Peter Oosterhuis obviously wasn't speaking about his employer.
CBS' golf analyst tweeted to CBS Radio's "TBD in the AM" show that the Masters did not miss Tiger Woods last weekend.
Peter Oosterhuis on Tiger and the Masters: "I don't think he was missed this week"
— TBD in the AM (@TBDintheAM) April 14, 2014
The television ratings for the 2014 event suggest otherwise.
Golf.com reported Monday that Bubba Watson's three-shot victory over Jordan Spieth and Jonas Blixt earned a 7.8 rating during Sunday's final round on CBS - meaning that 7.8 percent of households in the U.S. tuned in to watch Watson's second green jacket in three years.
That was 24 percent lower than the 2013 Masters, in which Adam Scott defeated Angel Cabrera in a playoff, according to the Sports Business Daily/Journal. The final round last year drew a 10.2 rating.
Golf.com added that Sports Business Journal reporter Austin Karp took to Twitter to say that the lack of a dramatic finish, the absence of Phil Mickelson and the also-ran status or Rory McElroy contributed to the drop-off.
Myriad reasons for CBS' overnight ratings drop at The Masters, including no back nine drama, no Tiger, Phil and Rory not in contention — Austin Karp (@AustinKarp) April 14, 2014
However, the Sports Business Daily/Journal also reported that the Masters' Saturday rating of 4.4 was 30 percent lower than the 6.3 share the Saturday round in 2013 drew.
And ESPN's coverage on Thursday and Friday suffered bigger losses from 2013. The Sports Business Daily/Journal reported that Friday's second-round coverage had a 1.8 rating, down 40 percent from the 2013 rating of 3.0.
Thursday's opening round this year averaged a 1.6 rating, mean it had 36 percent fewer viewers than the opening round in 2013 had. Phil and Rory both were still involved in the event, and the drama doesn't count, so the one thing that was different.
Tiger was playing in 2013; he was not in 2014.
If Oosterhuis' original comment meant that the field didn't miss Tiger, that's probably true, minus Mickelson, who said he missed Tiger and then went out and missed the cut.
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