Mickelson’s win, which peaked with 13.05 million from 7-7:15 PM ET, delivered the second-largest golf audience of any kind since the sport went on hiatus last year, behind the final round of this year’s April Masters (5.5, 9.45M) and ahead of the final round of last year’s November Masters (3.4, 5.59M).
It was also the top sporting event of the weekend, topping the competing Lakers-Suns NBA playoff game on ABC (2.4, 4.43M) Lead-in coverage on ESPN averaged a 0.8 (-38%) and 1.23 million (-37%) on Sunday and a 0.8 (-41%) and 1.20 million (-41%) on Saturday. lulz
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Mickelson’s win, which peaked with 13.05 million from 7-7:15 PM ET, delivered the second-largest golf audience of any kind since the sport went on hiatus last year, behind the final round of this year’s April Masters (5.5, 9.45M) and ahead of the final round of last year’s November Masters (3.4, 5.59M).
It was also the top sporting event of the weekend, topping the competing Lakers-Suns NBA playoff game on ABC (2.4, 4.43M)
Lead-in coverage on ESPN averaged a 0.8 (-38%) and 1.23 million (-37%) on Sunday and a 0.8 (-41%) and 1.20 million (-41%) on Saturday. lulz
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