The PGA TOUR enjoys significant marketing relationships with some of the world's leading corporations. These strategic corporate relationships offer clients the opportunity to build their brands through an association with the PGA TOUR, one of the leading sports organizations. The PGA TOUR acknowledges the support of our corporate partners and their contributions to the growth of the game and to the PGA TOUR's total charitable donations of over $1 billion.
With 33 years of professional sports measurement experience, ACCUSPLIT brings its involvement with elite level sports including Track and Field, Swimming, Baseball and Football to a new level with the PGA TOUR.
ACCUSPLIT has been the leader in the professional stopwatch and timing industry since 1972 with its invention of the first digital stopwatch. It showed that leadership in becoming the Official Supplier to Centennial Olympic Games in Atlanta in 1996.
ACCUSPLIT carried its reputation for quality, innovation and leadership to the health and wellness industry with a patented accuracy method for pedometers in 1987. It was also one of the first companies in America to introduce the 10,000 Steps-A-Day for wellness concept that originated in Japan in 1965.
Today that heritage continues as ACCUSPLIT becomes the Official Pedometer of the PGA TOUR and Champions TOUR. Pedometers and Pedometer based Activity Wellness Programs are the tools that everyone in America and every golfer can use to achieve a healthier lifestyle. With our programs we hope that the millions of PGA TOUR fans and the millions of walkers in America will step their way to an Eat Right and Move More lifestyle.
Visit us today at www.ACCUSPLIT.com to discover how to develop your Eat Right Move More Lifestyle or visit us at www.AccuSTEP10000.org to set your activity goals and log your daily activity.
One of golf's most enduring corporate supporters, Anheuser-Busch -- through its Michelob brand family and O'Doul's brands -- also is one of the PGA TOUR's leading sponsors.
Now in its 12th year of direct association with the PGA TOUR, the Michelob brand family has been a leading example of how a consumer brand can benefit from a strong and integrated relationship with the PGA TOUR. The Michelob brand family's involvement with golf dates back more than 30 years and escalated upon signing a long-term sponsorship agreement with the TOUR.
Michelob ULTRA serves as Official Beer of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. Golf and the Michelob brands are a perfect match. Golf sets strict standards for the caliber of its players and its level of sportsmanship. So, too, does premium Michelob, Michelob Light and Michelob ULTRA set the strict standard for excellence in the brewing industry. With the brands' non-alcohol partner O'Doul's and O'Doul's Amber, Michelob, Michelob Light and Michelob ULTRA have the perfect opportunity to reach an important and similar demographic, applying grassroots retail promotions, golf-themed packaging and advertising, PGA TOUR tournament sponsorships and national programs. As support sponsor of several events on the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, the Michelob brand family continues to emphasize its commitment to golf. Its association with the game is a pivotal element in the Michelob brand family's fully integrated golf marketing strategy and establishes Michelob, Michelob Light and the low-carb, low-calorie Michelob ULTRA as the beer for golf.
O'Doul's is enjoying its 12th year as the Official Non-Alcohol Brew of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. The best-selling non-alcohol brew in the United States, O'Doul's continues to grow as its marketing plans are successfully integrated with the TOUR, through golf-themed promotions and advertising. In addition, the TOUR logo is featured on O'Doul's packaging. O'Doul's and O'Doul's Amber are ideal alternative malt beverages for those consumers who enjoy the great taste of beer but prefer not to have the alcohol. O'Doul's and the Michelob family brands are brewed by Anheuser-Busch, Inc., the world's largest brewer.
AstraZeneca, a world leader in the development of innovative medicines, is proud to partner with the PGA TOUR to bring you the AstraZeneca Charity Challenge. This season-long competition contributes $100,000 - at each of 35 PGA TOUR events - to health care charities that share their commitment to educating and treating patients suffering from a wide range of diseases. The contributions are made in the name of the tournament and of the leader entering the final round. At the end of the 2006 season, the AstraZeneca Charity Challenge will have donated a three-year combined total of nearly $10 million to charities supporting the health of children and families in communities across the country. For more information, log on to astrazeneca.pgatour.com.
AVODART, a GlaxoSmithKline pharmaceutical product, is an Official Sponsor of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. The sponsorship will include a media campaign including the theme "In Case You Missed It" that can highlight the previous or current rounds' on-course action, showcase top plays throughout a tournament or provide an interesting piece of golf information that fans may have "missed." In addition, AVODART will have an on-site presence at multiple PGA TOUR and Champions Tour events throughout the year.
Boston Hannah publishes official Annuals for the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. The Annuals focus on previewing the coming year of action on each Tour, and feature a broad range of editorial features, analysis, statistics and insights.
Boston Hannah is a contract-publishing group specializing in production of top-quality magazines.
Visit www.pgatourannuals.com for more information.
Now in its fifth decade as the PGA TOUR's original corporate sponsor, Buick is the Official Car of the PGA TOUR, and is title sponsor of three TOUR events: the Buick Invitational (La Jolla, CA), Buick Open (Grand Blanc, MI) and Buick Championship (Cromwell, CT).
