Tiger Woods’ ex-coach adds fuel to fire, claiming PGA Tour is dying following American Express conundrum

Modified Jan 24, 2025 17:36 GMT

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The American Express concluded last week on the PGA Tour and had a massive decline in viewership. NUCLR Golf shared a post on its X account (formerly Twitter) about the stats of the final-round viewership.

According to Josh Carpenter, The American Express saw a viewership dip of 56% over last year. The tournament received just 232 thousand viewers on Golf Channel, while the same tournament received 534 thousand viewers in 2024.

"RATINGS COLLAPSE — Sepp Straka’s win at The AMEX on Sunday saw final-round viewership plunge by 56% over last year, resulting in just 232K viewers on Golf Channel compared to 534K for Dunlap’s win last year. (Via @JoshACarpenter) Is pro golf in massive trouble?"

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A fan replied to this post and wrote that they no longer watch the PGA Tour since the split.

"OH YES! The @PGATOUR is dying. I no longer watch it. After watching every week all the time (50+yrs). Since the split, there is NOTHING MORE BORING than watching some unknown dude take his time with aim point only to miss a putt. OMG! Painful!"

Tiger Woods' ex-coach Hank Haney shared his views on this and wrote there might be a lot of people in the same boat.

"I think there might be a lot of people in this same boat?"

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The tournament had prominent names like Patrick Cantlay, Jason Day, Will Zalatories, Rickie Fowler, and others. Despite that, The American Express had low ratings and saw a massive dip in viewership.

The American Express 2025 leaderboard

Sepp Straka won the 2025 American Express as he carded -25 for the event, while Justin Thomas finished two strokes behind at -23. Straka maintained his lead on the final day and earned $1,584,000 along with 500 FedEx Cup points for winning the event.

Here's the complete leaderboard of the 2025 American Express.

1. Sepp Straka -25
2. Justin Thomas -23
T3. Justin Lower -22
T3. Jason Day -22
T5. Patrick Cantlay -20
T5. Charley Hoffman -20
T7. Camilo Villegas -19
T7. Taylor Moore -19
T7. Ben Griffin -19
T7. Max Greyserman -19
11. Alex Smalley -18
T12. Nick Taylor -17
T12. J.T. Poston -17
T12. Will Zalatoris -17
T12. Frankie Capan III -17
T12. Beau Hossler -17
T12. Mark Hubbard -17
T18. Trey Mullinax -16
T18. Kevin Roy -16
T18. Cam Davis -16
T21. Harry Hall -15
T21. Jacob Bridgeman -15
T21. Doug Ghim -15
T21. Rickie Fowler -15
T21. Billy Horschel -15
T21. Keith Mitchell -15
T21. Daniel Berger -15
T21. Ben Kohles -15
T29. Vincent Norrman -14
T29. Carson Young -14
T29. Tom Hoge -14
T29. J.J. Spaun -14
T29. Sam Burns -14
T34. Lanto Griffin -13
T34. Quade Cummins -13
T34. Lee Hodges -13
T34. Victor Perez -13
T34. Ryan Palmer -13
T34. Harry Higgs -13
T34. Nick Dunlap -13
T34. Chris Kirk -13
T34. Brice Garnett -13
T43. Ricky Castillo -12
T43. Matt Kuchar -12
T43. Sam Ryder -12
T43. Michael Kim -12
T43. Ryo Hisatsune -12
T43. Matteo Manassero -12
T43. Rikuya Hoshino -12
T43. Harris English -12
T51. Matthew Riedel -11
T51. Sam Stevens -11
T51. Brandt Snedeker -11
T51. Si Woo Kim -11
T51. Brian Campbell -11
T51. Ryan Gerard -11
T51. Davis Thompson -11
T58. Mackenzie Hughes -10
T58. Kurt Kitayama -10
T58. Rico Hoey -10
T58. Taylor Montgomery -10
T58. Kris Ventura -10
T58. Alejandro Tosti -10
T64. Jeremy Paul -9
T64. Vince Whaley -9
T66. Joe Highsmith -8
T66. Will Gordon -8
T68. Eric Cole -7
T68. Mac Meissner -7

Edited by Tushar Bahl