Masters Finale Gives Cbs Ratings A Boost

It turns out Augusta wasn’t the only place Masters champion Tiger Woods put up incredible numbers with his glorious golf game.

Word of Tiger’s tilt with tournament history brought viewers to their TVs in droves.

CBS Sports got a record 15.8 overnight rating for a Sunday Masters finale. And that swelled to 22.2 in the telecast’s final half-hour, when Woods received his mantle of victory, the traditional Masters green jacket.

How big is a 15.8? It is up 65 percent from last year’s Sunday rating for CBS’ final-round coverage of the Masters.

When the overnight is formulated into a final national rating Tuesday, it should top CBS’ previous Masters record of 11.9 for the final round in 1975.