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North America team captain Bob Grondine receives the trophy from Hans Tempel, President of DaimlerChrysler Japan
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The North American Team Retains The Cup!
The European and North American business communities in Tokyo held the third friendly golf tournament at Atsugi Kokusai Country Club on 30 September. Sponsored by German-American auto giant DaimlerChrysler and 29 other companies, the tournament brought together 143 players from the American and Canadian chambers of commerce on one side and the European Business Council on the other side. Playing stroke play with handicap and calculating an average score for the best 80% of each team, the North American team came out on top by 1.98 strokes.
The winner of the individual competition was Masahiko Shimazaki of the North American team with a net score of 63.
Particiants
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143 players participated in this event, including nine ladies. The North American team had 73 players, the European 70. The players represented more than 15 different nationalities. The Americans made up for the largest group, about 45 players, followed by 42 Japanese, 12 Finns, 11 Germans, 10 Swedes, 7 Brits, 5 Danes and 4 Canadians.
Golfers of all levels took part, from scratch players to high handicappers. Gross scores ranged from 73 to 160!
Sponsors and Prizes
The event had 30 sponsors, including the title sponsor Daimler Chrysler Japan. Thanks to this, we had 11.5 million yen worth of sponsorship used to support the event, given away as skill prizes, and at the chance prize drawing.
Apart from the beautiful Hoya crystal trophy to the winning team and a Hoya crystal driver head for the winner of the individual competition, notable prizes were a valuable Chanel necklace and sets of Chanel cosmetics, United, Lufthansa and Virgin Atlantic pairs of tickets to USA and Europe, golf wear from Visa, iPods and Tabasco sauce from Tabasco, a lot of golf rounds from Windsor Park G & C.C. and golf goods from Titleist.
Oakwood, Westin and Intercontinental Yokohama and Park Hyatt Tokyo accommodation at their facilities. Coca-Cola, Fullmoon Beer and Tropicana drinks, Stoll Japan knitwear, Garuda books, Gotemba G.C. and Gotemba Kogen Beer golf rounds and food and drink services, and FusionGOL web hosting services.
The cash sponsors; CIR Commercial Realty, White & Case, Asian Tigers Premier Worldwide Movers, Royal Siam Trust Company Ltd., de Vere
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Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein, Konigstedt, Merial, UPM-Kymmene and Vivi Atami,contributions were very important as it enabled us to improve the drink and food service at the event and cover other cost related to organizing the tournament.
Apart from the trophies, DaimlerChrysler Japan also provided golf jackets for all players and one week free test drives of their cars to winners of all four near pin and the longest drive prize. DaimlerChrysler also covered the cost for the web site and material cost for posters, signboards, pocket guides, scorecards, etc.
Results
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Image Gallery
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