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Venue:
Taiheiyo Club Gotemba West, Shizuoka Prefecture
Team Result:
FCCJ 80.2 - SCCJ 84.0

The 20th Cup was played for the fourth time at Taiheiyo Club Club Gotemba West in Shizuoka Prefecture. The previous competitions there were held in 2009 and 2011. The event was played in a bit chilly spring weather and some light drizzle part of the afternoon but it did not prevent a good spirit among all the players. The course was still a bit wet after the previous days heavy rain, which made it easy to chunk fairway shots and therefore the results were on average a couple of shots worse that last time we played the course a year ago.

The individual winner (best net) was Sakari Romu (FCCJ) with a net 71 (gross 79). Hie naturally also won the FCCJ Golf Cup and his gross score was also the best. Second was Tuomo Kuuppo (FCCJ), net 75 (gross 97) and third Hiroaki Sugawara (FCCJ), net 75 (gross 100). Christen Schreuder was the best net (77) in the Swedish team and took the SCCJ Spring Golf Cup.

For full results, see below.

The winners of the longest drive were Keizo Mori (SCCJ) on No. 9 and Gösta Tyrefors (SCCJ) on No. 15. To decide the winner of the SCCJ longest drive trophy they did a "jan-ken-pon" which Mori won.

The near pin winners were: Yuko Takagi, SCCJ guest player (no. 4) Hiroshi Kitamura, SCCJ (no. 7), Sakari Romu, FCCJ (no. 12) and Tsuyoshi Hirao, SCCJ (no. 17)

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 Gotemba West and their staff for helping us making this a great event at reasonable costs.

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
Pos.	Player	Company	Team	HCP	Gross	Net
1.	Sakari Romu	Finnair	FCCJ	8	79	71
2.	Tuomo Kuuppo	Stora Enso Japan K.K.	FCCJ	22	97	75
3.	Hiroaki Sugawara	Finn Corporation	FCCJ	25	100	75
4.	Tomoichi Onishi	Western Associates	FCCJ	8	84	76
5.	Christen Schreuder	Wallenius Willhelmsen	SCCJ	20	97	77
6.	Hiroshi Kitamura	Gambro K.K.	SCCJ	30	108	78
7.	Jun Yada	WBO Corporation	FCCJ	17	96	79
8.	Kimio Hashida	Nokia-Siemens Networks Japan	FCCJ	19	98	79
9.	Eiji Takagi	Individual member	SCCJ	9	89	80
10.	Keizo Mori	IFS Japan, Inc.	SCCJ	18	98	80
11.	Hisako Noto	Advertise Inc.	FCCJ	25	105	80
12.	Hiroaki Sakurai	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	27	107	80
13.	Masahiro Kuroda	MPS	FCCJ	23	104	81
14.	Tsuyoshi Hirao	Sweden House Co., Ltd.	SCCJ	25	107	82
15.	Leif Nilsson	SAS	SCCJ	23	106	83
16.	Gösta Tyrefors	Gadelius Holding Ltd.	SCCJ	18	102	84
17.	Takeshi Yokoyama	Finnair Cargo	FCCJ	22	106	84
18.	Clas G. Bystedt	FCCJ	FCCJ	22	106	84
19.	Masaki Goto	Coil Center Fujita Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	24	108	84
20.	Michael Standar	ESAB K.K.	SCCJ	29	113	84
21.	Yutaka Chiba	Western Associates	FCCJ	22	108	86
22.	Stefan Gustafsson	IFS Japan Inc.	SCCJ	28	114	86
23.	Carl-Gustav Eklund	Höganäs Japan K.K.	SCCJ	15	103	88
24.	Hans Åke Henriksson	Individual member	SCCJ	19	107	88
25.	Masaoki Fujita	Coil Center Fujita Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	15	104	89
26.	Lars Vargö	Swedish Ambassador	SCCJ	25	116	91
27.	Anders Peterson	Wallenius Willhelmsen	SCCJ	30	121	91
28.	Veli Solehmainen	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	14	107	93
29.	Nobuyuki Henmi	Western Associates	FCCJ	18	112	94
30.	Tomonori Omoya	IFS Japan Inc.	SCCJ	30	125	95
31.	Akikazu Okamura	Advertise Inc.	FCCJ	22	118	96
32.	Lennart Johansson	Individual member	SCCJ	30	126	96
33.	Takeshi Fujiwara	Gambro K.K.	SCCJ	30	130	100

