The Masters’ final round gets the BEST TV ratings since 2018 with an average of 12.06million viewers
Coverage of the final round of the Masters gets the BEST TV ratings since 2018…with an average of 12.06 million viewers watching Jon Rahm capture the Green Jacket during the LIV-PGA battle
- Combined with streaming platforms, CBS says more than 16.25 million people tuned in
- It is also the most streamed round of golf in Paramount Plus history
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Sunday’s spectacle at Augusta National Golf Club saw the most people in five years watch the final round of The Masters.
The Masters final round showdown between eventual winner Jon Rahm and Brooks Koepka of LIV Golf was the most watched golf telecast on any network since 2018, CBS said Tuesday.
The broadcast averaged 12.06 million viewers, 19 percent more than Scottie Scheffler’s victory at the previous year’s Masters.
Rahm came back from a two-shot deficit on Sunday to win his second major and regain the world No. 1 ranking.
The ratings for Rahm’s win peaked at over 15 million viewers from 7-7:15pm ET (11pm-11:15pm GMT), as Rahm put the finishing touches on his four-way win over Koepka and Phil Mickelson.
An average of 12.06 million viewers tuned in to see Jon Rahm capture The Masters Sunday
Spaniard Rahm came back from a two shot deficit on Sunday to win his second major ever
The Masters has long been one of golf’s most anticipated events, but the 2023 edition had added extra intrigue as it was the first since the start of the Saudi Arabian-backed LIV Golf circuit, which has featured a prominent group of players like Koepka and Mickelson put on. .
It was the most watched golf broadcast on any network since the 2018 edition of The Masters – where Patrick Reed was able to hold back a wave from Rickie Fowler and other big names like Jordan Spieth, Rory McIlroy and Rahm.
CBS says that when combined with streaming, they averaged 16.25 million viewers on a Sunday where some players in the field were finishing their third round after a soggy Saturday ended early.
The final round was also the most streamed round of golf in the history of CBS’s streaming platform Paramount Plus.
It’s still a far cry from the all-time record for a golf broadcast – when a whopping 44 million people tuned in to see Tiger Woods and his “all-ages win” at the 1997 Masters.
Forty-four million people tuned in to see Tiger Woods’ ‘all-ages win’ at the 1997 Masters