Tavistock Cup

The Tavistock Cup was a team golf event played in Florida that featured the top-ranked professional members of six international golf clubs: Albany, Isleworth, Lake Nona, Oak Tree Golf Club, Primland, and Queenwood. The two-day tournament was an officially sanctioned, unofficial-money PGA Tour event. The inaugural Tavistock Cup matches were held at Lake Nona Golf & Country Club in 2004.

The event was created by the Bahamas-based private equity company Tavistock Group which, with Tiger Woods and Ernie Els, owns the Bahamian Albany club. Tavistock also owns the Isleworth Golf Club and the Lake Nona Golf & Country Club, and previously owned the Oak Tree Golf Club.

Through 2010, the Tavistock Cup was contested by Isleworth and Lake Nona golf clubs. In 2011, the Tavistock Cup was expanded with the addition of teams representing the Albany, and Queenwood of Surrey, England. Queenwood became the first golf club not developed by Tavistock Group to participate in the Tavistock Cup. In 2013, the Tavistock Cup expanded to a six-team competition by adding Oak Tree National and Primland golf clubs. The following year, the event came to an end when it was supplanted by Tiger Woods' Hero World Challenge.

Each team consisted of four golf professional members who played for prize money, team hole-in-one prizes and the title of World Golf and Country Club Champion. The professional members of these six golf clubs had collectively won more than 1,012 worldwide tournaments, including 67 major championships, through 2012.

Tickets were not sold to the public; only club members, residents, sponsors, designated charities and invited guests were able to attend the event. Once in, there were no ropes separating spectators from the players. Spectators wore the official team colors of Albany Pink, Isleworth Red, Lake Nona Blue, Oak Tree Orange, Primland Gold or Queenwood Green to show their support for their team.

The Tavistock Cup was televised each year on the Golf Channel in the United States and Canada, and on international affiliates throughout the United Kingdom, Asia, Australia, Latin America and South Africa.

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