*Tv ratings down…is this that start of the decline? What can be done?*

Who wants to see a leaderboard with half the names no one has ever heard of?

Fans have lost interest in golf. The player squabbling has really turned a lot of people off.

I'll tell you why I don't watch golf anymore, I'm 67 and a lifelong SoCal golfer. I'm on a fixed income now and golf has just gotten too expensive to play. I started junior golf in 1965, but I recently quit playing due to cost. My health is fine. Its too expensive to play so I have lost interest in the players. Couldnt care less about the PGA / LIV squabbles. The golf industry can have it all. There are too many less costly hobbies available for my time, and my dime. So, Im in 3 bowling leagues now. I can bowl for 3 hours, for 12 bucks. And I dont have to listen to Rory and Tiger whine. Masters shmasters. The golf industrial machine is its own worst enemy.

The network fails to televise golfers other than the leaders enough to show personal favorites. Air time is too limited to the top few in each tournament.

The golf industry has priced itself out of range for an average middle class person so no one watches anymore. How hard is that to understand.

Broadcast is always pushing their narrative instead of showing the best players. They always take jabs or refuse to show the players they don’t like

They don’t report objective. Sick of hearing “world’s number one “. Always touting their favorites.

Tv coverage is awful these days thats why. All we want to see is shots, not analysis on everything. We dont want to see someone taking 2 minutes to hit a shot or line up a putt When you watch LIV you see hundreds and hundreds of shots from virtually all the players. Cut out the crap and just show the shots!

There are too many commercials in PGA golf coverage, three shots then commercials (not the Masters). There is too much statistical crap you are forced to watch and listen to as well, along with bios of players we don’t care about. Too much meaningless talking, swing analysis, etc for the average viewer who doesn’t tune in for a lesson. I’ll bet CBS miss Frank T as their director. The Masters coverage was the worst I’d ever watched. They put out coverage reflective of the fact they didn’t have to pay anything for it!

$1000 for a set of irons $500 for a driver. Professionals constantly whining and complaining all while making huge amounts of money. Streaming wars, PGA vs LIV. Inflation through the roof so more people choosing to buy food instead of playing a round of golf. I could go on forever on why golf is declining especially PGA viewership. When the average person is can’t afford rent it’s hard to watch millionaires complain about their golf issues.

Jay Monahan and the pga is to blame. They cooked their own goose. Fans don’t want to hear about internal politics when watching sports. It’s a major turn off. And hence fans turned off golf.

At The Masters,how much time was used a camera showing us flowers FFS.

When I was younger I was able to go to tournaments and watch top professionals play. I watched Seve, at the Ronnie Sumrie tournament, in Bournemouth, Billy Casper, at Sunningdale and Tony Jacklin, within 5 miles of my home. Now, I can't even watch the top tournaments on TV, as the majority are subscription only.

I think EVERY segment of TV ratings is on the decline from NEWS to SPORTS! Streaming content is surpassing TV and CABLE and it will continue to do so because people do not have time or the inclination to sit there for 3+ hours of advertisements and irrelevant monologue. I think the MASTERS APP/WEBSITE had better coverage than the legacy media. And the fans being tired of all the bull 💩 pettiness between the Men's tours plays a part in the lack of interest in viewership!

Golf is a sport that is suffering from time pressure on people. As a golfer for 40 years, I have noticed how club memberships are declining, with many clubs only marginally viable, and struggling to get members. People these days are working long hours, and a game of golf, even without the clubhouse after, takes 5 hours, plus the travel to and from. A whole day essentially. When people lose interest in playing themselves, they also view a lot less golf, as I have

Love the Masters and used to watch it live on the BBC. Then the Beeb went down to reduced coverage, and now nothing. With Sky being so expensive I don't watch golf on TV anymore - there's so much money in golf yet some consumers are priced out of watching. Way better to watch free golfing videos on KZfaq and go out and play with the money you've saved from not having a paid TV subscription.

