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Sponsorship Opportunities
The Toshiba Classic is a week unlike any other in Orange County.
Every year, the Toshiba Classic attracts a field of professional players so strong it rivals the major championships. The leaderboard is filled with names like Hale Irwin, Chi Chi Rodriguez, Gary Player, Ray Floyd, Fuzzy Zoeller, Ben Crenshaw, Gary McCord, Tom Kite, Bruce Lietzke, Larry Nelson and Lanny Wadkins.
Massive galleries file into Newport Beach Country Club to lend a level of excitement that has established the Toshiba Classic as the finest stop on the PGA Champions Tour. And fans have historically been treated to great finishes and big-name champions.
Best of all, the Toshiba Classic is the most philanthropic event in Champions Tour history--raising more than $10.1 million for local charities.
That's why the finest companies in Orange County get involved every year.
Sponsorship Programs
The Toshiba Classic can develop a customized sponsorship package to meet the needs of any company. Whether you're in search of client entertainment, product promotion, advertising, employee appreciation or a combination of all four, the Toshiba Classic can tailor a proposal that meets your objectives and your budget. The Toshiba Classic captures the buzz that surrounds Orange County's largest, most prestigious sporting event, delivering one of the most versatile and cost-effective marketing vehicles available.
For more information about sponsoring the 2008 Toshiba Classic, please call 949/660-1001 or click on the below links.
Hospitality
When the Toshiba Classic comes to town, there is no place golf fans would rather be than in a hospitality venue at the tournament, enjoying food, beverages and an unmatched view of the action.
Hospitality venues are the best way to entertain current customers and develop new ones at the tournament. And the Toshiba Classic offers a wide selection of hospitality options designed to meet various sized budgets and guest lists.
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Villas
At 1,200 square feet, the Toshiba Classic Villas are the largest hospitality venues at the tournament. They provide an outdoor deck for viewing as well as an indoor, heated and air conditioned area for food and beverage. Each 18th hole Villa offers panoramic views of two different holes (the 18th and either the 10th or the 15th) and can accommodate up to 80 guests at a time. In addition, our 16th hole Villas are strategically located to offer vantage points of the 16th green and the par-three 17th hole.
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Skyboxes
Each skybox is perched on the edge of one of Newport Beach Country Club's immaculate greens, offering an unparalleled vantage point of the tournament action. Loaded with amenities, skyboxes accommodate up to 35 guests at a time. They are available on the 17th and 18th holes--where the action crescendos each year.
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18th Hole Skyboxes |
Pavilion Club |
Pavilion Club/Palm Club
For those who want to entertain a smaller number of guests in an exclusive setting, the Pavilion Club offers private tables for 10 with food and beverage available on demand all day. Located behind the green on the par-five 15th hole, the Pavilion Club is a popular hassle-free hospitality option that requires no coordination with the tournament caterer--simply show up and enjoy.
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Partners Club |
Partners Club
The Partners Club is a perfect option for sponsors who want to experience the amenities of a Toshiba Classic hospitality venue, but don't have the demand to fill a skybox or a Pavilion Club table. With the Partners Club, sponsors purchase individual seating in a skybox on the 18th fairway, with a view of the fairway and green at the finishing hole. Each seat includes food and beverage all day.
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Pro-Ams and Golf Activities
There is no other round of golf that compares to a pro-am experience. It's the only sporting event where you get to suit up and play alongside the professionals in championship conditions. You and your pro partner will play the same quick greens and the same brutal rough. Your name will be announced by the starter on the first tee and the galleries will be watching your every move.
Going "inside the ropes" at a Toshiba Classic pro-am is the hottest commodity at the tournament. Pro-am rounds on the Champions Tour are tremendously popular because they offer so much interaction with the professional players, both on the course (in the form of conversation and impromptu lessons) as well as off the course during pro-am parties and meals.
Classic Pro-Am
The Toshiba Classic always delivers one of the finest fields on the Champions Tour, which means our Classic Pro-Am is perhaps the most star-studded pro-am of the year. This two-day pro-am, which pairs an amateur foursome with a different professional player each day, is the most coveted playing spot at the Toshiba Classic.
Monday Pro-Am
The Monday Pro-Am represents the first opportunity of the week to get "inside the ropes" on the Newport Beach Country Club championship course. Each amateur foursome is paired with a Champions Tour professional in this one-day event that kicks off tournament week.
