Tavistock Cup 2008
As far as global sports go, golf is pretty big – ok, it’s gargantuan. But no matter how much wonga you spend organising a slick event like the WGC, there’s one thing that you can never take for granted – Mother Nature. You wouldn’t be surprised if rain interrupted play at a tournament in the UK, but when it happened in Florida it caused a bit of a stir. ‘How come, surely it’s just one day less the players get off work before next week’s Zurich Classic?’ We hear you say. Well this was no ordinary week on tour, you see the Tavistock Cup was scheduled to start on Monday, so when the WGC spilled over from Sunday, we held our breath to see if the event would be cancelled. Luckily the players finished up and headed over to Isleworth Golf and Country Club (also in Florida) to tee off just three hours late, and the event went ahead otherwise as planned. There was a huge sigh of relief at GP Towers as we’ve got a team over there covering the event for an exclusive Inside The Ropes story, which you will see in GP39. If you can’t wait until then, here’s a few facts you might not know about the Tavistock Cup.
The Tavistock Cup pits the tour pros who are members of Isleworth Golf & Country Club against their counterparts at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club.
Isleworth wear Red, lake Nona wear blue.
Though it’s only been going since 2004, participants of the Tavistock Cup have over 48 major championship and 690 career worldwide victories between them. Well done Tiger.
Spectators are allowed to walk the fairways with players as they go round, although only 3,500 tickets are allocated – by invitation only.
Conditions have stopped play before. In 2005 the sudden death playoff was halted due to darkness and no winner was named. The team captains decided the competition should return to Isleworth the following year.
3/25/2008 5:29:52 PM (GMT Standard Time, UTC+00:00) 
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