This is how Nike celebrated Tiger Woods' Masters win
Brand has stuck by him even in the toughest of times
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Nike, which has stuck by Tiger Woods through his playing highs and lows and off-course scandals, celebrated his big Masters win Sunday with a video that plays into the brand’s ongoing “Crazy Dreams” campaign.
The video by Wieden & Kennedy, called “Tiger Woods: Same Dream,” was shared on social media just moments after Woods won his first major championship since 2008. It included glimpses of the 43-year-old’s on-course ups and downs, and ended with old footage from Woods’ childhood, when he predicted that “I’m going to beat Jack Nicklaus.” That is seemingly a reference to Woods now being within three major tournament wins of Nicklaus’ all-time record of 18 major titles.
The Masters win, which marks Woods’ 15th major championship and fifth Masters win, could not come at a better time for Woods, Nike and the golf industry in general. With the 2019 season just kicking into gear, Wood’s re-emergence, if he can keep it going, will likely fuel TV ratings throughout the summer.
Nike stuck by Woods through his 2009 sex scandal as other endorsers backed away, including Gatorade, AT&T and Accenture. The brand also stayed with him in the wake of his DUI arrest in 2017. But today, and likely for the foreseeable future, Woods will be linked with a more wholesome image: CBS cameras caught extreme close-ups of him hugging his kids after walking off the 18th green where the crowd chanted his name. In sports, few things resonate like a comeback story.
Credits
- Date
- Apr 15, 2019
- Client :
- Nike
- Agency :
- Wieden & Kennedy-Portland
- Executive Creative Director :
- Jason Bagley
- Executive Creative Director :
- Eric Baldwin
- Creative Director :
- Alberto Ponte
- Creative Director :
- Ryan O’Rourke
- Creative Director :
- Pedro Izique
- Creative Director :
- Josh Bogdan
- Copywriter/Art Director :
- Gui Souza
- Copywriter/Art Director :
- Rodrigo Mendes
- Producer :
- Jake Grand
- Producer :
- Jasmyn Barr
- Producer :
- Nicole Kaptur
- Account Team Member :
- Paanii Annan
- Account Team Member :
- Kate Rutkowski
- Account Team Member :
- Steve Smith
- Creative Operations Manager :
- Saba Spencer
- Creative Operations Manager :
- Lisa Calgaro
- Global Group Strategy Director :
- Andy Lindblade
- Media Team :
- Daniel Sheniak
- Media Team :
- Ryan Craven
- Media Team :
- Anthony Holton
- Brand Strategy Director :
- Reid Schilperoort
- Business Affairs :
- Brian Cook
- Business Affairs :
- Dusty Slowik
- Traffic :
- Maggie Harasyn
- Traffic :
- Sabrina Reddy
- Design Ops Manager/Design Producer :
- Alicia Kuna
- Studio Designer :
- Rob Mumford
- Editorial :
- Joint
- Editor :
- Steve Sprinkel
- Assistant Editor :
- Jedidiah Stuber
- Post Executive Producer :
- Leslie Carthy
- Post Producer :
- Rebekah Koerbel
- VFX :
- Joint
- Lead Flame Artist :
- MB Emigh
- Flame Artist :
- Leif Peterson
- Flame Assistant :
- Aidan Jung
- VFX Producer :
- Rebekah Koerbel
- VFX Executive Producer :
- Alex Thiesen
- Color Company :
- Joint
- Colorist :
- Jasmine Vazquez
- Color Producer :
- Rebekah Koerbel
- Artist :
- Jóhann Jóhannsson
- Song :
- The Mercy
- Mix Company :
- Joint
- Audio Mixer :
- Noah Woodburn
- Audio Assist :
- Natalie Huizenga
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