Tuesday, August 29, 2000
Rain slows ratings, but Tiger produces
more records
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Another rout by Tiger Woods, more record
television ratings.
Even though Woods didn't make a birdie over the last 15 holes
and built a nine-stroke lead in third round of the NEC Invitational,
CBS Sports had its highest local overnight ratings from Saturday
at Firestone since 1986.
Sunday's final round, meanwhile, was 5.3 with a 12 share, down
4 percent from 5.5 with a 13 share the previous year. A storm
delay lasted nearly three hours, during which CBS mainly showed
highlights from last year.
From the time play resumed at 5:15 p.m. EDT until CBS ended its
coverage at 7 p.m., overnight ratings soared to 7.2 with a 15
share. The ratings peaked at 7.7 over the final 30 minutes.
Woods won the NEC Invitational for the second straight year. In
1999, he had a five-stroke lead over Fred Couples going into the
final round, stumbled slightly down the stretch and held off Phil
Mickelson to win by a stroke.
This time, he set the PGA Tour 36-hole scoring record with a 15-under
125, led by nine over Hal Sutton and won by 11 strokes, breaking
the Firestone record with a 21-under 259.
CBS carried the final round until 7 p.m., then turned it over
to TNN. Those overnight ratings, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. will
not be available until Tuesday.
Saturday's overnight rating was 5.1 with a 13 share, up 65 percent
from the third round in 1999.
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