Ratings at Tour Championship sing the same tune

After a glimmer of hope at the Ryder Cup, ratings tanked yet again last week, with a highly entertaining Tour Championship, and a disappointing end to the FedEx Cup. Thomas Bonk files in his weekly report:

With no drama (Vijay Singh had already clinched it) and no Tiger (he's sidelined), the Tour Championship got no ratings. Well, that's not accurate, so let's just say that given the factors going against it, the Tour Championship got thrown for a loss.

Saturday's third round on NBC had an overnight Nielsen rating of 1.3, down 46.4% from last year's 2.8 (that turned out to be a 2.6 in the final rating).

Sunday's fourth round had an overnight rating of 1.8, down 54.5% from last year's 3.3 (a 3.0 final rating).