Isleworth Realty is the Christie's International Real Estate exclusive Affiliate in this luxurious golfing community
Each year, Isleworth is a proud host to the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational hosted by Texas Tech and the University of Central Florida, an annual amateur golf event recognized as one of the leading college golf competitions in the nation. October marked the luxury residential golf community’s eighth Isleworth Collegiate Invitational featuring 15 of the finest college teams, including this year’s champion the Texas Longhorns. Texas found itself atop the leaderboard on the final day of the three-day competition and claimed its second Isleworth Collegiate Invitational win. Beyond landing the nation’s strongest teams, the tournament has attracted amateur golf’s best individual talent. During their collegiate careers, current touring professionals Bud Causley, Rickie Fowler, J.B. Holmes, Chris Kirk, Jamie Lovemark, Pablo Martin, Webb Simpson and Jhonatthan Vegas all had the pleasure of playing in the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational.
Created in 2004, Isleworth welcomes the best teams in collegiate golf inside its gates each fall for an experience rivaling that of a real major championship. The tournament combines exceptional hospitality, a challenging tournament field and one of the best conditioned courses in the world. Isleworth's magnificent greens, fairways and lakes are a sight to behold, but beyond its beauty lies a golf challenge unlike any other. A par-72, 7,544-yard championship course originally designed by Arnold Palmer and Ed Seay and later redesigned and enhanced by Steve Smyers, Isleworth consistently ranks as one of the longest and most difficult courses in Florida and is home to a number of world-renowned PGA professionals. Besides taking on one of the most trying courses, Isleworth Collegiate Invitational players get to compete in front of their idols.
For host schools Texas Tech and UCF, the Isleworth Collegiate Invitational is an important recruiting tool for their top-ranked golf programs because potential recruits look to play in the best tournament schedules on the most challenging courses available. For Isleworth Realty, the collegiate tournament serves as an opportunity to form relationships with up-and-coming golfers who will need a quality training ground once they turn professional.
