Tiger Woods' playing in TGL Finals helps drive TV viewership
The LA Golf Club's 9-2 victory over Tiger's Jupiter Links Golf Club on March 24 averaged 989,000 viewers, 78 percent more than the finals match from Season 1.
The TGL Finals match - featuring the return of Tiger Woods to competitive golf - was the most watched telecast of the league's second season, second-most across both seasons. The Los Angeles Golf Club's 9-2 victory over Tiger's Jupiter Links Golf Club on March 24 averaged 989,000 viewers, 78 percent more than the finals match from Season 1 when Atlanta defeated New York. The average viewers watching on ESPN exceeded 1 million (1.
09M) between 7:30 and 8:30 p. m. , peaking with 1.
15 million average viewers per minute. Of course, if Tiger could have led Jupiter to victory over LA in the first match of the night, forcing a third and deciding match, those ratings likely would have been even higher. Even with Tiger missing all of the season until this week while recovering from back surgery , total viewership for TGL's second season was 21.
782 million viewers - an 8 percent increase from Season 1 (20. 215 million). Here are TGL viewership highlights on the social video front: TGL Season 2 (19 matches) viewership on social media was 488,000, down 2 percent vs.