Deutsche Bank Championship

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Deutsche Bank Championship
Tournament information
Location Norton, Massachusetts
Established 2003, 21 years ago
Course(s) TPC Boston
Par 71
Length 7,214 yards (6,596 m)
Tour(s) PGA Tour
Format Stroke play
Prize fund $8.75 million
Month played September
Tournament record score
Aggregate 262 Vijay Singh (2008)
262 Charley Hoffman (2010)
262 Henrik Stenson (2013)
To par −22 Vijay Singh (2008)
−22 Charley Hoffman (2010)
−22 Henrik Stenson (2013)
Current champion
Northern Ireland Rory McIlroy
TPC Boston is located in USA
TPC Boston
TPC Boston
Location in the United States
TPC Boston is located in Massachusetts
TPC Boston
TPC Boston
Location in Massachusetts

The Deutsche Bank Championship is a professional golf tournament on the PGA Tour, held annually over the Labor Day weekend.

History

This PGA tournament made its debut in 2003 and 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 Barclays, which takes place the previous week. The purse for 2012 is $8 million with $1.44 million to the winner. The title sponsor, Deutsche Bank, has announced it will sponsor this event in Boston through 2016.[1]

The event is currently managed by the Tiger Woods Foundation.[2]

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

Year Player Country Score To par Margin
of victory
Runner(s)-up Purse ($) Winner's
share ($)
2016 Rory McIlroy (2)  Northern Ireland 269 -15 2 strokes EnglandPaul Casey 8,500,000 1,530,000
2015 Rickie Fowler  United States 269 −15 1 stroke Sweden Henrik Stenson 8,250,000 1,485,000
2014 Chris Kirk  United States 269 −15 2 strokes United States Russell Henley
United States Billy Horschel
Australia Geoff Ogilvy
8,000,000 1,440,000
2013 Henrik Stenson  Sweden 262 −22 2 strokes United States Steve Stricker 8,000,000 1,440,000
2012 Rory McIlroy  Northern Ireland 264 −20 1 stroke South Africa Louis Oosthuizen 8,000,000 1,440,000
2011 Webb Simpson  United States 269 −15 Playoff1 United States Chez Reavie 8,000,000 1,440,000
2010 Charley Hoffman  United States 262 −22 5 strokes Australia Jason Day
England Luke Donald
Australia Geoff Ogilvy
7,500,000 1,350,000
2009 Steve Stricker  United States 267 −17 1 stroke United States Jason Dufner
United States Scott Verplank
7,500,000 1,350,000
2008 Vijay Singh (2)  Fiji 262 −22 5 strokes Canada Mike Weir 7,000,000 1,260,000
2007 Phil Mickelson  United States 268 −16 2 strokes United States Arron Oberholser
United States Brett Wetterich
United States Tiger Woods
7,000,000 1,260,000
2006 Tiger Woods  United States 268 −16 2 strokes Fiji Vijay Singh 5,500,000 990,000
2005 Olin Browne  United States 270 −14 1 stroke United States Jason Bohn 5,500,000 990,000
2004 Vijay Singh  Fiji 268 −16 3 strokes Australia Adam Scott
United States Tiger Woods
5,000,000 900,000
2003 Adam Scott  Australia 264 −20 4 strokes United States Rocco Mediate 5,000,000 900,000

1Sudden-death playoff in 2011 was won on the second extra hole.

See also

References

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External links

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