Through its title-sponsored events, which are all televised nationally, Buick has donated more than $30 million to local charities over the year. Buick also works closely with Tiger Woods.
In addition, Buick serves as the Official Automobile for more than 20 TOUR events. Buick actively utilizes its TOUR marketing relationship through golf and PGA TOUR-themed advertising, dealer promotions surrounding tournaments, consumer and dealer incentive programs showcasing Buick and its involvement with the TOUR and golf.
As the Official Copier, Fax, Multi-Function Product, Printer, Scanner, Camera and Binocular of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, Canon equipment helps make TOUR events successful throughout the year.
Canon supplies office equipment to many tournaments on the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, and fans benefit from Canon's technology through product demonstrations, binocular loan programs and on-site promotional activities.
In 2004, Canon U.S.A. and PGA TOUR player Briny Baird created a program called Canon4Kids, which seeks to locate missing children across America through a partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. During all 2006 PGA TOUR events he plays, Baird will again place a digital photo of a local missing child, selected by NCMEC, on his golf bag along with the phone number (1-800-THE-LOST) for people to call if they recognize the child or have any valuable information.
Additionally, Canon4Kids is tied to Baird's performance on the PGA TOUR through Canon's Birdies for Charity program. For each birdie registered by Baird, Canon will donate $100 to NCMEC. Each eagle is worth $250, and $1,000 is donated for every hole-in-one. In 2005, Baird had 343 birdies, 9 eagles, and 1 hole-in-one resulting in $37,550 donated to NCMEC on Canon and Briny's behalf.
Canon also supports junior golf through its association with the American Junior Golf Association, and by hosting the AJGA's Canon Cup, one of the most-popular events in junior golf. The Canon Cup features 40 of the best junior golfers competing in a Ryder Cup format. Past participants now playing on the professional circuits include Tiger Woods, Laura Diaz, Phil Mickelson, Michelle McGann, Charles Howell III, Grace Park and Sergio Garcia. Their names, and many others, are etched onto the Canon Cup trophy, making the Canon Cup one of the most prestigious junior golf events.
Canon U.S.A., Inc. delivers consumer, business-to-business, and industrial imaging solutions. The Company is listed as one of Fortune's Most Admired Companies in America and is rated #35 on the BusinessWeek list of "Top 100 Brands." Its parent company Canon Inc. (NYSE:CAJ) is a top patent holder of technology, ranking second overall in the U.S. in 2005, with global revenues of $31.8 billion. For more information, visit www.usa.canon.com.
Carey is the Official Chauffeured Transportation Provider of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. The Carey partnership is a valuable benefit for TOUR professionals who are among the most highly traveled in sports. Carey provides complimentary services to TOUR professionals and develops custom transportation programs including on-site management and coordination for tournament events, title sponsors and corporate hospitality.
Carey International is the world's largest chauffeured transportation company with service in 480 cities in 75 countries. Since 1921, Carey has been synonymous with chauffeured transportation delivering superior quality, safety and security to the discriminating traveler. Outstanding service has been a hallmark of Carey, making it the service of choice for a wide range of customers including the Fortune 500, governments, celebrities and professional athletes.
Carey specializes in airport transfers, as-directed services, road shows, tours, corporate meetings and special events. Its worldwide fleet of late-model vehicles accommodates groups of all sizes with a selection of luxury sedans, limousines, vans, mini-buses and motor coaches. Carey features Lincoln cars.
Celebrex® (celecoxib capsules 200mg/100mg) enters its third year as an official sponsor of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour in 2002.
Pfizer has developed programs designed to educate consumers and medical professionals. Celebrex will have a presence at several Champions Tour and PGA TOUR events to educate consumers about Celebrex.
In addition, Pfizer will conduct medical professional education seminars featuring physicians who speak about Celebrex.
Charles Schwab is the Official Investment Firm of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. In the tenth year of this successful partnership, Schwab continues its support of the tournaments, players, administrators and fans of golf.
Charles Schwab provides investment education services, one-on-one consultations with Schwab investment specialists and a variety of investment tools to PGA TOUR and Champions Tour players, as well as to TOUR administrators and employees. In addition, through this sponsorship, Schwab supports many of the individual tournaments that comprise the PGA TOUR.
On the Champions Tour, the Charles Schwab Cup returns for its sixth year. Tom Watson was triumphant in 2005, claiming his second Charles Schwab Cup title in a points race that came down to the last day of the final tournament of the year. The Charles Schwab Cup program includes not only the sponsorship of a season-long, points-based competition culminating in the Charles Schwab Cup Championship, the Champions Tour's season-ending event, but also marketing and advertising support of local tournaments and tournament telecasts. Schwab showcases various players, their investment needs and Schwab's solutions. ) 2005 Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. All rights reserved. Member SIPC.
