The ninth edition of ‘The Match’ which featured Rory McIlroy, Max Homa, Lexi Thompson and Rose Zhang earlier this week, brought in just over 500,000 viewers across TNT, truTV and HLN. That was more than 250,000 less viewers than had tuned in for the event in June 2023 featuring Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce against Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry, which was the previous record low. The numbers were first reported by Austin Karp of Sports Business Journal.
Monday night’s event began at 7 p.m. ET and took longer than the three hours it was originally scheduled for.
The record high for the event came in 2020 when Phil Mickelson and Tom Brady faced Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. That Memorial Day weekend broadcast featured 5.6 million viewers on TNT, TBS, HLN and truTV.
According to Golf Week, the made-for-TV event has raised more than $41 million for charity.
