Teams and Pairings Set for 2009 Tavistock Cup

First match to feature Isleworth’s John Cook and Tiger Woods versus Lake Nona‘s Chris DiMarco and Henrik Stenson

ORLANDO, Fla., March 11 /PRNewswire/ — Tavistock Cup, the ultimate crosstown rivalry between Isleworth and Lake Nona’s professional golf members, has finalized its field and set its pairings for the unique team competition, which takes place March 16th and 17th.

Mark O’Meara returns as captain for Team Isleworth and is joined by teammates Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Daniel Chopra, Darren Clarke, John Cook, J.B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Nick O’Hern and Tiger Woods.

Ernie Els returns as captain of Team Lake Nona which includes Ben Curtis, Chris DiMarco, Retief Goosen, Trevor Immelman, Graeme McDowell, Mark McNulty, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson.

The members of Isleworth and Lake Nona have won a combined total of 53 major championships and more than 710 career worldwide victories.

As in previous years, the team competition within Tavistock Cup will include exciting hole-in-one prizes including Audi cars, Air Nautique boats, Omega watches and private air travel from Marquis Jet.

2009 TAVISTOCK CUP DRAW

Day One Fourball Medal Match Play

            Isleworth              Lake Nona
    Match 1 Tiger Woods        vs. Henrik Stenson
            John Cook              Chris DiMarco

    Match 2 Mark O'Meara       vs. Mark McNulty
            Darren Clarke          Ben Curtis

    Match 3 Robert Allenby     vs. Justin Rose
            Stuart Appleby         Ian Poulter

    Match 4 Nick O'Hern        vs. Ernie Els
            Charles Howell III     Trevor Immelman

    Match 5 J.B. Holmes        vs. Retief Goosen
            Daniel Chopra          Graeme McDowell

Round 1 will be a Fourball Medal Match Play format. Within the fourball, the two-person team with the lowest 18-hole better-ball total will win the match. Each win is worth 2 points, a tie is worth 1 point and a loss is worth 0 points. In total, there will be 10 points awarded for Round 1.

Day Two Singles

            Isleworth              Lake Nona
    Match 1 Mark O'Meara       vs. Trevor Immelman
            Mark O'Meara       vs. Ben Curtis
            John Cook          vs. Trevor Immelman
            John Cook          vs. Ben Curtis

    Match 2 Nick O' Hern       vs. Graeme McDowell
            Nick O'Hern        vs. Retief Goosen
            Stuart Appleby     vs. Graeme McDowell
            Stuart Appleby     vs. Retief Goosen

    Match 3 J.B. Holmes        vs. Justin Rose
            J.B. Holmes        vs. Chris DiMarco
            Robert Allenby     vs. Justin Rose
            Robert Allenby     vs. Chris DiMarco

    Match 4 Darren Clarke      vs. Mark McNulty
            Darren Clarke      vs. Ernie Els
            Daniel Chopra      vs. Mark McNulty
            Daniel Chopra      vs. Ernie Els

    Match 5 Tiger Woods        vs. Ian Poulter
            Tiger Woods        vs. Henrik Stenson
            Charles Howell III vs. Ian Poulter
            Charles Howell III vs. Henrik Stenson

Round 2 will be a Fourball Singles Medal Match Play format. Each player in the group plays an 18-hole stroke play singles match against each of the opposing two players; therefore, each player plays two singles matches. A win is worth 1 point, a tie is worth a 1/2 point and a loss is worth 0 points. In total, there will be 20 points awarded for Round 2. As a result, it will take 15 1/2 points to win the Tavistock Cup and be crowned World Golf and Country Club Champion.

Tavistock Cup will be televised live in the U.S., Canada and Japan on the Golf Channel and to more than 40 countries around the globe through a network of international affiliates. TavistockCup.com will also feature real-time live scoring of the matches.

ABOUT TAVISTOCK GROUP

Tavistock Group is a private investment company founded by Joe Lewis. The Group has grown to encompass a broad portfolio of investments around the world in the following sectors: life sciences, sports teams (Tottenham Hotspur Football Club) and sporting events (Tavistock Cup, Isleworth Collegiate Invitational), manufacturing and distribution (Puma, Gottex, Vans), oil and gas, financial services, restaurants (California Cafe, Napa Valley Grille), private luxury residential properties and master-planned real estate developments.

Private club communities include Isleworth and Lake Nona Golf & Country Club both located in Orlando, Florida. Lake Nona forms a cornerstone holding to the Group’s current innovative, 7,000-acre mixed-use development plan highlighted by a life sciences cluster known as Lake Nona’s medical city. Tavistock Group, Tiger Woods and Ernie Els have partnered to develop Albany, a luxury resort community on the island of New Providence in The Bahamas. Albany will feature a broad array of amenities for all members of the family including a luxury boutique hotel, an Ernie Els-designed 18-hole championship golf course and a mega-yacht marina flanked by luxury residences designed by some of the most respected architects in the world.

For more information on Tavistock Group, visit www.tavistock.com.

SOURCE Tavistock Group