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Quicken Loans Adds PGA To Portfolio

by Tanya Gazdik , March 24, 2014

Quicken Loans has signed a multi-year agreement to become the title sponsor of a PGA Tour tournament.

The deal was announced in coordination with the PGA Tour and tournament host organization Tiger Woods Foundation.

The Quicken Loans National will be held June 23-29 at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. The tournament, now in its eighth year and one of the premier sporting events in the Washington D.C. area, welcomes more than 150,000 fans to witness 120 of the world's best golfers compete for a $6.5 million purse.

Detroit-based Quicken Loans replaces AT&T, which has sponsored the tournament since its inception in 2007. AT&T's sponsorship deal was through 2014, but the telecom company agreed to evolve its role to become a "Founding Sponsor" of the tournament and allow Quicken Loans to assume title sponsorship this year.

In addition to the title sponsorship, Quicken Loans will join the PGA Tour’s official marketing partner program and receive the exclusive designation as "Official Mortgage Sponsor of the PGA TOUR and Champions Tour."

Quicken Loans has a tradition of honoring and supporting military personnel. The company hopes to continue that tradition in conjunction with the PGA Tour and Tiger Woods Foundation, says Quicken Loans CEO Bill Emerson.

To kick off the sponsorship, three D.C.-area military families participated in a putting challenge alongside Tiger Woods and Emerson. The families won a total of $4,800 towards their mortgage payments from Quicken Loans. In addition to the winnings, Quicken Loans also donated a total of $30,000 to the Tiger Woods Foundation, Troops First Foundation, and Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.

The Quicken Loans National will continue to raise funds and awareness for the college-access programs of the Tiger Woods Foundation. Currently, the foundation operates three Tiger Woods Learning Centers in Washington and the nearby Marine Corps Base, Quantico.

This is not Quicken Loans’ first foray into sports marketing. The company recently with Yahoo Sports as the technology provider for the now named “Quicken Loans Billion Dollar Bracket Challenge with Yahoo Sports” contest. Yahoo Sports designed the online bracket experience and is hosting the exclusive destination for the challenge.

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Henry Kim from Ft2050, April 4, 2014 at 3:34 a.m.
This is a big deal and it seems to be very profitable in the future. It is also good for company’s brand to be involved with such loud names as Yahoo and PGA. Not to stay on the one place and to develop in lockstep with other financial companies Quicken Loans should provide new products such as online loans.
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Megan Cash from Sky Lending, September 10, 2014 at 3:30 a.m.

Quicken Loans is a big company in the fast cash loans industry. There's no doubt that PGA will get big benefit from this big deal. Also Quicken loans will gain more popularity when it will receive the exclusive designation.

Megan Cash from Sky Lending, December 28, 2014 at 4:10 a.m.

Btw Quicken Loans now offers finance help like blueskyloans does. The company also has a tradition of honoring and supporting military personnel and this is definitely big advantage of it.