Tee Set matchplay, paired up extremely well, unfortunately choosing the same holes to shoot birdies on and eventually suffering a one down loss after their Cloggie opponent chipped in on the last hole, what a finish. Last month’s superstars, Mike and Arnold, were out barked by a couple of in form DOGS. They may have been distracted by a 76 year old running from nowhere on the first hole (their tenth) with a bee in his bonnet, who turned out to be a Tee Set team mate. James, playing for the DOGS, wisely pointed to his Tee Set opposition to deal with the intruder.
Tee Set finished with 4 points for the day and we now sit in third position behind JAWS in second and DOGS in the lead. Whether greyhounds, pointers, retrievers or Jack Russells, we are counting on DOGS being more natural chasers, so we’ll see how they go from the front. JAWS continue to be snappy too, although our move to lend a member of the previous Tee Set champion team to JAWS opponent Sandbaggers did deny the sharks two valuable points. We had offered Tom but DOGS claimed him under the non-existent “same family, same team” rule, so the ever sly Sandbagger Captain El Guapo drew on his next option. On recent form this could have backfired badly, but matchplay stalwart Jari’s hot start combined with some on song play from the ring in to make the JAWS team of Aeden and Chris, who both played decent golf themselves, wonder wtf was happening as they went down 5 and 4. Interleague skips April because of Ramadan, so the next round will be in mid May.
And now to round us off with our favourite battlers section…there were no skirts!!!! We debated whether we should draw attention to the battlers, but there are three reasons why this section is so good.
1. Our first timer and battler from last week, Diarmuid, was instantly recognised this week from his photo and welcomed back on registering.
2. Our winner of most strokes, Jari – so often a winner of cash prizes with us – subscribes that the golden rule of marketing is being noticed for something, whether its good or bad, and
3. Do you think Tom would wear this T-shirt if he did not want it to be noticed
So here we go, and here’s to this week’s battlers, cheers!!!!
Next Up: Sunday 21 March 2021, Damai Indah Golf & Country Club, Bumi Serpong Damai (BSD) course
Thanks to the polite yet persistent negotiation of the non-singing, non-whispering immediate past President, Roger, we have secured the wonderful BSD course for four rounds this year, the first being next Sunday.
Green fees are 1 million Rp with carts; a reasonable price for a world class course. Tee off is 11.35am with men off the white tees; you’ll see why.
Register here as usual.
There are a few admin bits and pieces to remind you about but that can happen later in the week when you are more likely to remember.
Tee Set 