Ian Poulter Takes Brutal Swipe At Pga Tour Over Tv Ratings After Masters Figures
the PGA T has seen a fall in TV
viewership in recent months and Liv golf
star Ian polter could not resist a dig
at his rival circuit after taking to
social media Ian pter fired a brutal
swipe at his Rivals over on the PGA tour
amid the american-based circuits well
documented drop in TV ratings the
decline in viewership on the PGA tour
has been a common theme so far in the
2024 season February’s Waste Management
Open saw one of the biggest with TV
viewing statistics for the final round
down 30% the same followed at the Arnold
Palmer Invitational a month later which
fell by
15% whilst the tours Flagship event and
golf softened dubed fifth major The
Players Championship fell to the same
fate as TV Figures were down 10% on the
year prior read more Rory mckelroy makes
immediate change after Master’s
disappointment on PGA to return read
more five PGA Tour stars live golf would
love to sign as Ridder cup hero tops
wish list arguably the most surprising
of all though was the fall at last
week’s Master’s tournament in Augusta
once again viewership was down during
Sunday’s final round which saw Scotty
Sheffer win his second green jacket in
total TV figures had dropped 20% a
worrying sign for the top of
professional golf in the wake of the
struggles one man who could not resist
to cheeky dig was Majestics star polter
his former DP World Tour colleague Pablo
larabel lit the fuse on Thursday as the
PGA tour’s official ex account account
referred to RBC Heritage JT poon as the
postman a nickname synonymous with
European Legend polter there is only one
Postman writer tan James polter
larabelle tweeted in response to T
highlight re of Poon in response poter
tweet
yeah it’s all right Pablo it’s not worth
losing energy over if it helps their
ratings then they can borrow it for now
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the Mir us polter finds himself on the
Liv golf side of the recent divide
within the sport which has seen the
Saudi backed SE as locked in an ugly
dispute with the PGA Tour as a result
the englishman’s former Ridder cup
partner and Avid Liv
Rory mckelroy highlighted The Fallout as
the reason behind a fall in TV ratings
if you look at the TV ratings of the PGA
to this year they’re down 20% across the
board mckel Roy said earlier this month
that’s a fifth that’s big I would say
the numbers on live aren’t great either
in terms of the people tuning in I just
think with the fighting and everything
that’s gone on over the past couple of
years people are just getting fatigued
it’s turning people men’s professional
golf and that’s not a good thing for
anyone it’s going to be really
interesting to see how the four major
championships do or even the three
because put AUST to aide I think that
sort of lives in its own world
