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Venue:
Taiheiyo Club - Ichihara Course, Chiba Pref.
Team Result:
FCCJ 74.17 - SCCJ 79.5

The competition was played for the second time Taiheiyo Club - Ichihara Course in Chiba Prefecture. The experience from the Spring event when we played the blue tees, this time the white tees where used, which made the course about 500 yards shorter, which in part explains the improved scores. E.g. the FCCJ team average was 10 strokes better than in the spring.

The individual winner (best net) was Kaj Forsell (FCCJ) with a net 66 (gross 84), followed by 7 other FCCJ players. Gösta Tyrefors was the best SCCJ player in 9th place with a net 73 and he home the SCCJ Autumn Golf Cup.
Kaj Forsell had the best gross score in the competition, 84, although the guest player, Björn Skåman, had even a better score with 81.
For full results, see below.

The winners of the longest drive were Eiji Takagi (SCCJ) and Mats Person. The SCCJ longest drive trophy was decided through "jan-ken-pon" and this was won by Takagi. Near pin winners where Seppo Rantanen (FCCJ on no. 3), Björn Skåman (SCCJ guest on no. 6), Masaoki Fujita (FCCJ on no. 12) and Gösta Tyrefors (SCCJ on no. 16).

We would like to thank the title sponsor Stora Enso Japan, SAS and Nokia Japan as well as all the players who brought nice prizes to the competition. Our thanks go also to the Taiheiyo Club Ichihara Course and all the other staff for again helping us making this a great event at reasonable costs.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Pos.	Player	Company	Team	HCP	Gross	Net
1.	Kaj Forsell	Finpro	FCCJ	18	84	66
2.	Tsutomu Fujii	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	22	90	68
3.	Kenji Matsumoto	Metso Paper K.K.	FCCJ	20	90	70
4.	Katsuo Sato	Kikukawa Kogyo K.K.	FCCJ	13	85	72
5.	Takeshi Yokoyama	Finnair	FCCJ	22	94	72
6.	Hiroaki Sakurai	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	25	97	72
7.	Masaki Saito	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	30	102	72
8.	Seppo Rantanen	Koitto K.K.	FCCJ	18	91	73
9.	Gösta Tyrefors	Gadelius K.K.	SCCJ	18	91	73
10.	Clas G. Bystedt	FCCJ	FCCJ	22	95	73
11.	Masahiro Kuroda	Individual member	FCCJ	23	96	73
12.	Seppo Kimanen	Embassy of Finland	FCCJ	19	93	74
13.	Osamu Hoshino	Gujita Metal Trading	FCCJ	23	97	74
14.	Carl-Gustav Eklund	Höganäs Japan K.K.	SCCJ	14	89	75
15.	Eiji Takagi	Individual Member	SCCJ	9	85	76
16.	George Fujii	Inter Associates Japan	SCCJ	20	96	76
17.	Sachiyo Maejima	Inter Associates Japan	SCCJ	25	101	76
18.	Hirokuni Yoshida	Ourokumpu K.K.	FCCJ	26	103	77
19.	Kimio Hashida	Nokia Japan	FCCJ	16	94	78
20.	Masaoki Fujita	Coil Center Fujita Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	20	98	78
21.	Michael Gabrielsson	Mercuri International	SCCJ	8	87	79
22.	Hiroshi Muira	Metso Paper K.K.	FCCJ	20	100	80
23.	Toyoaki Uchida	UPM-Kymmene Japan KK	FCCJ	12	93	81
24.	Yuka Miyamoto	Stora Enso Japan	FCCJ	36	118	82
25.	Patrik Melander	Nippon Ericsson K.K.	SCCJ	18	101	83
26.	Hisatake Iwakura	Stora Enso Japan	FCCJ	28	111	83
27.	Stefan Gustafsson.	IFS Japan Ltd	SCCJ	30	114	84
28.	Mats Person	Höganäs Japan K.K.	SCCJ	10	95	85
29.	Eero Tammila	Finnair	FCCJ	20	107	87
30.	Lennart Johansson	Individual member	SCCJ	30	118	88
31.	Yoshiki Asano	MHS Konecranes	FCCJ	30	118	88
32.	Timo Varhama	UPM-Kymmene Japan KK	FCCJ	22	111	89
33.	Tuomo Kuuppo	Stora Enso Japan	FCCJ	20	114	94
34.	Fujio Ota	Tumlare Corporation	SCCJ	12	108	96
35.	Ole Johansson	SAS	SCCJ	30	149	119
- - - - Guest - - - -
	Björn Skåman	Höganäs		9	81	72

