Final Round at Gunung Geulis Country Club

Hail the D.O.G.S. !!!!!

The final round of the tournament rolled out the red carpet. The start was punctual, and the pace of play was the fastest we've experienced at any course in a long time, with open fairways welcoming the D.O.G.S. Best of all, it was another beautiful day for golfing. This perfect setting allowed everyone to relax and concentrate on the task at hand: making improvements.

Welcome to Paul "Pablo" Carrasco, Michael Tweedie, and Sean Linkletter. Thank you for joining us, and we look forward to seeing more of you in the future.

Andrew Goode and Shinta Sari brought out the lumber at the course taking the Longest Drives. Shinta also added a Drive & Pitch. As usual the greens were diabolical but Ash Hewitt managed to handle them better than the rest to take Putting Champion. Viora took home the prize for lowest Stableford score and the usually solid Jacob Smith struggled around the course to come in as the Most Exercise winner. Poor Kevin Dobson had to award the Little Dog to a guy who beat him on the count back and settle for the Runner Up.

Some of the prizes are unaccounted for, and here's why: Alberto Gonzalez arrived at the course with a clear mission to hit bombs and achieve score improvements. He accomplished exactly that, claiming both Nearest to Pin prizes, a Drive & Pitch, and the Lowest Gross with an impressive 87. Well done!

Finally, let's celebrate our Weekly Champion, newcomer Michael Tweedie, who took home a Little Dog in his first game. Congratulations!

Congratulations to all the day's winners.

After six challenging weeks in this demanding course that kept everyone alert, everything was at stake for round 6. The players rose to the occasion, delivering outstanding performances in their quest to climb to the top of the Leaderboard and claim the Big Dog. The previously mentioned Alberto made an impressive 12 improvements to secure 5th place. Jens Roestel advanced by 3 to take 3rd, while Ash "Always the Bridesmaid" Hewitt improved by 2 to earn the Runner Up position. The leader entering the round was determined not to miss his chance for glory, achieving three improvements himself. His efforts were rewarded as he became a double winner: the Lowest Gross Champion and the 2025 Gunung Geulis Champion, Sepand Zarrabi.

Excellent work, Sepand!

The full results are available on the leaderboard.

We now move to our final Eclectic Tournament of 2025 which brings a few items of note.

Pocksia will be joining us for our 4th round on Sunday, November 30th for our annual grudge match. Captain Dougy is looking for players please let Doug or John know if you would like to represent the D.O.G.S.

As with every year we will have our annual End of Year Party following the 6th round on December 13th. Players are encouraged to bring along their long suffering non-golfing partners to spend the evening celebrating another successful year with us. Sign up and let John know how many non-playing guest you will be bringing.

As always if you would like to be a sponsor of this event please do reach out to John.

Lastly, while not a D.O.G.S. specific event, we will be having a game on or very near to December 27th. This is Rod Williams birthday and he would organize a round to mark the occasion each year. We intend to keep this going. If you would like to help out with this please also let John know.

Our final tournament of 2025 is at a meticulously designed course which offers a challenging but enjoyable game. Sign up now to start working on getting you that Blue Jacket. Please do inform John of your preferred playing partners.

• Where: Pondok Cabe Golf Club

• When: Saturday November 8, 2025

• Tee Off: 12:30

• Green Fee: 1,125,000 IDR includes sharing cart and caddie fee

To register:

• Via our website.

• Sign up in myGolf2u 

See you all on the course,

jb

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Announcements

2025 JSAS Ball

The Java St. Andrew Society with host its annual ball on November 22nd, 2025. Reserve your seat now by clicking on the flyer to the right.

Manila Dogs 25th Anniversary

Our founder, Fritz Hainzl, was originally a member of the Manila Dogs. When he moved to Jakarta, he saw an opportunity and created a similar organization—what we now know as the Djakarta Old Golf Society or D.O.G.S.

On Sunday, March 15, 2026, the Manila Dogs will be celebrating their 25th Anniversary at Club Intramuros Golf Course in Manila.

John and Sarah are planning to travel and join them for this special occasion.

If you’re interested in being part of the celebration, please let us know!

Shirts

If you would like to purchase a D.O.G.S. shirt please get in touch with John Brown or send an email to jakartadogs@gmail.com 

WhatsApp Groups

We have 2 WhatsApp groups for members; our Chatter group which is used for sharing jokes and non-D.O.G.S. related information and our Updates group where we share information specific to D.O.G.S. rounds. If you would like to be added to either or both of these groups please send us an email with your cell phone number to jakartadogs@gmail.com