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The European Team wins The Cup!
EBC's Erik Ullner (left) receives the trophy from DaimlerChrysler Japan's
President Hans Tempel.
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The European and North American business communities in Tokyo held their fifth friendly golf tournament at Atsugi Kokusai Country Club on 28 September in sunny and unusual warm late September weather.
With DaimlerChrysler as the title sponsor and 28 other sponsors, the tournament brought together 138 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 European team came out on top by 0.6 strokes.
Participants
This time, 138 players participated in this event, including eight ladies. The North American team had 73 players, the European 65. The players represented about 15 different nationalities. The Americans made up for the largest group, about 50 players, followed by 26 Japanese, 18 Germans, 8 Finns, 6 Brits, 5 Canadians, 5 Swedes, 3 Swiss and about 20 representing other nationalities.
Golfers of all levels took part, from single players to high handicappers. Gross scores ranged from 70 to 148!
Sponsors and Prizes
The event had 29 sponsors, including the title sponsor DaimlerChrysler Japan. Thanks to this, we had 7.5 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 (from DaimlerChrysler), notable prizes were a valuable Chanel brooch, United Airlines pair of tickets to USA, an extensive Niseko Golf Getaway pack, service coupons and golf stays from Windsor Park G & C.C. and golf goods from Titleist and Colantotte. Yellowtail provided a bottle of wine for each player to take home and also wine for the party.
World on Demand gave free one year subscriptions for their services.
Park Hyatt Tokyo and Hilton Odawara Resort & Spa accommodation at their facilities. Coca-Cola, Coors and Tropicana drinks, Gotemba G.C. and Belle View Nagao golf rounds and FusionGOL web hosting services.
The cash sponsors; Aflac, Merrill Lynch, White & Case, Standard Chartered, Asian Tigers Premier Worldwide Movers, Santa Fe, Latham & Watkins, IFG Asia, Dresdner Kleinwort, Konigstedt, InterGlobal, systemsGo, and eCentral contributions were very important as it enabled us to improve the drink and food service at the event and cover other costs related to organizing the tournament.
We couldn't have done it without you!
Apart from the trophies, DaimlerChrysler Japan also provided original DaimlerChrysler Cup 2007 golf caps and a Dodge USB stick 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 administration, web site and costs for posters, signboards, pocket guides, scorecards, etc.
Results
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Image Gallery
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