"The best-televised sporting event of the year – if not the young century – was almost spoiled by the stop-start nature of the action."

Monday, October 1, 2012 at 09:42 PM
Geoff in 2012 Ryder Cup

Brad Klein wasn't too keen on NBC and the PGA of America's commercial-heavy Ryder Cup broadcast, though he noted the nice "last three-quarters of an hour went without an ad or a break," but by then the damage had been done for most viewers.

And Klein documents the damage, totaling up how many times certain ads ran. The top eight:

NBC Network Programming: 31
Omega Watches: 16
Get Golf Ready/Tee It Forward/Play Golf America: 13
Cadillac: 10
Mercedes: 10
National Car Rental: 10
Samsung Galaxy: 9
Royal Bank of Canada: 8

Article originally appeared on A blog devoted to the state of golf. (http://geoffdshackelford.squarespace.com/).