RTJ in Gainesville to host 2015 fundraising tournament for Tiger Woods Foundation

The Quicken Loans National golf tournament, which raises funds and awareness for the Tiger Woods Foundation and local charities, while paying tribute to our armed forces, will play its 2015 edition at the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in Gainesville, according to a news release.

Robert Trent Jones Golf Club, which holds the namesake of architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr., is a par-72, 7,425 yard course that has hosted the Presidents Cup four times, including the 1994 inaugural event in addition to the 1996, 2000 and 2005 events.

The Quicken Loans National, which will be contested at Congressional Country Club June 23-29, 2014, invites 120 top PGA TOUR professionals worldwide to compete for their share of a $6.5 million purse.  Past champions include K.J Choi, Anthony Kim, Tiger Woods, Justin Rose, Nick Watney and Bill Haas.

The tournament will return to Bethesda, Md., at Congressional Country Club in 2016 and be held there in 2018 and ’20. A course location for 2017 and 2019 will be identified at a later date.

Tiger Woods was quoted in the news release as saying, “We are excited to keep our tournament in the D.C. area and to be playing at these great golf courses,” Tiger Woods said. “Congressional Country Club and Robert Trent Jones Golf Club will continue to challenge our strong fields while supporting the local community.” 

Congressional Country Club has hosted the Quicken Loans National tournament since its inception in 2007, with exception of 2010 and 2011, when the club made preparations for the 2011 U.S. Open. The club was founded in 1924 and has two 18-hole golf courses on its grounds. Its famed Blue Course designed by Devereux Emmet has hosted five major championships. 

According to the news release, the Tiger Woods Foundation currently operates three Tiger Woods Learning Centers in the area, at the Marine Corps Base at Quantico and two in Washington, DC.

Scholars in grades 5-12 are immersed in an interactive STEM curriculum at the learning centers and are exposed to college-access programs. Here, they make the connection between school and career, while planning a road map to college.

In addition to the learning centers, there are 25 D.C. Tiger Woods Foundation Scholars from the Earl Woods Scholarship Program, the news release said.

The news release provided this statement about the Tiger Woods Foundation:

Where you come from shouldn’t mean failure. At the Tiger Woods Foundation, it doesn’t. Our programs break the cycle of poverty with college-access opportunities for low-income students. At Tiger Woods Learning Center campuses across the country, scholars in grades 5-12 are immersed in an interactive STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) curriculum. Here, they make the connection between school and career, while planning a road map to college. Tailored to the needs of the first-generation scholar, the Earl Woods Scholarship Program provides four-year college scholarships coupled with an unyielding support system. But we don’t stop there. Through dedicated mentors, professional development workshops and internships, our one-to-one philosophy ensures the success of our students in college and beyond. See how our scholars are smashing the cycle of poverty at tigerwoodsfoundation.org and @TWFoundation.

About the PGA TOUR

The PGA TOUR is the world’s premier membership organization for touring professional golfers, co-sanctioning more than 130 tournaments on the PGA TOUR, Champions Tour, Web.com Tour, NEC Series-PGA TOUR Latinoamérica, PGA TOUR Canada and PGA TOUR China.

The PGA TOUR’s mission is to entertain and inspire its fans, deliver substantial value to its partners, create outlets for volunteers to give back, generate significant charitable and economic impact in the communities in which it plays, and provide financial opportunities for TOUR players.

Worldwide, PGA TOUR tournaments are broadcast to more than 1 billion households in 225 countries and territories in 32 languages. Virtually all tournaments are organized as non-profit organizations in order to maximize charitable giving. In 2013, tournaments across all Tours generated more than $133 million for local and national charitable organizations and in early 2014 the TOUR’s all-time charitable contributions surpassed $2 billion.

The PGA TOUR’s web site is PGATOUR.COM, the No. 1 site in golf, and the organization is headquartered in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL.

About Quicken Loans

Detroit-based Quicken Loans Inc. is the nation’s second largest retail home mortgage lender. The company closed a record $80 billion of volume across all 50 states in 2013. Quicken Loans generates loan production from web centers located in Detroit, Cleveland and Scottsdale, Arizona. The company also operates a centralized loan processing facility in Detroit, as well as its San Diego-based One Reverse Mortgage unit. Quicken Loans ranked #1 in customer satisfaction among all home mortgage lenders in the United States by J.D. Power for the past four consecutive years; 2013, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

Quicken Loans was named among the top-30 companies on FORTUNE magazine’s annual “100 Best Companies to Work For” list for the last 11 consecutive years, ranking #5 in 2014. It ranked in the top-15 of Computerworld magazine’s “100 Best Places to Work In Technology” for the past nine years, ranking #1 in 2013. The company moved its headquarters to downtown Detroit in 2010, and now more than 8,500 of its 10,000-plus team members work in the city’s urban core. For more information about Quicken Loans, please visit http://www.quickenloans.com on Tw,itter at @QLnews, and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/QuickenLoans.