Introduction

Dear all,

We would like to extend a  warm thank you to all the brave players who defied the rain and participated in this year's Swedish Embassy Open.  The record turnout showed that this is a truly dedicated group of golfers who could care less about inclement weather. As one of the players put it: a day at the golf course if always better than a day at the office, in any weather!  We would also like to warmly thank our sponsors for making this event possible.  

We had a record number of female players this year making the tournament more fun and showing that our new rule from last year giving teams with a female player a 2-stroke handicap was a success.  

A special thanks goes out to our Platinum Sponsor Nammo AS as well as our three gold sponsors Skanska, Saab and Volvo Car Corporation together with Martens Volvo. It certainly gives the tournament a level of excitement to have a hole-in-one car on the course.

Last but not least we would like to thank Ambassador Jonas Hafström and his wife Eva for opening up their home to us for the wonderful evening reception and award ceremony. Chef Frida Johansson had composed and cooked an amazing and delicious buffet dinner that surely satisfied all the hungry golfers.

As for the results of the tournament, please find below a presentation of all the winners as well as a complete list of results. To view all the photos taken at the tournament, please click this link: SEO 2011 PHOTOS

If you have ideas and suggestions for how to make this event better, please don't hesitate to contact any of the members of the golf committee below. 

Again, thanks to all players and sponsors and if you were not able to participate this year, we hope to see you at the SEO of 2012. Why not mark the date in your calendar already now?!

SEO 2012: Thursday, 25th of October.

Best regards,

The SACC-DC Golf Committee

Christer Bergman, Chair, christer@novexus.com

Jonas Ivarsson, jonas.ivarsson@mercuriurval.com

Magnus Friberg, magnus.friberg@reverbnetworks.com

Maja Persson, maja.persson@sacc-dc.org

Winners of SEO 2011

Congratulations to this year's winners!

Complete Result List SEO 2011

Complete Results List

(When the final scores are equal the placement is decided via a 'tie breaker system' by the Raspberry Falls golf professionals.)

Sponsor winner:

The Swedish School/Svenska Skolan - 63

Chester Taylor, Mitch Taylor, Dan Checcin, Kathleen Robinson

Flight A:

1st Place: The Long Shots - 61

Tim Harr, George Constable, Bianca Hutton, Niklas Myhr

2nd Place: Vaya Mobile - 63 

Peter Barclay, Paul Compton, Rebecca Compton, Bo Huge-Jensen

3rd Place: Nammo Talley Washington - 64

Nick Perry, Matt Magura, Christopher Murphy, Shawn Conner

Congressional Strategies I - 64

Grayson Winterling, Sue Mandry, Chuck Neary, Brad McGowan

Nammo I - 66

Edgar Fossheim, George Pool, Charles Horner, Kjell Kringsja

Saab III - 66

Ulf Hellberg, Torbjorn Saxmo, Markus Mellkvist

Saab I - 67

Tobias Persson, Per Jarbur, Erik Smith, Mike Connery

The Maple Leaf Mulligans - 67

Suzanna Thistle, Mike Hogan, Eric Bailey, Sean Clark

Congressional Strategies II - 67

Jim Littig, David Heatherington, Brett Pfeffer, Scott Ellison

Mercuri Urval - 67

Jonas Ivarsson, Chris Villasenor, Anna Wiinberg, Magnus Friberg

R.J. Banks & Co - 69

John Banks, Ken McCann, Chris Blisard, Bill Forsberg 

Team Aquila - 69

Pete Russell, Clay Dewey, Chris Blahut

Flight B:

1st Place: SKANSKA - 70

Karl Reichelt, Ed Buttarazzi, John Buttarazzi, Rob Buttarazzi  

2nd Place: Team North & South - 70

Ken Lindberg, Pernilla Lindberg, Gavin Davis, Rhonda Davis

3rd Place: Nammo IV - 70

John Hill, Dee Swartz, Marc Texler, Tudor Waddell

Strelmark-Bergvik - 71

Hilary Fordwich, Anders Persson, Dawn Brändström, Peter Brändström

Nammo II - 72

Pete Sioma, Sissel Solum, Tom Konitzer, Eric Isaacson

GE Aviation - 72

Dean Gissendanner, Tom McGovern, Terry O'Brien, Joe Martin

Saab II - 73

Berndt Grundevik, Fhleming Christensen, Michael Anderson, Wes Walters

Nammo III - 73

Bertil Palsrud, Carl Commenator, Urban Öholm, Dan Cunningham

Volvo Cars - 74

Tim Yehl, Bob Van Heuvelen, Lance B.Leggit

The Transatlantics - 75

Nils Johansson, Christer Holmberg, Ulf Lundmark

Loyal Order of Swedish Moose - 76

Andy Paul, Bob Dyer, Jack Stone, Paul Johnson