Note: if players have same net, the one with lower handicap wins, if still same, the older player wins.

The 36 players gather for photo-shooting before start of play.
Slightly wet and foggy at the start of the game.	Timo Varhama playing on the 4th.	Timo Varhama, Eiji Takagi and Ole Johansson on no. 5.
Timo Varhama walking up the 10th fairway under clear skies.	Eiji Takagi's tee shot on the beautiful 12th hole.	The 14th hole, more water...
Timo Varhama's tee shot on the 16th hole.	The signature hole (18th) from the tee.	Ole Johansson teeing off at the 18th.
Approaching the club house over water.	Nice view of the the 18th.	Another view of the the 18th with several players using the provisional tee for balls hit in the water....
Enjoying the party and waiting for prize ceremony to start.
Seppo Rantanen and Eero Tammila relaxing.	Hirokuni Yoshida, Osamu Hoshino and Fujio Ota enjoying the party and company.	Yuka Miyamoto, Hiroaki Sakurai and Mats Persson having a good time.
Ole Johansson and Timo Varhama discussing cameras.	Lennart Johansson, Yoshiki Asano, Toyoaki Uchida and Kaj Forsell concentrating on getting some food.	Carl-Gustav Eklund and George Fujii discussing the good and bad shots.
Sachiyo Maejima, Hisatake Iwakura, Masahiro Kuroda and Tsutomu Fujii have lively discussions.	Björn Skåman and Hiroaki Sakurai waiting for more food!	Getting ready for the results... look who is standing up already...
The individual winner both in net and gross, Kaj Forsell (FCCJ) and his prizes with MC Eiji Takagi.	Vaisala K.K. had a strong influence in the FCCJ victory, all three players with the seven best. From left Tsutomu Fujii (second), Hiroaki Sakurai (sixth) and Masaki Saito (seventh).
Third best net, Kenji Matsumoto (FCCJ).	Fourth best net, Katsuo Sato (FCCJ) with Eiji Takagi (SCCJ), with whom he shared the second best gross.	The two brave ladies challenging 31 men on the course... Yuka Miyamoto and Sachiyo Maejima.
The SCCJ longest drive trophy was decided through "jan-ken-pon" between Mats Persson and Eiji Takagi....	...and won by Takagi.	Near pin winners where (from left) Gösta Tyrefors (SCCJ on no. 16), Seppo Rantanen (FCCJ on no. 3), Björn Skåman (SCCJ guest on no. 6) and Masaoki Fujita (FCCJ on no. 12).
Fujio Ota, a slightly embarassed winner of the SCCJ boobie prize.	Katsuo Sato (FCCJ), no. 4 in the individual competiton.	Takeshi Yokoyama (FCCJ), no. 5 in the individual competiton.
Seppo Rantanen (FCCJ), no. 8 in the individual competiton.	Best SCCJ player, Gösta Tyrefors, no. 9 in the individual competiton and winner of the SCCJ Autumn Golf Cup presented by SCCJ Chairman Carl-Gustav Eklund.	Ole Johansson of SAS presents the pair of tickets to any SAS destination in Sweden of Finland to the happy winner from SCCJ.
The winner of the team competition is announced!	Kaj Forsell (FCCJ, indidvidual winner), Tuomo Kuuppo (Stora Enso Japan), Hirokuni Yoshida (FCCJ team captain) and SCCJ Chairman Carl-Gustav Eklund.	The picture says it all, Carl-Gustav Eklund makes a congratulatory speech to the FCCJ team.