Leading NJ-based Beverage Companies Become Supporting Sponsors of Prestigious LPGA Tournament Coming to Mountain Ridge Country Club from October 6-10;
Olympic Gold Medalist & World’s #1 Ranked Women’s Golfer, Nelly Korda, Headlines Elite Field of Golf’s Best Professional Players who will Compete in Prestigious Fall Event that Honors LPGA’s 13 Founding Members
West Caldwell, NJ, — The Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) will bring some great taste and local flavor to the 2021 Cognizant Founders Cup, which takes place at historic Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, N.J., from October 6-10, by announcing presenting sponsorships with two leading New Jersey beverage companies: Allen Flavors of South Plainfield and Allied Beverage of Elizabeth.
Olympic Gold Medalist and the world’s #1 ranked women’s golfer, Nelly Korda, will headline a 132-player field for the 2021 LPGA Cognizant Founders Cup (www.thefounderslpga.com), a week-long event in Northern NJ where competitors will compete for a $3 million purse, the largest purse for an LPGA Tour event outside the majors and the CME Group Tour Championship. The tournament, which debuted in 2011, pays tribute to the 13 founding members of the LPGA, including surviving founders Marlene Bauer Hagge and Shirley Spork.
As supporting sponsors, Allen Flavors, a dynamic, innovative leader in the food and beverage industry, and Allied Beverage, one of New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive wine and spirits distributor, will bring distinct fan experiences to the 2021 Cognizant Founders Cup through series of programs and on-site activations.
Allen Flavors, the Official Flavor Maker of the 2021 Cognizant Founders Cup, will sponsor the Flavor Experience in the Fan Zone, where attendees can learn how food and drink gets its flavor while sampling products from leading snack and beverage brands. Allen Flavors will also serve as a snack and beverage provider for tournament volunteers. As a fifty-percent woman-owned business, Allen Flavors is proud to sponsor the revered Cognizant Founders Cup Pioneer Walk, which honors the LPGA’s thirteen women founders.
For patrons 21and older, Allied Beverage will bring a taste of several leading brands to tournament week, highlighted by McBride Sisters Wine, Grey Whale, Belvedere, and Prospero Tequila, while also sponsoring the 1912 Club, a hospitality area located between the 1st tee and the 9th green at Mountain Ridge Country Club.
“We’re excited that Allen Flavors and Allied Beverage, two New Jersey-based companies, are bringing a unique line-up of product offerings for our fans to enjoy at the Cognizant Founders Cup,” said Tracy Hupko, Sales & Marketing Manager, Cognizant Founders Cup. “Sponsors like this enhance our fan experience, while helping us support our mission to continue engaging, empowering, and supporting girls and women through this great sport.”
The Cognizant Founders Cup joins a long list of prominent events to be held at Mountain Ridge Country Club, including: the U.S. Senior Amateur Championship in 2012; the Metropolitan Golf Association Open Championship in 1985, 1996, 2000 and 2020; the MGA’s Ike Stroke-Play Championship in 2007; the New Jersey PGA Section Championship in 1962, 1990, 2007, 2009 and 2017; and the French American Challenge in 1997. The Ross-designed and highly regarded course opened in 1931 and has varied little in 90 years. It is known for wide fairways and deceptive greens. A recent restoration has brought many of Ross’s characteristic run-off areas back to their original closely mowed state.
Individual tickets and week-long ticket packages for the Cognizant Founders Cup can be purchased at www.thefounderslpga.com.
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About the LPGA
The LPGA is the world’s leading professional golf organization for women, with a goal to change the face of golf by making the sport more accessible and inclusive. Created in 1950 by 13 Founders, the Association celebrates a diverse and storied history. The LPGA Tour competes across the globe, reaching television audiences in more than 220 countries. The Symetra Tour, the LPGA’s official qualifying tour, consistently produces a pipeline of talent ready for the world stage. The LPGA also holds a joint-venture collaboration with the Ladies European Tour (LET), increasing playing opportunities for female golfers in Europe. Across the three Tours, the LPGA represents players in more than 60 countries.
Additionally, the LPGA Foundation has empowered and supported girls and women since 1991, most notably through LPGA*USGA Girls Golf, the only national program of its kind, which annually engages with nearly 100,000 girls. The LPGA Amateur Golf Association and LPGA Women’s Network provide virtual and in-person connections to female golfers around the world, while LPGA Professionals are educators, business leaders, and game-changers dedicated to growing the game of golf for everyone. Follow the LPGA on its U.S. television home, Golf Channel, online at www.LPGA.com and on its mobile apps. Join the social conversation on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube.
About Cognizant
Cognizant (Nasdaq-100: CTSH) is one of the world’s leading professional services companies, transforming clients’ business, operating and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant is ranked 185 on the Fortune 500 and is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Cognizant works to advance diversity and inclusion in its business and beyond, including its partnership with the LPGA Tour, which aims to make sports more inclusive at all levels across the globe. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com or follow us @Cognizant.
About Allen Flavors Inc.
Allen Flavors is a privately owned, dynamic, innovative leader in the food and beverage industry offering an array of specialized services well beyond that of a typical flavor house. Working with middle market, entrepreneurial and select multinational food and beverage brands, we consistently provide our customers a library of high-performance, great-tasting traditional flavors, including the industry’s broadest and most rapidly-growing collection of certified organic flavors, along with world-class expertise in the development of customized ingredient kits.
About Allied Beverage Group, LLC
(“Allied”), as it is known today, is a family-owned company created by the historical mergers of The Baxter Group, Inc., F&A Distributing Company, and The Jaydor Corporation as well as the August 2017 combination with Breakthru Beverage New Jersey. Allied’s predecessor companies were leaders of the wholesale wine and spirits industry in New Jersey dating back to the Repeal of Prohibition in the early 1930s. Allied has emerged as New Jersey’s largest and most comprehensive wine and spirits distributor and ranks among the ten largest such distributors in the United States. Allied represents the product lines of the world’s leading suppliers of beverage alcohol and related products as it services the needs of New Jersey’s licensed package stores, restaurants, hotels, taverns and clubs. Allied’s state of the art distribution facility and offices are located in Elizabeth, NJ. The company also has offices and cross dock facilities in Swedesboro, NJ.
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