Showing posts with label 'shot chart'. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 'shot chart'. Show all posts

Sunday, November 15, 2020

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:


PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
  
Dustin Johnson6311
Sungjae Im63T21
Cameron Smith58T22
Dylan Frittelli50T52
Rory McIlroy38T54
Abraham Ancer35T131
Justin Thomas2542
Tiger Woods16T388
Brooks Koepka13T74
Jon Rahm5T73
Bryson DeChambeau5T3412
Andy Ogletree4T3414
Jordan Spieth4T4619
Patrick Reed3T103
Tommy Fleetwood3T194
Sebastian Munoz2T193
Bernhard Langer2T2912
Phil Mickelson2T5519
CT Pan 1T77
Webb Simpson1T107
Hideki Matsuyama1T135
John Augenstein1T5517
Corey Conners0T106
others0 
    
total395 


Hole numberTelevised shots
10
217
321
419
522
618
720
822
930
1024
1124
1221
1332
1422
1529
1621
1721
1832

Monday, August 10, 2020

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:


PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
  
Dustin Johnson57 T21
Scottie Scheffler55T41
Bryson DeChambeau54T44
Collin Morikawa5212
Tony Finau52T44
Paul Casey49T23
Cameron Champ48T102
Jason Day33T45
Matthew Wolff23T48
Brooks Koepka17T293
Justin Rose1095
Xander Schauffele8T108
Justin Thomas7T3718
Rory McIlroy7T3324
Harold Varner III3T2913
Patrick Reed3T1313
Daniel Berger3T136
Tommy Fleetwood2T296
Jon Rahm2T1312
Haotong Li2T179
Denny McCarthy2T5820
Mike Lorenzo-Vera2T4310
Adam Scott1T2217
Joel Dahmen1T107
Si Woo Kim1T137
Harris English1T1918
Lanto Griffin1T1914
Brendan Todd0T1715
others0 
    
total496 

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

Hole numberTelevised shots
134
223
318
426
526
622
728
819
929
1041
1125
1233
1332
1426
1521
1629
1722
1842

Sunday, July 21, 2019

Shot chart from NBC Sunday Open Championship telecast - 2019

I tracked the strokes televised by NBC during the Sunday round of the Open Championship. I started tracking at 8am ET to provide a comparable time period to the other majors I have tracked. NBC televised 389 strokes during the tracking period. This total includes 46 shots that NBC aired as part of its Playing Through feature during 13 of the commercial breaks. The last putt dropped at 1:09pm resulting in a rate of 1.26 strokes per minute which was down slightly from the 2018 Open, but was up over the previous two 2019 majors.

NBC showed strokes from 23 different players during the tracking period with eight golfers being covered for at least 23 strokes. Those eight accounted for 85% of the televised shots. NBC televised every stroke from winner Shane Lowry and all but one from runner-up Tommy Fleetwood (skipping only a tap-in on hole 11). That final pairing accounted for 45% of all televised strokes. Third place finisher Tony Finau was only covered for eight strokes. The highest finisher not shown during this period was Robert MacIntyre who was part of a tie for 6th.

I also counted the number of televised strokes by hole during the tracking period. Hole #1 (43 strokes) was featured most frequently by far as no other hole received more than 27 shots. On the flipside, the 15th hole was covered for just 10 televised srokes.

This is the sixth year that I have compiled these televised shot charts. For comparison to prior majors, see this summary table which contains links to all of my 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:

PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Tommy Fleetwood73 (of 74)21
Shane Lowry72 (of 72)11
Brooks Koepka41T42
Rickie Fowler38T63
Justin Thomas28T1111
Lee Westwood27T44
Jordan Spieth26T206
JB Holmes23T672
Jon Rahm10T115
Danny Willett9T64
Henrik Stenson9T206
Tony Finau835
Justin Rose8T203
Patrick Reed31011
Matt Kuchar3T417
Matthew Fitzpatrick2T2012
Stewart Cink2T2025
Dustin Johnson2T5118
Tyrell Hatton1T613
Ryan Fox1T1623
Ernie Els1T3221
Dylan Frittelli1T328
Mikko Korhonen1T6318
Robert MacIntyre0T617
others0
total389

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

Hole numberTelevised shots
143
222
314
419
522
616
723
822
914
1027
1123
1227
1318
1416
1510
1621
1725
1826

Sunday, June 16, 2019

Shot chart from Fox Sunday US Open telecast - 2019

Once again, I tracked the shots that Fox televised during the Sunday round of the US Open. The final pairing teed off at 5:30pm ET, so I started tracking at 5:00 to provide a reasonable comparison to the other majors I have monitored.