The PGA has chosen the strategy of focusing on a handful of their favorites. Much like this channel is a huge Rory fan. When those favorites are non factors then the casual fan has less desire to watch. Again, behind closed doors they made the calculated decision to go with this strategy.

My 2 cents… look what happened to the ratings when Tiger came onto the tour in 1997. Look at the ratings over recent years when he has been competitive. Tiger was very entertaining. The golfers of today are not entertaining. Period. They are very boring to watch. Another very entertaining golfer was Arnold Palmer. I’m sure ratings were sky high when he was playing. There is ZERO emotion on today’s tour. The golfers ignore the gallery and barely tip their hat when thousands are applauding them. It’s a game. It’s a game that isn’t fun. It’s entertainment until it’s not.

I played golf on Sunday. Way more fun than watching golf.

Was listening to Michael Breed this morning. He was discussing the ratings issue, and quickly pointed to the "disrupters" who are causing the fractures of fans. I have watched almost every LIV event. I can say for a fact that the LIV and the broadcasts never denegrate the PGA Tour. However, every PGA program I listen to or watch, in veritably bashes LIV. They need to realize that denegrating LIV and its fans is denegrating PGA Tour fans also. LIV fans weren't created 3 years ago. We still are PGA Tour fans, because we are fans of golf.

No longer interested since LIV /PGA split.

I watched the Masters on the ESPN+ streaming service. I watched their numerous channels that featured holes 4.5 and 6, AMEN corner and holes 15 and 16. ESPN+ also had a featured group to watch too which showed Tiger and Rory and Rahm throughout the day. Did I mention not one commercial for my seven hours of watching on Sunday. A much better viewing experience then the CBS broadcast. The ratings are down because so many of us are tired of hearing about how much money the players will be making and how the PGA tour is morally superior to the LIV players. I have stopped watching the Golf Channel because of their continuous hate of the LIV players. The fans are tired of the drama and just want to watch golf. The ESPN+ broadcasters just stick to golf and mentioned what tour a player was on and left it at that unlike the CBS broadcasts which never mentions a player who plays on the LIV tour or will bad mouth the LIV tour.

Rory is correct. I believe the commentary that started with condemning LIV & all it's players, set a train in motion of social media put downs & pitted golf lovers against each other for differing opinions. Supposed golf news accounts & influencers have continued to spike this with click bait headlines that continues today. People have turned off. Added to Scottie being so dominant & has not a shred of pizazz about him, along with the poor coverage, it has become a little ho hum.

Viewers deal with the commercials by using the mute button and go to the fridge for another beer. The viewers dropped off when Morikawa and DeChambleau fell too far back and Scotty had a free run. No more drama because Scotty knew how to bring it home. CBS is so woke that 1/2 the viewers would rather watch the highlights. Finally, look how many A players did not make the cut. Nothing here as a reason and it is not about PGA vs. LIV. It shows how more than ever they need the LIV golfers to even get a decent viewing audience. I enjoyed it nonetheless.

Golf coverage is boring as hell and the chatting while playing is a STUPID idea

The thing that kills me about the Masters is that they treat Amanda like she's Elvis in the 50's and only show her from the neck up. Weird. Also telling people what to wear on course is also silly.

Golf has become un attainable for the every day person and they loose interest golf club cost are ridiculous and a round of golf keeps going up

peacock broadcasting of golf is really really bad this year, all I see is announcers talking about nothing, not showing golf until 3pm, that sucks. Way too many commercials...show them playing golf instead and use better camera angles, we have the technology! Also we do not have anyone that is replacing tiger...No top player dominating. There are too many distraction with the LIV and PGA, viewers are fed up. Question how was the attendance this year compared to last year? That will tell you more...

Turned on the golf channel (Live from the masters) to see what had happened on the course. Instead I was treated to four non golfers talking about things the saw 25 years ago. Truly blow hard heavy and golf thin.They were all CBS hacks.

There used to be so much golf on free to air TV. It's mostly all gone now. I no longer watch televised golf....But, the choice was not mine. Bit by bit, all the tournaments that I enjoyed watching were removed from free to air TV. This is my personal reason that I no longer watch golf on TV........it's become too difficult and expensive to do so.

