Phil Mickelson smiles with the Wanamaker Trophy after his 2 stroke success in the last round of the PGA Championship on The Ocean Course at Kiawah Island Golf Resort on May 23, 2021, in Kiawah Island, South Carolina.
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More than 6 million individuals seen Phil Mickelson win the 103rd PGA Championship on Sunday as he ended up being the earliest gamer to win a significant occasion. It was the most-watched round in three years for CBS Sports.
Mickelson, 50, won his 6th significant champion and vanquish two-time PGA Championship winner Brooks Koepka and Louis Oosthuizen – both golf players ended up connected for 2nd. ViacomCBS stated the last round balanced 6.58 million audiences throughout its Sunday afternoon protection. The round peaked at approximately 13 million audiences in between 7 p.m. EDT and 7: 15 p.m. EDT. ESPN aired the majority of the 2021 PGA Championship, consisting of Sunday early morning play.
By contrast, the last round of the 2020 occasion balanced 5.1 million audiences and peaked at 6.8 million audiences, according to Sports Media Watch, with ESPN’s protection averaging 1.6 million. The report kept in mind the last round of the 2019 PGA Championship likewise drew in roughly 5 million audiences. That’s below 8.4 million in 2018, when Tiger Woods ended up second.
ESPN stated it balanced approximately 1.17 million audiences throughout the preliminary on Thursday, an 18% boost over the preliminary in 2019. Due to the pandemic, the network didn’t compare it to the 2020 occasion, which was played last August.
It was Mickelson’s 45th PGA Tour win, and he took house $2.1 million in profits. Mickelson has actually made over $94 million in 644 occasions played, routing just Woods, who has actually made approximately $120 million in his profession. Mickelson changed famous golf enthusiast Julius Boros as the earliest gamer to win a significant in the sport.
The PGA Championship has actually aired on CBS given that 1991 and transferred to ESPN from Turner Sports in 2015 as part of an 11-year media rights offer formed in 2018.
