Shot chart from CBS Sunday Masters telecast - 2020

Once again, I tracked the number of strokes that CBS televised per player during the Sunday round of the Masters. The telecast began at 10am ET with players grouped in threesomes starting on both nines and the leaders already on the course. I counted a total of 395 televised strokes up through the final putt which worked out to an average of 1.35 strokes per minute. This was way up over the rate from the 2020 US Open, but down slightly from the 2019 Masters.

CBS covered the final 63 strokes from winner Dustin Johnson, showing every shot he made once the telecast joined the leaders in progress on hole 2. Sungjae Im was also featured for 63 shots while fellow co-runner-up Cameron Smith was covered for 58 shots. CBS focused primarily on the final two pairings plus Rory McIlroy with those seven players receiving 84% of all televised strokes.  

The highest finisher not shown by CBS was Corey Conners who tied for 10th. CBS televised strokes from 22 players during the Sunday round with nine golfers getting coverage for at least 11 shots. Regrettably, CBS spent 16 shots on Tiger Woods who was well out of contention (between 11 and 20 strokes behind during each of his televised shots). 

I also tracked the number of televised strokes by hole. The 13th and 18th were featured the most (32  strokes each). CBS didn't show a single stroke from hole #1 as the leaders were on the 2nd hole when the telecast began. Of the remaining holes, #2 was seen fewest at 17 shots.

This is the seventh 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. 

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
Dustin Johnson	63	1	1
Sungjae Im	63	T2	1
Cameron Smith	58	T2	2
Dylan Frittelli	50	T5	2
Rory McIlroy	38	T5	4
Abraham Ancer	35	T13	1
Justin Thomas	25	4	2
Tiger Woods	16	T38	8
Brooks Koepka	13	T7	4
Jon Rahm	5	T7	3
Bryson DeChambeau	5	T34	12
Andy Ogletree	4	T34	14
Jordan Spieth	4	T46	19
Patrick Reed	3	T10	3
Tommy Fleetwood	3	T19	4
Sebastian Munoz	2	T19	3
Bernhard Langer	2	T29	12
Phil Mickelson	2	T55	19
CT Pan	1	T7	7
Webb Simpson	1	T10	7
Hideki Matsuyama	1	T13	5
John Augenstein	1	T55	17
Corey Conners	0	T10	6
others	0
total	395

Hole number	Televised shots
1	0
2	17
3	21
4	19
5	22
6	18
7	20
8	22
9	30
10	24
11	24
12	21
13	32
14	22
15	29
16	21
17	21
18	32

Shot chart from NBC Sunday US Open telecast - 2020

Once again, I tracked the shots that NBC televised during the Sunday round of the US Open. The final pairing teed off at 1:30pm ET, so I started tracking at 1:00 to provide a reasonable comparison to the other majors I have monitored.

I counted 327 shots during the tracking period. This total includes 30 shots that NBC aired on its Playing Through split screen feature during seven of the commercial breaks. The final putt was holed at 5:59 resulting in a rate of only 1.09 strokes per minute. This was one of the lowest rates since I have been doing this tracking. It was down from the 1.17 shown by Fox during the 2019 US Open and way down from the 1.69 by CBS from the 2020 PGA Championship. 

NBC showed 65 strokes from winner Bryson DeChambeau skipping only tap-ins on the 2nd and 3rd holes. NBC aired 73 from runner-up Matthew Wolff covering all but tap-ins on holes 8 and 13. The top five finishers (all shown 30+ times) received 75% of the televised shots. NBC showed 19 golfers playing strokes during this period with nine players getting coverage for at least 11 shots. The highest finisher not shown during the period was Tony Finau who tied for 8th.

For much of the round, DeChambeau and Wolff were the only ones in serious contention so NBC spent a lot of time showing them preparing for shots and engaging in some caddy-player strategy discussions. Since they were paired together, NBC frequently stayed on the twosome to show both players live rather than being able to bounce around when the top contenders are in different groupings. 

