Wyndham Clark Slams Masters TV Ratings Outrage With Bold 5-Word Claim; Gives Hard Reality Check to Critics

If there’s one thing that is plaguing the PGA Tour other than the unfavorable weather, it’s the dismal TV ratings! Sadly, a report made public just recently about the major championship just goes on to prove how the viewership for professional golf has been taking a dip. However, not everyone seems to agree with this notion, especially Wyndham Clark.

The professional was spotted in an interview ahead of the start of the upcoming event, the RBC Heritage on Wednesday. Meanwhile, he couldn’t help but express his disbelief at how the ratings seem to have taken a plunge, all the while questioning the stats that were released about the Masters!

Wyndham Clark conveys his belief in golf’s growth

“I think golf is growing,” countered the 30-year-old while recounting how fantastic it was at Augusta National. Adding on, Wyndham Clark conveyed how he found it hard to believe that people watching professional golf seems to be low despite the growing market; “I think golf sales have grown. I know golf memberships are growing. It makes no sense that the professional level that the viewership would be down.”

Interestingly, dishing out possible reasons for the apparent dip in ratings, the 1-time major champ asked, “In my thought, is it because everyone is streaming and people are watching it from different avenues than maybe the normal telecast?” What’s more, he was quick to question the stats while alluding to the lopsidedness of the numbers that were released; “I think that’s, in my opinion, a little bit of a skewed stat because it makes no sense that every part of the game is growing but yet the professional level isn’t. That’s kind of my opinion on that.”

The report that was made public recently mentioned how a total of 9.589 million viewers tuned in for the final round on Sunday at the Masters Tournament. Unfortunately, this indicates a 20% dip from the 2023 edition of the major championship when Jon Rahm emerged victorious. Curiously, a similar situation was also seen at The PLAYERS Championship as well. It truly paints a bleak picture for golf.

That’s not all. Clark also denied the notion of how people might seem to be losing interest in watching the game while showing fascination in playing the sport. Moreover, the PGA Tour Pro also indicated how they might be resorting to other means of viewing golf as opposed to just using the cable.

Clark questions the TV viewership stats

Comparing golf to other sports, mentioned how impossible it seemed for people to just like playing it as opposed to watching the professional version of it; “I don’t think that equates to any other sport, so I don’t know why that would happen in golf. In my opinion.” Besides, he also questioned whether the numbers in the report that was released only contained figures from cable TV as opposed to the streaming services that many people use.

“No one at my age right now is consuming TV via cable,” declared the golfer before adding, “They’re doing it on streaming — if that’s Amazon or whatever it is. They’re streaming it.” What’s more, he also brought in the examples of those around him who play golf non-professionally; “They love golf, and they love to consume golf, and they’re always constantly cheering me on or sending me texts, and they know everything I did.”

Anyhow, for Wyndham Clark, the recent happenings in the world of golf don’t seem to be the case behind the low ratings. Instead, he feels as though the figures that were shared only refer to a small sample size as opposed to the whole community which consumes the sport in different ways.