Xander Schauffele’s victory at Open Championship draws worst TV ratings in a decade

Xander Schauffele won his second major championship at the Open Championship last Sunday. Royal Troon challenged the golfers with its wild conditions, but it seems the fans were not interested.

However, the television ratings for that final round were reportedly the worst in almost a decade. NBC and Peacock drew in 3.39 million viewers to watch Schauffele win by two shots, per Josh Carpenter of Sports Business Journal.

That’s a four percent decrease from last year when Brian Harman won at Royal Liverpool.

These ratings are the lowest since Zach Johnson won the Open in 2015 at St. Andrews. Johnson defeated Louis Oosthuizen and Marc Leishman in

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