Pairings Drawn for 2010 Tavistock Cup

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Mar 20, 2010, 03:12 ET

ORLANDO, Fla., March 20, 2010 /PRNewswire/ - The Tavistock Cup finalized the pairings for its matches in the unique team competition that returns to Isleworth Golf & Country Club March 22 and 23. The seventh annual Tavistock Cup will feature a formidable contest between the 10 best golf professionals at Isleworth and their counterparts at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club.

Mark O'Meara returns as captain for Team Isleworth and is joined by teammates Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Arjun Atwal, John Cook, Brian Davis, J.B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Lee Janzen and Nick O'Hern.

Ernie Els once again leads Team Lake Nona, which includes Ben Curtis, Ross Fisher, Retief Goosen, Peter Hanson, Trevor Immelman, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson.

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.

2010 TAVISTOCK CUP DRAW

Day 1 Fourball Medal Match Play

                         LAKE NONA               ISLEWORTH
    Match 1              Ernie Els          vs.  Robert Allenby
                         Trevor Immelman         Stuart Appleby

    Match 2              Ben Curtis         vs.  John Cook
                         Ross Fisher             Mark O'Meara

    Match 3              Peter Hanson       vs.  Arjun Atwal
                         Graeme McDowell         Lee Janzen

    Match 4              Retief Goosen      vs.  Brian Davis
                         Henrik Stenson          Charles Howell III

    Match 5              Ian Poulter        vs.  J.B. Holmes
                         Justin Rose             Nick O'Hern

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.

    Day 2 Fourball Singles Medal Match Play

                         LAKE NONA               ISLEWORTH
    Match 1              Ernie Els          vs.  Brian Davis
                         Ernie Els          vs.  Nick O'Hern
                         Graeme McDowell    vs.  Brian Davis
                         Graeme McDowell    vs.  Nick O'Hern

    Match 2              Ben Curtis         vs.  Stuart Appleby
                         Ben Curtis         vs.  Mark O'Meara
                         Justin Rose        vs.  Stuart Appleby
                         Justin Rose        vs.  Mark O'Meara

    Match 3              Retief Goosen      vs.  John Cook
                         Retief Goosen      vs.  Charles Howell III
                         Trevor Immelman    vs.  John Cook
                         Trevor Immelman    vs.  Charles Howell III

    Match 4              Ross Fisher        vs.  Arjun Atwal
                         Ross Fisher        vs.  Lee Janzen
                         Peter Hanson       vs.  Arjun Atwal
                         Peter Hanson       vs.  Lee Janzen

    Match 5              Ian Poulter        vs.  Robert Allenby
                         Ian Poulter        vs.  J.B. Holmes
                         Henrik Stenson     vs.  Robert Allenby
                         Henrik Stenson     vs.  J.B. Holmes

The team competition within Tavistock Cup will include exciting hole-in- one prizes, including Audi cars, Air Nautique boats, Audemars Piguet timepieces and Orlando Magic season tickets.

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

ABOUT TAVISTOCK GROUP

Tavistock Group is an international private investment company founded by Joe Lewis. The company provides creative capital structured for each investment opportunity and looks to deploy between $25 million to $1 billion behind established businesses which benefit from its capital, flexibility, management expertise and global network of resources. With investments in 175 companies across 15 countries, Tavistock Group's investment portfolio includes: life sciences (Kalypsys, Ambrx), sports teams (Tottenham Hotspur) and sporting events (Tavistock Cup, Isleworth Collegiate Invitational), manufacturing and distribution (KangaROOS, Gottex), oil, gas and energy (BayCorp, Pampa Energia), financial services, restaurants (Freeb!rds World Burrito, Mitchells & Butlers plc, Zed451), commercial properties (Tamar Capital, Bulgarian Property Development), private luxury residential properties (Isleworth Golf & Country Club, Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, Old Fort Bay), resort properties (Albany, Harmony Cove) and master-planned real estate developments (Lake Nona, New Providence Development Company). Generally, Tavistock Group invests for the long-term and focuses on improving all aspects of its investments, striving to generate strong returns and achieve excellence in every industry in which it competes. For more information on Tavistock Group, visit www.tavistock.com.

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