(日本語は下記に続きます)
The 35th Stora Enso Cup, the golf challenge between the Swedish and Finnish Chambers was played on Friday, 22 November at Golf Club Narita Hightree in Chiba Prefecture. Though the course was really beautiful autumn leaf colors on the trees, weather was unfortunately quite rainy and thus relatively challenging play on the course. Altogether 30 players participated in the competition (18 from FCCJ, 12 from SCCJ).
FCCJ, which won the three previous events, retained the cup, beating the SCCJ by a fairly clear margin, 87.8 versus 92.3 as average for the best 80% in each team.
Individual winner was Tatsuya Tsuruhisa (SCCJ) with a net 81 (gross 98). Best FCCJ golfer was Hiroaki Sakurai with a net of 84. Best Gross results was also by Tatsuya Tsuruhisa (SCCJ) with 98.