Cialis is an Official Partner of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. To support the partnership, the PGA TOUR and Lilly ICOS are developing a series of golf-themed vignettes featuring top players from both Tours, which will air during PGA TOUR telecasts throughout 2005 and will be featured on PGATOUR.com. Additionally, Cialis will have a dedicated ad panel on the electronic scoreboards at PGA TOUR and Champions Tour events, and will be title sponsor of the Western Open.
Cingular has joined forces with AT&T Wireless to bring consumers the ALLOVER Network - the largest digital voice and data network in America. As the Official Wireless Communications Provider of the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour, Cingular Wireless encourages you to use the same wireless service used by over 500 TOUR players and their families. It's service that offers the most coverage in North America and around the world. You'll find Cingular Wireless not only in the hands of the pros but also on PGATOUR.com and the wireless web, tournament leaderboards, money lists, gaming and the latest news from the TOUR. In conjunction with the PGA TOUR, Cingular has a commitment to phone etiquette and eliminating player distractions with the Cingular Calling Areas at many PGA TOUR events - the official on-course locations to make wireless calls. In these areas golf fans can make a free phone call, check-in with the office and sample the latest in wireless technology. Offering you the ability to stay connected with your family, your work and the game you love, Cingular is raising the bar in wireless communications.
Coca-Cola is the Official Soft Drink of the PGA TOUR, Champions TOUR and the Nationwide Tour. The integrated marketing relationship provides Coca-Cola with a series of official designations, including the soft drink, juice, isotonic beverage, sports drink, energy drink and water categories.
In addition to the marketing relationship, Coca-Cola is the Presenting Sponsor of THE TOUR Championship at historic East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. The charitable beneficiaries of THE TOUR Championship Presented by Coca-Cola include East Lake Community Foundation, The East Lake Junior Golf Academy and the First Tee.
Headquartered in Atlanta, The Coca-Cola Company (NYSE: KO) is the world's leading manufacturer, marketer and distributor of non-alcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups. Coca-Cola® classic, the Company's flagship brand, is the number one selling soft drink in North America, as well as around the world. Other key brands include diet Coke®, Sprite®, Minute Maid® soda, Barq's®, DASANI® and POWERADE®. Among the 230-plus products in the beverage giant's portfolio are soft drinks and non-carbonated beverages, such as sports drinks, juices and juice drinks, water products, teas and coffees. The Coca-Cola Company's website address is www.coca-cola.com.
Custom House is the largest independent foreign exchange company in North America and one of the largest in the world. We offer extensive foreign exchange services using market-leading technology and a worldwide network of trading offices. Whether you're making payments, receiving funds, or working to establish a solid payment relationship with foreign business partners, we're here to provide the very best solutions.
Our size and efficiency mean you can complete transactions faster and more securely than ever before. Whether you're an individual consumer or a Fortune-500 executive, we'll work with you to find the best way to handle all your foreign exchange needs.
With service like that, it's no wonder more than 50,000 corporate and individual clients depend on Custom House to help them handle billions of dollars in foreign currency transactions every year.
Delta Air Lines is the Official Airline of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. Delta provides important benefits for TOUR players, such as discounts on air travel and complimentary Delta SkyMiles for eligible players. In addition, Delta is the Official Airline of many of the individual tournaments on all three Tours.
Delta prints PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour schedules each month in its on-board magazine, Sky, and airs TOUR features on in-flight video programs. Through its PGA TOUR relationship, Delta entertains key corporate clients and develops TOUR-themed consumer promotions.
DTN/Meteorlogix is the Official Forecaster of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour.
As the world's largest commercial weather services provider, DTN/Meteorlogix delivers complete weather solutions to meet the unique needs of more than 20,000 weather-sensitive organizations across virtually all business markets.
In the golf industry, more than 1,500 courses utilize DTN/Meteorlogix's real-time weather information to ensure golfer and employee safety, manage play, plan events, and improve operations. DTN/Meteorlogix solutions are also employed by hundreds of stadiums, sports teams, and racetracks to better manage weather-related risks.
DTN, a private company based in Omaha, Neb., is the leading business-to-business provider of real-time market, news, and weather information services to agriculture and energy trading markets and other weather-sensitive industries. The company delivers on-demand market information, commodity cash prices, industry news, and in-depth analysis, and location-specific weather to over 120,000 subscribers through DTN for agriculture, refined fuels, trading markets, and DTN/Meteorlogix.
FedEx, the premier global provider of transportation, e-commerce logistical support and supply-chain management services, is the Official Shipping Company of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour.
FedEx uses its TOUR sponsorship to reinforce its legendary reliability via PGA TOUR-themed FedEx advertising, promotions, and customer communications. The biggest challenge in golf is developing and maintaining a reliable swing. PGA TOUR pros constantly strive for the pinnacle of reliability, and they deliver. Reliability has always been the cornerstone of success at FedEx. PGA TOUR pros are the most reliable players in the golf world, just as FedEx is "The Most Reliable Player in the Game."
