Solheim Cup Ratings Almost Include An Integer!

Well, the good news is that more people saw that great event...

Solheim Cup Ratings on Golf Channel Top All-Time Highs

ORLANDO, Fla. (Aug. 25, 2009) – GOLF CHANNEL concluded its exclusive coverage of The Solheim Cup on Sunday by garnering its highest rating ever (.93) for the final day of the LPGA’s biennial team event, tripling the Sunday rating from 2007 (.27) and far outpacing the Sunday rating in 2005 (.62), the last time the event was played on U.S. soil.

The rating for the six hours of coverage on the third and final day of the international event – which pitted the U.S.A. versus Europe – represented more than 956,000 total viewers, which was the highest for an LPGA telecast on GOLF CHANNEL this year and second only to the U.S. Women’s Open as the highest rating for women’s golf on television so far in 2009 – cable or broadcast.

Friday’s rating (.32) was the second-highest Friday rating on television for a LPGA Tour event this year, and coverage of Saturday’s matches – at 12 hours representing the longest continuous GOLF CHANNEL tournament telecast ever – achieved a rating of .60, topping same-day ratings from both 2005 and 2007.