Last week I was in Jakarta on business mainly in Tangerang, Bekasi and Banten area and stayed at the Atlet Century Hotel in Senayan, close to the Senayan driving range and Senayan Golf Club but did not visit them. Traffic in Jakarta was worse and usually take 1 hour to travel 12 km within the city. Traveling from Jakarta Utara to Jakarta Selatan easily take 2 hours, so if you are visiting Jakarta make sure you stay at the right location for your objective, Golf and Entertainment? Better stay in North Jakarta.
However I like this hotel because it is located near to malls namely the Senayan Plaza, Senayan city and the FX Lifestyle centre. My group stayed at the Atlet Floor for USD 112 and get access to the lounge at 16th Floor where we spent our time after work and enjoyed free flowing drinks and local delicacies.
We rented Mizuno Finalist golf set at the Pro-Shop for IDR 150,000 and paid Green fees IDR 498,000 inclusive of carts and caddies. Since I have played this course in May this year, a local knowledge helped a little bit and both my fellow golfers scored aboved 100 and I managed to keep the score at 94 despite having two triple bogeys. The best deal came at Hole number 4 and number 17 when I got birdies! At number 4 where I used 5 wood to tee off for about 170 meters left me with a shot for 80 meters and I used a AW to put it to about 4 feet from the pin and made the put. At Hole 17 I used a 3 wood to hit it 180 meters to about 3 feet from the pin and made the put...the score could have been better if not for the triple bogeys at the Index 1 (2nd hole) and Index 2 (18th hole) holes!
Beautiful golf course, beautiful and friendly caddies, great food and not so great golf..3 out of 4,who's complaining!
Mr.Lim wanted a re-match at Bukit Banang Golf Club, he bought a new Mizuno JPX 800 NSPRO 950 shaft at the Golf House in Senayan Plaza for IDR 4,790,000 and got further 10% discount using Maybank BII card, it was a real steal...
Until we meet again in Batu Pahat...
