When you come to think of it that is the secret of most of the great holes all over the world. They all have some kind of a twist. C.B. MACDONALD
Tiger Woods in contention helped bump up the Memorial ratings 33% over last year, with a 1.7 overnight according to Sports Business Daily.
Even 90 minutes of Tiger Woods can be a boon for golf ratings. Woods was done just before 4pm ET yesterday en route to a tie for ninth at the @MemorialGolf, but that helped CBS (2:30-615pm) draw the best final round overnight rating for the event since 2016. Up 33% from 2018
— Austin Karp (@AustinKarp) June 3, 2019
The U.S. Women’s Open’s overnight from CC of Charleston was a .6, up just a tiny bit over a similar .6 last year and continuing a trend of hovering around record lows since the move to Fox. This, despite being commercial free broadcasts.
Geoff Shackelford is a Senior Writer for Golfweek magazine, a weekly contributor to Golf Channel's Morning
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