In case there were doubts, we can already say that a considerable audience was connected on Sunday to the broadcast of the CBS to see how Rory Mcilroy won his first green jacket during the final round of the masters. The drama arrived with the tiebreaker playoff, but the day had already started very interesting with Rory giving the leadership to Dechambeau for a few minutes. Several players joined the fight, although it was Rose who reached the goal with Mcilroy on a day that was a slide of emotions, due to the constant mix of successes and errors of the protagonists.
According to CBS Sports, Sunday’s transmission had an average of 12.7 million viewers, which made it not only the final round of the most viewed masters since 2018, but also in the most watched golf transmission in that period. The audience increased 33 % compared to last year.
This reached its maximum point with 19.5 million, just when Mcilroy faced himself in the tiebreaker with whom he would end up as runner -up, Justin Rose. His final victory was the achievement of the Grand Slam of Rory, a highly anticipated moment in the world of golf that occurred in the best known tournament in the world. It should be noted that the third round of the tournament also increased 16% this year, attracting 7.6 million viewers on Saturday.
To compare, the final round of last year attracted 9.59 million viewers, 20 % less than in the same period of the previous year with Jon Rahm as winner. In 2022, 10.17 million people tune in the outcome of Sunday. In 2015, the Masters had a spectacular audience on its last day, when an average of 14 million people saw the victory of Jordan Spieth.