Venue:
Taiheiyo Club - Ichihara Course, Chiba Pref.
Team Result:
SCCJ 83.44 - FCCJ 84.41
This time the competition was played at a new venue, Taiheiyo Club - Ichihara Course in Chiba Prefecture, which was a much appreciated change. The course was long (ca 6,500 yards), especially as it was rather wet after several days of rain, and as we played the blue tees, but the players appreciated the challenges although the scoring was not so good, with the exception of a few players at the top.
The individual winner (best net) was Toyoaki Uchida (FCCJ) with a net 70. He also took the FCCJ Golf Cup. Second, with a net score of 75 was Kaj Forsell (FCCJ) and third Mats Persson (SCCJ), 78, who took the SCCJ Golf Cup.
Yuji Ono (SCCJ) had the best gross score, 85.
The winners of the longest drive were Masaoki Fujita (FCCJ) and Johnny Wetterborn (SCCJ longest drive trophy) Near pin winners where Alan Heggie (SCCJ), Masaki Saito (FCCJ), Johnny Wetterborn (SCCJ) and Tommy Kullberg (SCCJ).
We would like to thank the title sponsor Stora Enso Japan and Nokia Japan, Oakwood, Asian Tigers Worldwide Mowers, 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.
A final note; Although SCCJ was a worthy winner, FCCJ was perhaps a bit unlucky when Tuomo Kuuppo hurt his back on the 13th hole and had to take maximum score (double par+1) on the remaining 7 holes. If he had been able to play on normally, his score would probably have been 15-20 strokes better. FCCJ lost by 12 strokes...
| INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
| | Pos. | Player | Company | Team | HCP | Gross | Net
| | 1 | Toyoaki Uchida
| UPM-Kymmene Japan KK | FCCJ | 16 | 86 | 70
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| 2. | Kaj Forsell | Finpro | FCCJ | 18 | 93 | 75
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| 3. | Mats Person | Höganäs Japan K.K.
| SCCJ | 10 | 88 | 78
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| 4. | Yuji Ono | Toyota Industries Corporation
| SCCJ | 6 | 85 | 79
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| 5. | Alan Heggie | Atlas Copco K.K.
| SCCJ | 21 | 100 | 79
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| 6. | Kimio Hashida | Nokia Japan | FCCJ | 17 | 97 | 80
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| 7. | Hiroaki Sugawara | Finn Corporation | FCCJ | 20 | 100 | 80
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| 8. | Eiji Takagi | Individual Member
| SCCJ | 9 | 90 | 81
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| 9. | Tsutomu Fujii
| Vaisala K.K. | FCCJ | 22 | 104 | 82
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| 10. | Eiji Yoshida *) | Kajima Corporation | SCCJ | 24 | 106 | 82
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| 11. | Carl-Gustav Eklund | Höganäs Japan K.K. | SCCJ | 16 | 100 | 84
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| 12. | Osamu Hoshino | Gujita Metal Trading | FCCJ | 23 | 107 | 84
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| 13. | Hiroaki Sakurai | Vaisala K.K. | FCCJ | 26 | 110 | 84
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| 14. | Timo Varhama
| UPM-Kymmene Japan KK | FCCJ | 22 | 107 | 85
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| 15. | Masaoki Fujita | Coil Center Fujita Co., Ltd.
| FCCJ | 19 | 105 | 86
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| 16. | Jukka Viitanen | Tekes | FCCJ | 24 | 110 | 86
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| 17. | Örjan Pettersson
| Thule Japan K.K.
