

“Michigan is such a great golfing state, and the enthusiasm here is absolutely incredible,” PGA’s Mark Russel echoed in the report. PGA Executive Director Jason Langwell told The Detroit News that the crowd probably reached the high-end of those numbers. Tournaments don’t release attendance numbers, but estimates ranged somewhere between 40,000 and 70,000. Seizing on the certain exposure from major sports networks and fan shares on social media, a dedicated team also concepted, built, and delivered several elaborate FOAM3D™ props, including giant, custom letters and a CNC-carved Rocket Mortgage Classic sign with thousands of hand placed golf balls. Solutionīritten delivered sign/graphics and thousands of linear feet of crowd-stopping advertising- AdMesh™ logo perimeter fencing. play mini golf, plus take a look ahead to the Rocket Mortgage Classic. The deal with Rocket Mortgage adds to DeChambeau's list of endorsement deals, which also includes wearing the logo of Rochester-based OneStream Software LLC on one of his shirt sleeves.A long-rumored deal to bring a PGA Tour event back to the Detroit became a reality when the circuit announced that Rocket Mortgage, the online arm of Quicken Loans, had agreed to a four-year deal to sponsor the event at the 100-year-old Detroit Golf Club. Rory McIlroy and Mike McCarley announce tech-infused golf league with the PGA TOUR.

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"As the champion of the Rocket Mortgage Classic, I got a chance to go deep and learn about who they are as a company and what they stood for. "I am looking forward to working with, and learning from, Rocket Mortgage and Rocket Companies as one of my goals is to extend my impact on communities by creating sustainable, positive change among the younger generation," DeChambeau said in the release. Open, and is so far leading this year's FedEx Cup standings on the tour. Professional sports accounted for about 30 percent of that overall spend, according to a Rocket spokesperson.ĭeChambeau, 27, last July won the Rocket Mortgage Classic PGA tournament at the Detroit Golf Club.ĭeChambeau has won two more tournaments since that time, including last year's U.S. The company reported spending just less than $1 billion on marketing efforts in 2020. "At Rocket Mortgage, whether it is hosting the first-ever basketball game on a live aircraft carrier or creating the largest game of Super Bowl Squares in history, we love being on a big stage and finding opportunities and partners to establish truly epic activations that demonstrate how both Rocket Companies and athletes impact the outcome."ĭetroit-based Rocket Mortgage, the nation's largest mortgage lender, also sponsors DeChambeau's fellow PGA Tour star Rickie Fowler.

He is an innovator, changing the way people think about the great game of golf, just like we have shifted perceptions about how simple getting a mortgage can be with our digital solutions," Casey Hurbis, Rocket's chief marketing officer, said in the release. "Golf fans are glued to their screens every time Bryson takes the tee. Rocket Mortgage has signed a sponsorship deal with PGA Tour star Bryson DeChambeau, who last summer won the mortgage lender's eponymous tournament in Detroit.įinancial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but DeChambeau's driver - known for hitting some of the longest drives in the game - will bear a Rocket Mortgage-branded headcover, and the player will wear the brand's logo on the left sleeve of his shirt, according to a news release.
