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Venue:
Taiheiyo Club - Narita Course, Chiba Prefecture

Team Result:
SCCJ 81.42 - FCCJ 84.72

The competition was played for the third time at Taiheiyo Club - Narita Course in Chiba Prefecture. The event was played in a bit chilly autumn weather with some rain during the first hour of play, and the course, and especially the greens, were tricky, so the scores were higher than normal. E.g. only three players managed to break 100.

The individual winner (best net) was Hiroaki Sugawara (FCCJ) with a net 73 (gross 98). Second was Tsuyoshi Hirao (SCCJ), net 76 (gross 101), who also won the SCCJ Autumn Golf Cup. Hisako Noto (FCCJ was third, with same net and gross as Hirao-san, but higher age wins.. Best gross was Eiji Takagi (SCCJ) with 88, followed by Veli Solehmainen (FCCJ) with a 93 and Hiroaki Sugawara (FCJJ) with 98.

For full results, see below.

The winners of the longest drive were Miki Nakano (SCCJ), who also ot the SCCJ longest drive trophy and Veli Solehmainen (FCCJ) on No. 13.
The near pin winners were Per Vransø, SCCJ on no. 12 and Yutaka Chiba (guest on FCCJ on no. 16.. Interestingly enough, no near pins were achieved on no. 2 and No. 5 as none of the 30 participants managed to hit the greens on those holes.

We would like to thank the title sponsor Stora Enso Japan 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.	Hiroaki Sugawara	Finn Corporation	FCCJ	25	98	73
2.	Tsuyoshi Hirao	Sweden House Co., Ltd.	SCCJ	25	101	76
3.	Hisako Noto	Advertise Inc.	FCCJ	25	101	76
4.	Eiji Takagi	Individual member	SCCJ	9	88	79
5.	Veli Solehmainen	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	14	93	79
6.	Iwao Takagi	Silver Stone Co., Ltd.	SCCJ	25	105	80
7.	Miki Nakano	Silver Stone Co., Ltd.	SCCJ	29	110	81
8.	Takeshi Yokoyama	Finnair Cargo	FCCJ	22	104	82
9.	Michael Standar	ESAB K.K.	SCCJ	29	111	82
10.	Masahiro Kuroda	MPS	FCCJ	23	106	83
11.	Tuomo Kuuppo	Stora Enso Japan K.K.	FCCJ	22	106	85
12.	Carl-Gustav Eklund	Höganäs Japan K.K.	SCCJ	15	100	85
13.	Clas G. Bystedt	FCCJ	FCCJ	22	108	86
14.	Lars Vargö	Ambassador of Sweden	SCCJ	25	112	87
15.	Stefan Gustafsson	IFS Japan Inc.	SCCJ	28	115	87
16.	Kimio Hashida	Nokia Japan Co., Ltd	FCCJ	18	107	89
17.	Per Vransø	SAS	SCCJ	30	121	91
18.	Toyoaki Uchida	UPM-Kymmene KK	FCCJ	15	107	92
19.	Marko Saarelainen	Honka Japan, Inc.	FCCJ	26	118	92
20.	Atsushi Yamazaki	Stora Enso Japan K.K.	FCCJ	22	115	93
21.	Shinji Hashimoto	UPM-Kymmene KK	FCCJ	28	124	96
22.	Hiroaki Sakurai	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	23	120	97
23.	Tsutomu Fujii	Vaisala K.K..	FCCJ	21	120	99

