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Venue:
Taiheiyo Club Gotemba West, Shizuoka Prefecture
Team Result:
FCCJ 78.7 - SCCJ 84.0

The competition was played for the third time at Taiheiyo Club Club Gotemba West in Shizuoka Prefecture. The previous events there were held in 2009. The event was played in fine spring weather and the course was in good condition although the live ammunition firing from the Japanese SDF test range across the road caused missed heart beats and perhaps missed shots.

The individual winner (best net) was Marko Saarelainen (FCCJ) with a net 71 (gross 98). Second was Akihiro Takano (FCCJ), net 73 (gross 81, also best net) and Kimio Hashida (FCCJ), net 74 (gross 92). Gosta Tyrefors 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 Kaj Forsell (FCCJ) on No. 9 and Naota Kusumi (FCCJ) on No. 15. The SCCJ longest drive trophy went to Gosta Tyrefors.
The near pin winners were: Kaj Forsell, FCCJ (no. 4 and no. 7), Masaaki Saito, FCCJ (no. 12) and James Masao Toyama, 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 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.	Marko Saarelainen	Honka Japan Inc.	FCCJ	27	98	71
5.	Akihiro Takano	Finnair	FCCJ	8	81	73
3.	Kimio Hashida	Nokia Japan Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	18	92	74
4.	Kaj Forsell	Finpro	FCCJ	16	92	76
5.	Hiroaki Sakurai	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	22	98	76
6.	Gosta Tyrefors	Gadelius Holding Ltd.	SCCJ	17	94	77
7.	Masaoki Fujita	Coil Center Fujita Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	19	96	77
8.	Tuomo Kuuppo	Stora Enso Japan K.K.	FCCJ	22	99	77
9.	Pontus Haggstrom	Individual Member	SCCJ	24	101	77
10.	Naota Kusumi	Stora Enso Japan K.K.	FCCJ	14	92	78
11.	Orjan Pettersson	Thule Japan K.K.	SCCJ	29	107	78
12.	Sakari Romu	Finnair	FCCJ	8	89	81
13.	Tsutomu Fujii	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	21	103	82
14.	Takeshi Yokoyama	Finnair Cargo	FCCJ	22	104	82
15.	Eiji Takagi	Individual member	SCCJ	8	91	83
16.	Kenji Matsumoto	Metso Paper Japan Co., Ltd.	FCCJ	18	101	83
17.	Clas G. Bystedt	FCCJ	FCCJ	22	105	83
18.	Masahiro Kuroda	MPS	FCCJ	23	106	83
19.	Michael Standar	ESAB K.K.	SCCJ	30	113	83
20.	Veli Solehmainen	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	13	97	84
21.	Hiroaki Sugawara	Finn Corporation	FCCJ	20	104	84
22.	Showa Okamura	Advertise Inc.	FCCJ	20	105	85
22.	Hisako Noto	Advertise Inc.	FCCJ	20	105	85
24.	Masaki Saito	Vaisala K.K.	FCCJ	20	108	86
25.	Stefan Gustafsson	IFC Japan Inc.	SCCJ	28	115	87
26.	Fredrik Alatalo	Nippon Eriksson K.K	SCCJ	18	106	88
27.	James Masao Toyama	Nippon Ericsson K.K. 2	SCCJ	28	117	89
28.	Carl-Gustav Eklund	Höganäs Japan K.K.	SCCJ	15	109	94
29.	Fujjio Ota	Tumlare Corporation	SCCJ	15	111	96
30.	Lennart Johansson	Individual member	SCCJ	30	128	98
31.	Johan Westblad	Individual member	SCCJ	18	123	105

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.
The new SCCJ Chairman Fredrik Alatalo making welcome remarks before going off to the tees.	Sakari Romu (FCCJ) makes a tee-shot on hole no. 2.	Fredrik Alatalo (SCCJ)
Stefan Gustafsson (SCCJ)	Fredrik Alatalo swinging while Stefan Gustafsson and Sakari Romu are watching.	Fredrik Alatalo trying to get out of a bunker.
Sakari Romu misses a put.	Stefan Gustafsson tees off at the par-3 7th.	Group 1with Mt. Fuji as backdrop.; From left Clas Bystedt, Fredrik Alatalo, Stefan Gustafsson and Sakari Romu
Sakari Romu tees off at no. 8.	Taking time for a photo shoot.	Mt. Fuji closeby on almost every hole.
Fredrik Alatalo makes the first tee-shot after the lunch break.	Clas Bystedt on no. 10	Sakari Romu and Mt. Fuji.
Fredrik Alatalo on the par-3 17th	Sakari Romu tees off on the last hole.	Fredrik Alatalo second shot on the 18th.
Clas Bystedt second shot...or perhaps it was third... on the 18th.	Fredrik Alatalo in a spot of trouble.	Sakari Romu's bunker shot on no. 18.
Stefan Gustadsson makes the last put of the day.	Time to start the party and prize ceremony.	The Prize Table.

		Taiheiyo Club's Manager, Mr. Koura thanked for our support.
Tuomo Kuuppo of Stora Enso makes some remarks presents the company's new logo.	Tuomo Kuuppo presents the individual winners prize to Marko Saarelainen..	Marko Saarelainen with the FCCJ Golf Cup..
No. 2. Akihiro Takano (FCCJ). Takano was also Best Gross.	No. 3. Kimio Hashida.(FCCJ)	No. 2. Best Gross Sakari Romu (FCCJ)
No. 3. Best Fross Eiji Takagi (SCCJ)	Kaj Forsell (FCCJ) was No. 4 best net.	No. 5 best net, Hiroaki Sakurai (FCCJ).
The best SCCJ golfer Gosta Tyrefors receives the SCCJ Golf Cup from Fredirk Alatalo.	Kaj Forsell (FCCJ) won the Longest Drive winner on No. 9. He took also near pins at No. 4. and No. 7.	The winner of Longest Drive on 15, Naota Kusumi (FCCJ)
Eiji Takagi won the SCCJ Longest Drive Prize.	Near pin winner on No. 12, Masaki Saito (FCCJ).	Near pin winner on No. 17, James Masao Toyama (SCCJ)
No. 7 Masaoki Fujita (FCCJ)..	No. 9, Pontus Haggstrom (SCCJ) likes akvavit.	SCCJ Boobie Prize winner Lennart Johansson.
Stora Enso's Tuomo Kuuppo (left) presents the trophy to Kimio Hashida (no.3), FCCJ President Marko Saarelainen (no. 1) and Akihiro Takano (no. 2).	SCCJ Chairman Fredrik Alatalo makes concluding remarks on behalf of the loosng team.	FCCJ President Marko Saarelainen makes concluding remarks on behalf of the winning team.