CBS Sports adds Johnson Wagner to PGA Tour broadcast team
Popular Golf Channel analyst Johnson Wagner will be the newest addition to PGA Tour coverage on CBS Sports in 2026.
Popular Golf Channel analyst Johnson Wagner will be the newest addition to PGA Tour coverage on CBS Sports in 2026.
"Colt has become a valued voice on our team, bringing insight, energy, and his engaging personality to every broadcast."
The new structure would cut the current schedule in half.
Weekend viewership increased 22% versus last season.
CBS golf telecasts averaged 2.97 million viewers in 2025, including major championships.
"After 19 incredible years as a golf analyst with CBS Sports and a remarkable 30-year journey in the industry, I am announcing my retirement from broadcasting."
"I'm getting a little gray as everyone probably knows..."
Keegan Bradley's come-from-behind win over Tommy Fleetwood averaged 3.52 million viewers.
"A Kiwi wins at the Osprey!"
Viewership was down 4% versus last year.
"You don't have to take the time to do this. So we appreciate it."
LIV Mexico averaged just 110,000 viewers on FS1 while the PGA Tour, which aired two hours of replays, averaged 1.63 million viewers.
The technical difficulties could bode well for the LPGA and LIV Golf, both of which are also airing tournaments.
CBS delivered the most-watched final round for the event in 23 years.
"They went on and on and on, much too premature."
The network averaged 12.71 million viewers for McIlroy's historic win.
An intense CBS focus on McIlroy paid off when he eventually won, but that almost didn't happen.
"It's starting to feel like destiny."
10 of the PGA Tour's 13 final round broadcasts so far this year have declined versus viewership from 2023.
"We're covering the tournament the way it is presented to us and the way the club would like to present it."
"Commercial inventory is one element of the value that our partners generate through our partnership with the PGA Tour."