Tiger Woods
according to Sports Business Daily (subscription required)
Myriad reasons for CBS' overnight ratings drop at The Masters, including no back nine drama, no Tiger, Phil and Rory not in contention
— Austin Karp (@AustinKarp) April 14, 2014
CBS also drew a 4.4 overnight for Saturday's third-round coverage of The Masters, down 30 percent from a 6.3 overnight last year.
ESPN averaged a 1.8 fast-national rating and 2.5 million viewers for Friday's second-round coverage of the tournament, down 40 percent for both metrics compared to last year's event, which drew a 3.0 rating and 4.2 million viewers. For early round coverage on Thursday and Friday coverage, ESPN averaged a 1.6 rating and 2.2 million viewers, down 36 percent and 37 percent, respectively, from a 2.5 rating and 3.5 million viewers last year.For more news that golfers everywhere are talking about, follow @si_golf on Twitter, like us on Facebook, and subscribe to our YouTube video channel.