Whats the relationship between the John Deere Classic, Deere & Company, the TPC Deere Run, and the PGA TOUR?
The John Deere Classic Tournament, Deere & Company, the TPC Deere Run and the PGA TOUR are all separate organizations. In 1997 the PGA TOUR, Deere & Company, and Quad Cities Golf Classic Charitable Foundation (a not for profit organization that puts on local PGA TOUR event) entered into 9-year agreement. John Deere agreed to supply equipment to all courses in the PGA TOUR’s Tournament Player’s Club (TPC) network, donate land for the construction of the TPC Deere Run, and become title sponsor of the Quad City PGA TOUR event and rename it the John Deere Classic. In 2002, that original agreement was extended to make John Deere the official golf course equipment supplier, landscape products supplier, and golf course equipment credit company to 23 courses in the TPC network while extending Deere’s title sponsorship of the John Deere Classic to 2010.
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