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Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches 2026 — Live Leaderboard

Feb 26, 2026 – Feb 26 - Mar 1PGA National Resort (The Champion Course)Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States of AmericaPar 71$9,600,000

Champion: Nico Echavarria

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About Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches

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.

Where is The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches played?

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.

When does The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches take place?

The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches is contested annually during the PGA Tour season. The 2026 edition was held Feb 26 - Mar 1.

What type of grass is used at PGA National Resort (The Champion Course)?

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.

What does it take to play well at The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches?

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.

What happened at The Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches in 2025?

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

Past Champions

Year	Champion	Score
2025	Joe Highsmith	-19
2024	Austin Eckroat	-17

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Pos	Player	Score	R1	R2	R3	R4	SG Total	Rank
1	Nico Echavarria🇨🇴	-17	63	72	66	66	+28.07	1
T2	Taylor Moore🇺🇸	-15	67	67	67	68	+24.07	3
T2	Shane Lowry🇮🇪	-15	70	67	63	69	+24.07	2
T2	Austin Smotherman🇺🇸	-15	62	69	69	69	+24.07	4
5	Ricky Castillo🇺🇸	-13	69	70	64	68	+20.07	5
T6	Keith Mitchell🇺🇸	-11	68	73	64	68	+16.07	7
T6	Nicolai Højgaard🇩🇰	-11	70	72	66	65	+16.07	6
T6	William Mouw🇺🇸	-11	68	70	68	67	+16.07	8
T9	Joel Dahmen🇺🇸	-10	68	68	68	70	+14.07	9
T9	Matti Schmid🇩🇪	-10	69	70	67	68	+14.07	11
T9	Brooks Koepka🇺🇸	-10	74	66	69	65	+14.07	12
T9	Rasmus Højgaard🇩🇰	-10	69	72	66	67	+14.07	10
T13	Max Homa🇺🇸	-9	73	66	69	67	+12.07	15
T13	Patton Kizzire🇺🇸	-9	70	72	63	70	+12.07	13
T13	Pontus Nyholm🇸🇪	-9	67	70	72	66	+12.07	16
T13	A.J. Ewart🇨🇦	-9	71	64	68	72	+12.07	14
T17	Matthieu Pavon🇫🇷	-8	71	69	68	68	+10.07	18
T17	Chad Ramey🇺🇸	-8	68	70	69	69	+10.07	21
T17	Sudarshan Yellamaraju🇨🇦	-8	68	72	68	68	+10.07	22
