The finale of the PGA Championship could not quite match last year on CBS, though TNT hit a five-year high.
Final round coverage of the PGA Championship drew a 5.1 overnight rating on CBS Sunday, down 15% from last year (6.0) but up 16% from 2013 (4.4). Despite the double-digit drop, the 5.1 is the second-highest for final round coverage of the event since Tiger Woods finished second in 2009 (7.5).
Excluding The Masters, it is also the highest overnight rating for a golf telecast this year — topping the the final round of the U.S. Open on FOX (4.8). This is the second straight year that the PGA Championship has been the top non-Masters draw.
It should be noted that last year’s final round was a back-and-forth affair involving several big names, including Phil Mickelson. While Jordan Spieth was in contention this year, eventual winner Jason Day never relinquished the lead Sunday. In addition, last year’s telecast ran until 9 PM ET, while this year’s lasted just a half-hour into primetime.
In other action Sunday, TNT drew a 1.6 overnight for its early morning coverage — up 45% from last year (1.1), up a tick from 2013 (1.5) and the network’s highest final round overnight since 2010.
(Wknd. overnights via ShowBuzz Daily)