| SCCJ | 30 | 116 | 86
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| 18. | Hiroshi Muira *) | Metso Paper K.K. | FCCJ | 19 | 106 | 87
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| 19. | Naota Kusumi
| Stora Enso Japan | FCCJ | 26 | 111 | 87
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| 20. | Seppo Kimanen | Embassy of Finland | FCCJ | 19 | 107 | 88
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| 21. | Hirokuni Yoshida | Ourokumpu K.K. | FCCJ | 26 | 114 | 88
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| 22. | Clas G. Bystedt | FCCJ | FCCJ | 22 | 111 | 89
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| 23. | Carmen Tassone
| International Solution Group
| SCCJ | 14 | 104 | 90
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| 24. | Eero Tammila | Finnair | FCCJ | 18 | 110 | 92
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| 25. | Erik Ullner | Konigstedt Ltd. | FCCJ | 20 | 112 | 92
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| 26. | Tommy Kullberg
| Kullberg & Associates
| SCCJ | 28 | 120 | 92
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| 27. | Masahiro Kuroda | Individual member | FCCJ | 23 | 116 | 93
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| 28. | Seppo Rantanen | Koitto K.K. | FCCJ | 18 | 112 | 94
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| 29. | Jonny Wetterborn
| Nippon Ericsson K.K.
| SCCJ | 13 | 109 | 96
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| 30. | Masaki Saito | Vaisala K.K. | FCCJ | 28 | 124 | 96
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| 31. | Lennart Johansson
| Individual member
| SCCJ | 30 | 135 | 105
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| 32. | Tuomo Kuuppo **)
| Stora Enso Japan | FCCJ | 20 | 126 | 106
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*) Eiji Yoshida and Hiroshi Miura mixed up their scorecards and signed wrong cards, so technically they should have been disqualified, but they were now given same score.
**) due to back injury, took max. score on last 7 holes.
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Note: if players have same net, the one with lower handicap wins, if still same, the older player wins.
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The 32 players gather for photo-shooting before start of play.
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SCCJ Chairman Carl-Gustav Eklund welcomes the players to the 12th Stora Enso Cup.
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Getting prepared to go out on the course under still cloudy skies.
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Eero Tammila has performed his first tee-shot of the day.
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Kimio Hashida on the beautiful 12th hole.
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A swing study of Alan heggie on the 13th.
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Eero Tammila swings on the 14th.
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Kimio Hashida makes a clean hit.
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Nice view from the 15th.
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A lot of 'ball eating' ponds on the course.
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The signature hole (18th) from the tee.
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Eero Tammila hits his second on the 18th.
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The 18th from the back of the green.
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The starting hole on the out course.
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A nice view from the course.
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'Tiger' Tammila hits from under a tree.
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The green on the 6th hole.
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More water.
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Alan Heggie and Kimio Hashida enjoying a fine day in nice company.
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Alan Heggie hits a nice one on no. 9.
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Tammila and Hashida going a bit wild on the same hole.
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Another shot of the nice course.
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Enjoying the party and waiting for prize ceremony to start.
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The individual winner, Toyoaki Uchida with MC Eiji Takagi.
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Kaj Forsell, second in the individual competition with his prize, a Nokia mobile phone.
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Mats Person, third and best SCCJ player with the SCCJ Golf Cup.
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Best net, 85, Yuji Ono (SCCJ).
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Longest drive winner Masaoki Fujita (FCCJ).
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The scond longest drive winner and winner of the SCCJ longest drive trophy, Jonny Wetterborn. He also got the near pin on No. 12.
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Alan Heggie (SCCJ), near pin winner on No. 6.
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Masaki Saito (FCCJ), near pin on No. 12.
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Tommy Kullberg (SCCJ), near pin on No. 16.
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Kimio Hashida (FCCJ), no. 6 in the individual competiton.
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Hiroaki Sugawara (FCCJ), lucky seven.
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Tsutomu Fujii (FCCJ), no. 9 in the individual competiton.
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Eiji Yoshida (SCCJ), a bit unlucky no. 10.... without mix-up of cards he would have been no. 3...
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Osamu Hoshino (FCCJ), no. 12, enjoying his prize.
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Hiroaki Sakurai (FCCJ), no. 13.
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Timo Varhama (FCCJ) looks forward to an enjoyable evening...
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... as does Örjan Pettersson (SCCJ) ...
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... and Seppo Kimanen (FCCJ).
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The SCCJ boobie prize winner, Jonny Wetterborn, with the fantastic trophy....
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Carl-Gustav Eklund, Mats Person and Eiji Takagi receiving the Stora Enso Cup from Tuomo Kuuppo (right) of Stora Enso Japan K.K.
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Carl-Gustav Eklund gives the winner's speech.
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