FedEx also continues to be the title sponsor of the FedEx St. Jude Classic, held each year at the Tournament Players Club at Southwind in Memphis. Since 1970, the event has raised more than $13 million for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, one of the world's premier centers for research and treatment of catastrophic diseases in children, primarily pediatric cancers.
FedEx offers integrated business solutions through a network of companies operating independently, including: FedEx Express, the world's largest express-transportation company; FedEx Ground, North America's second-largest provider of small-package ground delivery service; FedEx Freight, the largest U.S. provider of regional less-than-truckload freight services; FedEx Custom Critical, the world's largest provider of expedited time-critical shipments; and FedEx Trade Networks, a provider of customs clearance, international freight forwarding and trade facilitation.
FedEx Kinko's is the Official Document Services Provider of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. As such, FedEX Kinko's provides the TOUR, its tournaments and affiliated businesses with professional copying and printing services through its more than 1,100 locations nationwide.
Headquartered in Dallas, FedEx Kinko's also sponsors the Champions Tour event in Austin, Texas, the FedEx Kinko's Classic.
For more than 30 years, FedEx Kinko's has provided crisp, clean professional copying and printing services to meet the ever-changing needs of consumers and businesses across the country. FedEx Kinko's unmatched service capabilities are called upon by the TOUR to prepare and deliver such products and office stationary, printed forms, pairing sheets and bound sales presentations, as well as signs and banners.
Forbes is an Official Business Publication of the PGA TOUR. As part of this marketing relationship, Forbes is producing special sections that feature business-related stories on the PGA TOUR, its players and events. These PGA TOUR special sections in North American editions of Forbes Magazine.
Reaching 4.3-million readers, Forbes is America's leading biweekly business magazine whose mission has been to provide access to information and insights that ensure readers' success. Faithfully fulfillling that promise is what draws today's most influential business leaders to Forbes. Forbes' other publication properties include Forbes Asia and Forbes FYI.
Georgia-Pacific is the Official Forest Products Provider of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour and is the title sponsor of the Grand Champions Program.
The Georgia-Pacific Grand Champions competition is open to players 60 years of age and older who are entered un the full-field Champions Tour event. Scores posted during the first two rounds of the event (Friday and Saturday) determine the winner of the "tournament within a tournament."
Golf Digest Publications, a division of Condé Nast Publications, is proud that Golf Digest, Golf World, and Golf For Women were selected as the Official Golf Publications of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour.
Through this partnership, the print properties of Golf Digest Publications are now the only consumer golf magazines recognized as Official Tour Partners. As such, the PGA TOUR's sponsors have the opportunity to utilize the extensive publishing and marketing assets of Golf Digest, Golf World and Golf for Women magazines, including custom advertising, advertorials, special sections and integrated marketing programs within the magazines.
Golf Digest is every golfers guide to the good life. It is committed to publishing the best and the brightest, the ideas and images of golf's greatest teachers, players and writers to its nearly six million readers. Published since 1950, Golf Digest has continued to develop and grow its relationship with PGA TOUR players, currently boasting the following as exclusive playing editors: Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Justin Leonard, Nick Price, Tom Watson and Annika Sorenstam as well as many others.
Golf for Women is the ultimate destination magazine for women who embrace the game and the sophisticated lifestyle of golf. It engages the passion women bring to all aspects of the sport - from instruction and equipment to fashion, beauty and travel - and is dedicated to enhancing women's enjoyment of the golf lifestyle.
For over 58 years, Golf World has provided an insider's perspective that reveals the real game each week. As the only publication with a presence at every PGA TOUR event, Golf World breaks the stories, gains the exclusive interviews and provides a candid view on the people and events that shape the game each and every week.
Condé Nast Publications includes Condé Nast Magazines, Golf Digest Publications, Condé Nast Business Media Group, CondéNet, Condé Nast Media Group, Fairchild Publications and Condé Nast Shared Services.
In January 2001, the Hawaii Tourism Authority entered into an Official Marketing Relationship with the PGA TOUR. The relationship combines six individual TOUR-related golf tournaments held annually in Hawaii into a marketing package that serves as the cornerstone for the state's $1-billion golf industry. The "Aloha Season" events occur at the beginning and end of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour schedules:
Mercedes Championships, Maui
January 2-8, 2006
The Plantation Course, Kapalua
Sony Open in Hawaii, Oahu
January 9-15, 2006
Waialae Country Club, Honolulu
MasterCard Championship, Hawaii
January 16-22, 2006
Hualalai Golf Course, Kona
The HTA/TOUR relationship represents a first for the PGA TOUR in that no other state has established such a comprehensive agreement. The three main components of the agreement are:
• Support for the Hawaii-based tournaments through funding and tournament-asset purchases.
• Media package acquisition from each of the tournaments and/or respective televising networks in order to promote the Hawaii brand and tourism messaging.
• Visitor development programs through TOUR media assets, retail partners and corporate partners.
