The Chevron Championship is only the second Major in both men’s and women’s golf so far this year.
However, the TV coverage of both it and the Major that preceded it, The Masters, has attracted criticism.
At The Masters, where Rory McIlroy claimed back-to-back titles, the CBS Sports broadcast of the final round received criticism online throughout, with shots and holes missed and the coverage seemingly behind proceedings at times.
To make matters worse, on the 72nd hole, camera operators seemingly lost track of the location of McIlroy’s ball, before the angle used to show his winning putt ensured it was impossible to see if he’d actually holed it.
Just two weeks on from that controversy, attention has turned to the first women’s Major of the year, which comes from Memorial Park Golf Course in Houston for the first time.
This time, the criticism wasn’t so much focused on the quality of the coverage, but on the lack of it, with the final group’s opening holes on Sunday not broadcast.
Nelly Korda, Patty Tavatanakit and Ruoning Yin began the final round at 12.08pm EDT.
However, golf fans hoping to see if Korda, who led by five, would make a strong start in her bid for a second Chevron Championship title were left disappointed with no TV coverage as the trio began.
Patty Tavatanakit was in the final group with Korda and Ruoning Yin
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In fact, it was almost an hour and a half before the first broadcast of the day, from Peacock, began, at 1.30pm EDT, with NBC’s coverage beginning 30 minutes later.
Considering the stakes, with not only a Major title on the line but the chance for Korda to take the World No.1 spot and claim prize money of $1,350,000, that left many frustrated, with some airing their thoughts on social media.
The women’s game has never been bigger, with a record Chevron Championship purse of $9m on offer this week, and Golfweek’s Beth Ann Nichols questioned on X how the situation was allowed to happen in 2026.
Nelly Korda holds a commanding 5-shot lead at the Chevron Championship. A victory today would move her to No. 1 in the world and give her three major championship titles.The final group (threesomes?!?)…
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