Fox showed 341 strokes during the tracking period. The final putt dropped at 10:18 so this worked out to 1.18 strokes per minute which was an increase over the 1.12 shown by NBC during the 2014 US Open. The shot rate matched that of the 2015 Masters on CBS, but trailed the 1.33 by NBC for the 2015 Players. (Note: The Masters post contains links to the shot charts from the 2014 majors).
Fox showed all but one shot from Dustin Johnson, skipping only a layup shot on the 8th hole. Fox focused extensively on the final two pairings, devoting 69% of its televised strokes to those four players. Fox showed just 19 golfers playing strokes and only seven players got coverage for at least 10 shots. The highest finisher not shown during the period was Kevin Kisner (T12).
Also notable: Fox went commercial-free for 68 minutes starting at 9:14.
Here is the complete shot chart:
Player | Shots shown | Finish | Pairing |
---|---|---|---|
Dustin Johnson | 69 (of 70) | T2 | 1 |
Jason Day | 59 | T9 | 1 |
Jordan Spieth | 56 | 1 | 2 |
Branden Grace | 52 | T4 | 2 |
Rory McIlroy | 27 | T9 | 15 |
Brandt Snedeker | 20 | 8 | 5 |
Louis Oosthuizen | 16 | T2 | 3 |
Adam Scott | 9 | T4 | 11 |
Cameron Smith | 8 | T4 | 3 |
JB Holmes | 5 | T27 | 4 |
Shane Lowry | 4 | T9 | 4 |
Sergio Garcia | 3 | T18 | 18 |
Henrik Stenson | 3 | T27 | 6 |
Charl Schwartzel | 2 | 7 | 8 |
Matt Kuchar | 2 | T12 | 8 |
John Senden | 2 | T14 | 15 |
Brooks Koepka | 2 | T18 | 13 |
Patrick Reed | 1 | T14 | 7 |
Colin Montgomerie | 1 | T64 | 23 |
Kevin Kisner | 0 | T12 | 9 |
others | 0 | ||
total | 341 |
Note: The Pairing column reflects the tee time groupings in reverse order, so 1 = final pairing, 2 = next-to-last, etc.
Wow! That is so awesome! Nice work, Jeff! :)
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