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Simmons Bank Signs Sponsorship Agreements with Professional Golfers
- Adds New Charitable Component to Fill the Void from Canceled Tournament - PINE BLUFF, Ark., May 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Simmons Bank announced today it has
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[{"type":"text","content":"- Adds New Charitable Component to Fill the Void from Canceled Tournament -\n\n\nPINE BLUFF, Ark., May 1, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Simmons Bank announced today it has signed agreements with four professional golfers currently on the Korn Ferry Tour, the development tour for the U.S.-based PGA TOUR. The brand ambassadors, collectively known as Team Simmons Bank, include Will Zalatoris, Braden Thornberry, Kevin Dougherty and Dawson Armstrong.\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \nThe multiyear player sponsorship agreements follow the announcement in February of this year that Simmons Bank has assumed title sponsorship of the Korn Ferry Tour Nashville event, renamed the Simmons Bank Open for The Snedeker Foundation. The event was scheduled to begin this week, April 30 – May 3, with 156 players competing for a $600,000 purse. It has since been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.\nAs a result of the tournament's cancellation, Simmons Bank also announced today Drive, Putt, Do Good, a new initiative to help offset the charitable fundraising component for the Snedeker Foundation that was eliminated with the event's cancellation. Simmons Bank will make a $50 donation to the Snedeker Foundation for every birdie Zalatoris, Thornberry, Dougherty and Armstrong make. The Snedeker Foundation, founded by PGA TOUR player and FedEx Cup winner Brandt Snedeker and his wife Mandy Snedeker, supports a variety of charities, including Our Kids, which provides expert medical evaluations and crisis counseling services in response to concerns of child sexual abuse. To further increase the charitable contribution to the foundation, Simmons Bank will also make a donation for every birdie Snedeker makes this year. \nAccording to Freddie Black, chief business development officer for Simmons Bank, moving forward with Team Simmons Bank and the charitable component allows the company to join with the players to help offset the financial hit the charity would have incurred. \"Now, more than ever, with the Nashville Korn Ferry Tour date canceled, it's important for us to continue our support so that both the players and the charity can thrive. These players have all demonstrated that dreams are realized through hard work, focus and dedication, characteristics that drive our business as well. Supporting these players so they can achieve their own dreams, and, at the same time, ...