Northern Trust Ratings

Diane Pucin reports there's good and bad news.

Because of the Super Bowl and Winter Olympics, the Northern Trust Open was played a week earlier than normal and television ratings suffered. This year's overnight was 1.9. A year ago, when Mickelson won his second consecutive title, it was 3.5. Though compared to the tournament held on Super Bowl Sunday last year, the Phoenix Open, the Northern Trust did better on television. The Phoenix Open was 1.5.