RANCAMAYA GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB

Rancamaya Golf & Country Club
Jl. Rancamaya Utama
Ciawi - Bogor 16720
Tel +62 - 251 - 824 2282
Fax +62 - 251 - 824 2283
Email golfinfo@rancamaya.com

Our group played Rancamaya Golf and Country Club on the third day, situated at western Jakarta the course was beautiful to say the least. This was also the day when a demo plane from Russia went missing and later it was determined that it crashed at Mount Salak. All day long the news was on television and the people in Indonesia proposed many theories why the plane went down but we are not going to discuss them here, after all this is a golf blog. We have a nice view of Mount Salak from the course and from most of the tee box. 

The trip from Sparks Hotel at Mangga Besar, Jakarta to the golf course took more than an hour so golfers were getting restless in the bus and I kept checking our progress with Google Maps that tell you the approximate distance and time to the destination. I would propose to our organizer to stay in Bogor when playing Bogor golf courses and stay in Jakarta when playing Jakarta courses.

 Our organizer YM Raja Razak (Hcp 18)

We played in the morning at about 11 am that day. At the first tee  we all could see the magnificent view on Mount Salak, it felt so near due to the size of the mountain. After playing several holes we were pleasantly surprised and hypnotized by the magnificent view and the extraordinary contour of the course itself. The course itself was quite challenging but playable. We all played from the Blue tee and sometimes you would get a blind tee shot or blind approach.

One of my flight mates is an Army Colonel (R) always joked with caddies, singing a song like maju maju maju..mundur mundur mundur, don't publish my photo..my wife will kill me, What..you are an Army Colonel..afraid of wife ?

We had spent our four hours and 18 holes of golf there, then we proceed to have dinner at the local Restaurant Padang on the way to our hotel.

I played quite well at Rancamaya Golf Club ans scored 1 under net and a small daily prize allocation, enough to pay for a 1 hour foot massage. At the end of the day I was second in the overall Order of Merit which was pretty good but then due to the slow pace of play I spent more time with the pretty caddies...

A lot of them caddies are undergraduates at local Universities and some spoke decent English, no wonder they looked tired and sleepy too! Lack of sleep perhaps for whatever reason.

This happy man got a caddy that looks like our Malaysian Singer Sheila H, people told me they held hands coming out of the bunker, no need to guess about his golf score...nevertheless he was my schoolmate at the boarding school in Ipoh. 

When playing Jakarta golf course avoid playing weekends, there is a GOLF LEVY of IDR 1,000,000 for visitors...or non-members!

Golf Rate

Accompanied Guest Green Fee Weekdays Weekends Morning Rp. 240.000+            Saturday Rp. 1.210.000+ Sunday/PH Rp.    950.000+ After 12.00 Noon Rp. 180.000+ Rp.    650.000+ Unaccompanied Guest Green Fee Weekdays Weekends Morning Rp. 325.000+            Saturday Rp. 1.630.000+ Sunday/PH Rp. 1.260.000+ After 12.00 Noon Rp. 220.000+ Rp.   720.000+ Extra Round Weekdays Weekends Green Fee (+cart & caddy fee) 50% from Normal Rate 50% from Normal Rate Cart Fee (per seat) Weekdays Weekends Member Rp.   100.000+ Rp.   100.000+ Non Member Rp.   150.000+ Rp.   170.000+ Caddy Fee (per caddy) Weekdays Weekends Member Rp. 85.000+ Rp.   90.000+ Non Member Rp. 90.000+ Rp. 100.000+

IMPERIAL GOLF KLUB JAKARTA

 Imperial Klub Golf
2709 Jl. Pulau Golf 2700
Lippo Karawaci
Tangerang
 6221 546 0120

For the fourth day our group chose the impressive Imperial Golf Klub, created by British designer, Desmond Muirhead. The Club's 6,429-metre, 18-hole championship golf course has been constructed to blend essential Indonesian images into 'a large conceptual sculpture' with each hole having its own identity, name and individuality. Those who are used to playing golf on a flat course will be challenged to experience the difference  golf course but what attracted me what the scenic view and the undulating golf fairways and landscape which made finding even lies almost impossible and thus the difficulty in executing the desired shot and good score is a rarity.

Imperial Klub Golf, a first-class public golfing facility, has been created as the central point of the Lippo Karawaci Satelite town,500 hectare development that provides a complete lifestyle in a friendly resort environment. The distinct challenges make the course enjoyable for all levels of golfers.

Current golf rates for 2012 are as follows but we got better rates through golf travel agents.This trip was made possible through the services of Liberty Golf Services based in Kuala Lumpur. http://www.libertygolf.com.my/

	Monday	Tuesday	Wed.	Thurs.	Friday	Saturday		Sunday / PH
						am	pm	am	pm
Guest	328.000	368,000	368.000	368,000	438,000	1,398,000	1.068,000	1.068,000	838,000
Ladies		228,000		228,000
Senior			298,000	298,000
Junior			108,000/CF*
Sunset	Sunset Weekdays starting from 2.00 pm (include cart) Sunset Weekend starting from 3.30 pm (exclude cart) Sunset Junior Weekdays starting from 4.00 pm (exclude cart) (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday)
Guest	388,000	388,000	388,000	388,000	388,000	388,000	388,000	388,000	388,000
Junior	108,000	108,000	108,000	108,000
* ID Card (< 18 years old)
The prices above already include Green Fee, Caddie Fee, Tax and Insurance.

When golfers from Malaysia went to Jakarta they loved to play at Imperial Golf Klub not just for the split fairways and island greens but for the sheer beauty and the panoramic views of the course.

I was grouped in the flight of Champions comprising the top four in the order of merit for the previous cumulative three days score and I was second with 2 over net just three strokes behind the leader. Immediately one of my flight mates requested to play big money which I did not like but had to follow to avoid sour faces. Me and my partner are handicap 18 and 15 respectively and our opponents are handicap 18 and 14 and no strokes given. This would mean that the 15 handicapper would play against the 14 handicapper while 18 handicapper would not contribute much without strokes handicap. My partner and I lost the first nine 1 ball and the second nine 3 balls, 1 ball was worth RM20.

As a result of this matchplay situation my play was dictated by my partner as opposed to my own sense and course management which made play was no longer fun till the end and eventually I lost RM80.00. Nevertheless I made IDR 400,000 in prizes for that day and that sort of covered up the loss.

Golf was great and the Nasi with Bebek Goreng was even better! Below is my room-mates at the Sparks Hotel, Jakarta at Mangga Besar enjoying his lunch, Mr. Fazli!

I heard the group is organizing another outing to Bangkok, Thailand just before Ramadhan (4-8 July, 2012) playing at Vintage Golf Club, Lotus Valley and Best Ocean Golf Club.

Golfing in Jakarta again? Yes..there are so many good golf courses there for our taking !