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Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches 2026 — Player Form Guide

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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Player	RBC Canadian …Jun 11	the Memorial …Jun 4	Charles Schwa…May 28	THE CJ CUP By…May 21	PGA Champions…May 14	Avg Pos
Alex Smalley	-	CUT	T3	-	T2	18.3
Ben Griffin	-	CUT	T3	-	T14	22.3
Eric Cole	CUT	8	2	T31	-	22.8
Aaron Rai	CUT	T19	-	-	1	23.3
Ryan Gerard	-	2	T10	-	T70	27.3
Gary Woodland	-	T36	T6	-	CUT	30.7
Adam Scott	-	T12	-	-	CUT	31.0
Matt Kuchar	-	T22	T22	CUT	-	31.3
Shane Lowry	T29	T22	-	-	T44	31.7
Jacob Bridgeman	T11	T34	-	-	CUT	31.7
Stephan Jaeger	CUT	-	WD	T9	T18	31.8
Nico Echavarria	-	T40	T6	-	CUT	32.0
Steven Fisk	CUT	-	T10	T19	CUT	32.3
Mac Meissner	CUT	T46	T3	T31	-	32.5
Matti Schmid	CUT	-	-	CUT	T4	34.7
Erik van Rooyen	T20	-	70	T19	-	36.3
Rico Hoey	CUT	-	T17	T19	T60	36.5
Kristoffer Reitan	T60	T6	-	-	T44	36.7
Keith Mitchell	T29	-	CUT	5	T65	37.3
Emiliano Grillo	T20	-	T42	T38	CUT	37.5
Garrick Higgo	CUT	-	T32	T19	CUT	37.8
Kevin Yu	T29	-	T35	CUT	-	38.0
Andrew Putnam	CUT	-	T17	-	T55	40.7
Taylor Pendrith	T29	T43	-	T47	T44	40.8
Tom Kim	T15	-	T54	T54	-	41.0
Billy Horschel	T15	CUT	T42	CUT	CUT	41.4
Mackenzie Hughes	CUT	-	T10	66	-	42.0
Michael Thorbjornsen	T54	-	16	CUT	CUT	42.5
Daniel Berger	-	CUT	-	-	T35	42.5
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	T54	-	T32	CUT	T35	42.8
Jordan Smith	CUT	-	T13	T59	CUT	43.0
Davis Thompson	T45	-	T35	CUT	-	43.3
Patrick Fishburn	T29	-	T54	T47	-	43.3
Johnny Keefer	T51	-	T35	T9	79	43.5
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	39	-	T42	T19	T75	43.8
Chris Kirk	CUT	-	CUT	T31	T44	43.8
Adrien Saddier	-	-	T42	T40	CUT	44.0
Takumi Kanaya	T29	-	T54	CUT	-	44.3
Lee Hodges	CUT	-	T35	CUT	-	45.0
Max McGreevy	T51	-	T35	CUT	CUT	46.5
Michael Brennan	CUT	-	T6	CUT	81	46.8
Matt Wallace	CUT	-	-	-	T44	47.0
Neal Shipley	T51	-	CUT	T40	-	47.0
Austin Smotherman	CUT	-	T42	-	CUT	47.3
William Mouw	T20	-	CUT	CUT	T70	47.5
Nicolai Højgaard	CUT	CUT	-	-	T44	48.0
Haotong Li	T60	-	CUT	CUT	T35	48.8
Karl Vilips	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
David Lipsky	CUT	-	CUT	-	CUT	50.0
Chandler Blanchet	T67	-	T42	CUT	T44	50.8
Patrick Rodgers	-	T49	T60	T47	CUT	51.5
John Parry	CUT	-	CUT	T47	T70	54.3
Vince Whaley	T65	-	CUT	CUT	-	55.0
Joe Highsmith	70	-	CUT	CUT	CUT	55.0
Davis Riley	CUT	-	T71	CUT	CUT	55.3
Dan Brown	CUT	-	CUT	T47	T75	55.5
Adam Schenk	CUT	-	T74	CUT	CUT	56.0
Rasmus Højgaard	-	-	CUT	T62	T65	59.0
Thorbjørn Olesen	CUT	-	T67	T62	-	59.7
Sami Valimaki	-	-	-	-	T60	60.0
Kevin Roy	T71	-	T74	CUT	-	65.0