The first PGA TOUR tournament in Hawaii was held in 1965. Called the Hawaiian Open, it was held at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu and won by Gay Brewer. The first Champions Tour event in Hawaii was held in 1987 at the Royal Kaanapali Golf Club North Course, with Orville Moody capturing the title.
Humana is the Official Health Benefits Provider of the PGA TOUR and the Champions Tour. In the first year of our relationship with the PGA TOUR, Humana believes in the values and goals of the PGA TOUR and its charitable giving programs. As an industry leader in consumer-focused health benefits, Humana is pleased to offer health benefits and services that bring consumer products to the marketplace.
Headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, Humana is one of the nation's largest publicly traded health benefits companies, with approximately 7 million medical members located primarily in 15 states and Puerto Rico.
Humana offers a diversified portfolio of health insurance products and related services - through traditional and consumer-choice plans - to employer groups, government-sponsored plans, and individuals.
Over its 44-year history, Humana has embraced change and seized opportunities to transform its business numerous times. As Humana looks to its future, the company has firmly embraced consumer engagement, an approach that is being incorporated into every facet of Humana's operations.
Today, Humana is a pioneer in the development of consumer choice health coverage. Innovative products such as SmartSuite, SmartSelect and SmartExpress are lifting the burden of health cost inflation by matching employers and their employees with benefit options to fit their business and family needs.
IBM is the world's largest information technology and services company, helping businesses gain competitive advantage through innovative technologies and on-demand solutions. As the PGA TOUR's Official Information Technology Sponsor for over 10 years, IBM has helped the PGA TOUR enhance the fan experience and provide greater services to players, spectators and on-site media through several e-business solutions:
TOURCast provides fans with on-demand access to live tournament play, scoring, player information, statistics and other details at the click of a mouse on PGATOUR.com. Fans can customize the interactive experience, calling for any player at any time, TOURCast is hosted on IBM's Linux Virtual Services, a flexible computing model which delivers power as it's needed to meet actual consumer demand on the website.
PGA TOUR ShotLink is the scoring system that tracks every shot by every player in real time, using wireless and laser technology. Maps of each tournament course, developed with GPS technology, enable a graphic display of the detailed play. ShotLink supplies the data for numerous PGA TOUR solutions including:
PGATOUR.com
TOURCast
Tournament (see below)
MobileLink (wireless application for cell phones and PDAs available on PGATOUR.com)
Tournament Tracker is the TOUR's on-site intranet system, providing real-time scoring and statistical information to media centers, broadcast compounds and hospitality locations.
PGA TOUR Links is a "virtual community" intranet system for PGA TOUR and Champions Tour players and their managers. PGA TOUR Links allows players, managers, tournaments and the TOUR to share information electronically. PGA TOUR Links was launched in 1998 and has quickly become a valued program for players, significantly reducing the need for paper-based communication and increasing the timeliness and accuracy of that information. Applications include electronic registration for tournaments, travel arrangements, schedule planning, e-mail access and a wealth of on-line information pertinent to players.
As the Official Cleaning Company of the PGA TOUR Jani-King will integrate its commercial cleaning services into TOUR owned and managed properties including the network of Tournament Players Clubs.
Like many PGA TOUR and Champions Tour players, Jani-King franchisees are business owners who understand the importance of quality service. Currently, Jani-King has more than 11,500 franchise owners servicing customers in 19 countries. Whether they're cleaning the TOUR's headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL or providing customized commercial cleaning services to local businesses in Australia, Jani-King delivers quality results.
Jani-King is consistently rated the #1 Commercial Cleaning Franchise by Entrepreneur magazine. In addition, Jani-King was rated the #9 Best-Performing Franchise of All-Time. Through their network of regional offices, Jani-King provides management, sales and operations support to their franchisees to ensure that every customer is provided with consistent, quality service.
Jani-King is proud to be one of the many prestigious marketing partners of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour.
JELD-WEN is the world's leading manufacturer of reliable and energy efficient windows and doors as well as millwork products. JELD-WEN, based in Klamath Falls, Oregon, is the Official Door, Window and Millwork Provider of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour.
In addition to becoming an official marketing partner, JELD-WEN also is title sponsor of The JELD-WEN Tradition through 2006, one of the major championships on the Champions Tour, beginning in 2003. To be played August 25-31 at the Fought Course at Reserve Vineyards & Golf Club in Portland, the JELD-WEN Tradition is managed by Peter Jacobsen Productions.
Furthermore, JELD-WEN is an Official Sponsor of the four World Golf Championships from 2003 to 2006, supporting these events primarily through network media.
JELD-WEN began as a small Oregon millwork plant in 1960 and has grown into a company with over 150 divisions and more than 20,000 employees worldwide.
