This year three Irish players are part of the Tavistock Cup with Lake Nona resident Graeme McDowell joined this year - in the new extended tournament format - by Darren Clarke and Paul McGinley from Queenwood in Surrey.
On Monday it was the three twosomes from Isleworth that combined to shoot 30-under par to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the 2011 Tavistock Cup.
There was a change to the format this year as four courses are now part of the competition. Isleworth and Lake Nona, the original two, were joined by players from Albany, which is a course in The Bahamas and Queenwood,
Each club had three teams of two playing the fourball, or better-ball format, on Monday. In round two on Tuesday, the team's will be playing a singles stroke-play format.
For Isleworth, J.B. Holmes and Brian Davis paired for 12-under 60, which matched the low round of the day. Isleworth's other two teams -- Australians Stuart Appleby and Robert Allenby, and Americans Lee Janzen and Sean O'Hair -- both shot nine-under 63.
Albany is two strokes back in second place at minus-28. The English duo of Justin Rose and Ian Poulter combined for a 61, while South Africans Trevor Immelman and Ernie Els posted a 63. Arjun Atwal and Tiger Woods, who recently joined Albany, carded a 64.
Lake Nona is in third at 25-under par. U.S. Open champions Graeme McDowell and Retief Goosen matched the low round of the day with their 60. Ross Fisher and Oliver Wilson posted a 64, while Peter Hanson and Henrik Stenson managed a 67.
Team Queenwood is well off the pace at 16-under par. Thomas Bjorn and Adam Scott combined for a 65. Darren Clarke and David Howell posted a 67, while Queenwood's other team, Paul McGinley and Soren Kjeldsen, shot 68.
