Austin Smotherman tapped in his three-foot birdie putt on Sunday and exhaled. With the Florida sun fading over PGA National, the 31-year-old smiled, shook hands with playing competitor Shane Lowry and walked off the green with the look of a man who had just won his first PGA Tour event.

When the 2026 Cognizant Classic started earlier in the week, one of the weaker fields that we'll see on the PGA Tour this season knew that they were playing for

The PGA Tour tackles PGA National’s brutal Bear Trap in Florida, while the LPGA heads to Sentosa’s scenic Tanjong Course in Singapore. Two world-class venues, meticulous setups and elite fields promise a global showcase of championship golf.

The official world golf rankings gave the Cognizant Classic field a ranking of 213.1 points, far below the next lowest this year, the Sony Open (273).

Shane Lowry’s heartbreaking collapse at the Cognizant Classic reminds us why golf is the cruelest game and why champions like him deserve our respect.

Austin Smotherman sparked a putting breakthrough by trusting his eyes and embracing patience. The freed-up mindset led to making a 55-footer, nearly five strokes gained on the greens and a confident three-shot lead heading into the weekend.

Billy Horschel posted that owners of PGA National are responsible for the overseed at Cognizant Classic and that the PGA Tour has attempted to override that.

Brooks Koepka and alternate Ben Silverman rebound at the Cognizant Classic and reach the weekend at PGA National. On Friday, Koepka fired a 5-under 66 and jumped inside the cut at 2 under. He says

Despite a record-breaking cold snap that hit Palm Beach County in February, the PGA National golf course is in 'better than ever' condition for the Cognizant Classic.

PGA Tour pro David Ford authored the wildest round of the year Thursday at PGA National that featured a quad and two eagle hole-outs.