8. Sponsorship
• TV Time
• 4-min ads/hour
• No on-course signage; just guides & food
• Invest $6-8 million annually
• “Share” CBS production costs
• $25M global rights
9. Integration
• CBS & ESPN share telecast
• Masters digital & streaming )
• IBM pays to support
• First public, live VR experience
• 13.5M unique digital devices ’15
• Double annually
• Game development
• Drive, Putt & Chip juniors
• Asian & Latin America Amateur
• “Tradition Unlike Any Other”
• Flag Hole US Map
10. Take A Break
• Deep breaths
• Stretch
• Neck
• Jaw
• Mind
11. Economic value
• Economic engine
• $115m tor Augusta businesses
• 250K visitors during week
• Hotelier
• “Makes their year.”
• $300 Aiken, SC week
• $79 following Monday
• House rentals
• $50,000 for week?
• IMG to Plumbing Co to Defense contractors
12. Premium price
• 1/4 majors
• Granddaddy
• The Force
• $115 revenue/35M profits
• TV rights potential
• US Open like -- $100m annual
• Merchandise
• $250 avg. /$48M Wk Total
• Ticket sales
• $35M
13. Passion
• 100 players invitation only
• Patrons
• Practice rounds – 150K
• Rounds – 40K
• Merchandise
• TV audience
• Embrace & foster traditions
• Par 3
• Hole affinity
• Tea Olive, Firethorn, Holly, etc.
14. Loyalty & respect
• Educated golf fans
• Records
• Know champions
• “No running”
• “Chair sanctity”
• “Back nine Sunday”
• Tournament begins…
15. Consistency
• Billy Payne Brandmaster
• Power > Goodell
• Ran ‘96 Atlanta & Centennial Olympics
• How dress, play & practice
• “Bikini wax” & “Mob scene”
• First full week in April
• Invitation only
• Crowd roars through pines
• “Hello Friends” Nantz & CBS
• Green Jacket
16. Recognition
• Most recognized sports events
• 14M Sunday CBS viewers
• 3.2M Thursday ESPN
• Live telecast grows
• +620% in 50 yrs.
• GD #1 course
• First Tee Augusta $200K
21. Sources
• Golf Digest – Special Report – Making The Big Bucks;
Spending the Big Bucks
• Fortune – IBM Boosts Fan Experience
• Wallet Hub Masters by The Numbers
• Landor – Agile Brand Study
• Reuters – Masters Of Minimal Sponsorship
• B. Si Kiran – Successful Strong Brands
• Dave Barrett – Making The Masters
How many know and care about Masters & golf?
Little history
80 years
Amateur Champ Bobby Jones
Businessman Clifford Roberts
Started the Augusta National Invitational
Became the Masters in ‘38
On course built on Berkman’s Orchard
Augusta GA
About 150 miles east of ATL
Talk about tournament but how it is a brand master
Event, happening, icon and
Tradition unlike any other…
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Share these successful characteristics
Brand without numbers & traditions
Walk around Masters how embody characteristics
Repetition as co-mingle
Have them by the bucketful
How much Jacket cost?
Limit sponsors but Polo, Callaway and MasterCard
Ambush?
Legend privilege
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