At about the same time last year, the Staroba Golf Club organised the Staroba Jakarta Open 2009, and this year's tour has been named the Staroba Batavia Masters 2010. The response was so good that the registration for participants had to be closed after 28 golfers had signed up.
Some of the golfers travelled by KLM the previous Wednesday evening and the rest flew in to Jakarta on Thursday morning on either Malaysia Airlines or Airasia. The first day game was played at the Cengkareng Golf Course which was located near the airport. There was another tournament being held there that morning, so our own tee-off time had to be delayed to 12 noon. So most of us spent the free time looking up stuff in the pro shop, having drinks and lunch and a few even managed to squeeze in a body massage for about 30 minutes or so!
Shahrizam getting his 'body' stretched before the game...what a luxury...
Pakdokter was slotted to play with regular 'kakis' from the RSGC, pakTgAzman and pakTgFarith and pakRoslanChik was the fourth player in our flight.
'Ezy' pakTgFarith, 'old man' pakdokter, 'ever-confident' pakTgAzman, 'cool' pakRoslanChik...
RoslanChik practise swing....
pakTgAzman....relax la...
stylish pakTgFarith...
We decided to play a partnership match, with the partnership being switched around after every 6 holes to give everyone a fairer competition against each other. Pakdokter and pakTgFarith played to a handicap of 23, pakTgAzman played to a handicap of 21 whereas pakRoslanChik played to a handicap of 13.
In the first 6 holes, pakdokter partnered pakRoslanChik and beat the other pair for a win of 3 balls. Pakdokter next partnered pakTgFarith and was again very lucky to beat the opposing pair for a 3 ball win. The last partnership with pakTgAzman also saw pakdokter's luck coming into play with an unexpected chip that went into the hole for a determining win for the match. All in all pakdokter collected 9 balls (3 balls each from the other players) being the only one who had outright wins in all the three matches.
ekor apa ni...
hole No-9 with the club-house in the far end...
Cengkareng is a pleasant walking course..
Apart from the partnership games, each of us also played a 'cut-throat' game against each other. PakRoslanChik kept up his good play and played 6-under to his handicap of 13! Naturally he was able to beat the three of us despite the many strokes that he gave us based on our handicaps. PakTgFarith played exceptionally well. With a handicap of 23, he played 5-under and returned a gross score of 90. Naturally pakdokter also lost to him, if pakdokter's memory is right, by 12 balls. 
Although the Cengkareng has been the home to the Indonesian Open fo many years, pakdokter was quite surprised at our abilities to play a reasonably good game. In fact so many of the other players came home with fantastic scores, the best for the day, pakK J Jul ( Uncle Jul) was the first day winner with a 9-under score playing to a handicap of 20.
pakdokter's caddy, Cha Cha..
RoslanChik practise swing....
pakTgAzman....relax la...
stylish pakTgFarith...very clinical....
We decided to play a partnership match, with the partnership being switched around after every 6 holes to give everyone a fairer competition against each other. Pakdokter and pakTgFarith played to a handicap of 23, pakTgAzman played to a handicap of 21 whereas pakRoslanChik played to a handicap of 13.
In the first 6 holes, pakdokter partnered pakRoslanChik and beat the other pair for a win of 3 balls. Pakdokter next partnered pakTgFarith and was again very lucky to beat the opposing pair for a 3 ball win. The last partnership with pakTgAzman also saw pakdokter's luck coming into play with an unexpected chip that went into the hole for a determining win for the match. All in all pakdokter collected 9 balls (3 balls each from the other players) being the only one who had outright wins in all the three matches.
ekor apa ni...
hole No-9 with the club-house in the far end...pakdokter shot 2-on for this par-4 index-4 hole
but 3 putted for a 5.....cheh....
Cengkareng is a pleasant walking course..
Apart from the partnership games, each of us also played a 'cut-throat' game against each other. PakRoslanChik kept up his good play and played 6-under to his handicap of 13! Naturally he was able to beat the three of us despite the many strokes that he gave us based on our handicaps. PakTgFarith played exceptionally well. With a handicap of 23, he played 5-under and returned a gross score of 90. Naturally pakdokter also lost to him, if pakdokter's memory is right, by 12 balls.
The most memorable match for pakdokter was the game against pakTgAzman and pakAzman insisted that we play scratch as per our agreement at the beginning of the year even though his official handicap for the day was 21! pakTgAzman has always bragged that pakdokter can never beat him 'overseas'. Well, pakdokter finally managed to prove him wrong this time. In the 1st Nine pakdokter won the game to collect 3 balls. In the 2nd Nine, the game was a closely fought match. We both squared the 10th hole but pakAzman took the 11th only to be squared at the 12th which pakdokter won.PakAzman won the next 2 holes convincingly and pakdokter thought that that would be the end as pakdokter was already tired and had collapsed with cramps on both calves midway through the 14th hole. But luck was on pakdokter's side as pakdokter won back the 15th and 16th hole to square the game again! PakAzman won the 17th to go one up and one to go ( dommy one) but as luck would have it, pakdokter chipped in to hole for a 6 at the par-5 18th hole while pakAzman only managed an 8 after sending his 2nd shot into water but despite of getting it on to the apron for 4 he duffed his chip and 3 putts for the final score of 8. So pakdokter went home very glad and happy with an overall win for the match and took home 5 balls from pakAzman.
Well, no amount of balls can match the pleasure of at last beating pakAzman at an overseas course! This 'old man' still has some fighting left, guys.....
And poor pakAzman was the biggest loser that day, having to pay to all the three of us as well as in the partnership matches....
proof of pakdokter's first 'overseas' victory against pakAzman....
Although the Cengkareng has been the home to the Indonesian Open fo many years, pakdokter was quite surprised at our abilities to play a reasonably good game. In fact so many of the other players came home with fantastic scores, the best for the day, pakK J Jul ( Uncle Jul) was the first day winner with a 9-under score playing to a handicap of 20.
pakdokter's caddy, Cha Cha..generally the caddies were very good.....
but were quite helpless when pakdokter colllapsed with 'cramps'....
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