Masters .The main problem is the coverage every 4 shots a break ,adverts or lovely scenery that we,ve seen countless times before . Then only showing the main contenders even if they are standing waiting to play or repeating the shot they have just played over and over . Switched off made a cup of tea and watched something else . Less infill and more actual golf ,

TV is down because less people are playing golf . Why less ? Because golf green fees are way way way TOO EXPENSIVE !!! Playing golf is not affordable, so many people aren't that interested, now. Once courses become much more affordable, golfers will come back.

The coverage is terrible. They focus on a handful of their favorites and practically ignore the leaders if they aren't their buddies.

I am a golfer and professional golf on TV holds no interest for me, including all the majors. They are dead to me.

Money is ruining sports! The PGA tour has too many players that take much too long to play! 4:00hrs. Max! Just hit the freakin shot!

Like it or not, golf is a dying sport. Most people can not afford to play golf regularly, especially with the current inflation. I always said that if golf did not start catering to all budgets that it would not make it. The economy is in big trouble. Yes, it took off during the plandemic but the government dumped a ton of money into the economy ( bad mistake), and no one couldn't do anything else but play golf. Golf is in big trouble. Unless something changes, it won't make it. LIV isn't the answer either.

It's not LIV - nor USGA, nor PGA, it's the format on TV! The announcers, the camera angles, the following of the golf ball, and most of all the PLAYERS! There were so many times in which the TV Camera lost the ball in midair! Or could not find the ball on the green. Or the announcers saying: "That is going to be a hard shot from there!" (WHY? - No explanation). On some announcer explanations, the result was totally opposite from what the ball did in real time! Then we have, as much as in recent years 2020 to now; NO one person in the World seems to connect with the NOW top Leaders on the board; like we did with: Tiger, Rickie, Rory, Bryson, Jason Day, Hideki, Seve, VJ Singh, The Golden Bear, Norman, Faldo, Arnie, Langer, Phil, The Black Knight, Bobby Jones, Casper etc. Also, at times, it felt, and looked like some players held back, or stopped trying to win. It seemed a tad orchestrated. Announcers calling it "mistakes"! Common! At that level? And some players looked like they didn't even want to be there!

I just don't like "The Masters". All that squeaky clean tosh ( white boiler suits/"patrons" /.kids putting comps/ par three comp/green blazers.....ugh) . There is no way this event should be designated a Major. Endless visuals and claptrap talked about "Tiger's chances" - Freddie Couples and other past champions who take a place which should be occupied by current pros. Last day pins which are predictable as hell requiring the same approach shots every year. It is so Boring.

The other events are 10x worse because the Masters seemed to care about the viewer, but there were more commercials this year. Also…WHY AM I MISSING ANY SHOT BY A PLAYER WITHIN 3-4 SHOTS OF THE LEAD IN A FINAL ROUND OF A F*****G MAJOR I shouldn’t miss a 6 foot birdie putt of a player closing in on the leader on the back 9 because you go to commercial. Then when you come back he’s on the tee after having made the birdie. The US Open last year was almost unwatchable. More commercials than golf and a mic on the blimp active the entire time. Was a total joke. And let’s not even get into the commercials themselves… They’ve destroyed the golf watching experience and apparently now the Masters is joining in on the bs NBC and CBS and ESPN are so bad at this point. Hey let’s show 4 minutes of golf then have a split screen while we get 5 minutes of commercials then come back for 3 minutes of golf before cutting totally away to 5-6 more commercials. F**K YOU NBC CBS AND ESPN

Here's a perspective that has nothing to do with the PGA/LIV Tour situation. The stars of golf that won their majors in their twenties haven't performed anywhere close to their status in the game since they turned thirty and started having families. Think of the players that have won multiple majors but now would rather post on social media after missing a cut or being a non-factor in a tournament. With Scheffler being 27 years old and now starting a family we can see if his game falls off like the likes of Mcilroy, Thomas, and Spieth.