Championship Challenge
Ever wonder how you'd hold up under final-round playing conditions? Played the Monday after the tournament, the Championship Challenge gives you the chance to play the exact same layout the pros faced the previous day--the same tucked pin positions and the same slick greens.
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Advertising and Print Materials
In Orange County, there is only one opportunity all year to reach the educated, affluent audience that a PGA Tour-sanctioned event delivers. The Toshiba Classic offers several avenues to reach this key demographic, including print advertisements, on-course signage and direct, personal exposure.
Pairing Guide
The pairing guide is an indispensable part of the tournament experience for fans who want to find their favorite players on the course. Printed daily, Wednesday through Sunday, pairing guides provide that day's tee times to all fans in attendance. Ads are strategically placed to maximize exposure.
Course Guide
The course guide is an innovative information guide at the Toshiba Classic that contains a course map, parking and shuttle information and other Champions Tour news. There are only four ads on course guides, which is given to the general public and delivered to sponsors and their guests. The course guide also serves as a hospitality-venue map for all sponsors folds neatly into any pocket.
Tournament Magazine
The tournament magazine is the official source of news, player bios, tournament history and riveting feature articles about the Toshiba Classic. This full-color publication is distributed free to all who enter the tournament admission gates and is often kept as a souvenir or used for autographs.
Ticket Backs
The Toshiba Classic will produce more than 70,000 tickets, making ticket back advertising one of the best ways to get your message into the hands of spectators. Tickets are typically distributed weeks in advance of the tournament, which gives your ad a considerable shelf life. Ticket backs are also ideal for coupon ads.
Ticket Jackets
Advertising on the ticket jackets is a great way to reach a tightly focused, high-end audience of tournament sponsors and their guests. The tournament sends out thousands of ticket packages, all wrapped in ticket jackets that include maps, parking information and just one advertisement.
Parking Passes
The ad on the back of the parking pass stares your audience directly in the eyes while it hangs from a rearview mirror. This advertisement reaches a core audience of tournament sponsors who receive preferred parking. Parking passes are distributed well in advance of the tournament.
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Course Signage and Expo Booths
In Orange County, there is only one opportunity all year to reach the educated, affluent audience that a PGA Tour-sanctioned event delivers. The Toshiba Classic offers several avenues to reach this key demographic, including print advertisements, on-course signage and direct, personal exposure.
Manual Leader Boards
Practice Range
Hole Sponsorships
Expo Booths
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Standards
No other sponsorship enables your corporate logo to cover more ground than the standards. With this sponsorship, your company's identity will follow the footsteps of each professional group in the tournament on the mobile leader board carried by one of our standard bearers.
Manual Leader Boards
Manual leader boards are one of the grand traditions of the game, which is why they continue to be used at golf's major championships and the Toshiba Classic. With a manual leader board sponsorship, your logo will be next to the tournament leaders in nine high-profile locations throughout the golf course, including the finishing holes.
Practice Range
The practice range is a hub of activity at the Toshiba Classic, where hundreds of fans gather to watch their favorite players warm up. Centrally located between the first and 10th tees, the driving range sponsorship will drive traffic to your company signage that is prominently on display.
Caddie Bibs
Sponsoring the caddie bibs is the next best things to having your logo on the back of Chi Chi Rodriguez or any of the other Champions Tour legends. Because standing next to the players at all times is the caddie, who will brandish your logo to everyone in attendance and to an international television audience.
Hole Sponsorships
With a hole sponsorship, your company's full-color signage is on display to the gallery and the television audience as the Champions Tour stars tee off. Hole sponsorships are a solid way to reach the Toshiba Classic crowds--which are among the largest and most mobile on Tour.
Expo Booths
Expo Booths provide the best opportunity to put your product or service on direct display before the audience of the Toshiba Classic. Each of our 80,000 gallery members enters the tournament via our Expo Hall, putting you at center stage before thousands of potential customers.
Special Events
If your sponsorship goal is to do something special, the Toshiba Classic can create a unique turn-key event that will create significant publicity and deliver an exciting platform for entertaining your important clients. From distinctive events like Golf Clinics and Skills Challenge competitions, to exclusive outings such as private pro-ams and dinners with PGA Champions Tour stars, the Toshiba Classic can produce the ultimate event that will create a lasting impression with your company and guests, and deliver uncluttered media exposure in the Orange County community.
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Standards
Caddie Bibs
Caddie Bibs
Special Events
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