I counted 317 shots during the tracking period. The final putt was holed at 9:31 resulting in a rate of 1.17 strokes per minute. This was down from the 1.24 shown by Fox during the 2018 US Open.

Fox showed 68 strokes from winner Gary Woodland skipping only a tap-in on #13. Fox aired 66 from runner-up Brooks Koepka, covering all but tap-ins on holes 7 and 16. Justin Rose had the most televised strokes (70). That trio accounted for 64 percent of all the televised shots during the tracking period. Fox showed 21 golfers playing strokes during this period with seven players getting coverage for at least 10 shots. The highest finishers not shown during the period were Matthew Fitzpatrick and Danny Willett who were part of the tie for 12th.

Fox went commercial-free for the final 49 minutes of play.

I also tracked the number of televised strokes by hole during the tracking period. The 18th was featured most often (34 strokes) by a sizable margin. Hole 3 received the fewest televised shots (11).

This is the sixth 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:


PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Justin Rose70 (of 74)T31
Gary Woodland68 (of 69)11
Brooks Koepka66 (of 68)22
Louis Oosthuizen28T73
Rory McIlroy21T93
Xander Schauffele11T38
Adam Scott10T78
Chez Reavie8T32
Viktor Hovland7T1216
Tiger Woods5T2115
Jon Rahm4T36
Dustin Johnson4T3510
Henrik Stenson3T96
Matt Kuchar2T164
Graeme McDowell2T165
Francesco Molinari2T1611
Jordan Spieth2T6520
Chesson Hadley1T94
Matt Wallace1T127
Patrick Reed1T3224
Brandon Wu1T3510
Fitzpatrick/Willett0T12
others0
total317


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


Hole numberTelevised shots
121
221
311
418
515
620
716
819
916
1017
1115
1221
1315
1418
1514
1613
1713
1834

Sunday, May 19, 2019

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:


PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Brooks Koepka7311
Dustin Johnson6723
Jazz Janewattananond39T142
Harold Varner III34T361
Matt Wallace23T34
Jordan Spieth22T36
Hideki Matsuyama17T163
Patrick Cantlay16T35
Rory McIlroy10T816
Luke List662
Jason Day3T2315
Rickie Fowler3T367
Sung Kang177
Erik Van Rooyen1T86
Lucas Bjerregaard1T169
Lucas Glover1T169
Webb Simpson1T2921
Kiradech Aphinbarnrat1T4114
Francesco Molinari1T4822
Zach Johnson1T5422
Kuchar/Lowry/Scott/Woodland0T8
others0
total321

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


Hole numberTelevised shots
122
221
324
421
520
612
713
812
919
1023
1124
1225
1316
1410
1514
1610
1714
1821

Sunday, April 14, 2019

Shot chart from CBS Sunday Masters telecast - 2019

For the sixth time, I tracked the number of strokes that CBS televised per player during the Sunday round of the Masters. The telecast began at 9am ET (after tee times were moved earlier to beat the storms) with players grouped in threesomes. I counted a total of 450 televised strokes. The final putt dropped at 2:27 resulting in an average of 1.38 strokes per minute which was slightly less than the rate of the 2018 Masters, but still the third highest of all major tournaments I have tracked since 2014.

CBS covered 69 of the 70 strokes from winner Tiger Woods (skipping only a tap-in putt on hole #1). Francesco Molinari actually received coverage for 70 shots. His final score of 74 included two penalty strokes, so CBS only bypassed two of his shots (a layup on 15 and his tee shot on 17). Brooks Koepka and Tony Finau were spotlighted for 59 shots each. Those four players accounted for 57% of the televised shots.

The highest finisher not shown by CBS was Aaron Wise who finished 17th. CBS televised strokes from 26 players during the Sunday round and 11 golfers were covered for at least 10 shots.

