The viewership of the Hero World Challenge, the comeback tournament for 'golf emperor' Tiger Woods (USA) from injury, rose significantly.
According to Sports Business Journal on the morning of the 7th (Korean time), the number of households watching the TV broadcast of the Hero World Challenge, which ended on the 4th, reached an average of 617,000 households over the four days. This is a 53% increase from last year when Woods did not compete.
The number of viewing households was 497,000 강남달토 in the first round, more than doubling from last year. This demonstrates the interest in Woods' appearance on his first day back. In the second round, 488,000 households watched, a 99% increase from last year. In the third round, it reached 1.03 million households, a 57% increase from last year and the highest viewership rating since 2019. And in the final fourth round, 884,000 households watched, a 31% increase from last year.
Woods underwent ankle surgery immediately after withdrawing from the Masters last April, and competed in the Hero World Challenge after seven months of rehabilitation. Woods ranked 18th out of 20 players, but played all 72 holes in good health, showing that he had overcome his injury.
Sports Business Journal analyzed the Woods effect, saying that the average number of households watching the RSM Classic, the last tournament of this year's PGA Tour, was 120,000 over the read more four days.