The event was officially announced on March 7, 2007, to replace
The International, which tour officials had abruptly cancelled four weeks earlier on 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 Congressional originally agreed to host the event for the first two years, and after opting out of hosting the 2009
U.S. Amateur, agreed to host the event in 2009 as well. The
Aronimink Golf Club in
Newtown Square, Pennsylvania, hosted the 2010 and 2011 events, due to Congressional being reconfigured for the
2011 U.S. Open. The tournament was played at Congressional from 2012 to 2014 and returned in 2016. It was played in
Virginia at
Robert Trent Jones Golf Club in
Gainesville in July and August
2015 and was played at
TPC Potomac at Avenel Farm in
Potomac in 2017.
CBS Sports and
Golf Channel currently carry the Quicken Loans National on television. After the 2017 tournament, the
Quicken Loans sponsorship deal ended leaving The National with no sponsor for scheduled for June 28 to July 1. 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 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." On May 30, less than a month before the event, Quicken Loans agreed to sponsor for a fifth consecutive year. On July 10, 2018, it was announced that the
Detroit Golf Club would host the
Rocket Mortgage Classic in 2019, replacing The National. ==Field==