ESPN showed all but one stroke by winner Rory McIlroy, skipping a tap-in putt on #3. ESPN televised all but 4 shots for each of Rickie Fowler and Sergio Garcia. Partway through the front nine, the network settled into a pattern of focusing almost exclusively on that trio who occupied the top three spots on the leaderboard for most of the day. During the tracking period, ESPN devoted 72.5% of the on-camera strokes to these three and spent a lot of air time showing them walking at the expense of other golf action. The only other player to be covered for more than 9 shots was Dustin Johnson.
ESPN showed a total of 269 strokes during the tracking period which ended at 1:26pm. This worked out to only 1.01 shots per minute which was noticeably less than the Sunday coverage of the other majors. ESPN showed only 18 golfers during this period and covered more than one stroke for just 12 players. The highest finisher not shown was Charl Schwartzel who tied for 7th.
The complete shot chart:
| Player | Shots shown | Finish | Pairing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rory McIlroy | 70 (of 71) | 1 | 1 |
| Rickie Fowler | 63 (of 67) | T2 | 1 |
| Sergio Garcia | 62 (of 66) | T2 | 2 |
| Dustin Johnson | 19 | T12 | 2 |
| Adam Scott | 9 | T5 | 4 |
| Victor Dubuisson | 7 | T9 | 3 |
| Robert Karlsson | 7 | T12 | 5 |
| Angel Cabrera | 7 | T19 | 18 |
| Jim Furyk | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Shane Lowry | 5 | T9 | 14 |
| Marc Leishman | 4 | T5 | 8 |
| Phil Mickelson | 4 | T23 | 18 |
| Edoardo Molinari | 1 | T7 | 3 |
| Graeme McDowell | 1 | T9 | 7 |
| Francesco Molinari | 1 | T15 | 15 |
| Matteo Manassero | 1 | T19 | 4 |
| Jimmy Walker | 1 | T26 | 8 |
| Thomas Bjorn | 1 | T26 | 26 |
| Charl Schwartzel | 0 | T7 | 6 |
| others | 0 | ||
| total | 269 |
Note: The Pairing column reflects the tee time groupings in reverse order, so 1 = final pairing, 2 = next-to-last, etc.
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