LIV Golf has been hailed for a "great TV debut" after its viewing figures on the CW Network for its opening event of the season were reported.
The Saudi-funded rebel series had been derided for an apparent lack of interest from golf fans during the first of 14 events on the expanded calendar for 2023. Charles Howell III claimed a £3.3million individual prize for winning at Mayakoba in Mexico, but a number of the high-profile defectors failed to perform at El Camaleon.
That lead to reports that LIV had flopped on the debut screening of their fresh US rights deal with CW - which has been compared as the UK's answer to Dave. LIV's ongoing failure to captivate an audience with the team centric "Golf But Louder" model was mocked as "The World's Funniest Animals', another CW programme, reportedly outscored the invitational in the ratings.
