SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Tiger Woods won. Television rating spiked. The only person surprised about the latter fact was Woods himself. “I didn’t see the ratings, so I don’t know,” he said Tuesday at the Ryder Cup. “Are they good?” Well, yes, they were. NBC Sports’ final-round coverage of Woods’ victory at the Tour Championship on […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Fourteen years later, Phil Mickelson said that he’d be open to teaming again with Tiger Woods at the Ryder Cup. “I think we would both welcome it,” Mickelson said Tuesday. “I think we would both welcome it.” Asked whether he thinks it’ll actually happen, Mickelson smiled. “I do have an idea of […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – In the time since the last putt dropped at East Lake, Tiger Woods has been in the midst of an intercontinental whirlwind as he prepares for his Ryder Cup return. What he hasn’t had time for is savoring his drought-breaking victory. Woods won the Tour Championship on Sunday for his first title […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Phil Mickelson is probably thankful his long-awaited showdown with Tiger Woods isn’t next week. He’s not sure it’d be a fair fight. Last week at the Tour Championship, Woods won his first event in five years while Mickelson finished last in the 30-man field, a whopping 24 strokes behind. Ryder Cup: Articles, […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – For the U.S. side, one of the biggest question marks heading into this week is the state of Phil Mickelson’s game. Mickelson was all out of sorts last week at the Tour Championship, where he finished last in the 30-man field, shooting 13 over par and finishing 24 strokes behind Tiger Woods. […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Tiger Woods apparently played a pivotal role in getting Patrick Reed ready for that epic Ryder Cup singles match against Rory McIlroy – all by cracking a joke on the range. Then a U.S. vice captain, Woods noticed that Reed was too amped up during the warm-up for the opening singles match. […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Bryson DeChambeau is an accomplished player when it comes to match play, having captured the U.S. Amateur and starred on a Walker Cup team. But don’t ask him to explain the semantic difference between the formats in play at this week’s Ryder Cup. DeChambeau became crossed up Tuesday at Le Golf National […]
SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES, France – Phil Mickelson lingered behind as his foursome made its way to the ninth tee during Tuesday’s practice round. He needed the extra practice, no doubt. He’s one of just six players on the U.S. Ryder Cup team with even a modicum of knowledge about Le Golf National, but the likely reason for […]
Who is on Tiger Woods’ all-time Mount Rushmore of golf? And maybe more significantly, who isn’t? Listen: .@TigerWoods gives his ultimate Mount Rushmore of golf. pic.twitter.com/wJ1mqco23A — Ryder Cup USA (@RyderCupUSA) September 25, 2018
ORLANDO, Fla., (Sept. 25, 2018) – NBC Sports Group’s final round coverage of the TOUR Championship on Sunday (3:00-6:19 p.m. ET) garnered a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 7.8 million average viewers, as Tiger Woods claimed his 80th career victory, and his first in five years. The telecast’s TAD was up 212% vs. 2017 (2.5m). […]