John Deere is the Official Golf Course Equipment Supplier, Landscape Product Supplier and Golf Course Equipment Leasing Company of the PGA TOUR. John Deere provides equipment to the PGA TOUR network of Tournament Players Clubs and Courses (TPCs) and is title sponsor of the John Deere Classic. Deere provides a full range of golf and turf equipment, along with utility vehicles and selected construction equipment, on an exclusive basis to each of the TOUR's owned and operated TPC courses. As courses are added to the TPC network around the world, each new course will be groomed with John Deere equipment.
MasterCard International's commitment to PGA TOUR fans includes many prominent programs and events. As the Preferred Payment System of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, MasterCard sponsors the scoreboards for fans and contestants at more than 60 events each year. Additionally, PGA TOUR MasterCards are issued to TOUR fans, and TOUR officials use MasterCard Corporate Cards for their travel and entertainment needs.
MasterCard is the presenting sponsor of the Bay Hill Invitational and title sponsor of the MasterCard Championship on the Champions Tour.
MasterCard International manages a family of well-known, widely accepted payment card brands, including MasteRCard. Maestro and Cirrus.. It serves financial institutions, consumers and businesses in over 210 countries and territories.
MasterCard's award-winning "Priceless" advertising campaign is now seen in 98 countries and heard in more than 46 languages, giving the MasterCard a truly global reach and scope.
For more information go to mastercardinternational.com
MBNA offers PGA TOUR and Champions Tour MasterCard credit cards to consumers. Each transaction with these credit cards helps provide approximately $1.7 million in annual support to tournament-designated charities.
National Car Rental is the Official Car Rental Company of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. National provides TOUR players with deeply discounted rates on car rentals, as well as complimentary membership in the Emerald Club, National's highest level of service.
National utilizes its PGA TOUR sponsorship in the development of consumer promotions, such as sweepstakes programs, around selected tournaments and special offers to Emerald Club members.
In its fourth year of partnership with the PGA TOUR, Nationwide is the sponsor of the Nationwide Tour. The Nationwide Tour is owned and operated by the PGA TOUR from its headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL and is considered one of the most competitive professional golf tours in the world. The 2006 Tour will consist of 31 tournaments played in three countries (Panama, Australia, New Zealand) and 22 states for nearly $17 million in prize money. The Top 20 money winners at season's end will graduate to the PGA TOUR for the 2007 season. Through the end of 2005, Nationwide Tour alumni have recorded 175 PGA TOUR victories, including 10 major championships and among the alums who have gone on to fame on the PGA TOUR are David Duval, John Daly, Ernie Els, Tom Lehman, Jim Furyk and David Toms.
Nationwide, based in Columbus, OH, is one of the largest diversified insurance and financial services organizations in the world, with more than $157 billion in assets. Nationwide ranks #99 on the Fortune 100 list. The company provides a full range of insurance and financial services, including auto, homeowners, life, health, commercial insurance, administrative services, annuities, mutual funds, pensions and long-term savings plans.
Nationwide and the Nationwide Framework are federally registered service marks of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company. On Your Side is a service mark of Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company.
Nature Valley Granola Bars is the Official Natural Energy Bar of the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour.
Partnering with the TOUR allows Nature Valley to reach consumers with a healthy, active, outdoor lifestyle. Nature Valley will provide more than five million granola bars to players, volunteers and spectators throughout the year and leverage its TOUR sponsorship through integrated packaging, print and Internet communications.
Nature Valley Granola Bars is a 100 percent natural source of energy in a great-tasting, easy-to-eat snack. It's "the energy bar nature intended."
The North American Membership Group (NAMG) manages and markets the PGA TOUR Partners Club on behalf of the PGA TOUR. NAMG, headquartered near Minneapolis, is the nation's leader in affinity marketing to special interest groups and has an impressive track record building other successful membership clubs.
The PGA TOUR Partners Club features a wide variety of exclusive PGA TOUR and golf-related benefits, including PGA TOUR Partners Magazine. The club is focused on improving members' golf games and their overall enjoyment of the sport, all while providing an inside perspective on the PGA TOUR and the game's best players.
Membership in the Club has grown rapidly to more than 525,000 members under the direction of the NAMG, which assumed management and marketing responsibilities of the program through a partnership with the PGA TOUR in 1997.
Membership in the Partners Club is $24 per year. For more information, contact the PGA TOUR Partners Club at 1-888-672-2223 or visit: http://www.pgatourpartnersclub.com/
Outback Steakhouse is the Official Restaurant of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. Outback Steakhouse, Inc. is the owner and operator of several national restaurant chains, including "Outback Steakhouse" and is the title sponsor of the Outback Steakhouse Pro-Am on the Champions Tour.
The first spa ever to bear the PGA TOUR name, the PGA TOUR Spa Laterra, opened its doors last December to serve as the centerpiece for the new 41-acre resort and spa community. The spa is happy to report overwhelming positive response from both the local community and destination visitors alike.