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.
Getting prepared before start of play.	Eiji Takagi of SCCJ wishes all players welcome.	Brief remarks from Stora Enso's Tuomo Kuuppo.
Tuomo Kuuppo makes the first tee-shot of the day. High finish but low ball...	Text-book follow through by Eiji Takagi on his first tee-shot.	A stroll in the forest always beats a tough day in the office.
Eiji Takagi's shot on the par-3 17th hole.	Anders Peterson putts on 17th.	Tuomo Kuuppo sinks his birdie putt on 17th.
Anders Peterson approaching the 18th green.	Eiji Takagi from the bunker on 18th.	Anders Peterson follows his put on 18th.
The second group on the 18th green.	Enjoying the lunch break, from left: Kimio Hashida, Sakari Romu, Anders Peterson, Eiji Takagi, Tuomo Kuuppo, Lars Vargö and Stefan Gustafsson.	Eiji Takagi and Tuomo Kuuppo takes a breath.
Waiting for their lunch, from left: Veli Solehmainen, Gösta Tyrefors, Hiroaki Sugawara and Carl-Gustav Eklund.	Swedish Ambassador Lars Vargö starts off his second half.	A towering tee-shot on no. 10 by the eventual winner Sakari Romu.
Eiji Takagi with a long putt.on no. 5.	Tuomo Kuuppo misses a shorter one.	Eiji Takagi performs a successful recovery shot.
Tuomo Kuuppo tries for near pin on no. 4.	Eiji Takagi tries for near pin on no. 4.	Anders Peterson tries for near pin on no. 4.
Preparing the 'tools'.	Still some nice 'sakura' on the course.	Tuomo Kuuppo's second shot on no. 8.
Eiji Takagi's second shot on no. 8.	Tuomo Kuuppo's approach to the 8th green.	Eiji Takagi's last tee-shot of the day aiming for the longest drive on no. 9.
Tuomo Kuuppo also hitting hard for a long drive but goes slightly left.	This unorthodox style won't win any longest drives.... Clas Bystedt on no. 9.	Anders Peterson's approach to the 9th green.
Eiji Takagi's short approach to no. 9 from next to his longest drive flag (which he eventually lost).	Group 10/1 posing for a photo after their round, from left: Tuomo Kuuppo, Anders Peterson, Eiji Takagi and Clas Bystedt.	Tabulating the scores after the round, from left Kimio Hashida, Lars Vargö, Stefan Gustafsson and Sakari Romu.
The prize table.	Having some food and drinks before the ceremony starts.

Eiji Takagi starts the prize ceremony.	The individual winner Sakari Romu (FCCJ) receives the individual winner's trophy from Tuomo Kuuppo of Stora Enso.	Sakari Romu naturally also won the FCCJ Golf Cup, receives the trophy from FCCJ Board Member Veli Solehmainen.
Second Best Net; Tuomo Kuuppo (FCCJ)	Third Best Net; Hiroaki Sugawara (FCCJ)	Sakari Romu almost swept the prize table, he also won the Best Gross and near pin on no. 12.
Second Best Gross, Tomoichi Onishi (FCCJ). He was 4th best net.	Third best gross, Eiji Takagi (SCCJ). He was 9th best net.	Winner of longest drive on no. 9, Keizo Mori (SCCJ).
Winner of longest drive on no. 15, Gösta Tyrefors (SCCJ). He was 16th best net.	To decide the winner of the SCCJ Longest Drive trophy, Mori and Tyrefors had to do jan-ken-pon. Paper beats stone so Mori won.	Keizo Mori receives the SCCJ Longest Drive trophy from Eiji Takagi. Mori was 10th best net.
Winner of near pin on no. 4, Yuko Takagi, guest player from SCCJ.	Winner of near pin on no. 7, Hiroshi Kitamura (SCCJ). He was 6th best net.	Winner of near pin on no. 17, Tsuyoshi Hirao (SCCJ). He was 14th best net.
Lucky Seven; Jun Yada (FCCJ)	The best SCCJ golfer and winner of the SCCJ Spring Golf Cup Christen Schreuder receives the trophy from SCCJ Chairman Stefan Gustafsson.	No. 8 best net: Kimio Hashida (FCCJ).
No. 11 best net: Hisako Noto (FCCJ)	No. 12 best net: Hiroaki Sakurai (FCCJ)	No. 13 best net: Masahiro Kuroda (FCCJ)
No. 15 best net: Leif Nilsson (SCCJ)	No. 17 best net: Takeshi Yokoyama (FCCJ)	No. 18 best net: Clas G. Bystedt (FCCJ)
No. 19 best net: Masaki Goto (FCCJ)	No. 20 best net: Michael Standar (SCCJ)	No. 21 best net: Yutaka Chiba (FCCJ)
No. 22 best net: Stefan Gustafsson (SCCJ)	No. 23 best net: Carl-Gustav Eklund (SCCJ)	No. 24 best net: Hans Åke Henriksson (SCCJ)
No. 25 best net: Masaoki Fujita (FCCJ)	No. 26 best net: Swedish Ambassador Lars Vargö (SCCJ) selects art from a frequent participant in Stora Enso Cup, Okamura-san.	No. 27 best net: Anders Peterson
No. 28 best net: Veli Solehmainen (FCCJ)	No. 29 best net: Nobuyuki Henmi (FCCJ)	No. 30 best net: Tomonori Omoya (SCCJ)
No. 31 best net: Akikazu Okamura, determined to fight back next time!	No. 32 best net and the winner of the 'beautiful' SCCJ Boobie prize, Lennart Johansson (SCCJ). The trophy had got lost but a inserted an image from the privious competiotion to show what it looks like, and were to find it...	No. 33 best net: Takeshi Fujiwara (SCCJ): 'It took 32 players to beat me!'
The guest players with their prizes; from left Maquie Eklund, Yuko Takagi and Eva Vargö.	Left Stora Enso's Tuomo Kuuppo (no.2 in the competition) presents the trophy to Sakari Romu (no.1), FCCJ Tomoichi Onishi (no. 2) and Hiroaki Sugawara (no. 3). Behind SCCJ's Eiji Takagi.