[citation needed] From 1975 to 2011, first in New York City and later in Las Vegas, it ran from Friday to Sunday on Mother's Day weekend.
[1] Some if its members were also among the most famous names in bridge, including Vanderbilt,[1] Ely Culbertson, Charles Goren, Oswald Jacoby, Howard Schenken, Sam Stayman, Zia Mahmood, Bobby Levin and Steve Weinstein.
At midnight on Friday, May 31, 1991, the Cavendish Club went out of business because of increasing rent, decreasing membership, and a lease that may have prohibited a move.
At the conclusion of the tournament 95% of the auction pool is distributed in a scaled payout to the bid winners.
In 1978 the Cavendish Club introduced a two-day singles contest which it called the "world individual championship"(1979).