PGA Championship fans slam CBS for unwatchable | Golf News

Viewers of the PGA Championship expressed frustration during Sunday’s closing spherical broadcast as ads repeatedly disrupted the coverage.

29-year-old American Alex Smalley held the lead on a packed leaderboard heading into the ultimate spherical of the second major championship of the 12 months, with top gamers like Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm in competition. Unlike at the Masters, where McIlroy dominated from start to end on his manner to securing a second consecutive Green Jacket, the PGA Championship appeared fully open coming into Sunday, with quite a few gamers having a real likelihood to declare the Wanamaker Trophy.

What ought to have been an thrilling day of golf, as Aaron Rai sailed to victory, started on a disappointing notice as viewers at home criticized CBS for broadcasting extreme commercials.

Beyond customary industrial breaks, the community selected to show ads concurrently with the golf, dividing the screen in half with live footage from Aronimink on one aspect and the industrial on the other.

Sports Business Journal reporter Josh Carpenter posted on social media that 5 minutes and 40 seconds of commercials aired on CBS during the first 17 minutes of the two pm ET hour on Sunday, when almost all of the match’s leaders began their closing spherical.

Unsurprisingly, viewers at home had been dissatisfied with the persistent interruptions and many expressed their opinions on social media. One viewer posted on X: “@CBS Could we see more golf? This is unwatchable. We are seeing more commercials. I know y’all will show Rory walking to his ball more than you will show golf.

“I’m watching the ultimate spherical of the PGA, and I swear, every minute is another advert. Of course they also show them off to the aspect as golfers play on the left. Dudes, save your money. We’re ignoring all the adverts you grasping b—-,” added another user.

“Another major championship where we get to watch more commercials than golf. @CBS you ought to be ashamed of yourselves,” posted another user on X.

“So unfair of @CBSSports to interrupt the stream of adverts with this foolish golf motion,” joked another person.

This follows CBS drawing sharp criticism for spoiling the ultimate gap of the Masters during McIlroy’s late drama. Throughout the closing gap at Augusta National, cameras failed to seize where McIlroy’s strategy shot landed, leaving viewers at home in the darkish for over a minute.

Then, as McIlroy tapped in a short putt to seal his victory, the published cut to an awkward digicam angle and failed to even show the ball dropping into the opening.