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Venue:
Taiheiyo Club - Narita Course, Chiba Prefecture
Team Result:
FCCJ 79.0 - SCCJ 83.7

The competition was played for the first time at Taiheiyo Club - Narita Course in Chiba Prefecture. Due to the cold and wet weather, the scores where a bit higher than normally

The individual winner (best net) was Kimio Hashida (FCCJ) with a net 72 (gross 90). He also took the FCCJ Golf Cup. Second was Hisako Noto (FCCJ), net 75 (gross 100), third Hiroaki Sakurai (FCCJ), net 96 (gross 103).

Sakari Romu (FCCJ) was best gross, 85, followed by Eiji Takagi (SCCJ), 88 and Kimio Hashida (FCCJ) 90.

Hideyasu Yamada was the best net in the SCCJ team and took the SCCJ Spring Golf Cup.

For full results, see below.

The winners of the longest drive were Johan Girdo (SCCJ guest) on No. 9 and Yoshiki Asahara (FCCJ) on No. 13. As Mr. Girdo was a guest, the SCCJ longest drive trophy went to Hiroshi Kitamura.
The near pin winners were: Kaj Forsell, FCCJ (no. 2), Anders Pentelius, SCCJ (no. 5), Hideyasu Yamada, SCCJ (no. 12) and Hisako Noto, FCCJ (no 16).

We would like to thank the title sponsor Stora Enso Japan, our special sponsors SAS, Finnair, Harunanomori C.C. and Volvo, as well as all the players (and their companies) who brought nice prizes to the competition. Our thanks go also to the Taiheiyo Club - Narita Course and all the other staff for helping us making this a great event at reasonable costs.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Pos.	Player	Company	Team	HCP	Gross	Net
1.	Kimio Hashida	Nokia Japan Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	17	90	72
2.	Hisako Noto	Advertise Inc.	FCCJ	25	100	75
3.	Hiroaki Sakurai	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	27	103	76
4.	Sakari Romu	Finnair	FCCJ	8	85	77
5.	Yoshiki Asahara	Nokia Japan Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	17	94	77
6.	Hideyasu Yamada	Beauty Pollen Co., Ltd.	SCCJ	15	94	79
7.	Masaoki Fujita	Coil Center Fujita Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	20	99	79
8.	Hiroaki Sugawara	Finn Corporation	FCCJ	20	100	80
9.	Eiji Takagi	Individual member	SCCJ	7	88	81
10.	Per Vransø	SAS	SCCJ	30	111	81
11.	George Fujii	Individual member	SCCJ	24	107	83
12.	Kaj Forsell	Finpro	FCCJ	16	100	84
13.	Anders Penterlius	Alfa Laval K.K.	SCCJ	23	107	84
14.	Roger Neckelius	IKEA Japan K.K.	SCCJ	25	109	84
15.	Veli Solehmainen	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	13	98	85
16.	Fredrik Alatalo	Nippon Eriksson K.K	SCCJ	18	103	85
17.	Takashi Iwaki	Stora Enso Japan K.K.	FCCJ	28	113	85
18.	Sueaki Sato	Beauty Pollen Co., Ltd	SCCJ	24	110	86
19.	Tuomo Kuuppo	Stora Enso Japan K.K.	FCCJ	20	107	87
20.	Michiko Enomoto	FGREC Corporation	SCCJ	22	109	87
21.	Hiroshi Kitamura	Gambro K.K.	SCCJ	30	117	87
22.	Clas G. Bystedt	FCCJ	FCCJ	22	111	89
23.	Lennart Johansson	Individual member	SCCJ	30	120	90
24.	Showa Okamura	Advertise Inc.	FCCJ	20	115	95
25.	Tommy Kullberg	Kullberg & Partners	SCCJ	28	128	100
26.	Takeshi Fujiwara	Gambro K.K.	SCCJ	30	137	107

