Stuard grew up in Jackson and won a state title at Napoleon High. In addition to the national names and defending champion Cam Davis of Australia (who won a five-hole playoff last year) Michigan will have no less than three pro golfers playing in Detroit: Brian Stuard, Ryan Brehm and Ben Cook. While the behind-the-scenes support is very important to Detroiters, no one can argue that come tournament week, July 26-31, the PGA Tour stars are the show. “It’s what we’re most proud of and it’s our reason for being it’s why we get out of bed every day and we continue to make improvements every year.” “I want people to know when they buy tickets for the event, and food on the course, it’s going to impact the outcome here in Detroit and support this mission of ending the Digital Divide,” Langwell added. All the TV revenues, sponsors support and fans buying tickets allows the tournament, after expenses, to distribute millions of dollars to charities in the region. 1’s Jason Day and Justin Rose, plus Will Zalatoris, Matt Kucher, Adam Scott, reigning Player of the Year Patrick Cantlay, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler and Kevin Kisner playing in such events for fans to come out and enjoy. It’s due to professional golfers like former World No. “And I think that’s evidenced how we’ve gone from five to 22 Tech Hubs and that gives you a lot of pride when you can talk about the why for what you do, not just the how and the what.” “Every event has a mission of some kind, and one thing I can say that I’m impressed with ours is that we are very focused and hold ourselves accountable at making it bigger and better every single year,” said tournament director Jason Langwell. Sports TV host Mike Tirico is on the Board of the tournament and said in his 25 years of travel covering golf, he’s never seen a PGA Tour event more connected to the city that hosts. That opportunity, along with other connectivity solutions, has made Detroit now one of the most digitally-connected cities in the nation. There are lots of details we could share, but the main point is applauding the fact that in the past year, 17 technology hubs at locations around the city have been added to the initial five sites. Realizing this was the impetus for Rocket Mortgage the corporation, and the tournament as well, to jump into action and use professional golf to make significant changes. The Covid-19 breakout in early 2020 almost immediately revealed that Detroit was the most under-prepared city in the country for people to work remotely and the same for students to participate with classmates. In metro Detroit, the Rocket Mortgage Classic, in just the first three years, has funded more than $5.25 million in charitable donations, with the largest percentage going to try eliminating what’s been dubbed the ‘Digital Divide’ with the tournament’s ‘Changing the Course’ initiative. Most fans, even diehard golf fans, don’t know a very important fact about professional sports – that golf raises more money for charities than pro baseball, football, hockey and basketball, combined.įans across the nation watching golfers ‘chase a little white ball’ around are responsible for supporting medical breakthroughs, equipment for new hospital wings, social service agencies and food banks – just to name a few. Players like Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott and Tony Finau heading to the Motor City, July 26-31 By Tom Lang
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