Rory McIlroy, citing ratings dip, says deal should ‘speed up’\u060c<\/p>\n
Mark Schlabach, ESPN senior writerMarch 13, 2024, 2:29 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\nClose<\/p>\n\nSenior College<\/a> Football Writer<\/li>\nAuthor of seven college football books<\/li>\nGraduated from the University of Georgia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\nPONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – As television ratings have fallen so far this season, four-time major champion Rory McIlroy said Wednesday he wants the “train to speed up” on the PGA Tour finalizing a deal with the Fund public investment project from Saudi Arabia to reunify men's professional golf.<\/p>\n\u201cThese larger events that we tried to create worked last year,\u201d McIlroy said at TPC Sawgrass, the site of this week's 50th Players Championship. “The ratings were up, and that was great. But if you look at the ratings for these events in the United<\/a> States this year, everything is down.<\/p>\nTV ratings for the final round of last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla., where world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler escaped with a 5-shot victory, were down 30, according to published reports. % compared to the final round in 2023. TV ratings for coverage of the final round of the Genesis Invitational on February 18 \u2013 when 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama returned to the winner's circle \u2013 were down about 5%.<\/p>\n
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – As television ratings have fallen so far this season, four-time major champion Rory McIlroy said Wednesday he wants the “train to speed up” on the PGA Tour finalizing a deal with the Fund public investment project from Saudi Arabia to reunify men's professional golf.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese larger events that we tried to create worked last year,\u201d McIlroy said at TPC Sawgrass, the site of this week's 50th Players Championship. “The ratings were up, and that was great. But if you look at the ratings for these events in the United<\/a> States this year, everything is down.<\/p>\nTV ratings for the final round of last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla., where world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler escaped with a 5-shot victory, were down 30, according to published reports. % compared to the final round in 2023. TV ratings for coverage of the final round of the Genesis Invitational on February 18 \u2013 when 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama returned to the winner's circle \u2013 were down about 5%.<\/p>\n
TV ratings for the final round of last week's Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Fla., where world number one golfer Scottie Scheffler escaped with a 5-shot victory, were down 30, according to published reports. % compared to the final round in 2023. TV ratings for coverage of the final round of the Genesis Invitational on February 18 \u2013 when 2021 Masters champion Hideki Matsuyama returned to the winner's circle \u2013 were down about 5%.<\/p>\n