CBS televised 73 strokes by winner Brooks Koepka, skipping only a tap-in putt on hole 7. The network aired 67 strokes from runner-up Dustin Johnson, bypassing his tap-ins on the first two holes. Jazz Janewottananond received the next most frequent coverage (39 strokes) but was not shown after hole 13.
Nine players received coverage for at least 10 shots. Late in the round with so few players in contention, CBS shifted into a mode of primarily showing just Koepka and DJ. Overall, CBS showed 20 different golfers playing strokes, but eight of these were for a single shot. The highest finishers not shown at all by CBS were four of the six players who tied for 8th (Matt Kuchar, Shane Lowry, Adam Scott, and Gary Woodland).
I also tracked the number of televised strokes by hole. The 12th was featured the most (25 strokes) with holes 3 and 11 receiving coverage for 24 shots each. CBS devoted the fewest televised strokes to the 14th and 16th holes (only 10 shots each).
CBS made a very questionable decision to interview DJ while Koepka was hitting an important layup shot on the 18th from what appeared to be a tricky lie. CBS also made a blunder after the final group completed hole 5 when it displayed a scorecard graphic for Harold Varner III showing him making a bogey on hole 6 (which he had not yet started!) and showing his overall score at E when he was still at -1. Jim Nantz, apparently reading from the incorrect graphic, rattled off Varner's run of poor scores including the phantom score from the 6th hole.
This is the sixth year that I have compiled these televised shot charts. For comparison to other majors, see the summary table which contains links to all of these charts since 2014. (Note: I was busy during the Sunday round of the 2018 PGA and never compiled that chart, but I have a DVR copy of that telecast and may get to it eventually.)
Here is the complete shot chart (including the highest finishers not shown on the telecast) followed by the hole-by-hole breakdown:
| Player | Shots shown | Finish | Pairing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooks Koepka | 73 | 1 | 1 |
| Dustin Johnson | 67 | 2 | 3 |
| Jazz Janewattananond | 39 | T14 | 2 |
| Harold Varner III | 34 | T36 | 1 |
| Matt Wallace | 23 | T3 | 4 |
| Jordan Spieth | 22 | T3 | 6 |
| Hideki Matsuyama | 17 | T16 | 3 |
| Patrick Cantlay | 16 | T3 | 5 |
| Rory McIlroy | 10 | T8 | 16 |
| Luke List | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Jason Day | 3 | T23 | 15 |
| Rickie Fowler | 3 | T36 | 7 |
| Sung Kang | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Erik Van Rooyen | 1 | T8 | 6 |
| Lucas Bjerregaard | 1 | T16 | 9 |
| Lucas Glover | 1 | T16 | 9 |
| Webb Simpson | 1 | T29 | 21 |
| Kiradech Aphinbarnrat | 1 | T41 | 14 |
| Francesco Molinari | 1 | T48 | 22 |
| Zach Johnson | 1 | T54 | 22 |
| Kuchar/Lowry/Scott/Woodland | 0 | T8 | |
| others | 0 | ||
| total | 321 |
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 | 22 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 24 |
| 4 | 21 |
| 5 | 20 |
| 6 | 12 |
| 7 | 13 |
| 8 | 12 |
| 9 | 19 |
| 10 | 23 |
| 11 | 24 |
| 12 | 25 |
| 13 | 16 |
| 14 | 10 |
| 15 | 14 |
| 16 | 10 |
| 17 | 14 |
| 18 | 21 |
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