Location Norton, Massachusetts Course(s) TPC Boston Length 7,216 yards (6,598 m) | Established 2003, 14 years ago Par 71 Tour(s) PGA Tour | |
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The Dell Technologies Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour in the northeast United States, held annually in late summer, over the Labor Day weekend.
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History
Replacing the Air Canada Championship in British Columbia on the tour schedule, the tournament made its debut in 2003 as the Deutsche Bank Championship. It is held at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts, south-southwest of Boston. Unlike most PGA Tour events which are played Thursday through Sunday, this tournament is played Friday through Monday, with the final round on Labor Day.
The tournament became part of the FedEx Cup playoffs in 2007, with an accompanying $1.5 million increase in the purse to $7 million. The top 100 players in the FedEx Cup points list qualify for the event. FedEx Cup points are amassed during the regular PGA Tour season and in the first playoff event, The Northern Trust, which takes place the previous week. The purse for 2016 is $8.5 million with $1.53 million to the winner. The former title sponsor, Deutsche Bank, sponsored the event through 2016. In 2017, Dell Technologies will take over as the title sponsor of the tournament; new subsidiary Dell EMC is headquartered in Massachussets.
The event is currently managed by the Tiger Woods Foundation.
Television
With the tournament's scheduling, ending on a Monday, network coverage has always taken place on Sunday and Monday, instead of the usual Saturday and Sunday used at all other events. Cable networks have always covered the Friday and Saturday rounds. The event's first network partner was ABC Sports, which covered the Championship from June 2003, though the 2006 event was covered under the "ESPN on ABC" banner. Since 2007, the event has been covered by NBC Sports, though the 2011 and 2012 events were covered under the "Golf Channel on NBC" banner.
Winners
1Sudden-death playoff in 2011 was won on the second extra hole.