I also tracked the number of televised strokes by hole. Once again, the 18th was featured the most (38 strokes). Hole #5 was featured second most often (33 strokes) while the 14th hole received the fewest televised strokes as CBS only aired 14 shots there.

This is the sixth 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:


PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Francesco Molinari70 (of 72*)T51
Tiger Woods69 (of 70)11
Brooks Koepka59T22
Tony Finau59T51
Xander Schauffele36T23
Ian Poulter28T122
Patrick Cantlay24T95
Webb Simpson14T52
Rickie Fowler12T94
Dustin Johnson10T24
Jason Day10T57
Phil Mickelson8T186
Jon Rahm7T96
Matt Kuchar7T123
Bubba Watson7T127
Jordan Spieth7T218
Alvaro Ortiz4T3616
Justin Harding3T123
Justin Thomas3T126
Rory McIlroy3T2114
Louis Oosthuizen3T294
Viktor Hovland3T3212
Thorbjorn Olesen1T215
Bryson DeChambeau1T2913
Patrick Reed1T3617
Alex Noren1T6222
Aaron Wise01711
others0
total450

* Molinari 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.


Hole numberTelevised shots
123
229
321
423
533
622
723
827
928
1022
1119
1222
1318
1414
1531
1626
1731
1838

Sunday, July 22, 2018

Shot chart from NBC Sunday Open Championship telecast - 2018

I monitored the strokes televised by NBC during the final round of the Open Championship. I started tracking at 9am ET to provide a comparable time period to the other majors I have tracked. NBC televised 383 strokes during the tracking period. This total includes 30 shots that NBC aired as part of its Playing Through feature during 10 of the commercial breaks. With the final putt dropping at 1:57pm, the rate worked out to 1.29 strokes per minute.

NBC showed strokes from 21 different players during the tracking period with seven golfers being covered for at least 22 strokes. Those seven accounted for 84% of the televised shots. NBC televised 45 strokes from winner Francesco Molinari which was only the fourth highest total. NBC devoted air time to 65 strokes from Tiger Woods and spotlighted the final pairing of Jordan Spieth and Xander Schauffele for 58 and 55 shots respectively. The highest finishers not shown during this period were three of the players who were part of a tie for 12th.

I also recorded the number of televised strokes by hole during the tracking period. The 18th was featured most frequently (39 strokes) followed by hole #1 (35 shots). On the other extreme, the 9th hole received only nine televised shots.

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 such shot charts since 2014.

Here is the complete shot chart (including the highest finishers not shown during the tracking period) followed by the hole-by-hole breakdown:

PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Tiger Woods65 (of 71)T63
Jordan Spieth58T91
Xander Schauffele55T21
Francesco Molinari4513
Kevin Kisner40T22
Rory McIlroy35T25
Kevin Chappell22T62
Tommy Fleetwood10T126
Justin Rose9T27
Matt Kuchar7T95
Phil Mickelson7T2419
Eddie Pepperell5T619
Tony Finau4T99
Webb Simpson4T124
Alex Noren4T174
Zach Johnson4T176
Erik Van Rooyen4T1710
Jason Day2T1727
Bernhard Langer1T2418
Julian Suri1T2823
Sean Crocker1T4715
Cantlay/Moore/Olesen0T12
others0
total383

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

Hole numberTelevised shots
135
220
320
418
523
624
719
812
99
1016
1119
1219
1321
1426
1519
1619
1725
1839

Sunday, June 17, 2018

Shot chart from Fox Sunday US Open telecast - 2018

I tracked the shots televised by Fox during the Sunday round of the US Open. The final pairing teed off at 2:24pm ET, so I started the tracking at 2:00 to provide a fair comparison to the other majors I have monitored.

Fox showed 345 shots during the tracking period. Play concluded at 6:39 which worked out to a rate of 1.24 strokes per minute. This was down from the 1.30 shown by Fox during the 2017 US Open.

Fox showed 65 strokes from Dustin Johnson and 64 by winner Brooks Koepka. Patrick Reed was featured for 58 strokes. The final pairing of Tony Finau and Daniel Berger checked in at 44 and 29 respectively. Runner-up Tommy Fleetwood (who was already on the 10th hole when the tracking period started) was covered for 25. Fox showed only 18 golfers playing strokes during this period with eight players getting coverage for at least 12 shots. The highest finisher not shown during the period was Zach Johnson who tied for 12th.

