
On the winning Sunday of Rory Mcilroy’s green jacket at Masters held great ratings.
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Rory Mcilroy’s Grand Slam-Clinching win at The Masters was, first of all, persuasive television.
But for those in the business of MANUFACTURE Persuasive television, Rory’s victory was also something else: a very, very early gift of Christmas.
Mcilroy’s victory in Augusta National gave some of the highest golf estimates in the latest history for CBS on Sunday afternoon, an average number of 12.7 million viewers that served as a great incentive during last April Scottie Scheffler victory and the highest CBS number in Augusta National in several years.
Yeardo year, Masters TV numbers serve as a barometer for the overall health of Pro Golf, and 2025 was no different. Of course, ratings from Performance once in Mcilroy generation It cannot be repeated every week, but the numbers help to inform where the golf is – and where it runs. So let’s dig into the 6 largest numbers and what they understand.
12.7 million
The number of medieval viewers for the last round of CBS in Masters, the highest for a last round in Golf Major of Golf since 2018 and a mega-numera for CBS Fresh off 9.5 million decline For the second victory of Scottie Scheffler’s green jackets.
Where did 3 million extra viewers come from? Well, this year’s tour was benefited by a heartbroken end, a historic achievement and two high -water stars of Golf that were not named Tiger Woods (Rory Mcilroy and Bryson Dechambeau). When those things happen, more viewers tend to tune. (Nielsen’s mess for measurements outside the home have probably not damaged.)
While it is easy to make any number of uninformed arguments for what these numbers mean in the context of the largest sports and golf landscape, there are few questions in the objective reality singular: this is a large number, healthy for Golf on TV. When you talk to people In industry regarding Golf TV estimatesOne of the universally agreed truths is that large numbers in diplomas are good for business. Large numbers in large moments point to the golf’s ability to make entry with casual sports fans. For a moment on Saturday and Sunday, it felt as if golf was the sports world monocultureAnd these television numbers support that feeling, which is very good news for business.
7 years
The last time a golf broadcast of any Kind led Mcilroy’s last round to Master on Sunday. While the masters have seized 12 million viewers several times over the last half decades, it has fallen less than 13 million plates since the mid -2010s.
19.5 million
ROOF CBS Masters Cover Audience, arriving in minutes after the Mcilroy’s Tournament-Clinching Putt and Weepy Walking on the tent of the tent. (The peak audience is the average audience during the most watched 15-minute window of Telekasti.)
This is a particularly large number for golf, where the peak audience holds added value due to the length of the telekast. Master’s peak numbers promote a higher than average NFL CBS for season 2024.
While the NFL remains (safely) more popular than the masters on TV, it is extremely rare to see Golf football in good, everything.
CBS Sports on Sunday submitted the last watched round of masters since 2018, after Rory Mcilroy won in a play off to catch his first green jacket along with Golf Slam career: Pic.twitter.com/72jwrmz8b6
– CBS Sports PR (@cbsportsgang) April 14 2025
1.3 million
Average audiences for covering Sky Sports’ last round of UK masters, a record number for international broadcaster, including a peak audience of 1.7 million During Mcilroy’s walk, which aired shortly after midnight in the UK. These are the largest golf numbers in Sky Sports history, according to the network.
Mcilroy’s name was stamped in all British Post at the beginning of the week, but it seems that he would already visit most of the living rooms in the country until Sunday evening wrapped.
5.9 million
The number of medieval viewers for the last thriller of the last US last year between Bryson and Rory, less than half of the masters of 2025. This number was also the last round rated in the last round of the SH.BA since 2013-Turning the difference between the two largest events of golf and the importance of a good tv. Golf.
Three -digit
Increasing the percentage of Paramount Plus’s visibility of a year more than the masters added two additional hours from masters on Saturday and Sunday.
CBS treated Paramount Plus transmitted exactly the same as its network window-with the same production talent, crew in the air and technique as the regular round telekastine. They were richly rewarded, with great benefits to the transmitter, and the numbers of subscribers who probably clashed into the blocking. According to CBS, it was the largest non-nfl sporting day for Paramount Plus ever.
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James Colgan
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James Colan is a news editor of news and features in Golf, writing stories on the website and magazine. He manages the hot germ, golf media vertical and uses his experience on camera across brand platforms. Before entering Golf, James graduated from Siracuse University, during which time he was a caddy scholarship receiver (and Astuta Looper) in Long Island, where he is. He can be reached on James.colgan@golf.com.