This reminds me of the Indycar split in the early 2000s, it divided the fan base and both Indycar & CART suffered for it. I understand why LIV was created, I support the idea of competition. I’ve tried to watch LIV 5 times, and each time lasted no more than 10 minutes. The number one aspect of LIV that drove me away…the NOISE! No matter who was talking or what location…the friggin’ obnoxious music in the background! So…I’ve never learned about the team aspect or why they don’t play 72 holes, I can’t get past the noise. On several occasions, the music has been so load I can’t hear or understand what they’re trying to tell the viewers. As far as the PGA…whenever I tune in I find a field of golfers I’ve never heard of…70% or more. In our household we get invested in the golfers skill & personalities. Recent additions to our favorites: Sahith Theegala, Tom Kim, two guys with skills and personalities. I hope “they” get this worked out, but…for crying out loud…turn down the blasting music…it’s not a nightclub. 😎

How can a golfer who plays only in America be considered world number one ?

I can’t watch guys mark their ball for a one foot putt, stand over their ball and back off repeatedly, talk about the wind like they’re discussing War and Peace, waggle…..can’t do it and I’m a golf fanatic.

What would MLB ratings be if there were two competing MLBs? Two NFL's? Two NBA's? Ratings would suck for all. They better figure out how to combine the two golf leagues or rating will continue to decline. Fans want to see the best against the best. Not complicated.

The CBS App really SUCKED. Limited viewing and the commercials were painful to stomach every 10 minutes. Deleting the CBS app today.

There was no drama on the back nine. Most of the favorites were eliminated early.

I teed it up yesterday, that makes my 60th year. Over the years I have watched a dozen business cycles. Well, the next down business cycle is starting. During these times appear what has always been the intention of golf itself. It's for the wealthy and they really don't want the rest of us around.

Golf viewership has been fractionated by LIV, excessive money chase of purses, Saudi spots washing with BIG money($400m to Rahm?), soccer, screen games for kids, declining junior golf ranks. Alternate venues like top-golf, short courses, might help, but too soon to tell. PGA responses have not cured the mess! When recession hits & it will, all this will accelerate, worsen!

Everyone has their own reason for not watching, but more than anything golf at the professional level is associated with rich, spoiled brats that can't make enough money on the tour created BY AND FOR THEM to the point they need to hold their hands out for truckloads of Saudi money. While the Saudi's are buying the sport, the monthly expense to me at the gas pump keeps going up and up. The cost to transport groceries to the store goes up and is passed down to me. While my spending ability is stretched to the limit, I can only dream about purchasing a decent set of new clubs that cost 70-120 percent what they did five years ago and I now have to pay green fees 50 percent more than two years ago. Golf is literally spending it's way out of my desire to be interested--something the whole industry should note carefully.

So I might be a good example as to why people are not watching as much golf as they used to. In my market, the New York Long Island area and I believe most of the US for that matter, the PGA is now showing their product on I believe five different services. NBC, CBS, NBC Golf/Sports (Golf Channel), Peacock network, and ESPN+. PGA live might even be in there somewhere, but I got so disgusted with that, I stopped even looking or caring. I’ve personally became exhausted of trying to find out when they were broadcasting as well as what and where. Also the fact that the PGA has now added additional subscription services that are required to watch a full golf tournament has completely turned me off to the point that I canceled my cable subscription which took CBS, NBC and the Golf Channel/NBC golf with it. I have to believe that other people cutting the cord is having a similar effect. I have on the other hand actually been watching LIV golf when I can because it’s just easy to flip on the app wherever I might be, at home on my TV or on my phone. Hope this helps in your quest to find answers.

The Masters stunk this year...nobody moved on Saturday, nobody made a back 9 charge on Sunday. The course played too hard!

I'm in the UK and I was stuck watching Tiger Woods playing mediocre golf for almost 18 holes. The commentators were in love with Tiger He came last for F's sake, show some other players who were playing good golf. It's no wonder the tv ratings are down!

Too many adverts

As a lifelong golf fan who recently stopped watching I can say this with certainty, the broadcasts are so woke they are a turn off. Secondly the players make so much money they have no hunger to win so it's boring.