A few notes on the TV coverage:

  • Fox went commercial-free for the final 52 minutes of play.
  • I noticed two different occasions when the Fox on-screen scoreboard gave away a result of a shot that Fox was about to show. With D Johnson facing a rather short par putt on 7, Fox cut to show Fleetwood at 18. While there, the on-screen leaderboard updated to show Johnson dropping a shot on 7 and sliding down the board. Then Fox cut back to 7 and aired Johnson missing the putt. Similarly, Fox showed Fitzpatrick's approach to 18, but before it went back there to televise his birdie putt, the on-screen scroll showed Fitzpatrick's final score, again giving away the result.
  • When D Johnson was hitting a layup shot on 16, Fox was showing Koepka standing in the fairway. You could hear the club strike the ball and then a camera picked up the ball and showed it land. I chose to count this as a televised stroke.

I also tracked the number of televised strokes by hole during the tracking period. The 18th was featured the most (39 strokes) by a wide margin. Hole 7 received the fewest televised shots (12).

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 during the tracking period) followed by the hole-by-hole breakdown:


PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Dustin Johnson65 (of 70)32
Brooks Koepka64 (of 68)12
Patrick Reed5844
Tony Finau4451
Daniel Berger29T61
Tommy Fleetwood25214
Justin Rose20T103
Henrik Stenson12T63
Matthew Fitzpatrick9T1211
Webb Simpson6T109
Kiradech Aphinbarnrat3154
Xander Schauffele3T610
Matt Parziale2T4818
Tyrell Hatton1T66
Russell Knox1T1213
Brian Gay1T205
Ian Poulter1T257
Luis Gagne1T4823
Zach Johnson0T129
others0
total345


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


Hole numberTelevised shots
121
217
318
415
519
613
712
813
913
1020
1124
1225
1321
1417
1517
1623
1718
1839

Sunday, April 8, 2018

Shot chart from CBS Sunday Masters telecast - 2018

I tracked the number of strokes that CBS aired per player during the Sunday round of the Masters. The telecast began at 2pm ET and I counted a total of 387 televised strokes. The final putt dropped at 6:38 which worked out to an average of 1.39 strokes per minute, a slight decrease over the rate from the 2017 Masters, but still the second highest of all major tournaments I have tracked since 2014.

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:


PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Patrick Reed71 (of 71)11
Jon Rahm5842
Rory McIlroy58T51
Rickie Fowler5422
Jordan Spieth4835
Tiger Woods18T3220
Henrik Stenson17T53
Paul Casey17T1515
Justin Thomas11T175
Bubba Watson8T54
Webb Simpson5T2018
Cameron Smith4T56
Dustin Johnson4T106
Tony Finau3T1010
Phil Mickelson3T3625
Fred Couples2T3819
Justin Rose1T127
Charley Hoffman1T1210
Jimmy Walker 1T209
Jason Day1T208
Branden Grace1T2421
Doug Ghim1T5024
Marc Leishman094
others0
total387

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

Hole numberTelevised shots
129
228
316
415
519
615
717
823
922
1020
1120
1210
1326
1415
1528
1621
1727
1836


Sunday, August 13, 2017

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:

PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Hideki Matsuyama68 (of 71*)T52
Kevin Kisner64 (of 72**)T71
Justin Thomas5512
Chris Stroud52T91
Patrick Reed30T24
Louis Oosthuizen28T23
Francesco Molinari28T26
Rickie Fowler25T58
Jordan Spieth14T2821
Graham DaLaet6T74
Jason Day5T99
Grayson Murray4T223
Ian Poulter4T2221
Sung Kang3T447
Jon Rahm3T5822
Matt Kuchar2T915
Brooks Koepka2T1318
Dustin Johnson2T1327
Gary Woodland2T225
Jason Kokrak2T3326
Marc Leishman1T1324
Chez Reavie1T226
Jordan Smith0T915
others0
total401

* 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.

Sunday, June 18, 2017

Shot chart from Fox Sunday US Open telecast - 2017

I tracked the shots televised by Fox during the final round of the US Open. With the leaders teeing off around 4pm ET, I started the tracking at 3:30 to provide a similar timeframe to the other majors I have monitored.

