Overview

• Sunday’s U.S. broadcast averaged 3.22 million viewers on NBC/Peacock with a 5.3 million peak, the lowest for a U.S.-hosted Ryder Cup this century, according to Sports Business Journal reported by Golfweek.
• Sky Sports said its coverage set network records, drawing 8.8 million viewers across the weekend and a record 5 million for the Ryder Cup, with a late-evening peak in the U.K.
• Analysts linked the U.S. ratings slide to Europe’s 11.5–4.5 lead entering singles, which reduced jeopardy, and to competition from NFL games.
• Fans on social media criticized NBC’s presentation, citing frequent commercial breaks and overall coverage quality, as aggregated by EssentiallySports.
• Viktor Hovland withdrew before his singles match with Harris English, resulting in a pre-match halve, and NBC’s Ryder Cup rights run through 2031, underscoring the stakes of audience trends.