Mark Hubbard	-	CUT	T60	T31	-	NaN
Jesper Svensson	T4	-	-	T9	-	6.5
Blades Brown	-	-	-	T14	-	14.0
A.J. Ewart	T29	-	T17	T19	-	21.7
Doug Ghim	T15	-	T28	T31	-	24.7
Jackson Suber	T4	-	T67	4	-	25.0
Brice Garnett	T4	-	T22	CUT	-	25.3
Zach Bauchou	CUT	-	T22	T6	-	26.0
Max Homa	T20	-	T22	-	CUT	30.7
Peter Malnati	CUT	-	-	T19	-	34.5
Jimmy Stanger	T4	-	CUT	CUT	-	34.7
Matthieu Pavon	T20	-	CUT	T40	-	36.7
Sudarshan Yellamaraju	T8	T40	CUT	-	CUT	37.0
Taylor Moore	T40	-	T60	T14	-	38.0
Chan Kim	-	-	-	T38	-	38.0
Brandt Snedeker	-	T36	T28	-	CUT	38.0
Chandler Phillips	T15	-	CUT	CUT	-	38.3
Brooks Koepka	WD	-	-	T14	T55	39.7
Seamus Power	CUT	-	T54	T19	-	41.0
Sam Ryder	T45	-	CUT	T31	-	42.0
Adam Hadwin	T40	-	-	CUT	-	45.0
Ricky Castillo	T45	-	T42	-	CUT	45.7
Kevin Streelman	-	-	T42	CUT	-	46.0
Luke Clanton	T54	-	T54	T31	-	46.3
Kensei Hirata	T71	-	CUT	T19	-	46.7
Alejandro Tosti	T40	-	CUT	CUT	-	46.7
Camilo Villegas	CUT	-	CUT	T40	-	46.7
Joel Dahmen	CUT	-	T42	CUT	-	47.3
Beau Hossler	T45	-	CUT	CUT	-	48.3
Dylan Wu	T45	-	CUT	CUT	-	48.3
Justin Lower	CUT	-	-	T47	-	48.5
Carson Young	-	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Cam Davis	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Adrien Dumont de Chassart	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Christo Lamprecht	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Zecheng Dou	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Kris Ventura	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Danny Walker	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Harry Higgs	-	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Davis Chatfield	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Patton Kizzire	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Paul Waring	WD	-	-	-	-	50.0
Pontus Nyholm	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Rafael Campos	CUT	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Marcelo Rozo	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Webb Simpson	-	-	CUT	-	-	50.0
K.H. Lee	-	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Gordon Sargent	-	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Aaron Wise	-	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Chad Ramey	CUT	-	CUT	T59	-	53.0
Lanto Griffin	T60	-	T32	T67	-	53.0
Nick Dunlap	CUT	-	T60	CUT	-	53.3
Hank Lebioda	CUT	-	CUT	T62	-	54.0
Austin Eckroat	73	-	T67	T40	-	60.0
Jeffrey Kang	-	-	T42	T54	-	NaN
Charley Hoffman	CUT	-	CUT	T54	-	51.3
Adam Svensson	T60	-	CUT	T54	-	54.7
John VanDerLaan	CUT	-	CUT	T67	-	55.7
Danny Willett	CUT	-	-	70	-	60.0
