Team Lake Nona Defends Tavistock Cup

Lake Nona retains World Golf and Country Club Championship for second consecutive year

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Mar 23, 2010, 07:32 ET

ORLANDO, Fla., March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- With a score of 17-13, Team Lake Nona sealed their second successive victory over Team Isleworth and third overall win in the seventh annual Tavistock Cup.

Lake Nona brought a two-point lead into the final day of the interclub competition between Isleworth Golf & Country Club and Lake Nona Golf & Country Club. Combined with their two-point advantage during Round 1, Team Lake Nona conquered Team Isleworth on their home turf and tied the Tavistock Cup series 3-3-1.

Team Isleworth's Nick O'Hern claimed the low medalist for Day Two posting a score of -7 (65). He took home the Payne Stewart Salver Award and the $300,000 prize. Team Lake Nona's Graeme McDowell was runner-up with a score of (-5) 67.

Team Lake Nona's Retief Goosen claimed the closest to the pin challenge on Hole #2, Team Isleworth's Robert Allenby on Hole #5, Team Isleworth's J.B. Holmes on Hole #11 and Team Lake Nona's Ben Curtis on Hole #15.

Team Lake Nona's lineup included captain Ernie Els, Ben Curtis, Ross Fisher, Retief Goosen, Peter Hanson, Trevor Immelman, Graeme McDowell, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose and Henrik Stenson.

Team Isleworth featured captain Mark O'Meara, Robert Allenby, Stuart Appleby, Arjun Atwal, John Cook, Brian Davis, J.B. Holmes, Charles Howell III, Lee Janzen and Nick O'Hern.

Next year's Tavistock Cup will be played at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club March 14 and 15, 2011.

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.

SOURCE Tavistock Group