Fox showed 366 strokes during the tracking period. The final putt dropped at 8:12 which resulted in a rate of 1.30 strokes per minute. This marked a significant increase over the 1.12 and 1.18 shown by Fox during its last two US Open telecasts, but trailed the 1.41 rate from the 2017 Masters on CBS.

Fox showed all but four shots from both winner Brooks Koepka and Brian Harman who tied for second. Rickie Fowler had 58 strokes televised and Tommy Fleetwood received coverage for 56. During the tracking period, Fox devoted 67% of its televised strokes to those four players. Fox showed 23 golfers playing strokes with eight players getting coverage for at least 12 shots. The highest finishers not shown during the period were three in the group who tied for 16th.

Also notable: Fox went commercial-free for the last 46 minutes of play.

This is the fourth 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 finishers not shown during the tracking period):

PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Brian Harman68 (of 72)T21
Brooks Koepka63 (of 67)12
Rickie Fowler58T53
Tommy Fleetwood5642
Justin Thomas30T91
Hideki Matsuyama21T28
Si Woo Kim14T133
Charley Hoffman1285
Xander Schauffele6T57
Brandt Snedeker6T96
Patrick Reed5T134
Russell Henley5T274
Cameron Champ5T3212
Steve Stricker4T1615
Bill Haas2T55
JB Holmes2128
Matt Kuchar2T1618
Sergio Garcia2T2110
Trey Mullinax1T99
Brendan Steele1T136
David Lingmerth1T2115
Jim Furyk1T2314
Scottie Scheffler1T2717
Bernd Wiesberger0T167
Eddie Pepperell0T1610
Chez Reavie0T1611
others0
total366

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

Sunday, April 9, 2017

Shot chart from CBS Sunday Masters telecast - 2017

I tracked the number of strokes that CBS aired per player during the Sunday round of the Masters. The telecast began at 2pm ET and I counted a total of 430 strokes televised by CBS during regulation. The final putt in regulation was holed at 7:05 which worked out to an average of 1.41 strokes per minute - not only an increase over the rate from the 2016 Masters, but a new record high for all major tournaments I have tracked since 2014.

Note: CBS televised all eight shots from the playoff, but I did not count these in the table in order to provide a fairer comparison to the tracking for other tournaments.

CBS covered 66 regulation strokes from both winner Sergio Garcia (skipping two tap-ins) and runner-up Justin Rose (skipping two layups and a tap-in). Rickie Fowler and Jordan Spieth were featured next most frequently. Those four players (comprising the final two pairings) accounted for slightly more than half of all televised shots. Early in the telecast, CBS seemed quite consumed with the competition for low amateur honors and wound up devoting a total of 17 strokes to the two amateurs who made the cut.

The highest finisher not shown by CBS was Kevin Chappell who tied for 7th. CBS televised strokes from 27 different players. 13 players were covered for at least 10 shots.

This is the fourth 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):


PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Sergio Garcia66 (of 68*)11
Justin Rose66 (of 69)21
Rickie Fowler50T112
Jordan Spieth35T112
Charl Schwartzel3134
Paul Casey2566
Charley Hoffman23T223
Thomas Pieters22T45
Adam Scott19T94
Matt Kuchar11T47
Ryan Moore11T93
Phil Mickelson11T2213
Stewart Hagestad10T3618
Fred Couples9T1810
Lee Westwood8T185
Curtis Luck7T4624
Rory McIlroy7T77
Martin Kaymer6T1616
Russell Henley3T1112
Jason Day2T2214
Jon Rahm2T278
Hideki Matsuyama1T1115
Jimmy Walker1T189
William McGirt1T228
Justin Thomas1T2214
Daniel Berger1T2718
Marc Leishman1T4326
Kevin Chappell0T79
others0
total430

* Garcia took 68 "shots" plus one penalty stroke for a score of 69

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

Sunday, July 31, 2016

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

Here is the complete shot chart:

PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Jimmy Walker67 (of 67)11
Jason Day61 (of 67)22
Henrik Stenson56T73
Branden Grace39T415
Brooks Koepka30T44
Jordan Spieth18T137
Hideki Matsuyama17T45
William McGirt15T108
Robert Streb13T71
Daniel Summerhays1238
Adam Scott7T1810
Emiliano Grillo5T132
Padraig Harrington4T1333
Martin Kaymer3T73
Tyrrell Hatton3T1019
Kevin Kisner3T1829
Rich Beem3T7331
Paul Casey2T1016
Russell Henley2T2224
Francesco Molinari2T2231
Webb Simpson1T1312
Russell Knox1T2225
Yuta Ikeda1T337
Phil Mickelson1T3335
Andrew Johnston1T6017
Patrick Reed0T134
others0
total367

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

Sunday, July 17, 2016

Shot chart from NBC Sunday Open Championship telecast - 2016

I tracked the strokes televised by NBC during the Sunday round of the Open Championship. I started tracking at 9am ET to provide a decent comparison to the other majors I have tracked. The final putt was at 1:30pm so the tracking covered 4.5 hours.

NBC aired all but one stroke from winner Henrik Stenson (skipping a tap-in on 12th) and all but two from runner-up Phil Mickelson (bypassing tap-ins on #2 and #5). With those two separating themselves from the field, NBC focused heavily on that pairing. In fact, NBC devoted a whopping 56% of all televised strokes during this period to the Stenson/Mickelson duo (who didn't even tee off until 35 minutes into the tracking).

NBC televised only 224 shots during this period which worked out to 0.83 strokes per minute. This was a sizable decrease from the ESPN shot rate of 1.23 that I measured from the 2015 Open Championship and the lowest rate for any major that I have tracked. The lack of competition from the rest of the field clearly contributed to the low rate. NBC chose to aggressively spotlight the drama and excellence of the lead group (and take numerous commercial breaks) rather than fill time with relatively meaningless golf action from the rest of the pack.

For comparison, refer to the shot tracking data I compiled for CBS from the 2016 Masters and Fox from the 2016 US Open, In that Masters post, you can find links to the shot charts I did for the 2014 and 2015 majors.

NBC showed a total of 24 golfers during the tracking period. The highest finisher not shown during this span was Soren Kjeldsen who tied for 9th.

Here is the complete shot chart:

PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Phil Mickelson63 (of 65)21
Henrik Stenson62 (of 63)11
Rory McIlroy14T511
Andrew Johnston1382
JB Holmes1033
Bill Haas8T92
Sergio Garcia7T55
Dustin Johnson5T98
Steve Stricker443
Tyrrell Hatton4T57
Jason Day4T2215
Lee Westwood4T2222
Darren Clarke4T3020
Zach Johnson3T129
Emiliano Grillo3T1211
Haydn Porteous3T3013
Tony Finau2T184
Kevin Na2T228
Thomas Pieters2T3014
Jordan Spieth2T3026
Jim Furyk2T5926
Thongchai Jaidee1T2214
Rafa Cabrera Bella1T3916
Rickie Fowler1T4624
Soren Kjeldsen0T94
others0
total224

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

Sunday, June 19, 2016

Shot chart from Fox Sunday US Open telecast - 2016

I tracked the shots televised by Fox during the 4th round of the US Open. With the final pairing getting underway at 3:30 pm ET, I began the monitoring at 3:00 to provide a fair comparison to the other tournaments where I have performed similar Sunday tracking.

Fox showed 354 unique strokes during the tracking period. The final putt dropped at 8:16 so this worked out to 1.12 strokes per minute. This shot rate significantly trailed the 1.33 of the 2016 Masters on CBS. This was also a decrease from the 1.18 shown by Fox during its 2015 coverage of the US Open. Fox spent quite a bit of time discussing the controversy over the potential one-stroke penalty which was eventually applied to Johnson's score after the round, so that might explain part of the dropoff. (Note: From the 2016 Masters post, you can find links to the shot charts I compiled from the 2014 and 2015 majors).

Fox showed all but four of the strokes played by winner Dustin Johnson and all but four from third-round leader Shane Lowry. Fox showed just 20 golfers playing strokes. Nine players were covered for at least 15 shots. The highest finisher not shown during the tracking period was David Lingmerth who finished 12th.

Also notable: Fox went commercial-free for 52 minutes starting at 7:25.

