Phil Mickelson smiles with the Wanamaker Trophy after his two stroke victory within the remaining spherical of the PGA Championship on The Ocean Co
Phil Mickelson smiles with the Wanamaker Trophy after his two stroke victory within the remaining spherical of the PGA Championship on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort on Could 23, 2021, in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
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Greater than six million folks watched Phil Mickelson win the 103rd PGA Championship on Sunday as he turned the oldest participant to win a significant occasion. It was the most-watched spherical in three years for CBS Sports activities.
Mickelson, 50, received his sixth main championship and beat out two-time PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen – each golfers completed tied for second. ViacomCBS says the ultimate spherical averaged 6.58 million viewers throughout its Sunday afternoon protection. The spherical peaked at roughly 13 million viewers between 7:00 and seven:15 p.m. Jap. ESPN aired a lot of the 2021 PGA Championship, together with Sunday morning play.
By comparability, the ultimate spherical of the 2020 occasion averaged 5.1 million viewers and peaked at 6.Eight million viewers, based on Sports activities Media Watch, with ESPN’s protection averaging 1.6 million. The report famous the ultimate spherical of the 2019 PGA Championship additionally attracted roughly 5 million viewers, down from 8.four million in 2018, when Tiger Woods completed second.
ESPN says it averaged roughly 1.17 million viewers in the course of the first spherical on Thursday, an 18% enhance over the primary spherical in 2019. As a result of pandemic, the community did not evaluate it to the 2020 occasion, which was performed final August.
It was Mickelson’s 45th PGA Tour win and he took residence $2.1 million in earnings. Mickelson has revamped $94 million in 644 occasions performed, trailing solely Woods, who has earned roughly $120 million in his profession. Mickelson changed legendary golfer Julius Boros because the oldest participant to win a significant within the sport.
The PGA Championship has aired on CBS since 1991 and moved to ESPN from Turner Sports activities final 12 months as a part of an 11-year media rights deal fashioned in 2018.