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Tiger Woods helps boost Wyndham Championship TV ratings

Tiger Woods made a run at the 2015 Wyndham Championship title and gave the TV ratings for CBS a massive boost in the process.

Third-round coverage (3.2 rating) on CBS received a 220 percent increase from 2014 and Sunday coverage (3.9 rating) was boosted by 160 percent, year over year, according to the network. Woods, who was playing the event for the first time, was two shots back heading into Sunday's final round.

The 3.2 overnight rating for the Wyndham Championship's third round equaled the 2015 PGA Championship's third-round overnight rating and beat out the British Open (2.