The National (golf)

The National, originally titled for sponsorship reasons as the AT&T National and later as the Quicken Loans National, was a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour from 2007 to 2018. It was hosted by Tiger Woods and benefited the Tiger Woods Foundation. It was usually held either in late June or during the Fourth of July weekend in the Washington, D.C. area, except for 2010 and 2011 when it was held near Philadelphia.

The National was a 72-hole stroke play tournament. It was one of a few events given "invitational" status by the PGA Tour and consequently had a field of only 120 players, as opposed to 156 players at most full-field tournaments.

The first edition of The National in 2007 was held July 5–8 on the Blue Course at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland, northwest of Washington. The event returned to Congressional in 2008 and 2009 when it was held midway between the U.S. Open and The Open Championship to ensure a strong field of competitors. The National was part of the Open Qualifying Series that gave non-exempt players a chance to compete in The Open.

The event was officially announced on March 7, 2007, to replace The International, which tour officials had abruptly cancelled four weeks earlier on February 8.^[1] The National was a standard 72-hole stroke play event, and did not use the modified Stableford scoring system used by The International in Colorado.

The D.C. area had hosted a regular tour event for over a quarter century; the Kemper Open arrived in 1980, but was terminated after the 2006 event. It was played at Congressional from 1980 to 1986, then moved to the nearby TPC at Avenel in 1987. Later renamed the Booz Allen Classic, it returned to Congressional in 2005, to give Avenel time to undergo renovations, which did not occur.^[2]

وافق ملعب كونغريشنال في البداية على استضافة البطولة لأول عامين، وبعد انسحابه من استضافة بطولة الولايات المتحدة للهواة عام 2009 ، وافق على استضافتها في نفس العام. ^{[ 3 ] [ 4 ]} استضاف نادي أرونيمينك للغولف في نيوتاون سكوير، بنسلفانيا ، بطولتي 2010 و2011، نظرًا لإعادة تهيئة ملعب كونغريشنال لاستضافة بطولة الولايات المتحدة المفتوحة عام 2011. ^{[ 5 ]} أُقيمت البطولة في ملعب كونغريشنال من عام 2012 إلى عام 2014 [ ^{6 ] وعادت} إليه في عام 2016. ^{[ 7 ]} كما أُقيمت في فرجينيا في نادي روبرت ترينت جونز للغولف في غينزفيل في شهري يوليو وأغسطس من عام 2015، وفي ملعب تي بي سي بوتوماك في مزرعة أفينيل في بوتوماك عام 2017. ^{[ 7 ]}

شملت الملاعب الأخرى التي تم النظر فيها مبدئيًا لاستضافة البطولة الجديدة ملاعب في مناطق كانساس سيتي ، ومينيابوليس-سانت بول ، وبورتلاند . ومن المواقع المحتملة لفعاليات عامي 2010 و2011 ملعب تي بي سي في أفينيل (الذي يُعرف الآن باسم تي بي سي بوتوماك في مزرعة أفينيل، وهو الموقع السابق لبطولة بوز ألين كلاسيك ) ونادي روبرت ترينت جونز للغولف (الذي استضاف كأس الرؤساء أربع مرات ). ^{[ 8 ] [ 9 ]} وتقوم كل من شبكة سي بي إس الرياضية وقناة الغولف حاليًا ببث بطولة كويكن لونز الوطنية على التلفزيون.

After the 2017 tournament, the Quicken Loans sponsorship deal ended leaving The National with no sponsor for 2018,^[10] scheduled for June 28 to July 1.^[11] The PGA Tour also announced that it would be buying out the remaining two years of its contract with Congressional Country Club to host the 2018 and 2020 editions.^[12] Despite a lack of title sponsor and host course, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan confirmed that the event would occur in 2018, stating, "We made the commitment. Our players are going to be showing up there and we're going to be playing for that amount of money."^[13] On May 30, less than a month before the event, Quicken Loans agreed to sponsor for a fifth consecutive year.^[14][15] On July 10, 2018, it was announced that the Detroit Golf Club would host the Rocket Mortgage Classic in 2019, replacing The National.^[16]

The National was one of a few tournaments given "invitational" status by the PGA Tour,^[17] and consequently it had a reduced field of only 120 players (as opposed to most full-field open tournaments with a field of 156 players). Other tournaments with invitational status include the Arnold Palmer Invitational, the RBC Heritage, the Fort Worth Invitational, and the Memorial Tournament.

Invitational tournaments have smaller fields (between 100 and 132 players), and have more freedom than full-field open tournaments in determining which players are eligible to participate in their event, as invitational tournaments are not required to fill their fields using the PGA Tour Priority Ranking System. Furthermore, unlike full-field open tournaments, invitational tournaments do not offer open qualifying (a.k.a. Monday qualifying). The Los Angeles Open was converted to an invitational in 2020, inheriting the National's format.

The field consisted of 120 players invited using the following criteria:^[18]

1. Quicken Loans National winners from past five years
2. The Players Championship and major championship winners in the last five years
3. The Tour Championship and World Golf Championships winners in the past three years
4. Arnold Palmer Invitational and Memorial Tournament winners in the past three years
5. Tournament winner in past 12 months
6. Prior year U.S. Amateur winner
7. Current PGA Tour members who were playing members on last named U.S. Ryder Cup team, European Ryder Cup team, U.S. Presidents Cup team, and International Presidents Cup team
8. Top 125 from prior year FedEx Cup points list
9. Top 10 from the current FedEx Cup points list (as of Friday prior)
10. 8 sponsors exemptions – 2 from Web.com Tour finals, 2 members not otherwise exempt, and 4 unrestricted
11. Remaining positions filled from current year FedEx Cup point list

Year	Winner	Score	To par	Margin ofvictory	Runner-up	Purse($)	Winner'sshare ($)	Venue
Quicken Loans National
2018	Francesco Molinari	259	−21	8 strokes	Ryan Armour	7,100,000	1,278,000	TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm
2017	Kyle Stanley	273	−7	Playoff	Charles Howell III	7,100,000	1,278,000	TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm
2016	Billy Hurley III	267	−17	3 strokes	Vijay Singh	6,900,000	1,242,000	Congressional
2015	Troy Merritt	266	−18	3 strokes	Rickie Fowler	6,700,000	1,206,000	Robert Trent Jones
2014	Justin Rose (2)	280	−4	Playoff	Shawn Stefani	6,500,000	1,170,000	Congressional
AT&T National
2013	Bill Haas	272	−12	3 strokes	Roberto Castro	6,500,000	1,170,000	Congressional
2012	Tiger Woods (2)	276	−8	2 strokes	Bo Van Pelt	6,500,000	1,170,000	Congressional
2011	Nick Watney	267	−13	2 strokes	K. J. Choi	6,200,000	1,116,000	Aronimink
2010	Justin Rose	270	−10	1 stroke	Ryan Moore	6,200,000	1,116,000	Aronimink
2009	Tiger Woods	267	−13	1 stroke	Hunter Mahan	6,000,000	1,080,000	Congressional
2008	Anthony Kim	268	−12	2 strokes	Freddie Jacobson	6,000,000	1,080,000	Congressional
2007	K. J. Choi	271	−9	3 strokes	Steve Stricker	6,000,000	1,080,000	Congressional

Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.

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