The Dell Technologies Championship was a professional golf tournament on the

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, held annually in late summer over the

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weekend. The 2018 edition was the last time the event was staged as the

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was reduced from four to three Playoff events in 2019. In July 2018, the

announced that

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; the first event of the

playoffs, would rotate between the New York/New Jersey and Boston areas in 2019 and 2020. The 2019 playing of The Northern Trust was held August 6–11, 2019 at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey, and in 2020, The Northern Trust saw the PGA Tour's return to New England and TPC Boston.

History

Replacing the

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on the tour schedule, the tournament made its debut in

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as the Deutsche Bank Championship. It is held at the Tournament Players Club of Boston in

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, south-southwest of

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. 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. It became part of the first-year

playoffs in

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, with its purse increased to $7 million. The purse in

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was $9.0 million, with a winner's share of $1.62 million. As the second of the four playoff events, its field was limited to the top 100 players on the FedEx Cup points list. Points were amassed during the PGA Tour's regular season and the first playoff event,

, which takes place the previous week in the

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area.

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took over as the title sponsor of the tournament in 2017; new subsidiary

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is headquartered in Massachusetts.

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sponsored the first 14 editions, through 2016. The event was last managed by the PGA Tour; it was managed by the

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from 2013 to 2016.

Television

With the tournament's offset scheduling, Friday to Monday, network coverage has been over the final two scheduled rounds, Sunday and Monday; cable channels carry the Friday and Saturday rounds. The first network partner was

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from 2003 to 2006, though the 2006 event was covered under the "

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" banner. The event has been covered by

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from 2007 to 2018, though the 2011 and 2012 events were covered under the "

Golf Channel on NBC Golf telecasts have aired on NBC since 1954, with some of its earliest telecasts having included the 1954 U.S. Open, and the first televised coverage of the Ryder Cup in 1959. Presently, NBC televises around 8 PGA Tour events per-season, alte ...

" banner.

Winners

''Note: Green highlight indicates scoring records.''

Multiple winners

*Vijay Singh: 2004, 2008 *Rory McIlroy: 2012, 2016

References

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