CBS covered all 71 strokes from winner Patrick Reed. Jon Rahm and Rory McIlroy were spotlighted for 58 shots each. Runner-up Rickie Fowler and third place finisher Jordan Spieth also received significant coverage. Overall those five players accounted for over 74% of the televised shots. Early in the telecast, CBS went overboard on the well out-of-contention Tiger Woods who was shown for 18 strokes (two of which were taped highlights from prior to airtime) which wound up being the sixth most of any player. CBS also included a 3-stroke highlight package of Phil Mickelson who had already completed his round.
The highest finisher not shown by CBS was Marc Leishman who wound up 9th (after being featured prominently on Saturday). CBS televised strokes from just 22 players during the Sunday round.
I also tracked the number of televised strokes by hole. The 18th was featured the most (36 strokes). I was a bit surprised at a few other results from this tracking. Hole #1 was seen second most often (29 strokes). And the iconic par-3 12th received the fewest televised stokes as CBS only showed 10 shots from that hole.
This is the fifth year that I have compiled these televised shot charts. For comparison to prior majors, see this summary table which contains links to all shot charts since 2014.
Here is the complete shot chart (including the highest finisher not shown on the telecast) followed by the hole-by-hole breakdown:
| Player | Shots shown | Finish | Pairing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Reed | 71 (of 71) | 1 | 1 |
| Jon Rahm | 58 | 4 | 2 |
| Rory McIlroy | 58 | T5 | 1 |
| Rickie Fowler | 54 | 2 | 2 |
| Jordan Spieth | 48 | 3 | 5 |
| Tiger Woods | 18 | T32 | 20 |
| Henrik Stenson | 17 | T5 | 3 |
| Paul Casey | 17 | T15 | 15 |
| Justin Thomas | 11 | T17 | 5 |
| Bubba Watson | 8 | T5 | 4 |
| Webb Simpson | 5 | T20 | 18 |
| Cameron Smith | 4 | T5 | 6 |
| Dustin Johnson | 4 | T10 | 6 |
| Tony Finau | 3 | T10 | 10 |
| Phil Mickelson | 3 | T36 | 25 |
| Fred Couples | 2 | T38 | 19 |
| Justin Rose | 1 | T12 | 7 |
| Charley Hoffman | 1 | T12 | 10 |
| Jimmy Walker | 1 | T20 | 9 |
| Jason Day | 1 | T20 | 8 |
| Branden Grace | 1 | T24 | 21 |
| Doug Ghim | 1 | T50 | 24 |
| Marc Leishman | 0 | 9 | 4 |
| others | 0 | ||
| total | 387 |
Note: The Pairing column reflects the tee time groupings in reverse order, so 1 = final pairing, 2 = next-to-last, etc.
| Hole number | Televised shots |
|---|---|
| 1 | 29 |
| 2 | 28 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4 | 15 |
| 5 | 19 |
| 6 | 15 |
| 7 | 17 |
| 8 | 23 |
| 9 | 22 |
| 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 20 |
| 12 | 10 |
| 13 | 26 |
| 14 | 15 |
| 15 | 28 |
| 16 | 21 |
| 17 | 27 |
| 18 | 36 |
