Doosan continues sponsorship of The Open Championship
Published by Rebecca Bowden,
Assistant Editor
World Cement,
On 7 July 2016, Doosan announced that it will continue as official Patron of The Open Championship for 2016, as well as a wide array of related online and offline branding campaigns to be carried out in the UK and around the world.
The Open is one of the four major championships in men’s professional golf. This year, The Open will be played at Royal Troon Golf Club in Ayrshire, Scotland, from 14 – 17 July.
During the tournament Doosan will install an exhibition stand at the venue and promote Dossan’s main businesses to visitors. The company also aims to increase brand awareness using ‘branding busses’ featuring the Doosan brand identity in and around the venue.
Doosan’s sponsorship of The Open has proved to be highly effective in raising its brand awareness. Repucom, an independent brand analysis and research agency, assessed the monetary value of the exposure achieved by Doosan’s on-site signage on the teeing ground and other advertising via worldwide television coverage at around £8.5 million (or UK$11.3 million) every year. Last year, The Open was broadcast by 103 broadcasters to 505 million households worldwide. Meanwhile, the Doosan logo gained 117 171 seconds of brand exposure.
Brand building through the internet and social media turned out to be especially effective last year. The Doosan logo placed on the lower end of The Open’s official site attracted about 46.9 million views. The ‘Doosan Shot of the Day’ videos, featuring the most memorable shot of each day captured during the tournament period, were viewed by more than 32,400 people on the tournament’s official site and about 860,000 people via its official Twitter and Facebook pages.
To help nurture young talented golfers, Doosan has invited two golf prodigies from each of the UK and Korea, and will host a friendly match at Royal Troon Golf Club on the day following the tournament.
After signing the first sponsorship agreement in 2010, Doosan signed a five-year extension with The Royal & Ancient Golf Club (The R&A) until 2019.
Adapted from press release by Rebecca Bowden
Read the article online at: https://www.worldcement.com/europe-cis/14072016/doosan-continues-sponsorship-of-the-open-championship-530/
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