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

Shot chart from CBS Sunday PGA Championship telecast - 2019

I tracked the strokes televised by CBS during the Sunday round of the PGA Championship. I counted 321 televised strokes from the 4th round. This total includes nine shots that CBS aired on its Eye On The Course split screen feature during four of the commercial breaks. This resulted in an average of 1.14 strokes per minute which was much lower than the 2017 PGA, but the same rate as the 2016 telecast.

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

Shot chart from CBS Sunday PGA Championship telecast - 2017

I tracked the strokes televised by CBS during the final round of the PGA Championship. On Sunday, CBS showed 401 strokes from the 4th round. This worked out to an average of 1.32 strokes per minute - which was much higher than the previous three PGA Championship Sunday telecasts I have tracked.

CBS televised 55 strokes by winner Justin Thomas. Playing partner Hideki Matsuyama who was in stronger contention early in the round was seen most often (68). Along with third round leader Kevin Kisner (64) and Chris Stroud (52), the final two pairings accounted for 60% of the televised shots.

At one point during the round, eight golfers were within two shots of the lead. CBS bounced around frequently to show key shots from the many contenders. A whopping eight players received coverage for at least 25 shots. CBS devoted 87% of the televised strokes to those eight players. Overall, CBS showed 23 different golfers playing strokes. The highest finisher not shown by CBS was Justin Smith (T9).

I have compiled these televised shot charts since 2014. For comparison to other majors, see the summary table which contains links to all of these charts. (Note: I was busy during the Sunday round of the 2017 Open Championship and never compiled that chart, but I have a DVR copy of that telecast and may get to it some day).

Here is the complete shot chart:

Player	Shots shown	Finish	Pairing
Hideki Matsuyama	68 (of 71*)	T5	2
Kevin Kisner	64 (of 72**)	T7	1
Justin Thomas	55	1	2
Chris Stroud	52	T9	1
Patrick Reed	30	T2	4
Louis Oosthuizen	28	T2	3
Francesco Molinari	28	T2	6
Rickie Fowler	25	T5	8
Jordan Spieth	14	T28	21
Graham DaLaet	6	T7	4
Jason Day	5	T9	9
Grayson Murray	4	T22	3
Ian Poulter	4	T22	21
Sung Kang	3	T44	7
Jon Rahm	3	T58	22
Matt Kuchar	2	T9	15
Brooks Koepka	2	T13	18
Dustin Johnson	2	T13	27
Gary Woodland	2	T22	5
Jason Kokrak	2	T33	26
Marc Leishman	1	T13	24
Chez Reavie	1	T22	6
Jordan Smith	0	T9	15
others	0
total	401

* Matsuyama took 71 "shots" plus one penalty stroke for a score of 72
* Kisner took 72 "shots" plus two penalty strokes for a score of 74

Note: The Pairing column reflects the tee time groupings in reverse order, so 1 =  final pairing, 2 = next-to-last, etc.

Shot chart from CBS Sunday PGA Championship telecast - 2016

I tracked the strokes televised by CBS during the final round of the PGA Championship. On Sunday, CBS showed 367 strokes from round 4. I included a few shots CBS aired from earlier 4th round coverage, but did not count highlight strokes from the 3rd round. CBS started at 2pm ET and the final putt dropped at 7:23 for an average of 1.14 strokes per minute - a increase over the rate of 1.05 from the 2015 PGA.

CBS showed all 67 strokes by winner Jimmy Walker and bypassed only six from runner-up Jason Day. Henrik Stenson was shown 56 times as CBS devoted over half of its televised strokes to those three. With no re-pairing of the field after the 3rd round, the contenders were spread out. This enabled CBS to bounce around the course as several players were in contention with the leaders on the front 9. CBS showed 25 golfers playing strokes with 10 players getting coverage of at least 12 shots. The highest finisher not shown by CBS was Patrick Reed (T13).

For comparison, here are the shot charts from the other 2016 majors:

• Masters
• US Open
• British Open

Note: The Masters post contains links to the shot charts from the 2014 and 2015 majors.

