Leave it to Rory McIlroy to make the second day of February feel as though the second week of April were right around the corner. That's bound to happen when a player of his immense talent — and deficiencies when it comes to the Masters — delivers a sublime performance on a special stage like Pebble Beach,

Golf fans have been clamoring for great leaderboard at great courses, and they got just that Sunday. Viewership numbers were through the roof.

On Sunday, Rory McIlroy’s triumph at Pebble Beach was by far the best event of the season in golf in terms of viewership. The final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am averaged 3.3 million viewers.