Agree with the comments others have made. TV coverage is boring, agenda driven, focused on a few, and too many commercials. Its basically not watchable. For those of us who Love the game we have to remember its a fringe sport and only a very small portion of the golfers will take time out of their day to watch, most rather play the game. There are no compelling story lines and way too many PGA events for the public to take notice or care. The Majors are the only reason to watch these days. The TPC Sawgrass was a chance for golf to get some traction but Harmen and Clark folded like cheap suits at the end and Zander is always the brides maid. I knew Scottie had it won at the turn on Sunday at the TPC Sawgrass and Masters.

Also, golf is just getting too expensive, cost of clubs, playing rounds, membership, and so on. Rounds take too long too, 5-6hr rounds is just ridiculous.

Is this taking viewership from the Masters app into account?

I would have loved to have watched it but BBC dropped coverage and there was no free to view on KZfaq. Not sure why US viewers have switched off.

The golden era of golf was the late 90's early 2000's. The era with Tiger, John Daly, Phil Mickelson, Ernie Els, Vijay Singh, Fred Couples, David Duval, et al. Much like Nascar before 2005. Earnhardht, Gordon, Jarret, Wallace, Earn Jr, Martin, Johnson. Sold out raceways every weekend.

ALL TV IS NOW RULED BY TOO MANY ADVERTS.

It was so boring, announces were not into it. Chalk it up as one of those blips.

I'm sorry, I just can't get into watching LIV events. I don't like the production at all. I don't like team golf at all. The LIV course venues mean nothing to me, there is no historical perspective. So, the bottom line is I don't watch LIV golf. However, the PGA Tour events are mostly between guys I have never heard of previously. The big-time golfers I like to watch play are on the LIV tour. So, I watch very little of the PGA Tour. So there you have it. I will watch the majors because all of the best players will show up. The events are played at the best and most challenging golf courses. That makes it interesting. After The Open championship is played in July, that will pretty much end my viewing for the year.

I for one find it hard to watch players who think they are worth ridiculous amounts of money to play a sport that’s always been way down the pecking list in viewing figures compared to other sports.

I have heard several people who are puzzled by the lower golf ratings and public interest. Honestly.... I roll my eyes why people are surprised. There are many reasons but there are some KEY ones: The dominate players have a fraction of the personality and public appeal that Tiger, Phil, Ernie, Fred and other do. Rory is the only one who has a personality worth paying attention. Scheffler, Schauffele, and Cantlay have as much personality as a blank canvas. There are some players who DO have the personality to get viewer's attention back but those players are just playing poorly the past number of months: Justin, Jordan, Ricky and Jason Day. Throw an in-form Rory in that mix and you have a tour that would be fun to watch. People would almost forget about who's even ON the Saudi sports-washing tour. That being said... how Jay Monahan still has a job is a HUGE part of the problem. In the US the PGA tour are ALWAYS touting US patriotism. US flags and apparel everywhere. It's historically been a HUGE part of the PGA tour's branding. For Jay or anyone else to think they could join forces with the Saudi royal family's sports-washing scheme and NOT have critical backlash shows a complete void of reality and SCREAMS of hypocrisy. The possible merger with LIV has to be scraped... Monahan has to go... and then they have a MASSIVE brand/trust-rebuilding task on their hands. For people not to see these factors... it simply shows lacking grasp on reality. Sorry/not sorry about the bluntness. For context, I've been an avid watcher/supporter of the PGA tour for over 40 years and over the past 2 years I have been reduced to watching the final few holes of major's final round (except The Open, which I will watch all the way through) and I watch NONE of the non-major events. I used to watch everything.

It takes too long .

The product is boring period. Coverage is horrendous. The commentators are horrendous.

The fact that golf courses are closing should tell you all you need to know.

