WASHINGTON, DC, April 16, 2024 (Bee News Daily) — Mayor Muriel Bowser attended the Masters Tournament in Augusta, Ga. over the weekend, and municipal money was used for travel expenses, according to a spokeswoman for the mayor. The mayor did not include any business meetings on her schedule over the weekend.
According to the mayor’s schedule, sent to media outlets Saturday, “Mayor Bowser will travel to Augusta, Georgia, as part of a sports and economic development visit,” but she did not meet with any sports and/or economic leader.
Golf viewership continues to drop: CBS drew 9.589M viewers for the final round of the Masters on Sunday, down 20% from last year.
Greg Norman chimed in on the low viewership for this year’s Masters saying, “If they’d incorporate team golf, music, and shorten it to 54 holes, their viewership will skyrocket.”
CBS reports 9.6 million viewers for the final round of The Masters, a 20% drop from last year.
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Reported by AP News.