CBS Sports Scores Highest Viewership Since Return to Live Golf with Final Round Coverage of @MemorialGolf pic.twitter.com/daT0UlvUCF
— CBS Sports PR (@CBSSportsGang) July 21, 2020A few things stand out with the 2020 Memorial final round ratings: it scored an increase in viewership in July over the normal May dates. Generally fewer people are watching television this time of year.
Also, the final round 2.09 was registered going up against NASCAR. Furthermore, Tiger Woods was only briefly part of the rain-delay interrupted CBS window.
Golf Channel also did well with Tiger in the early weekend coverage provided by the CBS crew that has pulled off the return under complicated working conditions:
Record Viewership @MemorialGolf:
Sunday (1-3:30 pm): 1.47 million avg viewers, most-watched @GolfChannel lead-in telecast ever at this event & most-watched since 2019 Genesis Open in February.
Saturday (12:30-3 pm): 1.24M viewers, #2 sports telecast of the day in all key demos. pic.twitter.com/aiVdVJW7QE
According to ShowBuzzDaily.com, golf won the weekend too. While the competition is lighter than it will be in the coming weeks, there were more sports viewing options than a few weeks ago.