Preliminary overnight ratings from Nielsen Sports Marketing for 37 markets for NBC's coverage of the U.S. Open Saturday and Sunday. Since these are preliminary overnights, numbers may not match media reports or other network numbers (Nielsen Sports Marketing).
| MARKET | SAT | SUN | | MARKET | SAT | SUN |
| ATLANTA | 4.4/10 | 6.0/14 | MINNEAPOLIS | 5.3/24 | 9.9/30 |
| BALTIMORE | 4.3/11 | 6.5/18 | MEMPHIS | 9.3/20 | 9.0/19 |
| BOSTON | 6.5/22 | 9.0/26 | NEW ORLEANS | 5.4/13 | 4.7/12 |
| CHICAGO | 5.6/18 | 6.5/21 | NEW YORK | 5.2/15 | 6.2/17 |
| CINCINNATI | 5.0/17 | 6.1/20 | ORLANDO | 7.3/17 | 11.4/24 |
| CLEVELAND | 5.8/18 | 7.1/24 | PORTLAND | 7.8/28 | 7.1/26 |
| COLUMBUS | 7.9/24 | 8.5/25 | PHILADELPHIA | 5.2/16 | 6.7/19 |
| CHARLOTTE | 5.2/14 | 6.5/18 | PITTSBURGH | 7.2/21 | 7.0/21 |
| WASHINGTON | 8.3/22 | 7.9/22 | PHOENIX | 8.0/23 | 10.9/30 |
| DETROIT | 7.2/21 | 9.4/24 | SAN ANTONIO | 5.8/14 | 7.3/19 |
| DALLAS | 5.5/14 | 7.5/18 | SAN DIEGO | 6.4/20 | 8.7/24 |
| DENVER | 5.8/22 | 7.3/23 | SEATTLE | 5.8/20 | 5.7/18 |
| HOUSTON | 6.4/16 | 6.0/14 | SAN FRANCISCO | 8.2/28 | 8.4/27 |
| HARTFORD | 6.7/20 | 8.7/26 | ST. LOUIS | 8.5/24 | 7.8/22 |
| INDIANA. | 7.3/25 | 8.4/26 | SACRAMENTO | 8.4/26 | 9.8/28 |
| K.C. | 4.3/15 | 5.2/15 | SALT LAKE CITY | 7.0/23 | 6.3/21 |
| L.A. | 7.0/19 | 7.3/20 | TAMPA | 8.6/21 | 11.7/28 |
| MIAMI | 5.5/13 | 6.0/14 | WEST PALM 1 | 1.9/27 | 13.1/30 |
| MILWAUKEE | 7.0/25 | 8.3/28 | CROSS MARKET | 6.5/19 | 7.6/21 |
MEDIA REAX: In Baltimore, Milton Kent writes that NBC's team "did a splendid job of capturing the beauty of Congressional" (Baltimore SUN, 6/17). In N.Y., Richard Sandomir, on Sunday's introduction to the telecast by Dick Enberg: "Enberg's words made you wonder if he was talking about golf or the French Foreign Legion" (N.Y. TIMES, 6/17).