I think the effect is quite subtle. For the first time since Sky have shown weekly US golf tournaments, I have more or less stopped watching them this year because the fields were noticeably weaker. Especially TPC, which could hardly be described as the fifth major anymore; it resembled a normal weekend tournament before LIV. You then get out of the habit of watching so I watched only a few hours of the Masters, which I never thought I'd ever do. The LIV representation at majors won't last as they get no ranking points. Furthermore, PGA Tour sponsorship deals will tank and Sky TV ads will be even more prevalent as they try to make up the financial loss for falling viewers and subscribers. A fair deal with LIV, and a better deal for the DP World Tour, would help. The PGA Tour has played hardball and financially lost, so I suspect it will now behave more reasonably, but it could already be too late. The Ryder Cup will be next to suffer a dramatic fall in European viewers if half our best players aren't eligible.

Did these ratings include those who watched the tournament using the Masters app? I watched the entirety on the app because it gave me options of who to watch or which holes to watch.

I'd like to sue Augusta National for making it impossible for the average guy to get tickets. The Masters is steeped in tradition and as we've seen lately, traditions have been targeted by liberal media including CBS. They shot their own foot IMHO. LIV Golf is pretty cool and has quite a good format for viewing. I expect LIV Golf to buy out the PGA Tour in a few more years.

To much advertising during coverage.

I think it's a question of how we watch and absorb golf. The rise of KZfaq short sharp programnes(videos) has meant that watching 8 to 10 hours each day, for 4 days is not engaging for younger viewers. Plus, to many advert breaks going to boring pundits might not help.

Well, it sucks you have to download the app to watch just about all of it because the broadcast doesn't start until later in the afternoon

Grown men falling out and calling each other isn’t attractive. Everyone needs to grown up and find a way to get back together as one. LIV golf is here to stay. Grow up and work it out guys.

If I recall correctly, I had to check 4 channels and one streaming app in a single round of the masters to TRY to see the entire tournament. Chamblee browbeating his cohosts was one of them until I figured out the couldn’t show any players on the course, only the range. That is rediculous AND imo a direct reflection of so many players going off the first tee makes for such a long tournament no single network will carry it all:

Yeah, them selfish bastards. They don’t pay their volunteers or nothing. It wasn’t for volunteers. Their purse wouldn’t be neither they don’t deserve it.

13th 15th .... No eagles... No excitement £ 5 viewing day ticket... Would help

media show a player teeing off,then jumps to some one putting,the back to another tee shot. there is no continuity.annocers are boring monotone reading a script with no interest. tiger is over the hill give up on showng tiget at 8 over par .rather see them following the new breed. fowler,spieth, thomas just boring as well. really do i want to watch them at 6 or 8 over par. the masters is a stodgy old men running a tournament just to get cash. the womens ametuer at augusta was more enjoyable

PGA Tour: It used to be that I could run down the leaderboard of last names, and list off each of the players’ first names. I knew who they were, their games, their personalities. Now its just a bunch of names I haven’t heard of, and faces I don’t recognize. There is nothing there to hold my interest any longer. Bye!

Sadly , The leading Younger golfers now have no Charisma and no Swagger, they look like human robots on TV and are pretty boring to watch . They can all hit a golf ball a mile but , so what . Scheffler , Thomas , Speith , Rory , Rahm , Max Homa , Johnson even Cameron Smith , are so boring on the TV. Lets think about the some of the Head liner names in the past , when golf was great to watch on TV . Players cutting loose , like Tiger Woods , Long John Daley, The Shark Greg Norman , Nick Faldo, Seve Ballesteros , Tom Watson ... Also the Big Brands in Golf are not helping the game. Just ripping off the weekend players in the sport , with ridiculous prices on their new equipment turning new people off the game . When a full set of Fitted new Ping , Mizuno or titlest clubs being upwards over $5000-$7000.... They are treating there customers and would be Golf Fans, like absolute Mugs.

I only watch the majors now. Without the best players playing, it’s not very interesting. Also, I didn’t like the incendiary comments the PGA made about LIV and its players. Many of my favorite golfers are playing LIV tournaments now. Maybe LIV has to set up their own “World Ranking Points” system and present the results to the 4 majors or come up with 4 new majors. Personally I don’t care if LIV plays any PGA events but should be entitled to WRP’s so we can see the best players competing in the majors.