Here is the complete shot chart:

PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Shane Lowry72 (of 76)T21
Dustin Johnson64 (of 68*)12
Scott Piercy40T24
Jason Day29T85
Sergio Garcia25T54
Andrew Landry24T151
Branden Grace23T53
Lee Westwood21T322
Jim Furyk15T213
Daniel Summerhays8T83
Bryson DeChambeau8T155
Brooks Koepka6T1319
Jason Dufner5T87
Jordan Spieth5T3715
Kevin Na377
Zach Johnson2T86
Kevin Streelman1T136
Yusaku Miyazato1T2312
Jon Rahm1T2323
Angel Cabrera1T3728
David Lingmerth01220
others0
total354

* Johnson took 68 "shots" plus one penalty stroke for a score of 69

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

Sunday, April 10, 2016

Shot chart from CBS Sunday Masters telecast - 2016

I tracked the number of strokes CBS showed for each player during the Sunday round of the Masters. I counted a total of 411 strokes televised by CBS. The telecast began at 2pm ET with the final putt at 7:10 which worked out to an average of 1.33 strokes per minute - a sizable increase from both the 2015 Masters and 2014 Masters.

CBS covered 41 strokes from winner Danny Willett. CBS first showed Willett on hole 4 and started airing all of his strokes partway through hole 13. CBS televised every stroke from third round leader Jordan Spieth. Dustin Johnson was featured second most often for a total of 55 shots. Nine players got coverage of at least 24 strokes.

The highest finisher not shown by CBS was Daniel Berger who tied for 10th. CBS televised strokes from 28 different players.

This is the third year that I have compiled these televised shot charts. For comparison, the chart from the 2015 PGA Championship contains links to all the charts from the other 2014 and 2015 majors.

Here is the complete shot chart (including the highest finisher not shown on the telecast):


PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Jordan Spieth71 (of 71*)T21
Dustin Johnson55T43
Danny Willett4114
Jason Day37T103
Smylie Kaufman37T291
Soren Kjeldson32T75
Lee Westwood26T24
Hideki Matsuyama25T72
Rory McIlroy24 (#)T106
Paul Casey11T410
Bernhard Langer11T242
Matthew Fitzpatrick6T713
Brandt Snedeker5T105
Davis Love III5T4217
Bryson DeChambeau4T2114
Henrik Stenson3T2423
Adam Scott3T4218
JB Holmes2T48
Louis Oosthuizen2T158
Bubba Watson2T3724
Romain Langasque2T3728
Justin Rose1T107
Kiradech Aphibarnrat1T1515
Billy Horschel1T179
Emiliano Grillo1T1710
Matt Kuchar1T249
Shane Lowry1T3919
Larry Mize1T5226
Daniel Berger0T106
others0
total411

* Spieth took 71 "shots" plus two penalty strokes for a score of 73
# includes a provisional stroke televised by CBS on hole 4

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

Sunday, August 16, 2015

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

Here is the complete shot chart:


PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Jason Day67 (of 67)11
Jordan Spieth67 (of 68)21
Branden Grace4532
Justin Rose4242
Anirban Lahiri17T55
Dustin Johnson15T74
Martin Kaymer9T123
Rory McIlroy91710
Brendan Steele8T1215
Steve Stricker8T3026
Phil Mickelson7T1812
Bubba Watson7T2121
George Coetzee5T78
Brooks Koepka4T57
Matt Kuchar4T75
Rickie Fowler3T3020
Vijay Singh3T3728
Tony Finau2T103
Brandt Snedeker1T127
David Lingmerth1T1218
Justin Thomas1T1811
Matt Jones1T214
Jim Furyk1T3015
Robert Streb0T109
others0
total327

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

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

Shot chart from ESPN final round of Open Championship telecast - 2015

I tracked the shots shown by ESPN during the Monday round of the Open Championship. I started tracking at 9am ET and ended when the final putt was holed in regulation play at 1:50. ESPN showed 358 shots during this period which worked out to 1.23 strokes per minute - a sizable increase over the ESPN shot rate of 1.01 from the 2014 Open Championship.

This was also a higher shot rate than I tracked for CBS from the 2015 Masters and Fox from the 2015 US Open, but trailed the rate that NBC showed during the 2015 Players. The Masters post contains links to the shot charts I did for the 2014 majors.

ESPN showed only 16 golfers during the tracking period, focusing primarily on 8 players who were shown for at least 23 shots. With Jordan Spieth in contention for a third consecutive major, ESPN covered all but four strokes from his round. The highest finishers not shown during the tracking period were Justin Rose and Danny Willett who were both part of the tie for 6th place.

