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PGA Championship final round on CBS draws lowest viewership in 15 years

Broadcast averages 4.52m viewers, the lowest since 2008.

24 May 2023 Josh Sim

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The final round of golf’s 2023 PGA Championship pulled in 4.52 million viewers on CBS, the lowest total since 2008.

Confirmed:

  • Final round viewership was down 14 per cent from last year’s PGA Championship
  • 2023 tournament attracted a peak audience of 6.67 million
  • This year’s final round was the first since 2019 to not reach five million viewers

Context:

Viewership for the PGA Championship’s final round was lower than the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) playoff game staged on the same day. However, the golf major did draw a larger audience than the Stanley Cup conference final on ABC played at a similar timeslot, which managed 1.62 million viewers.

Coming next:

The US Open tees off on 15th June, with broadcaster NBC hoping not to experience a similar decline in viewership.

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