Here is the complete shot chart:

Player	Shots shown	Finish	Pairing
Jimmy Walker	67 (of 67)	1	1
Jason Day	61 (of 67)	2	2
Henrik Stenson	56	T7	3
Branden Grace	39	T4	15
Brooks Koepka	30	T4	4
Jordan Spieth	18	T13	7
Hideki Matsuyama	17	T4	5
William McGirt	15	T10	8
Robert Streb	13	T7	1
Daniel Summerhays	12	3	8
Adam Scott	7	T18	10
Emiliano Grillo	5	T13	2
Padraig Harrington	4	T13	33
Martin Kaymer	3	T7	3
Tyrrell Hatton	3	T10	19
Kevin Kisner	3	T18	29
Rich Beem	3	T73	31
Paul Casey	2	T10	16
Russell Henley	2	T22	24
Francesco Molinari	2	T22	31
Webb Simpson	1	T13	12
Russell Knox	1	T22	25
Yuta Ikeda	1	T33	7
Phil Mickelson	1	T33	35
Andrew Johnston	1	T60	17
Patrick Reed	0	T13	4
others	0
total	367

Note: The Pairing column reflects the tee time groupings in reverse order, so 1 =  final pairing, 2 = next-to-last, etc.

Shot chart from CBS Sunday PGA Championship telecast - 2015

I tracked the shots televised by CBS during the final round of the PGA Championship. On the telecast, CBS showed a total of 327 strokes from the Sunday round. CBS came on the air at 2pm ET and the final putt was holed at 7:11 resulting in an average of 1.05 strokes per minute - a decrease over the 1.16 rate from the 2014 PGA.

CBS showed every shot from winner Jason Day and all but one from runner-up Jordan Spieth (skipping only a tap-in par putt on hole 9). CBS focused most of the attention on the final two pairings. Those groupings (which produced the top four finishers) received 68% of the televised strokes. CBS showed 23 golfers playing strokes, but only six got coverage for more than 9 shots. The highest finisher not shown by CBS was Robert Streb (T10).

For comparison, here are the shot charts from the other 2015 events I tracked:

• Masters 
• Players Championship
• US Open
• British Open

Note: The Masters post contains links to the shot charts from the 2014 majors.

Here is the complete shot chart:

Player	Shots shown	Finish	Pairing
Jason Day	67 (of 67)	1	1
Jordan Spieth	67 (of 68)	2	1
Branden Grace	45	3	2
Justin Rose	42	4	2
Anirban Lahiri	17	T5	5
Dustin Johnson	15	T7	4
Martin Kaymer	9	T12	3
Rory McIlroy	9	17	10
Brendan Steele	8	T12	15
Steve Stricker	8	T30	26
Phil Mickelson	7	T18	12
Bubba Watson	7	T21	21
George Coetzee	5	T7	8
Brooks Koepka	4	T5	7
Matt Kuchar	4	T7	5
Rickie Fowler	3	T30	20
Vijay Singh	3	T37	28
Tony Finau	2	T10	3
Brandt Snedeker	1	T12	7
David Lingmerth	1	T12	18
Justin Thomas	1	T18	11
Matt Jones	1	T21	4
Jim Furyk	1	T30	15
Robert Streb	0	T10	9
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.

Shot chart from CBS Sunday telecast of PGA Championship

I tracked the strokes shown per player during the CBS telecast of the Sunday round of the PGA Championship.

CBS showed all but 5 strokes by winner Rory McIlroy, skipping some tap-in putts. CBS televised all 66 shots by runner-up Phil Mickelson. Playing partner Rickie Fowler got air time for all but 2 swings. With several players in contention early in the round, CBS spread its coverage out. But once the eventual top 4 finishers created separation from the field, CBS focused almost exclusively on that quartet including Henrik Stenson who was seen for 52 strokes. Ernie Els made an early birdie run and appeared on screen for 28 strokes. The highest finisher not shown was Hunter Mahan who tied for 7th.

From when play resumed at 2:45pm until the final putt dropped in near darkness, CBS showed a total of 416 shots for an average of 1.16 strokes per minute. CBS showed 32 strokes from different players, but that total was due in part to the delayed tee times.

