Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches 2026: final leaderboard

Nico Echavarria won the 2026 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at PGA National Resort (The Champion Course) (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida), February 26, 2026 to March 1, 2026, finishing -17, 2 strokes ahead of Austin Smotherman, Shane Lowry, Taylor Moore. 124 players; 55 missed the cut.

Final · Updated October 14, 2026 at 12:42 PM ET · StatsNext tournament records · Course profile: PGA National Resort (The Champion Course)

What statistics matter most at Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches?

PGA National Resort (The Champion Course) has too little strokes-gained history to rank the categories (2 editions with strokes gained). Tour-wide, approach accounts for the largest share of the spread in total strokes gained (35%, 30,106 golfer-weeks, Feb 26, 2018 to Feb 25, 2026).

Only 2 editions, 287 golfer-weeks with strokes gained here, so the course-specific order is uncertain. The weights shown are tour-wide: Approach explains 35% of the spread in total strokes gained across 30,106 golfer-weeks.

Category	Share of the spread here	Tour-wide	Stands out
Approach	44%	35%	No
Putting	29%	31%	No
Off the tee	17%	20%	No
Around the green	10%	15%	No

Par 3s (4 on the card) played 0.11 over par per hole here vs 0.08 over tour-wide (2 editions).

Par 4s (11 on the card) played 0.01 under par per hole here vs even tour-wide (2 editions).

Par 5s (3 on the card) played 0.55 under par per hole here vs 0.45 under tour-wide (2 editions).

Share of the spread: how much of the difference between golfers in total strokes gained each category accounted for in earlier editions on this course, against the tour as a whole; the four categories add to 100%. Stored PGA Tour strokes gained through February 25, 2026. Wind and weather data are not available for golf courses.

What mattered here describes past editions; it is not a validated predictor.

Course

Course	Par	Yardage	Greens	Fairways	Rough	Architect	Established
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course)	71	7,167	Tifeagle Bermudagrass	419 Hybrid Bermudagrass	Overseeded Bermudagrass	Tom Fazio	1981

The listed card: 4 par 3s (average 199 yards), 11 par 4s (average 431 yards), 3 par 5s (average 560 yards).

The three hardest holes this week by the field’s scoring average
Hardest holes	Par	Yards	Field average	Over par
Hole 6	4	479	4.272	+0.272
Hole 17	3	175	3.190	+0.190
Hole 11	4	450	4.169	+0.169

What it took to finish top 10 on this course

Strokes gained per round	Top 10s on this course	Top 10s at every tournament	Difference
Off the tee	+0.47	+0.45	+0.02
Approach	+0.71	+0.82	-0.11
Around the green	+0.23	+0.34	-0.11
Putting	+0.81	+0.82	-0.01

Rounds by top-10 finishers on this course in earlier editions (100 rounds, 2 editions, September 2022 on, finishes from the stored leaderboards) against top-10 finishers at every tournament in the same period (6547 rounds). A category with a positive difference separated contenders here more than usual.

Scoring by round

Round	Players	Field average	Average to par	Low round
1	123	71.30	+0.3	62
2	122	71.18	+0.18	64
3	67	68.84	-2.16	63
4	67	69.72	-1.28	65

Strokes-gained leaders (week totals)

Category	Leader	Strokes gained
Off the tee	Michael Brennan	6.23
Approach	Chad Ramey	6.75
Around the green	Taylor Moore	6.34
Putting	Matthieu Pavon	7.86

