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TV audience numbers for Scottie Scheffler’s BMW Championship win compared to LIV Golf Indianapolis

Originally posted on HITC | By Peter Lynch | Last updated Aug 20, 2025 12:52 PM ET

Scottie Scheffler added another title to his growing list of PGA Tour wins, while Jon Rahm clinched the LIV Golf Individual Championship across the same weekend.

Rahm didn’t take home the event trophy at LIV Golf Indianapolis, losing in a playoff to Sebastian Munoz, but his finish was enough to secure him the season-long crown over Joaquin Niemann, along with an $18million bonus.

Back on the PGA Tour, Scheffler wrapped up his fifth win of 2025 by holding off Robert MacIntyre by two shots at Caves Valley. After celebrating with interim caddie Michael Cromie, he’ll have Ted Scott back on his bag for the Tour Championship.

LIV fans hit out at Jon Rahm after PGA Tour star’s latest victory

Scheffler’s win didn’t go unnoticed among LIV Golf fans, with some taking aim at Rahm in response. One wrote: “Scottie Scheffler has been unstoppable this year on the PGA TOUR. Every week it feels like he is in contention.”

Another added: “Jon Rahm made a huge mistake leaving for LIV and it’s starting to show.” A third fan posted: “Congrats Scottie! The real world No 1. I hope Rory gets second so Jonny boy can’t even try to claim that spot.”

Jon Rahm responds after Scottie Scheffler wins BMW Championship

Rahm spoke about Scheffler after finishing fourth in Indianapolis and being named champion of the 2024 LIV season. He praised Scottie and also addressed what it meant for him to be crowned champion despite not winning an event during the season.

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The Spaniard said: “It feels great. I would have loved obviously to get a win throughout this year as well because when you’re a champion without ever winning it’s always an odd feeling.”

“But I think my worst finish was eighth place, so I had an extremely solid year,” he continued. “I got close quite a few times but never really had my best stuff on Sunday unfortunately so far this year.”

Comparing BMW Championship and LIV Golf Indianapolis TV Ratings

The FedExCup Playoffs wrap up this week at East Lake, while LIV Golf finishes its season with the Team Championship in Michigan.

Before those events get underway, Josh Carpenter from the Sports Business Journal has reported the latest TV ratings for both tours.

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Over on NBC, 3.5 million viewers tuned in for the final round of the BMW Championship, while Fox drew 426,000 for LIV Golf Indianapolis on Sunday.

That’s a 43% rise from the 2.5 million who watched Keegan Bradley win last year’s event.

In previous years, CBS had three million viewers for Viktor Hovland’s win in 2023, and NBC had 2.8 million watching Patrick Cantlay’s victory in 2022.

Huge LIV Golf Indianapolis crowd enjoy thrilling finish at The Club at Chatham Hills

While Scheffler’s win brought in the larger TV numbers, LIV Golf Indianapolis still saw strong support on the ground.

The Club at Chath am Hills hosted more than 60,000 fans over three days, and those in attendance witnessed an entertaining event from start to finish.

The excitement began with Munoz firing a remarkable 12-under 59 on Friday, which included a double bogey – a rare feat in elite professional golf.

On Sunday, Rahm came close to matching it with an 11-under 60, a personal best that also helped him claim the Individual Championship title from Niemann.

Niemann didn’t leave empty-handed though. He led Torque GC to their first team win since 2023, finishing with a record cumulative score of 64-under.

Munoz added his first individual title to that team victory, rounding off an impressive week for both player and team.

This article first appeared on HITC and was syndicated with permission.

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