The numbers proved that this year. Nicklaus' run for a seventh Masters title was the focus of CBS' early coverage, as coordinating producer Lance Barrow documented Nicklaus' change up the leaderboard. When the telecast opened, Nicklaus was three shots off the lead. He closed within two shots, before finishing four shots behind O'Meara. A rating point represents 980,000 households, or 1 percent of the nation's estimated 98 million TV homes.
Share is the percentage of in-use televisions tuned to a given show.
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