CBS showed a total of 344 strokes played during the telecast. CBS came on the air at 2pm ET and the final putt was at 6:52, so this worked out to 1.18 strokes per minute. CBS showed all but one shot from each golfer in the final group, skipping only a Bubba Watson tap-in on #2 and a Jordan Spieth tap-in on #17. Spieth scored 72, so the other "missing" stroke was the penalty drop on #12.
Early in the telecast, CBS seemed to be rooting hard for Fred Couples and cut to him frequently at the expense of other contenders until a double bogey on #11. After that, CBS focused almost exclusively on the final two groups and wound up showing a high percentage of shots from Matt Kuchar and Jonas Blixt. Overall, 74% of the on-camera strokes came from these two pairings.
The highest finisher who was not shown was Lee Westwood who came in 7th place. CBS showed a total of 20 golfers, but only seven players appeared for more than five strokes.
Best use of non-stroke air time: Jim Nantz paying tribute to the late Pat Summerall and Ken Venturi.
Worst use of stroke air time: CBS showing the out-of-contention Couples putting out for the double bogey on #11.
Here is the complete shot chart (including the three top-10 finishers not shown on the telecast):
Player | Shots shown | Finish | Pairing |
---|---|---|---|
Jordan Spieth | 70 (of 71*) | T2 | 1 |
Bubba Watson | 68 (of 69) | 1 | 1 |
Matt Kuchar | 58 | T5 | 2 |
Jonas Blixt | 57 | T2 | 2 |
Fred Couples | 29 | T20 | 6 |
Miguel Angel Jimenez | 15 | 4 | 3 |
Rickie Fowler | 14 | T5 | 3 |
Jim Furyk | 5 | T14 | 4 |
Thomas Bjorn | 4 | T8 | 5 |
John Senden | 4 | T8 | 7 |
Rory McIlroy | 4 | T8 | 12 |
Jose Maria Olazabal | 4 | T34 | 17 |
Kevin Stadler | 3 | T8 | 6 |
Adam Scott | 2 | T14 | 9 |
Joost Luiten | 2 | T26 | 25 |
Justin Rose | 1 | T14 | 5 |
Ian Poulter | 1 | T20 | 8 |
Hunter Mahan | 1 | T26 | 16 |
Sandy Lyle | 1 | T44 | 23 |
Oliver Goss | 1 | 49 | 21 |
Lee Westwood | 0 | 7 | 4 |
Jimmy Walker | 0 | T8 | 12 |
Bernhard Langer | 0 | T8 | 13 |
total | 344 |
* Spieth took 71 "shots" plus one penalty stroke for a score of 72.
Note: The Pairing column reflects the tee time groupings in reverse order, so 1 = final pairing, 2 = next-to-last, etc.