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Saturday, September 29th, 2018

GOLF CHANNEL’S RYDER CUP COVERAGE ON FRIDAY FROM PARIS UP 12% VS. 2014, LAST EUROPEAN RYDER CUP VENUE

Golf Channel’s Streaming Up 175% vs. 2014, Up 9% vs. 2016

 

PARIS, (Sept. 29, 2018) – Golf Channel’s Day One coverage of the Ryder Cup from Le Golf National outside Paris on Friday (2:00 a.m. – 12:19 p.m. ET) posted a Total Audience Delivery (TAD) of 765k average viewers across a 10+ hour telecast, up 12% vs. 2014 (685k, Gleneagles, Scotland, last European Ryder Cup venue). Golf Channel’s average viewership posted 732k persons 2+, up 9% vs. 2014 (673k). Streaming garnered 20.6 million minutes, up 160% vs. 2014 (7.9m) and a 33k average minute audience, up 175% vs. 2014 (12k).

Additional highlights include:

  • Television viewership peaked with 1.06 million average viewers from 9:15-9:30 a.m. ET.
  • Coverage of the first session of four-ball matches was up 46% vs. 2014 (2-8 a.m. ET, 613k vs. 421k avg. viewers).
  • From 2-6 a.m. ET, Golf Channel posted its best average viewership ever in this time period (489k avg. viewers).
  • Friday’s streaming average minute audience was up 9% vs. 2016 (29k) at Hazeltine Golf Club outside Minneapolis, the last U.S. Ryder Cup venue.

*Live Final Day coverage of the Ryder Cup begins at 6 a.m. ET on NBC with the Sunday singles session. Europe leads U.S. 10-6 going into the Ryder Cup’s final day.*

Sunday Singles Matches (All Times Eastern)

Match #1        6:05 a.m.        Justin Thomas (U.S.) vs. Rory McIlroy (EUR)

Match #2        6:17 a.m.        Brooks Koepka (U.S.) vs. Paul Casey (EUR)

Match #3        6:29 a.m.        Webb Simpson (U.S.) vs. Justin Rose (EUR)

Match #4        6:41 a.m.         Tiger Woods (U.S.) vs. Jon Rahm (EUR)

Match #5         6:53 a.m.         Tony Finau (U.S.) vs. Tommy Fleetwood (EUR)

Match #6         7:05 a.m.         Dustin Johnson (U.S.) vs. Ian Poulter (EUR)

Match #7         7:17 a.m.         Jordan Spieth (U.S.) vs. Thorbjorn Olesen (EUR)

Match #8         7:29 a.m.         Rickie Fowler (U.S.) vs. Sergio Garcia (EUR)

Match #9         7:41 a.m.         Phil Mickelson (U.S.) vs. Francesco Molinari (EUR)

Match #10       7:53 a.m.         Patrick Reed (U.S.) vs. Tyrrell Hatton (EUR)

Match #11       8:05 a.m.         Bubba Watson (U.S.) vs. Henrik Stenson (EUR)

Match #12       8:17 a.m.         Byrson DeChambeau (U.S.) vs. Alex Noren (EUR)

 

Source: Nielsen, Live + Same Day US HH Rtgs and P2+ Avg 000’s, and Adobe Site Catalyst. Details available.

 

-NBC Sports Group-