Finnish Chamber of Commerce in Japan

SWEDEN-FINLAND GOLF CHALLENGE, 11 November 2005

Venue:
Windsor Park G & C.C., Ibaraki Pref.
Team Result:
FCCJ 74.4 - SCCJ 77.6

RECAP

The 35 players pose for a group photo before start of play (click image for bigger version)

This the FCCJ won the Stora Enso Cup with quite a clear margin, average of the best 80% was 74.4 strokes against the SCCJ's 77.6 strokes. The Finnish team had the best three players and also a more even team.

For the third time the competition was played at the Windsor Park Golf & Country Club near Mito in Ibaraki prefecture. The course was in excellent condition and the service at the club second to none.

The individual winner (best net) was a first-timer, Kenji Matsumoto (FCCJ) with a net of 66. Second was Tomo Bystedt (FCCJ) with a net 67. He had the best gross score, 70. Third was Ian Hamilton (FCCJ), also with a net 67. Fourth was Hans Porat of SCCJ with a net 69, and sh was also the winner of the SCCJ Spring Cup. The winner of the SCCJ longest drive was Pernille Storm and Kaj Forsell took the FCCJ longest drive, he also had the near pin on no. 15. Other near pin winners where Tommy Kullberg (SCCJ) on no. 5, Miki Nakano (SCCJ) on no. 8 and Patrik Melander (SCCJ) on no. 17.

This time the event was organized by FCCJ in good cooperation with the SCCJ. We would like to thank the title sponsor Stora Enso Japan, Titleist (Acushnet Japan) who again donated many fine prizes and all the others who brought nice prizes to the competition, and to Finnair who ensured that we did not run out of beer at the party. Our thanks go also to the Windsor Park G & C.C., Jim Fletcher and Yusuke Kudo for again helping us making this a great event at very reasonable costs.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS (top 30)
Pos.	Player	Company	Team	HCP	Gross	Net
1.	Kenji Matsumoto	Metso-SHI Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	20	86	66
2.	Tomo Bystedt	Acushnet Japan	FCCJ	3	70	67
3.	Ian Hamilton	UPM-Kymmene Japan KK	FCCJ	10	85	67
4.	Hans Porat	Gadelius	SCCJ	14	83	69
5.	Per Fredriksson	Nippon Ericsson	SCCJ	5	75	70
6.	Kaj Forsell	Tekla Japan	FCCJ	18	88	70
7.	Pernille Storm	Oak Associates	SCCJ	18	89	71
8.	Eiji Takagi	Biacore K.K.	SCCJ	86	80	72
9.	Tuomo Kuuppo	Stora Enso Japan	FCCJ	22	96	74
10.	George Fujii	Inter Associates	SCCJ	20	95	75
11.	Hiroaki Sugawara	Finn Corporation	FCCJ	26	101	75
12.	Patrik Melander	Nippon Ericsson	SCCJ	18	96	76
13.	Eero Tammila	Finnair	FCCJ	20	96	76
14.	Naota Kusumi	Stora Enso Japan	FCCJ	25	101	76
15.	Isao Nishimura	Nishimura & Associates	FCCJ	30	106	76
16.	Clas Halling	Seco Tools Japan K.K.	SCCJ	19	96	77
17.	Atsushi Yamazaki	Stora Enso Japan	FCCJ	22	99	77
18.	Iwao Takagi	Silver-Stone Co., Ltd.	SCCJ	25	101	76
19.	Seppo Rantanen	Siemens Financial Services	FCCJ	18	96	78
20.	Clas G. Bystedt	FCCJ	FCCJ	22	100	78
21.	Kjell Groth	AstraZeneca	SCCJ	21	101	80
22.	Lars Werner	Lux Japan Ltd.	SCCJ	15	96	81
23.	Toyoaki Uchida	UPM-Kymmene Japan	FCCJ	18	99	81
24.	Masahiro Kuroda	MPS	FCCJ	23	104	81
25.	Timo Varhama	UPM-Kymmene Japan	FCCJ	24	106	82
26.	Yoshinori Sano	Seiwa Accounting Service Inc.	FCCJ	24	107	83
27.	Leif Nilsson	SAS	SCCJ	22	106	84
28.	Tommy Kullberg	Ikea Japan	SCCJ	24	108	84
29.	Miki Nakano	Silver-Stone	SCCJ	25	110	85
30.	Johan Groth	Gadelius	SCCJ	30	116	86

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

IMAGES FROM THE COMPETITION

Getting prepared	Tuomo Kuuppo, President of Stora Enso Japan makes a greeting on behalf of the title sponsor.
On the first tee: Timo Varhama, Tuomo Kuuppo, Pernille Storm and Clas Halling.	Swing studies of the top group from the first tee.
The Club house from first fairway	Action on hole no, 3 and 4.
Eijo Takaki of SCCJ with a fine drive on no. 4	... and Eero Tammila of FCCJ responding with a similarily fine drive
The friost group enjoying some snacks at half-way.	Going out on no. 10
Putting on the 10th green	Nice autumn colors
Walking on the 13th green	Going down the last hole with the clubhouse in background
Hans Porat chipping on 18th	Eiji Takagi making his last put... or was it second from last...
Prize ceremony settings	Toyoaki Uchida enjoying the buffet
Waiting for the ceremony to start	Individual winner and winner of the FCCJ Cup, Kenji Matsumoto
Winner of the SCCJ Autumn Cup, Hans Porat	Best gross (70) winner Tomo Bystedt, second in the individual competition
Kaj Forsell, FCCJ longest drive and near pin winner	Pernille Storm, SCCJ longest drive winner
Ian Hamilton, third in the individual competition	Yosuke Sakonju with the SCCJ boobie trophy.
Waiting for the final scores	Tuomo Kuuppo delivering the trophy to the FCCJ team captain, Eero Tammila.