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re: PGA Tour may want to continue to skip Doral(tv ratings are now in-FAILURE)

Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:17 pm to
Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
8446 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:17 pm to
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Putting it on the same weekend as F1 was exceptionally dumb.


Same with playing the Zurich the same weekend as Jazz Fest. The argument that the players/wives like to come and go to the festival doesn't hold water anymore either because the strength of the field is weak.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
111496 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 12:34 pm to
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Same with playing the Zurich the same weekend as Jazz Fest. The argument that the players/wives like to come and go to the festival doesn't hold water anymore either because the strength of the field is weak.
Zurich attendance is through the roof, so not the same at all
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
68454 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 3:32 pm to
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Zurich attendance is through the roof

no way you're serious right
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
111496 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 3:56 pm to
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no way you're serious right
Umm, yes

Zurich had 116k in 2024, 120k in 2025, 2026 numbers not yet released.

Single high day so far has been 37k. It was very easy for you to look this up before being an ignorant idiot, again. Zurich is a very successful event
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 3:59 pm
Posted by Geauxldilocks
Member since Aug 2018
6609 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:07 pm to
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Zurich attendance is through the roof, so not the same at all


16 alone at the Waste Management has more spectators than all of the Zurich on any given day.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
111496 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:08 pm to
Oh look you are head wrong too. Shocking.
Posted by The Pirate King
Pangu
Member since May 2014
68454 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:10 pm to
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2026 numbers not yet released.

That's convenient. Also tickets sold is not actual attendance.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
111496 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 4:12 pm to
I gave you actual attendance numbers….Learn to use simple google for things like this and the weather and you can prevent yourself from looking like an idiot
This post was edited on 5/4/26 at 4:13 pm
Posted by BBONDS25
Member since Mar 2008
59466 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:22 pm to
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There isn’t any hiding from this .


you have a tendency to speak definitively about very subjective topics. The hubris is amusing.
Posted by BBONDS25
Member since Mar 2008
59466 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:26 pm to
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You are saying crowd size and interest means nothing for a PGA tour event. Dude there is no logical conversation to have with you . It’s by far the most important thing, maybe the ONLY thing that actually matters .


tv ratings are the most important thing. Dummy.
Posted by igotit
Member since May 2016
120 posts
Posted on 5/4/26 at 5:27 pm to
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you can prevent yourself from looking like an idiot


It’s a shame you haven’t mastered this yourself.
Posted by JimTiger72
LA
Member since Jun 2023
18923 posts
Posted on 5/5/26 at 10:37 am to
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Worst crowd I’ve ever seen at a signature event (it’s way worse than the Zurich actually). And the course doesn’t really seem to have teeth anymore anyway


Aw… they weren’t saying that about the LIV event last year were they?
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Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Member since Oct 2012
41093 posts
Posted on 5/5/26 at 11:39 am to
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The Pirate King


You told us in the other thread that the 2026 zurich was the worst event in history and had attendance lower than the worst LIV events. What information led you to making those statements?
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
111496 posts
Posted on 5/5/26 at 7:16 pm to
Ratings for Doral are in. fricking failure

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CBS averaged 2.151M viewers in its 3-6 window.


Zurich averaged 2.08M. So one of the worst field events is on par with a sig event. That’s terrible.

Byron nelson last year(non signature event) on the same weekend as Doral averaged 2.9 million

quote:

tv ratings are the most important thing
And they sucked….By far the worst signature event in the states and not close
This post was edited on 5/5/26 at 7:20 pm
Posted by JohnnyKilroy
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Member since Oct 2012
41093 posts
Posted on 5/5/26 at 10:05 pm to
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I can guarantee you the Doral ratings will easily be ahead of the Zurich. Players draw ratings, and good players are skipping the Zurich in droves.


Barely edged out Zurich with a stacked field lol
Posted by Muahahaha
Ohio
Member since Nov 2005
6979 posts
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:49 am to
I disagree - Doral is a great course, and I was glad to see it back on the Tour. The issue is that it needs to be part of the Florida swing in March. The PGA should also move the PGA Championship back to August.
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
111496 posts
Posted on 5/6/26 at 7:54 am to
Everyone keeps saying “I disagree”

This isn’t an opinion at this point. The ratings and attendance at Doral were absolutely horrendous
Posted by iwyLSUiwy
I'm your huckleberry
Member since Apr 2008
42409 posts
Posted on 5/6/26 at 10:10 am to
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I gave you actual attendance numbers….Learn to use simple google for things like this and the weather and you can prevent yourself from looking like an idiot


Nobody on this entire site has a harder time reading than pirate king.
Posted by DarkDrifter
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2011
5725 posts
Posted on 5/6/26 at 11:06 am to
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16 alone at the Waste Management has more spectators than all of the Zurich on any given day.


Well when you have 500,000+ people walking through the turnstiles to party in the desert and you gotta stick a lot of the some where.. and 16 hold around 20K people at time.. So yeah that's a pretty close assumption
Posted by lsupride87
Member since Dec 2007
111496 posts
Posted on 5/6/26 at 11:10 am to
Zurich gets over 30k per day on the weekend. So no, his assumption wasn’t correct
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