S.H. Kim	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Salinda	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frankie Capan III	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brendon Todd	-	-	-	-	-	-
Justin Hicks	-	-	-	-	-	-

Player	RBC Canadian …Jun 11	the Memorial …Jun 4	Charles Schwa…May 28	THE CJ CUP By…May 21	PGA Champions…May 14	Avg Pos
Alex Smalley	-	CUT	T3	-	T2	18.3
Ben Griffin	-	CUT	T3	-	T14	22.3
Eric Cole	CUT	8	2	T31	-	22.8
Aaron Rai	CUT	T19	-	-	1	23.3
Ryan Gerard	-	2	T10	-	T70	27.3
Gary Woodland	-	T36	T6	-	CUT	30.7
Adam Scott	-	T12	-	-	CUT	31.0
Matt Kuchar	-	T22	T22	CUT	-	31.3
Shane Lowry	T29	T22	-	-	T44	31.7
Jacob Bridgeman	T11	T34	-	-	CUT	31.7
Stephan Jaeger	CUT	-	WD	T9	T18	31.8
Nico Echavarria	-	T40	T6	-	CUT	32.0
Steven Fisk	CUT	-	T10	T19	CUT	32.3
Mac Meissner	CUT	T46	T3	T31	-	32.5
Matti Schmid	CUT	-	-	CUT	T4	34.7
Erik van Rooyen	T20	-	70	T19	-	36.3
Rico Hoey	CUT	-	T17	T19	T60	36.5
Kristoffer Reitan	T60	T6	-	-	T44	36.7
Keith Mitchell	T29	-	CUT	5	T65	37.3
Emiliano Grillo	T20	-	T42	T38	CUT	37.5
Garrick Higgo	CUT	-	T32	T19	CUT	37.8
Kevin Yu	T29	-	T35	CUT	-	38.0
Andrew Putnam	CUT	-	T17	-	T55	40.7
Taylor Pendrith	T29	T43	-	T47	T44	40.8
Tom Kim	T15	-	T54	T54	-	41.0
Billy Horschel	T15	CUT	T42	CUT	CUT	41.4
Mackenzie Hughes	CUT	-	T10	66	-	42.0
Michael Thorbjornsen	T54	-	16	CUT	CUT	42.5
Daniel Berger	-	CUT	-	-	T35	42.5
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	T54	-	T32	CUT	T35	42.8
Jordan Smith	CUT	-	T13	T59	CUT	43.0
Davis Thompson	T45	-	T35	CUT	-	43.3
Patrick Fishburn	T29	-	T54	T47	-	43.3
Johnny Keefer	T51	-	T35	T9	79	43.5
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	39	-	T42	T19	T75	43.8
Chris Kirk	CUT	-	CUT	T31	T44	43.8
Adrien Saddier	-	-	T42	T40	CUT	44.0
Takumi Kanaya	T29	-	T54	CUT	-	44.3
Lee Hodges	CUT	-	T35	CUT	-	45.0
Max McGreevy	T51	-	T35	CUT	CUT	46.5
Michael Brennan	CUT	-	T6	CUT	81	46.8
Matt Wallace	CUT	-	-	-	T44	47.0
Neal Shipley	T51	-	CUT	T40	-	47.0
Austin Smotherman	CUT	-	T42	-	CUT	47.3
William Mouw	T20	-	CUT	CUT	T70	47.5
Nicolai Højgaard	CUT	CUT	-	-	T44	48.0
Haotong Li	T60	-	CUT	CUT	T35	48.8
Karl Vilips	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
David Lipsky	CUT	-	CUT	-	CUT	50.0
Chandler Blanchet	T67	-	T42	CUT	T44	50.8
Patrick Rodgers	-	T49	T60	T47	CUT	51.5
John Parry	CUT	-	CUT	T47	T70	54.3
Vince Whaley	T65	-	CUT	CUT	-	55.0
Joe Highsmith	70	-	CUT	CUT	CUT	55.0
Davis Riley	CUT	-	T71	CUT	CUT	55.3
Dan Brown	CUT	-	CUT	T47	T75	55.5
Adam Schenk	CUT	-	T74	CUT	CUT	56.0
Rasmus Højgaard	-	-	CUT	T62	T65	59.0
Thorbjørn Olesen	CUT	-	T67	T62	-	59.7
Sami Valimaki	-	-	-	-	T60	60.0
Kevin Roy	T71	-	T74	CUT	-	65.0
Mark Hubbard	-	CUT	T60	T31	-	NaN
Jesper Svensson	T4	-	-	T9	-	6.5