Note: ESPN obviously showed all 49 strokes from the playoff, but I didn't count those in the tracking in order to provide a truer comparison to other tournaments.

Here is the complete shot chart:

PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Jordan Spieth65 (of 69)T42
Louis Oosthuizen51T21
Jason Day50T42
Marc Leishman43T23
Zach Johnson40 (*)17
Adam Scott26T106
Sergio Garcia24T64
Paul Dunne23 (#)T301
Padraig Harrington15T203
Jordan Niebrugge8T64
Ashley Chesters4T1014
Luke Donald3T1222
Anthony Wall2T1211
Hideki Matsuyama2T1812
Matt Jones1T3015
Ollie Schniederjans1T1225
others0
total358

* includes a shot from hole 2 (before the tracking period) which ESPN showed on a highlight package during the tracking period
# includes two provisional strokes televised by ESPN on hole 2

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

Monday, June 22, 2015

Shot chart from Fox Sunday US Open telecast - 2015

I tracked the shots televised by Fox during the final round of the US Open. With the leaders teeing off at 6pm ET, I chose to start the tracking at 5:30 to provide a similar timeframe to the other events I have monitored.

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:

PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Dustin Johnson69 (of 70)T21
Jason Day59T91
Jordan Spieth5612
Branden Grace52T42
Rory McIlroy27T915
Brandt Snedeker2085
Louis Oosthuizen16T23
Adam Scott9T411
Cameron Smith8T43
JB Holmes5T274
Shane Lowry4T94
Sergio Garcia3T1818
Henrik Stenson3T276
Charl Schwartzel278
Matt Kuchar2T128
John Senden2T1415
Brooks Koepka2T1813
Patrick Reed1T147
Colin Montgomerie1T6423
Kevin Kisner0T129
others0
total341

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

Monday, May 11, 2015

Shot chart from NBC Sunday Players Championship telecast - 2015

I tracked the televised strokes by player during the NBC airing of the final round of the Players Championship. NBC showed 382 regulation strokes from the Sunday round. The telecast began at 2pm ET and regulation play ended at 6:48, so this worked out to 1.33 strokes per minute - the highest average of the six events I have tracked.

Note: NBC obviously televised all 39 shots from the playoff, but I did not count these in the table so as to provide a truer comparison to the tracking for other tournaments.

With a crowded leaderboard, NBC spread the wealth as eight golfers received coverage of at least 20 shots (and 10 players were shown for at least 10 strokes). Sergio Garcia who led the event for much of the afternoon was on the air for 54 strokes. NBC devoted 62% of the televised shots to the final three pairings. However, eventual winner Rickie Fowler, who started in the 8th pairing and was well back in the pack until late in his round, was only shown for 12 strokes prior to the playoff. Nine players in the field were featured more frequently.

NBC showed a total of 34 golfers (including a five-stroke taped package of Tiger Woods who had finished before the network took the air). Everyone who finished higher than T17 was shown for at least one shot.

For comparison, see the Sunday shot chart I compiled from the 2015 Masters (note: that post contains links to the charts from the 2014 majors).

Here is the complete shot chart (from regulation play):

PlayerShots shownFinishPairing
Sergio Garcia54T23
Kevin Kisner49T21
Bill Haas38T42
Ben Martin34T42
Justin Thomas34T243
Chris Kirk28T131
Rory McIlroy22T812
Kevin Na21T65
Brian Harmon15T812
Rickie Fowler1218
Bubba Watson9T4210
Rory Sabbatini7T611
Billy Horschel7T137
John Senden5T89
David Toms5T1316
Tiger Woods5T6935
Jamie Donaldson4T821
Adam Scott4T3810
Zach Johnson3T1313
Derek Fathauer3T178
Ian Poulter3T3011
Martin Kaymer3T5118
Pat Perez2T176
Chesson Hadley2T246
Charley Hoffman2T3019
Sangmoon Bae2T3023
Charles Howell III2T5615
Ryo Ishikawa1T87
Jerry Kelly1T175
Scott Brown1T304
Steve Stricker1T3820
Fredrik Jacobson1T4223
Matt Every1T4224
Luke Guthrie1T5116
others0
total382

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