Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Jakarta Revisited : Bogor Raya Golf Course


the lovely club-house of Bogor Raya
We were originally booked to play at the Bogor Raya at 130 pm. We thought by starting very early at the Permata Sentul, we could finish our game there by 11 am latest - have an hour of massage, lunch and quickly move over to Bogor Raya which is only about 30 minutes away from Permata Sentul. However, Permata Sentul was so busy, we finished quite late and only managed to reach Bogor Raya at 3 pm. We had asked our tour agent to call up the Bogor Raya Golf Course to warn them of our late arrival.

Pakdokter never realised that it has been quite a long time ago that pakdokter played here. Pakdokter was pleasantly surprised at the great condition the course is. Being a resort course - it is quite friendly and short with wide fairways that encouraged pakdokter to drive the ball with gusto. And pakdokter was surprised at how long pakdokter's drives were, often  longer than the better players in pakdokter's flight. Perhaps, the earlier Javanese massage at Permata Sentul had also helped.

Pakdokter only managed to play 14 holes due to the failing light. Of the three courses we played during this trip - Bogor Raya turned out to be the cheapest. Its green fees, buggy and caddy fee inclusive came to about 500k rupiahs. It cost about 650k rupiahs at Cengkareng and Permata Sentul. Cengkareng is a walking course - so it was the most expensive of the three. The few of us who had booked through the CIMB Bank had the benefit of playing for 'free' at Cengkareng and Bogor Raya being part of  the benefits for holding the bank's World Credit Card.

flat course with wide fairways


the gym of the Novotel @ Bogor Raya


pakRosliKhan was hitting everywhere...
he must be not as fit as he used to be....



pakFaidzIzham with the Bogor Raya caddies

what a luxurious changing room



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