The Nielsen ratings are out for this weekend, and the ratings for LIV Golf in its individual championship at LIV Golf Chicago were some of the lowest of the season.
Only 89,000 people tuned in on the CW to watch Jon Rahm win the title Sunday, and on Saturday in the second round, which LIV Golf said was its highest-attended round in the United States ever, drew 134,000 viewers on TV.
On Sunday, the Solheim Cup drew an audience of 657K, seven times more than those who watched LIV. For comparison, the Solheim Cup ended about 2:45 p.m. ET Sunday, and LIV Golf Chicago concluded at 6:05 p.m. ET, so they weren’t competing head to head.
Those numbers don’t include LIV Golf Plus, but regardless, it paints a stark picture of fan interest in the breakaway league that concludes its third season this week at the Team Championship at Maridoe in Dallas.
⛳ PGA Tour Ratings Continue To Decline: Patton Kizzire’s Procore Championship win could garner only 69,000 viewers on Sunday, September 15.
The tournament saw a huge dip in viewership compared to last year – only 69,000 viewers tuned in for the Sunday finale, compared to last year’s edition, which garnered 298,000 viewers.
In a week, where both the PGA Tour and LIV struggled to garner viewership, Solheim Cup was the winner of the viewership battle as it drew 657,000 viewers on NBC, which was the highest in the past three editions.
