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[Hollywood Reporter] NBC earned a 4.9 overnight rating/10 share in adults 18-49, a 23% increase on last year's rating and the best for a final round of the Bay Hill tournament in seven years, when Woods also won in 2002. It also was the highest-rated tour event in two years, excluding major championships.
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