How an Alabama design and engineering company helped Regions Tradition go 3D on the tee
By Doug Segrest
May 9, 2021
The 3D tee markers at the Regions Tradition were created by Satterfield Technologies. (Doing More Today)
They’re noticeable to spectators in person and to viewers on TV: the unique 3D Regions Tradition tee markers in the shape of the bank’s iconic bike brand.
Forrest Satterfield created them in 2015 because, well, someone asked if it was possible. That’s what Satterfield likes to do – take the ordinary and make it extraordinary.
“When the Bruno Event Team (which coordinates the Tradition) first reached out to me, I’d just received my first funding from an investor – $25,000,” Satterfield said. “I had one 3D printer, one scanner, and I was running everything out of my apartment. I was terrified. I didn’t know how I was going to pay the rent.”
Alabama company takes on branding for Regions Tradition swag, credentials
By Doug Segrest May 8, 2021
Robert Fuentes of Maridan saw the Regions Tradition as an opportunity for his company to get its brand in front of a huge crowd. (contributed)
When Robert Fuentes was first approached about supporting the Regions Tradition, he didn’t bat an eye.
He is a member of Greystone Golf & Country Club, so he knew the impact the PGA Tour Champions major had on his community.
But as he and his team talked with Tyler Sherman of the Bruno Event Team, which manages the tournament, Fuentes realized something else.
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Many of the festivities that usually surround the Magic City Classic, including tailgating, will be missing this year. But Legion Field will still be the site of a spirited football game between arch rivals Alabama State and Alabama A&M. (Solomon Crenshaw Jr. / Alabama NewsCenter)
By Solomon Crenshaw Jr.
It’s more than a game.
That is the standard description of the McDonald’s Magic City Classic presented by Coca-Cola. The annual fall gridiron meeting at Legion Field between Alabama State and Alabama A&M universities is the marquee event of at least a week of activity in and around Birmingham.