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Let There Be No Doubt: Michelle Wie Moves the Meter
Earlier in the year, when Michelle Wie wound up finishing in second at the season-opening SBS Open in Hawaii to Angela Stanford, the ratings were double the '08 numbers. She broug...
Should Tour Players Emulate Tiger Woods or Phil Mickelson?
The parade of great pieces about the remarkable life and career of Arnold Palmer - soon to turn 80 - keeps rolling. USA Today has a piece today that profiles Palmer's career around the time when...
Tiger Nearly Tripled the Buick Open's Ratings
I know there is a lot of humbling and grumbling about how much we see Tiger Woods on PGA Tour telecasts. "He's everywhere!" Or, "Show somebody else!" Or, "You know, there is a race for sec...
If I Can Do Sock Puppets, Then the PGA of America Can Use Cartoon Network
There was a rather benign story that came across the wire yesterday about Turner Sports and the PGA of America agreeing to extend their contract through 2019. Some in the industry may have found...
Tiger Woods Still Moves the Meter
Jon Show took a look at the impact Tiger Woods has had on the PGA Tour's ratings since his comeback. Basically, it looks like it's the same as it was before Woods' knee injury. The CA Champio...
The Masters Ratings and The Future of Golf on TV
The ratings are in and the Masters had slightly fewer viewers than last year. From Golfweek: This year's final round fell on Easter Sunday, when fewer people were watching TV. CBS said Monday...
Golf Ratings Watch: LPGA Flat, PGA Tour Improves
Sports Media Watch has the ratings from golf last weekend, and the results are pretty encouraging. The LPGA Tour's Kraft Nabisco Championship did a 0.8 on CBS Sports on Sunday. That was flat fr...
Golf on TV: Is It Time to Take it All to Cable?
With the new deals that ESPN has or soon will sign to move the Open Championship and all five Bowl Championship Series games to cable, it is becoming apparent that the future of sports on TV may very ...
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