Jamie Squire
Tiger Woods in the third tee as a massive photo gallery looks on during the first circular of the 2018 Masters. (Photo simply by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)
Tiger Woods, it seems, is necessary only to be in the field to considerably boost the Masters’ television ratings.
ESPN, which will be presented on the first two rounds of the Experts, reported a 2 . 2 immediately rating for the first round from the Masters, a 40 percent boost over the first round the year prior to and a 16 percent increase more than 2016.
However Woods finished his round prior to ESPN’ s telecast began. Most of his round will fit into ESPN’ s broadcast window (3 l. m. to 6 p. meters. EDT) on Friday. Woods t-shirts off at 1: 27 g. m.
A week ago, CBS’ Jim Nantz said “this might be the most anticipated Masters anybody has seen in our lifetime. ” Other players — including Rory McIilroy, Justin Thomas, Jordan Spieth and Phil Mickelson — led to the anticipation.
But it’s safe to say that will Woods was largely responsible for the particular increase in Thursday’ s ratings. It had been the highest-rated first round given that 2015, the last time Tiger performed in the Masters and was the fourth maximum first-round rating since ESPN started televising the first two rounds within 2008.
