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“The more I practice, the luckier I get.”
— Gary Player
The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches is an annual PGA Tour event held at PGA National Resort (The Champion Course) in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America. The 2026 edition takes place Feb 26 - Mar 1 with a prize fund of $9.6m.
The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches is played at PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), a par 71 course measuring 7,167 yards. Designed by Tom Fazio, the course opened in 1981. Located in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of America.
The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches is contested annually during the PGA Tour season. The 2026 edition was held Feb 26 - Mar 1.
The greens at PGA National Resort (The Champion Course) are Tifeagle Bermudagrass, with 419 Hybrid Bermudagrass fairways and Overseeded Bermudagrass rough. Bermudagrass is common at warm-climate venues and tends to produce a firm, fast surface.
Historically, players who contend at The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches gain the most strokes on the greens (+0.81 SG/round) and on approach (+0.71 SG/round). Off the tee also matters, with top-10 finishers averaging +0.47 SG/round.
In 2025, The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches was won by Joe Highsmith at -19.
| Pos | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Highsmith | -19 |
| T2 | Jacob Bridgeman | -17 |
| T2 | J.J. Spaun | -17 |
| T4 | Max McGreevy | -16 |
| T4 | Ben Griffin | -16 |
| Year | Champion | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Joe Highsmith | -19 |
| 2024 | Austin Eckroat | -17 |
Player finishes at Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches — last 2 editions
| Player⇅ | Avg Pos▲ | Avg Strokes⇅ | 2025⇅ | 2024⇅ | Events⇅ | Wins⇅ | Top 10⇅ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Max McGreevy | 4.0 | 67.0 | T4 | - | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Erik van Rooyen | 5.5 | 67.5 | T9 | T2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shane Lowry | 7.5 | 67.8 | T11 | T4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Kevin Yu | 9.0 | 68.0 | - | T9 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Andrew Putnam | 11.0 | 67.8 | T11 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brice Garnett | 11.0 | 67.8 | T11 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Ghim | 13.5 | 68.0 | T11 | T16 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jacob Bridgeman | 15.0 | 67.8 | T2 | T28 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Garrick Higgo | 16.0 | 68.3 | - | T16 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Horschel | 17.0 | 68.1 | T25 | T9 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicolai Højgaard | 18.0 | 68.0 | T18 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Rodgers | 18.0 | 68.0 | T18 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Luke Clanton | 18.0 | 68.0 | T18 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan Gerard | 25.0 | 68.3 | T25 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charley Hoffman | 25.0 | 68.3 | T25 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Mitchell | 25.5 | 68.5 | T42 | T9 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Beau Hossler | 30.0 | 68.6 | T32 | T28 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chan Kim | 30.0 | 68.6 | T32 | T28 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Vince Whaley | 32.0 | 68.5 | T32 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jesper Svensson | 32.0 | 68.5 | T32 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Ryder | 34.5 | 68.9 | T48 | T21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matthieu Pavon | 35.0 | 68.9 | T42 | T28 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jimmy Stanger | 35.0 | 69.0 | - | T35 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Highsmith | 35.5 | 68.8 | 1 | CUT | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Austin Eckroat | 35.5 | 68.0 | CUT | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Ben Griffin | 37.0 | 68.5 | T4 | CUT | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| K.H. Lee | 37.0 | 68.5 | CUT | T4 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | 39.0 | 68.8 | T39 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Karl Vilips | 39.0 | 68.8 | T39 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Isaiah Salinda | 39.0 | 68.8 | T39 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Malnati | 39.5 | 69.5 | CUT | T9 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Rico Hoey | 40.5 | 69.1 | T25 | T56 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chris Kirk | 42.0 | 69.1 | T56 | T28 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jackson Suber | 42.0 | 69.0 | T42 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Moore | 42.0 | 69.0 | T42 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Matti Schmid | 44.0 | 69.2 | T18 | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Smalley | 44.0 | 69.0 | T18 | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nico Echavarria | 45.5 | 68.7 | CUT | T21 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Daniel Berger | 47.5 | 69.3 | T25 | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Dahmen | 51.0 | 69.7 | T32 | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Chad Ramey | 52.5 | 69.0 | CUT | T35 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nick Dunlap | 53.0 | 69.8 | - | T53 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis Riley | 55.0 | 69.9 | T48 | T62 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| David Lipsky | 55.5 | 69.2 | CUT | T41 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 56.0 | 69.5 | T42 | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ricky Castillo | 56.0 | 69.5 | T56 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kris Ventura | 56.0 | 69.5 | T56 | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis Thompson | 58.5 | 69.5 | CUT | T47 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sami Valimaki | 59.0 | 69.8 | T48 | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Patrick Fishburn | 59.0 | 70.7 | T48 | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mac Meissner | 61.5 | 70.8 | CUT | T53 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Tom Kim | 62.0 | 70.5 | - | T62 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Schenk | 63.0 | 70.0 | CUT | T56 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Kuchar | 63.0 | 70.3 | T56 | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Carson Young | 63.0 | 70.2 | CUT | T56 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mark Hubbard | 67.0 | 71.2 | CUT | T64 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| S.H. Kim | 67.0 | 71.3 | - | T67 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Camilo Villegas | 68.5 | 70.5 | CUT | T67 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alejandro Tosti | 69.0 | 72.3 | 68 | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Højgaard | 70.0 | 70.5 | - | CUT | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Taylor Pendrith | 70.0 | 69.8 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Matt Wallace | 70.0 | 70.5 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Thorbjørn Olesen | 70.0 | 70.5 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stephan Jaeger | 70.0 | 70.5 | - | CUT | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mackenzie Hughes | 70.0 | 71.5 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Emiliano Grillo | 70.0 | 69.0 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eric Cole | 70.0 | 72.5 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Steven Fisk | 70.0 | 69.0 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Hodges | 70.0 | 73.5 | - | CUT | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Roy | 70.0 | 69.5 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| William Mouw | 70.0 | 71.0 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Woodland | 70.0 | 71.0 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Seamus Power | 70.0 | 70.5 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Phillips | 70.0 | 71.0 | CUT | W/D | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrien Dumont de Chassart | 70.0 | 73.5 | - | CUT | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Lower | 70.0 | 70.5 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harry Higgs | 70.0 | 73.0 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Patton Kizzire | 70.0 | 71.8 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frankie Capan III | 70.0 | 72.0 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Waring | 70.0 | 70.5 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brandt Snedeker | 70.0 | 71.5 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Svensson | 70.0 | 71.0 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Dylan Wu | 70.0 | 73.3 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Willett | 70.0 | 69.0 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rafael Campos | 70.0 | 70.5 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kevin Streelman | 70.0 | 71.5 | - | CUT | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Todd | 70.0 | 74.0 | CUT | CUT | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Justin Hicks | 70.0 | 74.0 | CUT | - | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Rai | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael Brennan | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kristoffer Reitan | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Keefer | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Scott | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haotong Li | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dan Brown | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John Parry | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adrien Saddier | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jordan Smith | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Neal Shipley | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Takumi Kanaya | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Austin Smotherman | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chandler Blanchet | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Max Homa | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cam Davis | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kensei Hirata | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Christo Lamprecht | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zach Bauchou | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Zecheng Dou | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanto Griffin | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Adam Hadwin | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Lebioda | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Danny Walker | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeffrey Kang | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sudarshan Yellamaraju | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Davis Chatfield | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| John VanDerLaan | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brooks Koepka | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pontus Nyholm | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| David Ford | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Blades Brown | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.J. Ewart | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcelo Rozo | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Webb Simpson | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gordon Sargent | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aaron Wise | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |