Masters 2026: CBS' brutal Sunday and the most casual fan debate of all time
Some people just shouldn't be allowed to talk about golf.
Masters Sunday is golf's Super Bowl. Unfortunately, CBS treated it like a Thursday Night Football Game between the Jags and the Titans, particularly in the day's biggest moments. There was, of course, the total debacle that occurred on the final hole, where McIlroy's second shot came to rest in a tricky lie in the greenside bunker, not that anyone knew that.
It took CBS about a minute to locate it, something that simply cannot happen during a tournament of this magnitude. Then there was the complete glossing over of contender Sam Burns' double bogey on the second hole, as well as the Haotong Li catastrophe that took place on the 13th. These are the types of things golf fans watching from home yearn to see or to at least be given a highlight (or lowlight) of.
Then there was the issue of McIlroy's final tap in, which some fans labeled as one of the worst camera angles for a final putt ever: We won't pretend to act like it's easy to broadcast a golf tournament, but CBS has been lauded in recent years for how good its coverage has been of the golf. On Sunday at the Masters, it was a D-, at best. How about the fact the network missed SIX shots of Cameron Young's final round?
Cameron Young, who was tied for the lead and in the final group ... Another complaint? Far too many cuts to McIlroy's childhood golf club, Holywood.