Designed by Robert D. Henry, a noted spa architect, the spa was featured in an article in the April issue of Jacksonville Magazine's - Design, as a true source of rejuvenation and renewal in the nation's oldest city, St. Augustine. The PGA TOUR Spa Laterra combines traditional spa services with golf-focused treatments for the ultimate spa experience. The spa has the capability to offer over 70 services and treatments as well as the opportunity to host private parties in the Garden Sanctuary. In addition, the spa has the advantage of offering its signature program - Mindful Golf. This is a multi-day program incorporating three components: golf specific personal training, private golf instruction with a PGA TOUR Golf Academy professional and specified massage therapy. The uniqueness of the program is designed to take your game to the next level by focusing on you as the individual and your game.
Laterra is located in World Golf Village in St. Augustine, Florida, behind the gates of the King & Bear Neighborhood. Over 300 resort-style residences are also available as the community takes shape around fairways of the King & Bear golf club, the only course co-designed by Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus, and adjacent preservation lands. With such a strong connection to the game of golf, Laterra is the perfect home for the new PGA TOUR Spa Laterra.
The PGA TOUR Spa Laterra is open to the public. We also have available a limited number of memberships for those wishing to make the PGA TOUR Spa Laterra a part of their regular wellness regimen. Who knows, you may run into a PGA TOUR Player. Please see our website for more detailed information www.pgatourspa.com.
Physiotherapy Associates, one of the nation's leading outpatient rehabilitation organizations, is the Proud Sponsor of the Player Fitness and Therapy Program of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. Headquartered in Memphis, TN, Physiotherapy Associates offers physical, occupational and speech therapy services to patients recovering from orthopedic or neurological illness and injury. Physiotherapy Associates is a subsidiary of Stryker Corporation, a worldwide leader in the development and manufacturer of specialty surgical and medical products. Jack Nicklaus, who received a hip implant manufactured by Stryker, said "I had my hip replaced to get back my life, not just for golf."
The centerpiece of the Physiotherapy Associates/PGA TOUR relationship is the staffing of two mobile 48-foot, state-of-the-art sports medicine facilities at each PGA TOUR and Champions Tour event. Physiotherapy Associates provides players with a full suite of rehabilitative, preventive care, and personal conditioning programs within the facilities, as well as extensive equipment, treatment tables, multi-station gym and an entertainment system.
Players from both Tours also receive rehabilitation services through access to over 450 Physiotherapy Associates locations throughout the country. Additionally, Physiotherapy Associates develops fitness programs for golfers who follow programs used by TOUR players. For more information about Physiotherapy Associates, please visit www.myphysio.com
PricewaterhouseCoopers enters its ninth year as the Official Professional Services Firm of the PGA TOUR and is presenting sponsor of the PGA TOUR's Fall Finish.
The PGA TOUR Fall Finish presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers emphasizes the 11-event stretch run to the culmination of each TOUR season. Players will be vying for numerous season-long honors as the year comes to a close during the PGA TOUR Fall Finish presented by PricewaterhouseCoopers. Additionally, top-performing players during this segment will share in a $1-million bonus pool. Vijay Singh earned triple honors as the winner of the 2004, 2003 and 2002 Fall Finish, earning its $500,000 first prize.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has a major on-site presence at each Fall Finish events. It also entertains key clients through its use of pro-am spots and corporate hospitality packages. In addition to the Fall Finish, PricewaterhouseCoopers is a proud supporter of THE PLAYERS Championship and sponsor of the Champions Tour. PricewaterhouseCoopers strengthens its brand through a significant event-site presence and with an advertising presence during PGA TOUR telecasts. PricewaterhouseCoopers also is the TOUR's official tabulator of the votes for all annual player awards.
Pro-Caps Laboratories, the leading manufacturer and marketer of vitamins and nutritional supplements in the TV Retailing marketplace, is proud to become the Official Vitamin and Supplement Sponsor of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. Pro-Caps sunscreen brand Sole is the Official Sunscreen of the PGA TOUR and Champions TOUR.
Headquartered in Henderson, NV, Pro-Caps Laboratories was founded in 1979 by Andrew Lessman. Since that time, Pro-Caps Laboratories has been an industry leader in research, development and innovation, while Lessman has gone on to become the most visible educator and spokesperson for the responsible use of nutritional supplements. Pro-Caps Labs remains the world's only manufacturer of 100% pure additive-free formulas and the same integrity and dedication that gives rise to these unique products also inspired Lessman to make Pro-Caps Labs the world's only vitamin manufacturing facility to employ solar energy to produce all its products. Lessman's and Pro-Cap's guiding principle is to enhance health naturally by ethically creating the safest, purest and most effective nutritional supplements without burdening the earth in the process.
At Sentient, we understand that no two trips are alike. So we've pioneered a unique Membership program that's as flexible as your lifestyle. Each time you fly, we provide the jet solution that best meets your needs-delivering it with a level of personalized service designed to make every flight an extraordinary experience.
Our Membership benefits include:
Flexibility: Built around the way you fly
Enjoy access to a vast network of aircraft, enabling you to select the size and category of jet that are right for each trip.
