Ratings for the final round of the PGA Championship since 1982. Final round coverage of last year’s PGA Championship drew a mere 2.8/6 rating on CBS, the lowest since at least ’82, and down 55% from the previous year.
Tiger Woods was atop the leaderboard entering Sunday’s final round. The last time Woods won the event — 2007 — the final round drew a 6.2/14 rating. Woods has won the PGA Championship four times, and each time the final round has drawn at least a 6.0 rating.
From 2000-08, final round coverage of the PGA Championship averaged a 5.9 rating — 11% higher than the 5.3 rating final round coverage averaged during the previous 8-year period (1991-99).
Ratings for the final round of the PGA Championship since ’82.
The ’05 PGA Championship ended on a Monday; the rating presented is for Sunday coverage.
| Year | Date | Winner | Net | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
2008
|
Sun., 8/10/08 | Harrington | CBS | |
|
2007
|
Sun., 8/12/07 | Woods | CBS | |
|
2006
|
Sun., 8/20/06 | Woods | CBS | |
|
2005*
|
Sun., 8/14/05 | Mickelson | CBS | |
|
2004
|
Sun., 8/15/04 | Singh | CBS | |
|
2003
|
Sun., 8/17/03 | Micheel | CBS | |
|
2002
|
Sun., 8/18/02 | Beem | CBS | |
|
2001
|
Sun., 8/19/01 | Toms | CBS | |
|
2000
|
Sun., 8/20/00 | Woods | CBS | |
|
1999
|
Sun., 8/15/99 | Woods | CBS | |
|
1998
|
Sun., 8/16/98 | Singh | CBS | |
|
1997
|
Sun., 8/17/97 | Love III | CBS | |
|
1996
|
Sun., 8/11/96 | Brooks | CBS | |
|
1995
|
Sun., 8/13/95 | Elkington | CBS | |
|
1994
|
Sun., 8/14/94 | Price | CBS | |
|
1993
|
Sun., 8/15/93 | Azinger | CBS | |
|
1992
|
Sun., 8/16/92 | Price | CBS | |
|
1991
|
Sun., 8/11/91 | Daly | CBS | |
|
1990
|
Sun., 8/12/90 | Grady | ABC | |
|
1989
|
Sun., 8/13/89 | Stewart | ABC | |
|
1988
|
Sun., 8/14/88 | Sluman | ABC | |
|
1987
|
Sun., 8/9/87 | Nelson | ABC | |
|
1986
|
Sun., 8/10/86 | Tway | ABC | |
|
1985
|
Sun., 8/11/85 | Green | ABC | |
|
1984
|
Sun., 8/19/84 | Trevino | ABC | |
|
1983
|
Sun., 8/7/83 | Sutton | ABC | |
|
1982
|
Sun., 8/8/82 | Floyd | ABC |