Blades Brown	-	-	-	T14	-	14.0
A.J. Ewart	T29	-	T17	T19	-	21.7
Doug Ghim	T15	-	T28	T31	-	24.7
Jackson Suber	T4	-	T67	4	-	25.0
Brice Garnett	T4	-	T22	CUT	-	25.3
Zach Bauchou	CUT	-	T22	T6	-	26.0
Max Homa	T20	-	T22	-	CUT	30.7
Peter Malnati	CUT	-	-	T19	-	34.5
Jimmy Stanger	T4	-	CUT	CUT	-	34.7
Matthieu Pavon	T20	-	CUT	T40	-	36.7
Sudarshan Yellamaraju	T8	T40	CUT	-	CUT	37.0
Taylor Moore	T40	-	T60	T14	-	38.0
Chan Kim	-	-	-	T38	-	38.0
Brandt Snedeker	-	T36	T28	-	CUT	38.0
Chandler Phillips	T15	-	CUT	CUT	-	38.3
Brooks Koepka	WD	-	-	T14	T55	39.7
Seamus Power	CUT	-	T54	T19	-	41.0
Sam Ryder	T45	-	CUT	T31	-	42.0
Adam Hadwin	T40	-	-	CUT	-	45.0
Ricky Castillo	T45	-	T42	-	CUT	45.7
Kevin Streelman	-	-	T42	CUT	-	46.0
Luke Clanton	T54	-	T54	T31	-	46.3
Kensei Hirata	T71	-	CUT	T19	-	46.7
Alejandro Tosti	T40	-	CUT	CUT	-	46.7
Camilo Villegas	CUT	-	CUT	T40	-	46.7
Joel Dahmen	CUT	-	T42	CUT	-	47.3
Beau Hossler	T45	-	CUT	CUT	-	48.3
Dylan Wu	T45	-	CUT	CUT	-	48.3
Justin Lower	CUT	-	-	T47	-	48.5
Carson Young	-	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Cam Davis	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Adrien Dumont de Chassart	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Christo Lamprecht	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Zecheng Dou	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Kris Ventura	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Danny Walker	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Harry Higgs	-	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Davis Chatfield	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Patton Kizzire	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Paul Waring	WD	-	-	-	-	50.0
Pontus Nyholm	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Rafael Campos	CUT	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Marcelo Rozo	CUT	-	CUT	CUT	-	50.0
Webb Simpson	-	-	CUT	-	-	50.0
K.H. Lee	-	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Gordon Sargent	-	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Aaron Wise	-	-	-	CUT	-	50.0
Chad Ramey	CUT	-	CUT	T59	-	53.0
Lanto Griffin	T60	-	T32	T67	-	53.0
Nick Dunlap	CUT	-	T60	CUT	-	53.3
Hank Lebioda	CUT	-	CUT	T62	-	54.0
Austin Eckroat	73	-	T67	T40	-	60.0
Jeffrey Kang	-	-	T42	T54	-	NaN
Charley Hoffman	CUT	-	CUT	T54	-	51.3
Adam Svensson	T60	-	CUT	T54	-	54.7
John VanDerLaan	CUT	-	CUT	T67	-	55.7
Danny Willett	CUT	-	-	70	-	60.0
S.H. Kim	-	-	-	-	-	-
Isaiah Salinda	-	-	-	-	-	-
Frankie Capan III	-	-	-	-	-	-
David Ford	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brendon Todd	-	-	-	-	-	-
Justin Hicks	-	-	-	-	-	-