Below is the complete shot chart for the PGA (and, for comparison, see the Sunday TV shot charts from the other 2014 majors):

• Masters 
• US Open
• British Open

Player	Shots shown	Finish	Pairing
Phil Mickelson	66 (of 66)	2	2
Rickie Fowler	65 (of 67*)	T3	2
Rory McIlroy	63 (of 68)	1	1
Henrik Stenson	52	T3	4
Bernd Wiesberger	33	T15	1
Ernie Els	28	T7	14
Jason Day	16	T15	3
Louis Oosthuizen	13	T15	3
Thorbjorn Oleson	11	T30	26
Mikko Ilonen	9	T7	4
Ryan Palmer	7	T5	5
Jimmy Walker	7	T7	14
Kenny Perry	7	T27	20
Jim Furyk	4	T5	9
Lee Westwood	4	T15	8
Charl Schwartzel	4	T15	18
Alexander Levy	4	T30	15
Sergio Garcia	3	T36	13
Steve Stricker	2	T7	6
Marc Warren	2	T15	12
Jerry Kelly	2	T27	22
Vijay Singh	2	T36	28
Chris Wood	2	T47	19
Graeme McDowell	2	T47	32
Victor Dubuisson	1	T7	11
Brandt Snedeker	1	T13	10
Graham DeLaet	1	T15	6
Brooks Koepka	1	T15	12
Joost Luiten	1	26	9
Ian Poulter	1	T59	26
Gonzalo Fernandez-Castano	1	T59	31
JB Holmes	1	T65	18
Hunter Mahan	0	T7	7
others	0
total	416

* Fowler took 67 "shots" plus one penalty stroke for a score of 68.

Note: The Pairing column reflects the tee time groupings in reverse order, so 1 =  final pairing, 2 = next-to-last, etc.

History of PGA Championship TV coverage (1958-present)

The PGA Championship made its debut on national TV in 1958. That year, the tournament shifted from a match play competition to the current (and more suitable to TV executives) 72-hole stroke play event. 

Here is a summary of my research on how the coverage of this major championship event has evolved since then. All listings of hours refer to scheduled live TV coverage.

<EDITED on 5/13/2019 to bring this up to date as of the 2019 tournament>  

Chronology of PGA Championship TV coverage

1958 - The PGA Championship was televised for the first time as CBS provided a total of 2.5 hours on the weekend with Jim McKay and John Derr on the call. CBS covered holes 15-18.

1961 - Chris Schenkel became the lead announcer on CBS after McKay left the network. The tournament required an 18-hole playoff on Monday, and CBS added an hour of joined-in-progress coverage of that.

1965 - The tournament moved to ABC where it would remain for 26 years. Schenkel, who had recently moved to ABC retained the primary announcer role. Bryon Nelson began a run as lead analyst. McKay was also part of the ABC crew. ABC upped the coverage to 3.5 hours.

1966 - The PGA Championship was televised in color for the first time. 

1967 - ABC added an hour on Monday to cover the end of the 18-hole playoff.

1970 - Dave Marr worked his first PGA Championship, but Nelson remained the primary analyst.

1971 - The PGA Championship was moved to February, but starting the following year has been played in August ever since. Up through 1968 the event was often held in July, sometimes taking place just one week after the British Open.

1974 - Marr became the lead analyst and would retain this role until ABC lost the network TV rights.

1976 - McKay took over as lead announcer. The tournament was delayed by rain and finished on Monday. ABC added 2 hours of coverage that afternoon.

1979 - ABC increased the total coverage to 5.5 hours.

1982 - ESPN provided the first cable coverage of the tournament with 3 hours on both Thursday and Friday. ABC expanded to 3 hours per day on the weekend. 

1984 - There was no cable coverage of the first two rounds. 

1985 - ESPN returned for weekday coverage and expanded to 3.5 hours each day. ABC increased to 3.5 hours on each weekend day. 

1986 - Jim Simpson and Bruce Devlin anchored the ESPN coverage which  increased to 4 hours each weekday. ABC added 2.5 hours of joined-in-progress coverage on Monday to show the conclusion of the tournament which had been delayed by rain. ABC added Jack Nicklaus to its commentary team.

