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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 second, thank you!" Well, here's the reason why Tiger is pasted all over golf on TV: the rating for the final...
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 Championship and Bay Hill Invitational — the only two non-majors in which Woods contended in the first...
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 from last year when Lorena Ochoa won. The rating either tells you that: women's golf ratings will be...
Ending LPGA Events on Saturday May Not Be a Good Idea
Dottie Pepper spoke with SBJ's Jon Show about a few things LPGA Tour. The most poignant thing to me is something that is seemingly gaining momentum: I would love to see the LPGA finish on Saturday and have it be a championship Saturday. Start it on Wednesday when you have the only product, and...
More People May Read This Blog than Watched the BMW Championship
Thomas Bonk of the LA Times with a segment that I called Weekly Ratings Pain at the GNN Blog and am officially bringing here - with awful Paint-made graphic to boot! The third round Saturday of the BMW Championship had a 1.1 overnight rating on NBC, down from a 2.6 in 2007; and Sunday's fourth...
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