CenturyLink signs on as official sponsor for Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn
Participating in this sponsorship deal:
About Sponsor:
CenturyLink, Inc. is a United States telecommunications firm, headquartered in Monroe, Louisiana. The company, founded as Central Telephone & Electronics Corporation in 1968, later changed its name to Century Telephone Enterprises, Inc. in 1971, and then was called CenturyTel, Inc. from 1999 to 2010. A member of the S&P 500 index, the company operates as a local exchange carrier and Internet service provider in U.S. markets and is the third-largest local exchange carrier in the U.S. in terms of lines served. It also provides long distance service.
About Property:
The Greater Hickory Classic at Rock Barn is a golf tournament on the Champions Tour. It is played annually in June in Conover, North Carolina at the Rock Barn Golf & Spa. The purse for the 2012 tournament was US$1,600,000, with $240,000 going to the winner, Fred Funk.[1] The tournament was founded in 2003.