1987 - Roger Twibell took over as lead voice on the ESPN telecasts.

1988 - ABC expanded to 4 hours on each weekend day, providing full 18-hole coverage of the leaders for the first time. McKay sat out the event so Jack Whitaker served as lead announcer for ABC. McKay would return to this role in 1989.

1990 - Twibell anchored the ABC coverage.

1991 - The TV coverage underwent massive changes. TBS took over the cable package and increased the weekday coverage to 6 hours per day. TBS also added 2 hours of Saturday and Sunday coverage. Bob Neal and Bobby Clampett anchored the TBS coverage. TBS also used golf instructor David Leadbetter,  former LPGA player Donna Caponi, and NFL analyst Pat Haden. CBS acquired the network rights and provided 4.5 hours each on Saturday and Sunday with Pat Summerall and Ken Venturi working the 18th tower. Jim Nantz and Gary McCord were part of the CBS crew and have worked every PGA Championship since. Other members of the CBS team were Ben Wright and Steve Melnyk.

1992 - TBS installed Leadbetter as its lead analyst. Gary Bender and MLB analyst Don Sutton were also part of the TBS crew. 

1994 - Nantz took over the lead spot on CBS for the first time on a golf major.

1995 - Ernie Johnson became the primary anchor on TBS with Marr as lead analyst. CBS used former LPGA player Mary Bryan on its telecast. Some media reports at the time claimed that this was the first time a female worked a men's golf major, but ABC used Marilynn Smith on the 1973 US Open.

1996 - Clampett once again assumed the lead Turner analyst role. Bryan moved over to join the TBS team.

1998 - CBS expanded to 5 hours on each weekend day.

1999 - Turner Sports moved the cable coverage to TNT where it has remained ever since. Johnson and Clampett remained as the primary announcers.

2002 - Lanny Wadkins took over as lead CBS analyst.

2004 - CBS and TNT televised the PGA Championship in HDTV for the first time.

2005 - CBS added coverage starting at 10am ET of the Monday finish which was necessitated by rain on Sunday.

2006 - Verne Lundquist filled in on TNT for Johnson who was undergoing chemotherapy.

2007 - Nick Faldo became the lead analyst on CBS.

2008 - Ian Baker-Finch took over as lead TNT analyst.

2011 - Lundquist stepped in for Johnson on the TNT Sunday telecast after Ernie's father passed away.

2012 - TNT added coverage starting at 8am ET on Sunday to cover the end of round 3 after inclement weather stopped play on Saturday.

2016 - The PGA Championship moved to late July because golf was added to the Olympic Games. TNT added two bonus hours on Sunday to cover the weather-delayed conclusion of round 3.

2019 - The event moves to May on a permanent basis.

Total scheduled live TV time for the PGA Championship by year

Note: I am not including added coverage (such as 18-hole playoffs) in these numbers, but I did mention these cases in the above chronology.

1958-1964:  2.5 hours (CBS)

1965-1970:  3.5 hours (ABC)
1971:             4 hours (ABC)
1972-1973:  3.5 hours (ABC)
1974:             4 hours (ABC)
1975:             3.5 hours (ABC)
1976-1978:   4 hours (ABC)

1979-1981:   5.5 hours (ABC)

1982-1983:  12 hours (6 on ESPN, 6 on ABC)
1984:              6 hours (ABC)
1985:             14 hours (7 on ESPN, 7 on ABC)
1986-1987:  15 hours (8 on ESPN, 7 on ABC)

1988-1990:  16 hours (8 on ESPN, 8 on ABC)

1991-1996:   25 hours (16 on TBS, 9 on CBS)
1997:              26 hours (17 on TBS, 9 on CBS)
1998:              27 hours (17 on TBS, 10 on CBS)

1999-2005:  27 hours (17 on TNT, 10 on CBS)
2006-2009:  28 hours (18 on TNT, 10 on CBS)
2010:             29 hours (19 on TNT, 10 on CBS)
2011-2018:   28 hours (18 on TNT, 10 on CBS)
2019:             28.5 hours (18.5 on TNT, 10 on CBS)