Safety: Essential to everything we do
Our innovative safety program is based on our belief that safety is the job of every employee. This unwavering commitment is guided by an independent Safety Advisor Board comprised of external aviation experts, and is supported and maintained by an aggressive program of ongoing initiatives.
Service: Beyond meeting your needs
We must earn your loyalty every time you fly. This service philosophy is upheld by our Client Management Consultants, who are available to work with you 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Simplicity: Pricing based on flying
Your money goes toward what really matters: your trip. Our program means no large upfront capital investment or risk. You'll benefit from fixed hourly rates for one-way and round-trip travel-and only pay for the hours you fly. And there are no maintenance fees, depreciating assets or acquisition fees.
To learn more about our Private Jet Membership Program, please contact us today.
Southern Company, the country's most reliable generator of electricity, is the Official Energy Company of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour.
Southern Company will prominently feature this TOUR relationship in its national television advertising, including golf telecasts. Additionally, each year the company will fund the Payne Stewart Award grant, given annually to the PGA TOUR member who best represents the professionalism and commitment to charity, golf tradition and personal presentation that Payne Stewart represented. The grant will support several initiatives in Stewart's name.
Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus and Byron Nelson were recipients of the first Payne Stewart Award in 2000. Ben Crenshaw was the 2001 winner, Nick Price earned the award in 2002, Tom Watson received the award in 2003, and Jay Haas was named the award's 2004 recipient.
Starwood Hotels & Resorts are the Official Hotels and Resorts of the PGA TOUR. Starwood brands include Westin Hotels & Resorts, Sheraton Hotels & Resorts, Four Points Hotels by Sheraton, St. Regis, The Luxury Collection and W Hotels.
All TOUR players are automatically enrolled as elite members of Starwood Preferred Guest, the company's frequent guest program, and are eligible for flat discounted rates. Exempt players also receive a bank of Starpoints, which can be used for free hotel stays.
With more than 700 hotels and resorts worldwide, including 68 golf properties, Starwood is the hotel industry's premier golf company.
The St. Paul Travelers, Insuring the Business of the PGA TOUR, is the presenting sponsor of the PGA TOUR West Coast Swing.
The St. Paul Travelers is considered the leader in providing property/liability coverage for golf facilities through its Eagle 3 program. Since 1988, Eagle 3 has insured PGA TOUR tournaments and the TOUR's Tournament Players Clubs across the country under its Tournament Liability Insurance Program.
Thinking Green is at the heart of the PGA and Champions Tours. Through environmental stewardship and resource conversation, our organizations work hard to better the communities where we play. It's this spirit of environmental leadership that makes our partnership with the PGA TOUR a perfect match.
As the Official Environmental Waste Services Provider of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour, Waste Management provides a solid foundation of environmental services and support for tour stops during the season.
This type of work is nothing new to North America's recognized leader in environmental waste services. From creating viable waste-to-energy programs that generate enough electricity to power 600,000 homes to pioneering next-generation landfills that minimize the need for additional landfills in the future to leading the way as North America's top recycler, Waste Management is doing more with the things we throw away.
By teaming up for various outreach and civic programs, Waste Management will also join the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour to further our combined goal of making a real difference in our communities.
Each and every one of Waste Management's 50,000 employees and all of their big green trucks are driven toward peak performance for both fans of our great sport and every single customer. From businesses and homes right in your neighborhood to large factories and industrial operations, this is one team that will always Think Green.. For more information visit, www.wm.com.
WireImage is the Official Photographic Services Provider of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour.
As the exclusive provider of all PGA TOUR and Champions Tour images, WireImage holds the exclusive commercial rights for the licensing and digital distribution of PGA TOUR photography and photo archives to consumer and corporate clients. Their network of professional photographers, working alongside PGA TOUR photographers, provides extensive coverage of the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour and Nationwide Tour to the worldwide editorial marketplace.
WireImage operates the PGA TOUR Images website (www.pgatourimages.com), a comprehensive source of official PGA TOUR images designed for licensing purposes. Those images are also made available to an audience of 1.5 million unique visitors every month on www.wireimage.com, under the Sports tab. Through WireImage's commending technology and Web site, the PGA TOUR is able to directly reach significantly more outlets than ever before, bringing even greater levels of exposure for players, tournaments and business partners.
This partnership is an acknowledgement of WireImage's expertise in preserving, marketing and licensing one of the world's most prominent and important collections of photos.
Headquartered in New York, WireImage operates offices in Los Angeles, Miami, Las Vegas and Atlanta, as well as wholly owned subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Japan and Australia. In addition, picture agency affiliates from over 25 other countries ensure worldwide digital image gathering and syndication.
XM is the Official Satellite Radio of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour. In summer 2005, the PGA TOUR Network (XM Channel 146) launched with live PGA TOUR tournament coverage each week. Long time ESPN golf analyst Jim Kelly anchors the PGA TOUR Network coverage. XM is America's number one satellite radio service with more than 4 million subscribers.
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