Masters ratings up

NEW YORK - People watch when Tiger Woods wins, even if there&#39;s little drama. That&#39;s what happened at the Masters. <br> <br> CBS&#39;s telecast of his second straight title at Augusta National drew a nine-point-nine overnight rating from 1:30-6:45 p.m. EDT Sunday. That&#39;s at least 40 percent higher than the final-round rating for the three prior majors -- when Woods finished back in the pack. <br> <br> For the first time, Augusta allowed CBS to show coverage of the leaders on all 18 holes Sunday. <br> <br> Sunday&#39;s Masters overnight rating was 23 percent lower than 2001, when the coverage was from 4-7 p.m. This year&#39;s rating for the last three hours showed only a 6 percent drop. <br> <br> The average overnight rating for the final two rounds of the Masters was 8.8. In the network&#39;s 47 years of airing the event, that was bettered only by the other times Woods won.

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