Rain dampened the ratings for the 2010 Ryder Cup on NBC.
NBC earned a 2.1 final rating and 2.924 million viewers for coverage of the Ryder Cup Sunday, down 28% in ratings and 31% in viewership from 2008 (2.9, 4.226 mil) and down 22% and 18%, respectively, from 2006 (2.7, 3.555 mil).
Meanwhile, Saturday’s coverage drew a 1.8 and 2.572 million viewers, down 25% in ratings and 22% in viewership from ’08 (2.4, 3.293 mil) and down 40% and 37%, respectively, from ’06 (3.0, 4.084 mil).
The telecasts rank as the two lowest-rated Ryder Cup windows on NBC since at least 1997 (twelve telecasts). Ratings prior to the 1999 event were unavailable.
Ratings have declined for seven of the last eight Ryder Cup telecasts on NBC, the lone exception being Sunday coverage in 2008 — which was up 7% from 2006.
Despite the decline, Sunday’s Ryder Cup window ranks as the most-viewed golf telecast on broadcast since the final round of The Barclays in late August (2.929 mil).
Ratings/Viewership For The Ryder Cup on NBC Dating Back To 1999
|
Year
|
Dates | Net | Saturday | Sunday | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rating | Viewers | Rating | Viewers | |||
|
2010
|
10/2/10-10/3/10
|
NBC |
1.8
|
2,572
|
2.1
|
2,924
|
|
2008
|
9/20/08-9/21/08
|
NBC |
2.4
|
3,293
|
2.9
|
4,226
|
|
2006
|
9/23/06-9/24/06
|
NBC |
3.0
|
4,084
|
2.7
|
3,555
|
|
2004
|
9/18/04-9/19/04
|
NBC |
3.6
|
4,794
|
3.1
|
4,055
|
|
2002
|
9/28/02-9/29/02
|
NBC |
3.8
|
5,189
|
3.8
|
5,000
|
|
1999
|
9/25/99-9/26/99
|
NBC |
4.3
|
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|
5.2
|
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|
