On the third and last day in Jakarta, we played at the Imperial Klub Golf , Lippo Karawaci which is situated quite near to the Sukarno-Hatta Airport so that we have enough time to finish our game and catch the late evening flight home.
Most of us have played here during our previous golf trips to Jakarta. Imperial is a mature course measuring a total of 6337 yards from the blue tees. Although short, it is made difficult and challenging by its narrow and tight fairways and the many challenging lakes to overcome.
There are several interesting holes for example the hole No. 4 par 4 where you have to drive onto an island from where you then attack the green at the end of the lake which is guarded by a deep sand bunker.
pak Zul Rauf teeing off to the island fairway at hole No 4...
The hole No.5 par 3 measuring 139 yards is another interesting play. It is an island green where one can put a bet of 50,000 rupiah and get your money refunded by simply ensuring that your ball lands on the green from the tee. And if your ball falls within the few concentric circles around the pin you will be rewarded between 100,000 to 500,000 rupiahs accordingly. And you guess it right....it is not that easy to hit your ball on to the green as the island is small to begin with and you have to deal with the force of wind that normally sweeps accross the flight of your ball.
...pak Ali, pak Ariffin and pak Zul having a drink before teeing off and loosing 50,000 rupiah for sending their ball into the water...
the par 3 hole No. 5 where you bet 50,000 rupiahs that your ball lands on the green..
Pakdokter (handicap 26) played with Pak Zul Rauf (handicap 27), Pak Ariffin ( handicap 18) and Pak Ali (handicap 27). With the higher handicap pakdokter returned a score of 48/53 enabling a good enough stableford points to become overall fourth in the 3-day events. Pak Ariffin who carded 45/43 became the overall winner for the 3 days and collected a handsome amount of rupiahs. The biggest casualty from our flight was Pak Zul Rauf - he enabled pakdokter to recoup the losses of the previous day. Pak Zul Rauf blamed his game on exhaustion, lack of focus and 'self-generated distractions'.
The biggest casualty however was Pak Sirajuddin. I will not mention what his 'deficit' was but he was determined to make amends immediately on Monday in a game to be played at the Glenmarie with Pak Ali, Pak Shaber and Pak Roslan.
hole No. 16 par 3 measuring 171 yards. Clubhouse in the background
As we will definitely come back to play at the Imperial in our future trips to Jakarta, we decided to make a special arrangement with the GGRO ( Golf and Guest Relation Officer) at the Imperial who will ensure that our needs will be given priority attention. " Semua nya bisa di atur. Nelpon saja pada Rinie bila mendarat di Bandara dan segala nya pasti di urus. Nomor hepe ( h/phone) Rinie ia lah...........)
GGRO Rinie di apit oleh Pak Shaber and Pak Roslan....
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