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

The players gather for photo-shooting before start of play.
Eiji Takagi making the first tee-shot of the day.	Veli Solehmainen's first tee-shot.	Nice and good looking course.
Umbrellas needed in the morning.	Clas Bystedt, Eiji Takagi and Stefan Gustafsson.	Nicely executed shot by Eiji Takagi.
Veli Solehmainen's tee-shot at No. 13	Stefan Gustafsson's tee shot at the par-3 16th.	Eiji Takagi's tee-shot on No. 18
Stefan Gustafsson using the yellow tees on No. 18.	Veli Solehmainen's second shot at No. 18, club house in the background.	Calcutating scores after the first 9 holes.
Clas Bystedt tees off on no. 1.	Veli Solehmainen's tee-shot at No. 3	'Better not hit right, Stefan!'
The challenging with a lot of water and elevation changes.
Eiji Takagi at the par-3 no. 5.	Clas Bystedt at the par-3 no. 5.	On the 6th hole.
The course is very closed to the expressway and Narita Airport.	The 7th fairway and 5th tee at right.
Eiji Takagi's second shot on no. 7 followed by Veli Solehmainen and Stefan Gustafsson.
Veli Solehmainen's tee-shot at No. 8	Clas Bystedt keeps swinging.	The 9th green and club house from the 8th fairway.
Veli Solehmainen's winning long drive at no. 9.	Clas Bystedt hits a bit too close to the trees and wathces anziously...
Stefan Gustafsson's approach to no. 9.	Eiji Takagi's approach to no. 9.
Veli Solehmainen's approach to no. 9.	Putting on the last green of the day.	Happy faces after the completed round; Veli Solehmainen, Stefan Gustafsson, Eiji Takagi and Clas Bystedt.
The prize table.
Participants enjoying food and drinks before start of the ceremonies.	From left, Atsushi Yamazaki, Carl-Gustav Eklund, Marko Saarelainen, Veli Solehmainen and Tuomo Kuuppo.	From left Shinji Hashimoto, Iwao Takagi, Tsutomu Fujii, Masahiro Kuroda and Hiroaki Sakurai.
Takeshi Yokoyama checking his mails. Others from left Michael Standar, Stefan Gustafsson, Lars Vargö, Toyoaki Uchida and Kimio Hashida.	Dressed for the occasion. Best net (73), Hiroaki Sugawara (FCCJ) receives the individual winner's trophy from Stora Enso's Tuomo Kuuppo.	Sugawara with his prize selection. Sugawara was also third best gross (98).
No. 2 overall (76) and the best SCCJ golfer Tsuyoshi Hirao receives the SCCJ Golf Cup from SCCJ board member Stefan Gustafsson..	The third best net, Hisako Noto (FCCJ)	Best gross (88), Eiji Takagi (SCCJ). Takagi was 4th best net (79).
Second best gross (93), Veli Solehmainen (FCCJ). He also won one of the longest drives and was 5th best net (79).	Winner of the SCCJ Longest Drive trophy, Miki Nakano with organizer Eiji Takagi. Nakano was also Lucky Seven.	Per Vransø, winner of near pin on no. 12 hold tight to his prize bottle.
Yutaka Chiba (guest of Finnair Cargo) won the near pin on no. 16.	No. 6,(80) Iwao Takagi (SCCJ) with with his red wine prize.	Surprised over the vintage of the wine, or his position? No. 8. (82) Takeshi Yokoyama (FCCJ)..
No. 9. (82), Michael Standar (SCCJ) selects a Honka 'fukubukur9' as his prize..	No. 10. (83) Masahiro Kuroda (FCCJ).	No. 14. (84) Tuomo Kuuppo (FCCJ) prefers sake..
Sake is also the choice of no 12. (85) Carl-Gustav Eklund (SCCJ)	No. 14. (87) Lars Vargö selects art from a frequent participant in Stora Enso Cup, Showa Okamura.	No. 15. (87) and the winner of the 'beautiful' SCCJ Boobie prize, Stefan Gustafsson.
No. 16, Kimio Hashida (FCCJ)	Why the grin on the face on no. 18., Toyoaki Uchida of UPM (FCCJ)? He selected a prize from their dear competitor, Stora Enso.Perhaps shouldn't tell the boss?	The defending champion perhaps did it the Japanese way... FCCJ President Marko Saarelainen now no. 19.
No. 20, Atsushi Yamazaki (FCCJ) is happy to receive a wine bottle.	Another UPM guy selecting a Stora Enso prize. No. 21. Shinji Hashimoto (FCCJ). But the bag did not contain and market intelligence...;-)	No. 22, Hiroaki Sakurai (FCCJ)
No. 23, Tsutomu Fujii (FCCJ)	The happy representatives of the winning team, from left: Stefan Gustafsson (SCCJ board member), Lars Vargö (Ambassador of Sweden), Carl-Gustav Eklund (former SCCJ Chairman)
Tuomo Kuuppo of Stora Enso Japan presents the trophty to the winning SCCJ team represented from left by Stefan Gustafsson, Lars Vargö, Carl-Gustav Eklund, Iwao Takagi, Miki Nakano, Tsuyoshi Hirao, EIji Takagi and Per Vransø.