CBS’s broadcast of the final round of the Masters included several critical errors.
CBS Sports faces a sneaky big challenge this Sunday. The venerable golf broadcaster will cover the final round of the 2026 PGA Championship. And millions of viewers will find out if CBS has its TV A-game back after botching coverage of the Masters Tournament.
Remember, it was only a month ago that CBS badly fumbled its coverage of the final round of Rory McIlroy’s win at Augusta National Golf Club. With McIlroy leading by two shots on the 18th hole and needing only a bogey 5 to claim his first Green Jacket, CBS was cruising to another Sports Emmy nomination. Then everything went completely off the rails.
The swashbuckling Northern Irishman decided to hit his driver off the 18th tee—practically slicing the ball into South Carolina. Things instantly went south for CBS among the azaleas and towering pines.
Struggling to catch up, the network somehow lost the second shots of both McIlroy and his playing partner, Cam Young. For more than a minute, nobody knew where their balls ended up. Not CBS announcers. Not the CBS production truck. Not the millions of TV viewers left screaming in the dark.
