Having first been played in 2003, the Deutsche Bank Championship is one of the newer tournaments on the PGA Tour, and is played at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in Norton, Massachusetts. Unlike most tournaments, this tournament is intended to end on a Monday, and always scheduled for Labor Day weekend.
Something fans can most likely bank on is that as long as Tiger Woods is physically able, you will see him playing the Deutsche Bank Championship, since the Tiger Woods Foundation is one of the primary charitable beneficiaries of the tournament.
The Deutsche Bank Championship has been the second tournament of the FedEx Cup "playoffs" as of 2007, with the 2010 Deutsche scheduled for September 3-6, 2010, with its customary Labor Day weekend, Monday finish. Get your tickets now and plan to spend the holiday weekend with the pros.
The purse for the 2009 Deutsche Bank Championship was $7,500,000, with $1,350,000 going to the winner, Steve Stricker, who birdied the 71st hole to catch co-leaders Jason Dufner and Scott Verplank, who were already in the clubhouse. Stricker then birdied the last hole to pass them, avoiding a three-way playoff, and winning his third PGA Tour event of 2009.
In 2008, Vijay Singh posted a new tournament scoring record of 262 while also becoming the first two-time winner of this event. Singh finished with a 63, the lowest final round score, and pulled away from the other leaders to eventually beat Mike Weir by five strokes.