NBC went commercial-free for the final 66 minutes of play, but seemed to show a huge volume of commercials during the rest of the monitoring period.

I also tracked the number of televised strokes by hole during the tracking period. The 1st hole was featured most often (35 strokes) with the 18th shown second most at 30. Hole 3 received the fewest televised shots (12).

This is the seventh 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 during the tracking period) followed by the hole-by-hole breakdown:

Player	Shots shown	Finish	Pairing
Matthew Wolff	73 (of 75)	2	1
Bryson DeChambeau	65 (of 67)	1	1
Louis Oosthuizen	45	3	2
Xander Schauffele	33	5	3
Harris English	30	4	3
Rory McIlroy	23	T8	4
Justin Thomas	13	T8	10
Zach Johnson	12	T8	4
Hideki Matsuyama	11	T17	2
Dustin Johnson	6	T6	11
Webb Simpson	4	T8	7
Viktor Hovland	2	T13	5
Patrick Reed	2	T13	8
Joaquin Niemann	2	T23	7
Jon Rahm	2	T23	17
Adam Long	1	T13	9
Will Zalatoris	1	T6	9
Bubba Watson	1	T31	13
Daniel Berger	1	T34	16
Tony Finau	0	T8	12
others	0
total	327

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	35
2	17
3	12
4	19
5	17
6	16
7	16
8	17
9	19
10	19
11	15
12	21
13	13
14	14
15	14
16	17
17	16
18	30

Shot chart from CBS Sunday PGA Championship telecast - 2020

Once again, I tracked the strokes televised by CBS during the Sunday round of the PGA Championship. I started the tracking at 4pm ET and counted 496 televised strokes from the final round. This total includes 33 shots that CBS aired on its Eye On The Course split screen feature during seven of the commercial breaks. I stopped the tracking when the final group putted out. This resulted in an average of 1.69 strokes per minute which is by far the highest I have ever recorded for any golf major since starting this tracking in 2014. The previous high was 1.41 for the 2017 Masters. For comparison, the 2019 PGA had only 1.14 shots per minute.

With no paying spectators in attendance, CBS focused on golf rather than fan reactions. With so many players in contention, CBS moved around constantly and showed between 48 and 57 strokes for seven different players. Eleven players received coverage for at least 10 shots. Overall, CBS showed 27 different golfers playing strokes during the tracking period, but 13 of those players only got three shots or fewer. The highest finisher not shown by CBS was Brendan Todd who tied for 17th.

I also tracked the number of televised strokes by hole. The 18th was featured the most (42 strokes) with the par 5 10th getting 41. The 3rd hole was shown the least (18 televised strokes). 

It will be interesting to see the televised shot rates for the upcoming majors which will also be played without fans. 

This is the seventh 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. 

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
Dustin Johnson	57	T2	1
Scottie Scheffler	55	T4	1
Bryson DeChambeau	54	T4	4
Collin Morikawa	52	1	2
Tony Finau	52	T4	4
Paul Casey	49	T2	3
Cameron Champ	48	T10	2
Jason Day	33	T4	5
Matthew Wolff	23	T4	8
Brooks Koepka	17	T29	3
Justin Rose	10	9	5
Xander Schauffele	8	T10	8
Justin Thomas	7	T37	18
Rory McIlroy	7	T33	24
Harold Varner III	3	T29	13
Patrick Reed	3	T13	13
Daniel Berger	3	T13	6
Tommy Fleetwood	2	T29	6
Jon Rahm	2	T13	12
Haotong Li	2	T17	9
Denny McCarthy	2	T58	20
Mike Lorenzo-Vera	2	T43	10
Adam Scott	1	T22	17
Joel Dahmen	1	T10	7
Si Woo Kim	1	T13	7
Harris English	1	T19	18
Lanto Griffin	1	T19	14
Brendan Todd	0	T17	15
others	0
total	496

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	34
2	23
3	18
4	26
5	26
6	22
7	28
8	19
9	29
10	41
11	25
12	33
13	32
14	26
15	21
16	29
17	22
18	42