The Participants in the 2006 Cup. Group photo before start of play.
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Entrance to the club house
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In the Club House Lobby; registration and nice cars
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At the North American registration desk; Aron Kremer, Aska Kuwabara and Joe Lestage
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Off to the tees
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Groups 1A and 1B on first tee
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ACCJ President Charles Lake tees-off
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Tadamichi Tomita of DaimlerChrysler on the tee
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...and Tsukasa Kikuchi of Virgin Atlantic
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From left: Joe Lestage, Pernille Storm, Paul Guilfoile, Hans Porat, Eero Tammila and Erik Ullner
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Not only players on and around the,
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course but also DaimlerChrysler cars
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The game is on! EU taskforce member Hans Porat and ACCJ Executive Director Sam Kidder in a (friendly) fencing match
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From left; Jim Fletcher of Windsor Park G&CC, Paul Lynch, Joe Peters, Chris Oostyen
and
Kaj Forsell
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Joe Lestage aiming at a hole-in-one on No. 12
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A lot of action around the turn.
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The course was in perfect condition..
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..and the bunkers well visited!
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View towards 14th green and the club house
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Two of the participating ladies, Anna-Maria lehikoinen (left) and ibeke Nordal
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Prety good approch shots from the task force members
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... and it disapperared! Erik Ullner (and the cameraman) made their putts. Eero Tammila watching.
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Leaving the 7th green
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Noriko Sano putting on No. 1
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Who said golf is not a power game....
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..this might have not gone that straight....
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Yes, keep the eyes on the ball during the swing.
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Sunglasses keep the fans away
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Not directly copied from ben Hogan's book
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Nice follow-through
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Clean hit from a fairway bunker.
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Sam Kidder's tee-shot on No. 1
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Kalevi Lehikoinen holing a putt
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Erik Ullner's second shot to the last green
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Max Klinger,
Tom Hadden,
Jens Mikkelsen
and Leslie Lohmann
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Richard Mason,
Johan Rugfelt, James Windsor and
Thomas Wells
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Tsunemi Mitsuyama, Nagisa To,
Ikue Fujita and
Katsumi Fujita
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Group 5B returning to the club house, Hiroaki Sugawara and Harry Linnarinne waiving to the crowds.
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Oga-san
(AKA: Tiger) smiling and enjoying the day.
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At the scorers' desk, from left: Kayoko Arakawa, Kumiyo Mason, Aska Kuwabara and Laura Younger.
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Party about to start.
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Enjoying the party food
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Joe Lestage opens the proceedings
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Charles Lake, ACCJ President
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Neil Moody, CCCJ Executive Director
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Hans Porat, Representing the EBC
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Friedemann Bruehl, DaimlerChrysler Japan
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Mr. Bruehl presents the winner's trophy to Glen Sugimoto
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Second placed Eiji Takagi with Erik Ullner. "But Eiji, you played for the European team..."
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Third Alex Wrosteling
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Best Gross, Robin Ord-Smith (left) receives his prize from ECCO's Jens Mikkelsen.
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Second Best Gross, dean Rogers with Joe Lestage
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Third Best Gross, Robert Melson and Glen Sugimoto
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Londest Drive winner, Tom Hadden receives a one week test drive from Mr. Bruehl.
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Near Pin on No. 5 - Nicholas Johnston
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Near Pin on No. 7 - Hiroaki Sugawara
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Near Pin on No. 12 - Ivar Johansson, EU
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Near Pin on No. 16 - Scott Woodford
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Winner of the Nortwest Airlines prize with Chiharu Taita of NW.
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Winner of the Virgin Atlantic prize with VA's Tsukasa Kikuchi
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Winner of the Lufthansa prize with Kenji Oe of LH.
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Winner of the United Airlines prize with Erik Ullner and Aska Kuwabara.
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Winner of the top prize; Chanel necklace, presented by Yasutaka Nakagawa of Chanel.
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American team captain Bob Grondine receives the trophy from Friedemann Bruehl.
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Valuable assistants to the taskforce, Laura Younger, Aska Kuwabara and Hitoshi Maruyama of ACCJ.
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Finally taskforce members Joe Lestage and Aron Kremer have time to grab a bite.
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