T17	Takumi Kanaya🇯🇵	-8	73	66	67	70	+10.07	19
T17	Kristoffer Reitan🇳🇴	-8	67	70	69	70	+10.07	20
T17	Zecheng Dou🇨🇳	-8	72	68	66	70	+10.07	17
T23	Beau Hossler🇺🇸	-7	68	73	64	72	+8.07	23
T23	Aaron Rai🇬🇧	-7	68	69	69	71	+8.07	28
T23	Adrien Dumont de Chassart🇧🇪	-7	71	71	65	70	+8.07	30
T23	Jordan Smith🇬🇧	-7	71	71	67	68	+8.07	29
T23	Zach Bauchou🇺🇸	-7	70	71	67	69	+8.07	24
T23	Mark Hubbard🇺🇸	-7	69	68	69	71	+8.07	26
T23	Kevin Roy🇺🇸	-7	67	72	69	69	+8.07	31
T23	Ryan Gerard🇺🇸	-7	73	67	69	68	+8.07	25
T23	Mackenzie Hughes🇨🇦	-7	75	65	69	68	+8.07	27
T32	Kevin Streelman🇺🇸	-6	69	70	69	70	+6.07	36
T32	Jimmy Stanger🇺🇸	-6	69	68	65	76	+6.07	35
T32	Daniel Berger🇺🇸	-6	67	71	71	69	+6.07	34
T32	Haotong Li🇨🇳	-6	71	71	69	67	+6.07	33
T32	David Ford🇺🇸	-6	72	70	69	67	+6.07	32
T37	Steven Fisk🇺🇸	-5	69	70	69	71	+4.07	39
T37	Eric Cole🇺🇸	-5	71	69	69	70	+4.07	37
T37	Christiaan Bezuidenhout🇿🇦	-5	71	70	69	69	+4.07	38
T40	Hank Lebioda🇺🇸	-4	68	69	73	70	+2.07	47
T40	Austin Eckroat🇺🇸	-4	71	70	69	70	+2.07	45
T40	Lee Hodges🇺🇸	-4	69	72	67	72	+2.07	40
T40	Matt Wallace🇬🇧	-4	73	68	69	70	+2.07	44
T40	Max McGreevy🇺🇸	-4	68	72	72	68	+2.07	48
T40	Garrick Higgo🇿🇦	-4	71	71	67	71	+2.07	46
T40	Patrick Fishburn🇺🇸	-4	73	68	69	70	+2.07	42
T40	Danny Walker🇺🇸	-4	72	69	72	67	+2.07	43
T40	Thorbjørn Olesen🇩🇰	-4	70	69	68	73	+2.07	49
T40	Dan Brown🇬🇧	-4	69	72	69	70	+2.07	41
T40	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen🇩🇰	-4	70	70	69	71	+2.07	50
T40	Ben Silverman🇨🇦	-4	73	67	69	71	-	-
T52	Alex Smalley🇺🇸	-3	72	69	71	69	+0.07	53
T52	Carson Young🇺🇸	-3	70	69	74	68	+0.07	51
T52	Michael Brennan🇺🇸	-3	68	70	72	71	+0.07	52
T52	Seamus Power🇮🇪	-3	71	67	73	70	+0.07	54
T56	Adrien Saddier🇫🇷	-2	69	72	69	72	-1.93	68
T56	Emiliano Grillo🇦🇷	-2	71	71	71	69	-1.93	69
T56	Chan Kim🇺🇸	-2	69	71	71	71	-1.93	70
59	Tom Kim🇰🇷	-1	75	67	72	69	-3.93	85
T60	Davis Thompson🇺🇸	E	70	71	72	71	-5.93	94
T60	Adam Schenk🇺🇸	E	69	73	72	70	-5.93	93
62	Billy Horschel🇺🇸	+1	69	73	69	74	-7.93	98
T63	Jackson Suber🇺🇸	+2	67	74	70	75	-9.93	106
T63	Chandler Phillips🇺🇸	+2	74	68	68	76	-9.93	105
T63	John Parry🇬🇧	+2	71	70	70	75	-9.93	104
66	Dylan Wu🇺🇸	+4	73	69	75	71	-13.93	112
67	Joe Highsmith🇺🇸	+6	70	72	76	72	-17.93	118
-	Will Zalatoris🇺🇸	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
CUT	Harry Higgs🇺🇸	MC	74	74	-	-	-11.04	107
CUT	Danny Willett🇬🇧	MC	71	74	-	-	-5.04	92
CUT	Adam Hadwin🇨🇦	MC	71	74	-	-	-5.04	87
CUT	Doug Ghim🇺🇸	MC	72	71	-	-	-1.04	60