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

The 27 players gather for photo-shooting before start of play.
Some instructions before going off to the tees.	Eiji Takagi (SCCJ) makes the first tee-shot of the day.	The FCCJ ace and eventual winner, Kimio Hashida, starts his play.
The challenging with a lot of water and elevation changes.		Eiji Takagi watches over Kimio Hasida's tee-shot on the par-3 fifth hole.
Eiji Takagi tees off at no. 6.	Per Vransø tees off at no. 6.	Still some nice spring colos on the trees.
Kimio Hasida's tee-shot on the seventh hole.	Takagi and Hashida walking down the 7th hole.	Group 1 on the 9th. tee, from left: Kimio Hasida (FCCJ), Clas Bystedt (FCCJ), Eiji Takagi (SCCJ) and Per Vransø (SCCJ).
The 9th green towards the fairway.	One group leaving the 18th green while anothe is putting on the 13th.	Eiji Takagi driving over water on the 13th.
Kimio Hashida driving over more water on the 14th.	Clas Bystedt swinging from the wrong side.	Kimio Hashida again driving over water on the par-3 16th.
Perfect impact, Eiji Takagi driving on the 17th.	Per Vransø's second shot on the last hole.	The flags and prize table.
Enough prizes for everyone!		Some food and drinks before prize ceremony starts.
'Some more beer please', Kaj Forsell (FCCJ).	Intentional or unintentional separation between teams, George Fujii of SCCJ, Showa Okamura of FCCJ.	Tommy Kullberg and Veli Solehmainen still involved in discussions while Eiji Takagi is getting prepared to start the ceremony.
The happy winner of the individual competition, also taking the FCCJ Golf Cup, Kimio Hashida. He was also third best gross.	Hideyasu Yamada was the best net in the SCCJ team and took the SCCJ Spring Golf Cup. He also took the near pin on No. 12.	Hisako Noto (FCCJ), second best net, she also took near pin on No. 16.
Hiroaki Sakurai (FCCJ), third best net.	Best Gross Sakari Romu (FCCJ), with his prize, a B&O golf bag. He was also 4th in best net.	Second best gross, Eiji Takagi (SCCJ)
Longest drive winner on No. 9, Johan Girdo (SCCJ guest). He took one of the many nice prizes, a Volvo test drive.	The SCCJ longest drive trophy went to Hiroshi Kitamura (as Johan Girdo was a guest). Kitamura was no. 21 best net.	Longest drive winner on No. 13, Yoshiki Asahara (FCCJ). He was No. 5 best net.
Near pin winner at No. 2, Kaj Forsell (FCCJ) makes his wife happy by selecting 5 kg of rice as his prize. He was No. 12 best net.	Near pin winner at No. 5, Anders Pentelius (SCCJ) seems to like wine... he selected the second bottel for finshing 13th best net..	Lucky (and happy) 7, Masaoki Fujita (FCCJ).
The most 'beautiful' trophy, the SCCJ Boobie prize, and its winner Tommy Kullberg.	Perhaps expectedly(?) Tommy selected the book 'Ultomate Golf Techniques" as his prize....	No. 8 best net, Hiroaki Sugawara, FCCJ.
Another wine lower, Per Vransø (SCCJ), 10th best net.	Best net no. 11, George Fujii (SCCJ) blames his selection of not wine but salad oil on someone else.	Good to have because we do not stcok these at IKEA. Best net no. 14 Roger Neckelius (SCCJ).
Best net no. 15, Veli Solehmainen (FCCJ) selects a book on something that he feels that he perhaps did not produce on the day, 'Great Golf'.	'I like it blue and hi-tech', best net no. 16 Fredrik Alatalo (SCCJ).	Best net no. 18 Sueaki Sato (SCCJ)>
As representative of the title sponsor, Tuomo Kuuppo did not want to show up too high in the rankings, best net 19th.	Our second lady participant, Michiko Enomoto (SSCJ), best net no. 20.	'Perhaps I can have some cookies now?', best net no 22, Clas Bystedt (FCCJ).
Best net 23, Lennart Johansson (SCCJ) believes that it is in the ball. .	'This is mine and I might need it!'. Showa Okamura (FCCJ), no. 24 with a book from a Golf Guru.	'It is not bad finishing 26th, you still get a nice prize', Takeshi Fujiwara (SCCJ).
The happy winner of the Finnair prize (best net no. 17.), a return ticket to any of Finnair's about 40 destinations in Europe from Tokyo, Nagoya or Osaka, presented by Finniar's Sakarai Romu.	The happy winner of the SAS prize, a return ticket to any SAS destination in Scandinavia or Finland in Economy Extra, presented by Per Vransø of SAS	All smiles, even though one team lost. FCCJ team caaptains Sakari Romu (left) and Kimio Hashida receives the team tropy from Stora Enso Japan's Tuomo Kuuppo.