It was held in Norton, Massachusetts, United States, over the Labor Day weekend in late summer.

In 2007, the PGA Tour introduced the FedEx Cup and the Deutsche Bank Championship became one of four playoff events.

It became part of the first-year FedEx Cup playoffs in 2007, with its purse increased to $7 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, The Northern Trust, which took place the previous week in the New York City area.