Tavistock Cup 2010 goes to Lake Nona

Lake Nona Wins the 2010 Tavistock Cup!

This year marks a couple of firsts for the annual Tavistock Cup event between Lake Nona and Isleworth; this is the first time Tiger hasn’t participated in the event since moving into Isleworth, first time Isleworth has ever been defeated on it’s home turf and the first time Lake Nona has ever won two years in a row.

We always had a great team,” Els said. “But again, you’ve got to do it on the course. And the guys did that. The Isleworth team was tough, but I think our star power came through in the end.

The record between the two is dead even at 3-3-1, so next year looks to be a grudge match that will shake the foundations of the city. At the end of day one, Lake Nona had secured an early 6-4 lead over Isleworth which seems to have set a precedent for day two because the final score was 17-13.

Lake Nona has a very talented team, and they played extremely well,” Isleworth Captain Mark O’Meara said. “For my team, we just need to play better, plain and simple.

The low scorer of the event was Isleworth’s Nick O’Hern with a 7-under 65 and he was awarded the Payne Stewart Silver Salver Award. It wasn’t enough to save the team, however.

Ernie Els and Graeme McDowell both beat Brian Davis to split the four available points.

Justin Rose shot a 68 to beat both Stuart Appleby (72) and Mark O’Meara (69) who in turn Beat Ben Curtis (72) to halve the match.

Charles Howell III shot a 68 to beat both Retief Goosen (69) and Trevor Immelman (73) and Retief Goosen beat John Cook, who halved with Immelman.

Ross Fisher (69) beat Lee Janzen (72) and Arjun Atwal (79) to extend Lake Nona’s lead to 14-10, while Peter Hanson (74) won one match and lost his other match to move Lake Nona within a half-point of the title.

Lake Nona’s Ian Poulter (68) nailed down the win by beating Robert Allenby (72) and halving his match with J.B. Holmes.

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