The combination of superstar golfers and quarterbacks, celebrity announcers, trash talking and lots of dollar signs proved to be a big hit for sports fans.
The Match: Champions for Charity drew an average of 5.8 million viewers on Sunday across the various Turner Sports channels, making it the most-watched combined golf telecast on cable TV.
The event peaked at 6.3 million viewers in the 5:45 to 6 p.m. quarter hour.
NBA on TNT studio analyst Charles Barkley was in the booth. Justin Thomas, a now-budding TV star, was an ace on-course reporter along with Amanda Balionis. Tom Brady holed out from the fairway, delivered the line of the night and ripped his pants, all in one hilarious sequence.
In the end, Tiger Woods and Peyton Manning outdueled Phil Mickelson and Brady in a live event shown on TNT, TBS, truTV & HLN.
Oh, and the charity event raised more than $20 million for COVID-19 relief.
It was exactly what a made-for-TV event should look like.
