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Lake Nona in the Spotlight When it Comes to Pro Golf – Tavistock Cup

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 09:50:18 +0000

The professional golf spotlight will be shining upon Orlando, Florida, throughout the next seven days.
Two annual events run back-to-back in Orlando, featuring some of the biggest names in men’s professional golf.

First up is the Tavistock Cup, a two-day battle of posh Orlando neighborhoods – Lake Nona versus Isleworth. Pro stars representing the two golf developments will square off Monday and Tuesday at Isleworth in this team exhibition. Participants include Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia, Retief Goosen and many more.

The Tavistock is not open to the public, but the action is being carried live on The Golf Channel.

Right down the road at Arnie’s place, the remainder of the PGA Tour will be warming up for the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Bay Hill Club will open its doors to the world’s top players, featuring a golf course that players love.

Drama of match play makes Presidents Cup compelling, despite its flaws

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 10:36:23 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO — Jerry Seinfeld once joked that modern athletes switch jerseys so often that rooting for a team is really just rooting for laundry. I couldn’t help but be reminded of that joke as I watched the Presidents Cup at Harding Park this week.

Tiger Woods of the U.S. and Robert Allenby of the International team are members of Isleworth in Orlando, and teammates in the Tavistock Cup. Phil Mickelson of the U.S. and Geoff Ogilvy of the International team are both members of Whisper Rock in Scottsdale, Ariz.

The guys who are supposed to be adversaries are actually friends. But that’s O.K. The same is more or less true for the Ryder Cup.

Henrik Stenson and Chris DiMarco wear the same uniforms when they play for Lake Nona at the Tavistock. Stenson and Woods are good friends. Woods married Jesper Parnevik’s nanny. Paul Casey and Phil Mickelson are Arizona State alumni and Whisper Rock pals. And on it goes.

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JNF honors Adlers, German and Thakkar

admin — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:17:25 +0000

Jewish National Fund will honor four community leaders at an award dinner in Orlando at its annual dinner on Thursday, Dec. 3. Rabbi Rudolph and Rose Adler will be presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award. Dr. Deborah C. German, dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Central Florida, and Rasesh Thakkar, senior managing director of Tavistock Group, will receive JNF’s Tree of Life Award.

The dinner will be held at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando from 6 – 9 p.m.

The Tree of Life Award is a humanitarian award given in recognition of outstanding community involvement, dedication to the cause of American-Israeli friendship, and devotion to peace and the security of human life. It honors leaders for their achievements and innovations in industry, government, and education.

Rabbi Rudolph J. Adler and his wife, Rose, came to Orlando from Cleveland, Ohio in 1960 to serve the Orlando Jewish community. Mishna Avot teaches that the world stands on three things: Torah, religious service, and acts of lovingkindness. These are the three activities that have occupied the lives of Rabbi and Rose Adler.

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Battle Between East and West at Lake Nona

admin — Wed, 20 May 2009 03:39:43 +0000

Orlando’s version of the East Coast West Coast battle known as the Tavistock Cup is underway today. Two of the area’s best country clubs battle it out at Lake Nona for the next two days.

It’s flat out hard to get into this club tournament. If you wanna represent SW Orlando’s Isleworth, you gotta beat out Robert Allendy, Stuart Appleby, Daniel Chopa, Darren Clarke, John Cook, J.B. Homes, Charles Howell III, Nick O’Hern, Mark O’Meara, and probably the easiest one to beat out, Tiger Woods. SE Orlando’s Lake Nona has Ben Curtis, Chris DiMarco, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Trevor Immelman, Graeme McDowell, Mark McNulty, Ian Poulter, Justin Rose, and Henrik Stenson.

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