Scottie Scheffler dominated this year’s Masters to earn a four-shot victory, his second at Augusta National in the last three years.
However, this past week’s tournament wound up being one of the worst-rated in recent memory.
Sports Business Journal reported that CBS drew 9.589 million viewers for the final round of the Masters on Sunday, down 20% from last year.
While golf fans were geared up for a classic entering Sunday, as Scheffler had just a one-shot lead entering the final round, he took the course by the horns and ran away with it.
The tournament was seemingly over by the time Scheffler even finished with Amen Corner, making it not as much a must-watch as people anticipated.
It also didn’t help that Tiger Woods’ 82 round on Saturday, his worst-ever at Augusta, put him out of contention (he finished dead last). But golf influencer Paige Spiranac has another theory.
