Masters drew biggest golf audience in 5 years: Report

Modified Apr 12, 2023 15:21 GMT

The Masters - Final Round — Jon Rahm at The 2023 Masters - Final Round

The 87th edition of the Masters has concluded with Jon Rahm winning his first green jacket. However, the tournament also achieved massive heights after drawing the biggest golf audience in the last five years.

The 2023 Masters saw a whopping 12 million plus viewership on CBS. According to Paramount, this is the most-watched golf telecast in the last five years on any network.

According to reports, the final round of the 2023 Masters at Augusta National Golf Club on Sunday drew 12.058 million viewers. However, the most-watched final round in the last five years is still the 2018 Masters, which had a 13.045 million viewership.

Paramount was also informed that Sunday's telecast had attracted 16.251 million viewership from the combined third and final round. They also shared that the peak viewership time was from 7.00 p.m. to 7.15 p.m., which had over 15 million viewers. The final round of the 2023 Masters was the most-streamed golf telecast for Paramount+.

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2023 Masters: Final Leaderboard and winner details

The competition for the prestigious green jacket at the Augusta National Golf Club concluded on April 9, Sunday. Jon Rahm, who is now the world no. 1 in the OWGR, registered his second major tournament victory and took home his first Masters trophy. Rahm was also awarded a massive $3.24 million paycheck of $18 million purse for winning this year's tournament.

1 Jon Rahm
T2 Phil Mickelson
T2 Brooks Koepka
T4 Russell Henley
T4 Jordan Speith
T4 Patrick Reed
T7 Cameron Young
T7 Viktor Hovland
9 Sahith Theegala
T10 Collin Morikawa
T10 Xander Schauffele
T10 Matt Fitzpatrick
T10 Scottie Scheffler
T14 Patrick Cantlay
T14 Gary Woodland
T16 Hideki Matsuyama
T16 Sam Bennett
T16 Shane Lowry
T16 Sungjae Im
T16 Joaquin Niemann
T16 Tom Kim
T16 Justin Rose
T23 Chris Kirk
T23 Keegan Bradley
T23 Lee Kyoung Hoon
T26 Scott Stallings
T26 Ryan Fox
T26 Tom Finau
T29 Mackenzie Hughes
T29 Harold Varner III
T29 Kim Si Woo
T29 Sam Burns
33 Tommy Fleetwood
T34 JT Poston
T34 Talor Gooch
T34 Cameron Smith
T34 Zach Johnson
T34 Tyrell Hatton
T39 Abraham Ancer
T39 Adam Scott
T39 Taylor Moore
T39 Jason Day
T43 Harris English
T43 Max Homa
T43 Mito Pereira
T46 Seamus Power
T46 Sepp Straka
T48 Thomas Pieters
T48 Dustin Johnson
T50 Fred Couples
T50 Charl Schwartzel
52 Bill Horschel
53 Keith Mitchell

LIV golfers Phil Mickelson and Brooks Koepka ended up being the runners-up of the 2023 Masters. The Saudi-backed league's players also gained a number of points in the OWGR.