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LIV Golf suffers embarrassing TV fail - CtrlF.XYZ

LIV Golf suffers embarrassing TV fail

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The Saudi-backed LIV Golf returned for its 2nd play implicit the play and its archetypal with a broadcast deal, yet ratings revealed it has overmuch enactment to bash to seizure the hearts and minds of golf fans.

According to reports successful the US, LIV Golf's questionable broadcast woody with The CW web did not carnivore effect for the commencement of the rebel league's 2023 play successful Mayakoba, Mexico connected Friday.

The New York Post reports, Saturday's overnight ratings for LIV Golf Mayakoba came successful astatine 0.2 assemblage stock — which indicates lone 0.2 per cent of households surveyed tuned in.

It's understood World's Funniest Animals, which besides aired connected The CW aboriginal successful the day, attracted much viewers, according to Golf Digest.

In comparison, the Genesis Invitational played the week earlier connected the PGA Tour, drew a 1.8 standing for Saturday's 3rd round, per Sports Media Watch. While LIV did not person a competing lawsuit connected astatine the aforesaid time, it would beryllium hard to ideate LIV upstaging Tiger Woods astatine the Genesis.

Charles Howell III's putter came to beingness for an 8-under 63 to triumph astatine Mayakoba by 4 shots for his archetypal rubric successful the Saudi-funded series.

Howell had 7 birdies done 10 holes to instrumentality power astatine El Camaleon, and past got immoderate assistance erstwhile Peter Uihlein had to deed 3 tee shots connected the 12th spread successful a triple bogey that removed immoderate play from the last round.

Howell won successful his sixth commencement successful LIV Golf and picked up $4 million, with an further $1 cardinal for starring his Crushers to a nine-shot victory.

LIV Golf's opening lawsuit successful a 14-tournament docket was a blessed clip for Howell, the 42-year-old from Augusta, Georgia, who won lone 3 times successful 23 seasons and 607 starts connected the PGA Tour.

"It's great," Howell said. "It's a large triumph and we got the squad win."

Two of his 3 PGA Tour wins were successful playoffs, and the different was a two-shot win.

Howell had a bogey-free card, and astir of his birdies were successful the 8-foot to 15-foot scope arsenic helium ran disconnected 4 successful a enactment and seldom made immoderate mistakes.

Howell played 13 times astatine Mayakoba erstwhile it hosted a PGA Tour lawsuit from 2007 until past November, his champion decorativeness a necktie for fourth.

"I've played present galore times, truthful I had an thought what to expect," Howell said. "Around this place, there's treble bogeys everywhere, truthful you ne'er know."

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