On Friday, we all woke up early for the 630 am tee-off @ Permata Sentul Golf Course in Bogor. Permata Sentul is definitely a very popular golf course - even as we arrived, there were already probably 30 to 40 golfers who have teed-off from as early as 545am? Most of these golfers were members of the TNI, judged from the official military cars they came in with. Perhaps Friday is the soldiers' golf day........in Indonesia.
As we had to leave our hotel at 530 am, our hotel, the Swissbel in Mangga Dua, was kind enough to prepared packed breakfast boxes for us. ( picture above)
pakdokter, pakRedza, pakZulfikar
pakJohan,pakDrRosli, pakKamal, pakIdzham
pakKamal came in his blue golf shirt
looking very much like the 'master-caddy'
so of course he got the best caddy amongst us
Permata Sentul is a relatively short course - but it is tight and narrow with steep downhill fariways that demand accurate drives and fairway shots. Any draw or slice will be punished by forests on both sides of most fairways. The greens are mostly small and the green speed equally fast as @ the Cengkareng.
this short par-3 uphill hole 11
pakdokter used a 9-iron to reach 6 feet away from the 115 yards hole
but 2-putted for a par
pakRosli pulled his drive and sent his ball to the left forest
pakKamal's special caddy
if you lost all your balls to the forests.....no worries...
many 'experienced' balls at the half-way huts
considering the level of 'challenge' from this course
pakdokter did relatively well
returning with a score of 48/48
pakKamal was the day's champion
he could have done better if not for the 'blunders'
on the the final two par-3 holes!
pakRedza was putting for a birdie in one hole
but ended up with a 6!
that's how difficult and fast the green was
after the game we all treated ourselves to one hour of
a traditional Javanese massage at the club's
luxurious spa followed by lunch at the club's lounge
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