On the current LPGA major I wouldn’t have known that the player on top of the leaderboard was even in the tournament because all the focus was on one American player. This is common and very irritating when every shot is featured from one or two players and the rest are rarely featured. As a result, I don’t subscribe to golf channels any more and over time lose interest.

I could not hear it clearly. For some reason they chose to add background crowd noise to their announcers commentary. This made it difficult to hear. They repeated this format Saturday on CBS. Corrected for Sunday broadcast.

Broadcasts suck… LIV is ⬆️

Why can’t the masters show every group live like LIV? It’s 2024

KZfaq golf is better entertainment. You get to know the characters on a human level. People need access to the professional players in order to form bonds and gain an interest in them. Golf in the UK is as popular as it’s ever been. Give the audience a narrative to follow.

IT'S SIMPLE. CORD CUTTERS. Try watching golf without live TV or cable

There are no more John Daly's, Arnold Palmers, Phil Mickelson's, Chi Chi Rodriguez's, Lee Trevino's, Tiger Wood's, Jack Nicklaus's. Wat happen to all the "young guns" Where's Rickie Fowler? Jordan Spieth? The best thing as of late was the Brooks Koepka Bryson DeChambeau dust up. There's no Characters. Everybody has a "team" surrounding them nowadays. What happen to the golf pro out of nowheresville to burst onto the scene and and slay the dragon at a major.

It's very basic. The PGA Tour and professional golf has lost it's brand......tradition and integrity. The Rahms and the Johnsons and Cameron Smith lied to it's fans. "I will be faithful to the PGA ! ....oops I have to take care of my family because I only have 40 million. I need 150million. But I want to grow the game! They thought golf fans would swallow this? I watched the Masters a bit. Phil made me want to throw up. So these guys are competing for 4 million prize money and they have 200 million? You notice none of the LIV golfers were around at the end....probably tired counting all their money. You are right professional golf is in trouble. For two years we have been listening to entitled spoiled athletes whining about money. Go back to your yachts! Jack, Gary, and Tom were the starters this year. Good luck finding men of integrity who love the game more than their wallets to be future starters. Lastly, and possibly most importantly the PGA has been raising huge charitable dollars while working with local communities. This was the PGA I grew up with. Sorry....I am going to play and watch amateur golf. I want to watch golfers who love the game for what is.

The advertisements are killing it, every 10 minutes of golf we have to watch 2/3 minutes of advertising. As you are about to see someone hit a shot to the green , jump away to an advertisement.

More people are cutting the cable and CBS did not stream the Masters live this year for free . Greed is killing golf .

I wasn't really a close match and I don't think Scottie moves the needle as much as say Spieth or Rory.

Team golf is garbage, paying players upfront is garbage, and acting like you’re a good golfer because you’re on LIV is garbage

Tiger finished dead last of all the golfers who made the cut, but they covered him more than some of the top 20 players. He used to push the needle, but at some point, it’s time to move on. He’s not a late Sunday factor anymore.

They prove they don’t deserve our viewership. They sell out of country for a dollar! I’ll never watch them again

To be honest, the coverage is just boring, lots of commercials, commentators are iconic in their own rite but no ones excited, lots of dead air. At least LIV keeps things dynamic and exciting showing shot after shot, having all these side pieces, lots of informative information on screen, a bit of relatable humor and no commercials.

PGA are a tortoise. They’ve decided to go into their shell and wait this out.

What happened to limited commercial interruptions from the past years? seemed like a commercial or one of those split screens every 4 or 5 minutes..that playing thru crap. That made it almost unwatchable.

Shocked by the ratings, everyone I knew was watching. There were also multiple Masters parties going on in my neighborhood all weekend. I think if anything they need to show more players and more shots. Down the stretch seeing only 4 or 5 guys play isn't that entertaining. What also might have hurt was the weather in the Midwest on Sunday, mid 70s and sunny is not typical in mid April. Lots of people and families probably out enjoying the weather