Ratings for PGA Tour telecasts in 2025 have been paltry at best, continuing a troubling trend from the 2024 season that saw year-to-year decreases across the board. But after seeing the ratings from Rory McIlroy’s historic win at Pebble Beach, executives at both the PGA Tour and CBS can breathe a massive sigh of relief.

On Sunday, Rory McIlroy’s triumph at Pebble Beach was by far the best event of the season in golf in terms of viewership. The final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am averaged 3.3 million viewers.

Leave it to Rory McIlroy to make the second day of February feel as though the second week of April were right around the corner. That's bound to happen when a player of his immense talent — and deficiencies when it comes to the Masters — delivers a sublime performance on a special stage like Pebble Beach,