The players gather for photo shooting before start of play

Club house entrance

The sponsor poster welcoming the players.

In the Club House Lobby; registration and nice cars.

At the North American registration desk; Aron Kremer and Bob Bernal.

The finest cars on the day, unfortunately not prizes...

Aron Kremer gives last minute instructions.

Participants listening.

Masaoki Fujita well prepard for the day with umbrella and rain wear.

Off to the tees with some speed!

Groups 1A, 1B, 10A and 10B of the first tee, sponsored by Chanel.

From left: Yasutaka Nakagawa, Robert Grondine, Kintaro Ueno, Isamu Suzuki, Bob Bernal, Joachim Hinne, Joeseph Peters, Tommy Kullberg, James Mueller, Ziya Muhamedcani, Jim Fletcher and Bill Varvaris.

First shot of the day; Isamu Suzuki, Chrysler Japan, watches his drive go slightly right.

Bob Grondine, White & Case, seems to follow Suzuki's path.

Kintaro Ueno, Mercedes-Benz Japan, going left-center.

Yasutaka Nakagawa, Chanel, follows Ueno's shot!

Erik Ullner on the 12th hole where we had a charity shot supported by Mercedes-Benz Japan..

Hitoshi Maruyama (left) and Bob Bernal at the charity hole with YMCA ladies.

Another charity shot competition was held on no. 7, supported by Allied Pickfords.

Reason to smile, in advance! Joachim Hinne, second from left won the near pin on No. 5. Others from left, Joseph Peters, Erik Ullner and Ziya Mohamedcani.

Checking Joachim's near pin shot.

Seeking shelter from the rain under trees and umbrellas.

Hitoshi Maruyama tries to prepare for a shot in one of the heaviest downpours. Bob Bernal watching.

A crow points out the distance on hole No. 2.

Drive on the 15th, sponsored by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

Christian Olsen, Barry Bergmann, Gosta Tyrefors and Sam Yohannes sees the bright side of it despite the rain.

Difficult to keep eqipment dry.

Nice shot, in double sense.

Finn Havaleschka keeping himself warm, but shouldn't he have an umbrella for his pipe...?

Giving it all.

'The shining brothers'

Enjoying the all new hamburgers!

Nice swing on the par-3 12th.

Getting ready to tee-off at No. 1

Tee shot at the par-3 16th.

Action on no. 17 and 12.

Ziya Mohamedcani (center) on the 9th hole which his company Madison sponsored. With Bob Bernal (left) and Hitoshi Maruyama.

Maruyama-san driving straight for the target, the club house, on his last hole, the 9th.

The club house from the fairway of the 9th.

At the end of play the weather was fine...

Arriving back at the club after play.

Checking and signing scorecard and tearing off marks for own score.

Joachim Hinne guides Erik Ullner to the Scorers' Desk.

Participants getting ready for party and prizes.

The prize table.

EU team captain Tommy Kullberg welcomes the players on behalf of the EBC, behind him NA team caprtain Bob Grondine.

Kintaro Ueno of Mrcedes-Benz Japan gives his welcome remarks.

Isamu Suzuki of Chrysler Japan makes a short speech.

James Allen (right) was the the man of the day, best net, longest drive and nearest to the pin on No. 7. Receiving the individual trophy from task forece member Joachim Hinne.

Second best net, Steve Borell, receiving his prize from task force member Erik Ullner.

Third best net and shared winner of best gross, Jerry Fujii.

Shared winner of best gross, Ted Miller.

James Allen receives the test drive for the longest drive from Kintaro Ueno of Mercedes-Benz Japan.

Joachim Hinne receives the test drive for the near pin on No. 5 from Isamu Suzuki of Chrysler Japan.

David Keller receives the test drive for the near pin on No. 12 from Kintaro Ueno of Mercedes-Benz Japan. David was also no. 6 in best net.

Nick Johnston receives the test drive for the near pin on No. 16 from Isamu Suzuki of Chrysler Japan.

Steve Nagasawa receives his test drive from Kintaro Ueno of Mercedes-Benz Japan. (note: as James Allen also won a near pin, the fourth near^pin test drive was awarded to Steve Nagasawa, who had the longest drive before Allen passed him)

No.4 best net, Hidehiko Yamaguchi.

No.5 best net, Masato Fujimaki.

No.7 best net, Jean-Philippe Jacopin.

No.8 best net, Simon Lavender.

No. 9 best net, Gosta Tyrefors.

Still No. 10, Ryan Hart, walked away with a golf bag.

A happy sponsor, Jim Fletcher of Harunanomori C.C.

Gregor Andreevitch presents the Conrad Tokyo prize to the winner.

Daniel Welk (left) presents the Hilton Niseko Village prize to the winner.

Daniel Welk presents the second Hilton Niseko Village prize to the winner.

Hidehiko Yamaguchi presents the Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa prize to the winner.

Task force member Joachim Hinne, in abscence of a company representative, presents the Oakwood prize to the winner.

Joachim Hinne presents the second Oakwood prize to the winner.

Joachim Hinne presents the third Oakwood prize to the winner.

Joachim Hinne presents the Regus prize to the winner.

Ziya Mohamedcani (right) presents the Madison Company prize to the winner.

Joachim Hinne presents the Westin Tokyo prize to the winner.

Jason Hurst (left) presents the International Solutions Group prize to the winner.

Marja Kullberg (left) presents the Scanditaste prize to the winner.

James Mueller (left) presents the United Airlines prize to the winner.

Yasutaka Nakagawa (right) presents the Chanel prize to the winner.

European Team Captain Tommy Kullberg waits anxiously, but perhaps with some confidence, for the announcemnet of the winning team.

Kullberg receives the trophy from Kintaro Ueno of Mecedes-Benz Japan (Daimler Japan) and Isamu Suzuki of Chrysler Japan.

But then it almost ends in disaster when Tommy tries to raise the trophy above his head in celebration, and the loose heavy crystal pieces on the stand pieces fall apart and drops on him. He escaped with minor scratches...

The winning European Team