Zurich Insurance is launching “Gator Golf,” an online video tutorial series, created by McCann Worldgroup, instructing golfers on how to deal with playing in close proximity to alligators.
The series was created to build buzz around the upcoming PGA Tour, Zurich Classic of New Orleans, where an alligator famously wandered onto the course during last year’s games. While not everyone finds alligators on the golf course a laughing matter, the series is tied to the larger “For Those Who Truly Love” brand platform, the idea being that those who truly love golf won’t let an alligator on the course stand in their way. The “Gator Golf” series features “golfing and alligator expert” Jim Shanks offering up absurd solutions to gator-filled golf course problems. In the above video, for example, he recommends turning around and driving left-handed so that the gator behind you is “out of sight, out of mind,” while adding that if you’re attacked you should follow course etiquette and “die quietly.”
Gator Golf” is the social component of a larger integrated campaign including TV, print, online advertising and a microsite, and will appear on YouTube and on saud microsite in the lead up to the tournament, which takes place April 24 – 27.
Of course, when we read “Gator Golf,” we can’t help but think of this…
Credits and more of Jim Shanks and “Gator Golf”:
Credits:
Client: Zurich Insurance
Agency: McCann Worldgroup
Global Creative Director: Miguel Bemfica
Creative Directors: Lee Tan, Rachid Ahouiyek
Art Director: Cristina Caballero
Copywriter: Pedro Piqueras
Account Directors: Petra Stachiowiak, Grace Hon, Marina Specht
Account Planner: Wolfgang Eigner
Agency Producer: John Cheesemore
Directors: Lee Tan, Rachid Ahouiyek
Production Company: Stink
Editors: Alex Hagon, Josh Mallalieu, Circus
Post Production: Big Buoy
Sound Design: Dan Weinberg, Greek Street Studios
Media Planning: UM