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North American team captain Bob Grondine receives the trophy from Friedemann Bruehl, of DaimlerChrysler Japan
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The North American team wins The Cup!
The European and North American business communities in Tokyo held their fourth friendly golf tournament at Atsugi Kokusai Country Club on 29 September. Sponsored by German-American auto giant DaimlerChrysler and 31 other companies, the tournament brought together 144 players from the American and Canadian chambers of commerce on one side and the European Business Council on the other side. Playing the new peoria (shin-peria) scoring system and calculating an average score for the best 80% of each team, the North American team came out on top by 0.21 strokes.
The winner of the individual competition was Glen Sugimoto of the European team with a net score of 69.1
Particiants
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144 players participated in this event, including nine ladies. The North American team had 70 players, the European 74. The players represented more than 15 different nationalities. The Americans made up for the largest group, about 45 players, followed by 32 Japanese, 15 Germans, 11 Brits, 10 Finns, 8 Canadians, 4 Swedes, 4 Danes and about 10 representing other nationalities.
Golfers of all levels took part, from scratch players to high handicappers. Gross scores ranged from 70 to 144!
Sponsors and Prizes
The event had 32 sponsors, including the title sponsor Daimler Chrysler Japan. Thanks to this, we had 10.5 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 Cup to the winning team and a crystal trophy for the winner of the individual competition, notable prizes were a valuable Chanel necklace, United, Lufthansa, Virgin Atlantic and Northwest Airlines pairs of tickets to USA and Europe a lot of golf rounds from Windsor Park G & C.C. and golf goods from Pro Tour, Ecco, FinnComfort/Alka and Ping.
Oakwood, Westin, Intercontinental Yokohama, Park Hyatt Tokyo and Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa accommodation at their facilities. Coca-Cola, Coors and Tropicana drinks, Gotemba G.C. and Classic Golf golf rounds and FusionGOL web hosting services.
The cash sponsors; Aflac, White & Case, Oak Associates (and a sleeve of golf balls for all players), Asian Tigers Premier Worldwide Movers, Royal Siam Trust Company Ltd., Santa Fe, Dresdner Kleinwort, Konigstedt, InterGlobal and eCentral 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.
We couldn't have done it without you!
Apart from the trophies, DaimlerChrysler Japan also provided original DaimlerChrysler Cup 2006 golf caps and a Jeep rucksack 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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