PGA Tour event Valspar Championship sees a massive drop in viewership numbers compared to Taylor Moore’s 2023 triumph

The 2024 Valspar Championship saw a drastic drop in viewership, even as Peter Malnati took his first PGA Tour title in over eight years. The 2024 edition received 1.886 million viewers, during the final round on Sunday, March 24th.

The previous year, where Taylor Moore took the win, saw 2.594 million viewers. The 2024 Valspar Championship saw a 27% drop in viewers from last year, according to Sports Business Journal's Josh Carpenter. Despite live-streaming the full event and the feature groups, the lack of viewership might indicate a loss of interest from golf fans.

This loss in viewership comes after the Players Championship and Scottie Scheffler's win also saw 17% lower viewership than the year before.

Peter Malnati finished with an overall score of 12 under par to hold off Cameron Young and break his nine-year winless drought. With the win, he also managed to secured a spot at the Augusta Masters, which is the first Major of the 2024 season.

Exploring the full leaderboard for the 2024 Valspar Championship ft. winner Peter Malnati

The 2024 Valspar Championship was riddled with several issues, including play being suspended on day one due to darkness and then play being cancelled on day two due to poor weather.

Despite all the challenges, the tournament provided some exciting play from golfers. Following is the full leaderboard for the 2024 Valspar Championship:

1st. Peter Malnati
2nd. Cameron Young
T3. Chandler Phillips
T3. Mackenzie Hughes
T5. Xander Schauffele
T5. Ryan Moore
T5. Carl Yuan
T5. Adam Hadwin
T9. Christiaan Bezuidenhout
T9. K.H. Lee
11th Lucas Glover
T12. Billy Horschel
T12. Taylor Moore
T12. Chez Reavie
T12. Scott Stallings
T12. Kevin Roy
T17. Andrew Novak
T17. Akshay Bhatia
T17. Aaron Baddeley
T17. Matti Schmid
T17. Matt Wallace
T17. Thomas Detry
T17. Ben Griffin
T17. Joseph Bramlett
T17. Keith Mitchell
T26. Mac Meissner
T26. Dylan Wu
T26. Fred Biondi
T26. Kevin Streelman
T26. Lee Hodges
T26. Cameron Champ
T26. Séamus Power
T33. Sam Ryder
T33. Robert MacIntyre
T33. Justin Suh
T33. Max Greyserman
T33. Stewart Cink
T33. Adam Schenk
T33. Eric Cole
T33. Ryo Hisatsune
T33. Robby Shelton
T33. Tom Whitney
T33. Michael Kim
T33. Brendon Todd
T45. Sami Valimaki
T45. Maverick McNealy
T45. Greyson Sigg
T45. Kevin Dougherty
T49. Matt Kuchar
T49. Joel Dahmen
T49. Roger Sloan
T49. Jorge Campillo
T49. Adam Svensson
T54. Ryan Palmer
T54. Alexander Bjork
T54. Carson Young
T54. Webb Simpson
T54. Vince Whaley
T54. Norman Xiong
T54. Rico Hoey
T61. S.H. Kim
T61. Chris Gotterup
T61. Hayden Buckley
T64. Sam Stevens
T64. Nick Taylor
T64. Justin Thomas
T67. Harry Hall
T67. Chan Kim
T67. Parker Coody
T67. Ben Martin
T67. Doug Ghim
T72. Ryan Brehm
T72. Callum Tarren
T72. Hayden Springer
T75. Bronson Burgoon
T75. Alejandro Tosti
T75. David Skinns

The PGA Tour will now move on to the 2024 Texas Children's Houston Open, which will be held from March 28 to 31.

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