CUT	Camilo Villegas🇨🇴	MC	70	75	-	-	-5.04	91
CUT	Sam Ryder🇺🇸	MC	74	69	-	-	-1.04	57
CUT	Mac Meissner🇺🇸	MC	73	70	-	-	-1.04	62
CUT	Adam Svensson🇨🇦	MC	72	72	-	-	-3.04	75
CUT	Rico Hoey🇵🇭	MC	78	72	-	-	-15.04	113
CUT	Brendon Todd🇺🇸	MC	77	73	-	-	-15.04	115
CUT	Vince Whaley🇺🇸	MC	70	74	-	-	-3.04	80
CUT	Kevin Yu🇹🇼	MC	68	75	-	-	-1.04	58
CUT	Karl Vilips🇦🇺	MC	69	78	-	-	-9.04	102
CUT	Davis Riley🇺🇸	MC	74	69	-	-	-1.04	56
CUT	Stephan Jaeger🇩🇪	MC	71	73	-	-	-3.04	82
CUT	Webb Simpson🇺🇸	MC	73	70	-	-	-1.04	63
CUT	Chris Kirk🇺🇸	MC	70	74	-	-	-3.04	72
CUT	Nick Dunlap🇺🇸	MC	74	73	-	-	-9.04	99
CUT	K.H. Lee🇰🇷	MC	75	74	-	-	-13.04	110
CUT	Rafael Campos🇵🇷	MC	77	74	-	-	-17.04	116
CUT	S.H. Kim🇰🇷	MC	74	72	-	-	-7.04	96
CUT	Paul Waring🇬🇧	MC	72	72	-	-	-3.04	79
CUT	Christo Lamprecht🇿🇦	MC	75	74	-	-	-13.04	109
CUT	Johnny Keefer🇺🇸	MC	70	75	-	-	-5.04	88
CUT	Blades Brown🇺🇸	MC	75	72	-	-	-9.04	103
CUT	Neal Shipley🇺🇸	MC	70	74	-	-	-3.04	74
CUT	Jeffrey Kang🇺🇸	MC	74	73	-	-	-9.04	101
WD	Keita Nakajima🇯🇵	MC	73	-	-	-	-3.40	84
CUT	Chandler Blanchet🇺🇸	MC	69	74	-	-	-1.04	55
CUT	Erik van Rooyen🇿🇦	MC	72	72	-	-	-3.04	77
CUT	Justin Lower🇺🇸	MC	75	70	-	-	-5.04	89
CUT	Gary Woodland🇺🇸	MC	72	72	-	-	-3.04	81
CUT	Brandt Snedeker🇺🇸	MC	72	74	-	-	-7.04	97
CUT	David Lipsky🇺🇸	MC	70	73	-	-	-1.04	66
CUT	Peter Malnati🇺🇸	MC	74	70	-	-	-3.04	83
CUT	Brice Garnett🇺🇸	MC	73	72	-	-	-5.04	86
CUT	Lanto Griffin🇺🇸	MC	72	71	-	-	-1.04	61
CUT	Aaron Wise🇺🇸	MC	73	76	-	-	-13.04	111
CUT	Sami Valimaki🇫🇮	MC	80	71	-	-	-17.04	117
CUT	Cam Davis🇦🇺	MC	72	80	-	-	-19.04	120
CUT	Matt Kuchar🇺🇸	MC	72	72	-	-	-3.04	73
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen🇺🇸	MC	72	71	-	-	-1.04	64
CUT	Andrew Putnam🇺🇸	MC	73	72	-	-	-5.04	90
CUT	Charley Hoffman🇺🇸	MC	73	73	-	-	-7.04	95
CUT	Marcelo Rozo🇨🇴	MC	77	73	-	-	-15.04	114
CUT	Davis Chatfield🇺🇸	MC	73	71	-	-	-3.04	71
CUT	Kris Ventura🇳🇴	MC	71	72	-	-	-1.04	65
CUT	Jesper Svensson🇸🇪	MC	70	74	-	-	-3.04	76
CUT	Kensei Hirata🇯🇵	MC	75	72	-	-	-9.04	100
CUT	Luke Clanton🇺🇸	MC	73	70	-	-	-1.04	59
CUT	Alejandro Tosti🇦🇷	MC	77	78	-	-	-25.04	122
CUT	Frankie Capan III🇺🇸	MC	75	77	-	-	-19.04	119
CUT	John VanDerLaan🇺🇸	MC	75	69	-	-	-3.04	78
CUT	Isaiah Salinda🇺🇸	MC	77	76	-	-	-21.04	121
CUT	Gordon Sargent🇺🇸	MC	70	73	-	-	-1.04	67
CUT	Justin Hicks🇺🇸	MC	74	74	-	-	-11.04	108

Pos

Player

Score

SG Total

Rank

Nico Echavarria🇨🇴

-17

+28.07

Taylor Moore🇺🇸

-15

+24.07

Shane Lowry🇮🇪