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PGA Tour Still Needs Tiger Woods to Drive Ratings

PGA Tour Still Needs Tiger Woods to Drive Ratings

On Tuesday afternoon I was reading the Sports Business Daily and stumbled upon this interesting set of data regarding the Nielsen Ratings for Sundays at the PGA Championship over the last 15 years. In 7 of the last 15 years, the Sunday Nielsen rating at the PGA Championship exceeded 6.0.

 

Tiger moves to 5 back at PGA; 3rd round begins

Tiger moves to 5 back at PGA; 3rd round begins

Woods fires 70 in second round; Furyk, Holmes surge to 2 behind Kuchar

 

Bubba, Molinari lead PGA; Woods 3 shots back

Bubba, Molinari lead PGA; Woods 3 shots back

OK, so shooting 1-under 71, even at the PGA Championship, shouldn't be that big of a deal for a guy who has held the No. 1 ranking for more than five years. But after the year - not to mention the week - Woods has had, just finishing a round under par is huge.

 

After quick start, Woods falls back to pack at PGA

Tiger Woods' blistering start at the PGA Championship didn't last long. Now he's chasing a bunch of lesser-known guys like Jason Day and Gregory Bourdy.

 

Yang able to tame Tiger on way to winning PGA Championship

Yang able to tame Tiger on way to winning PGA Championship

The night before he went toe-to-toe with Tiger Woods (FSY) in the final group in the final round of the 91st PGA Championship, unheralded Y.E. Yang (FSY) ventured that his odds of winning were 70-1, seeing as Woods had 70 PGA Tour victories and he had one.

 

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