Final leaderboard

Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches 2026 final leaderboard
Pos	Player	To par	Rounds	Total	Earnings	SG total
1	Nico Echavarria	-17	63-72-66-66	267	$1,728,000	14.03
T2	Austin Smotherman	-15	62-69-69-69	269	$726,400	12.03
T2	Shane Lowry	-15	70-67-63-69	269	$726,400	12.03
T2	Taylor Moore	-15	67-67-67-68	269	$726,400	12.03
5	Ricky Castillo	-13	69-70-64-68	271	$393,600	10.03
T6	Keith Mitchell	-11	68-73-64-68	273	$324,000	8.03
T6	Nicolai Højgaard	-11	70-72-66-65	273	$324,000	8.03
T6	William Mouw	-11	68-70-68-67	273	$324,000	8.03
T9	Brooks Koepka	-10	74-66-69-65	274	$252,000	7.03
T9	Joel Dahmen	-10	68-68-68-70	274	$252,000	7.03
T9	Matti Schmid	-10	69-70-67-68	274	$252,000	7.03
T9	Rasmus Højgaard	-10	69-72-66-67	274	$252,000	7.03
T13	A.J. Ewart	-9	71-64-68-72	275	$182,400	6.03
T13	Max Homa	-9	73-66-69-67	275	$182,400	6.03
T13	Patton Kizzire	-9	70-72-63-70	275	$182,400	6.03
T13	Pontus Nyholm	-9	67-70-72-66	275	$182,400	6.03
T17	Chad Ramey	-8	68-70-69-69	276	$132,000	5.03
T17	Kristoffer Reitan	-8	67-70-69-70	276	$132,000	5.03
T17	Matthieu Pavon	-8	71-69-68-68	276	$132,000	5.03
T17	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-8	68-72-68-68	276	$132,000	5.03
T17	Takumi Kanaya	-8	73-66-67-70	276	$132,000	5.03
T17	Zecheng Dou	-8	72-68-66-70	276	$132,000	5.03
T23	Aaron Rai	-7	68-69-69-71	277	$77,600	4.03
T23	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-7	71-71-65-70	277	$77,600	4.03
T23	Beau Hossler	-7	68-73-64-72	277	$77,600	4.03
T23	Jordan Smith	-7	71-71-67-68	277	$77,600	4.03
T23	Kevin Roy	-7	67-72-69-69	277	$77,600	4.03
T23	Mackenzie Hughes	-7	75-65-69-68	277	$77,600	4.03
T23	Mark Hubbard	-7	69-68-69-71	277	$77,600	4.03
T23	Ryan Gerard	-7	73-67-69-68	277	$77,600	4.03
T23	Zach Bauchou	-7	70-71-67-69	277	$77,600	4.03
T32	Daniel Berger	-6	67-71-71-69	278	$54,816	3.03
T32	David Ford	-6	72-70-69-67	278	$54,816	3.03
T32	Haotong Li	-6	71-71-69-67	278	$54,816	3.03
T32	Jimmy Stanger	-6	69-68-65-76	278	$54,816	3.03
T32	Kevin Streelman	-6	69-70-69-70	278	$54,816	3.03
T37	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-5	71-70-69-69	279	$45,600	2.03
T37	Eric Cole	-5	71-69-69-70	279	$45,600	2.03
T37	Steven Fisk	-5	69-70-69-71	279	$45,600	2.03
T40	Austin Eckroat	-4	71-70-69-70	280	$31,776	1.03
T40	Ben Silverman	-4	73-67-69-71	280	$31,776	–
T40	Dan Brown	-4	69-72-69-70	280	$31,776	1.03
T40	Danny Walker	-4	72-69-72-67	280	$31,776	1.03
T40	Garrick Higgo	-4	71-71-67-71	280	$31,776	1.03
T40	Hank Lebioda	-4	68-69-73-70	280	$31,776	1.03
T40	Lee Hodges	-4	69-72-67-72	280	$31,776	1.03
T40	Matt Wallace	-4	73-68-69-70	280	$31,776	1.03
T40	Max McGreevy	-4	68-72-72-68	280	$31,776	1.03
T40	Patrick Fishburn	-4	73-68-69-70	280	$31,776	1.03
T40	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-4	70-70-69-71	280	$31,776	1.03
T40	Thorbjørn Olesen	-4	70-69-68-73	280	$31,776	1.03
T52	Alex Smalley	-3	72-69-71-69	281	$22,992	0.03
T52	Carson Young	-3	70-69-74-68	281	$22,992	0.03
T52	Michael Brennan	-3	68-70-72-71	281	$22,992	0.03
T52	Seamus Power	-3	71-67-73-70	281	$22,992	0.03
T56	Adrien Saddier	-2	69-72-69-72	282	$22,176	-0.97
T56	Chan Kim	-2	69-71-71-71	282	$22,176	-0.97
T56	Emiliano Grillo	-2	71-71-71-69	282	$22,176	-0.97
59	Tom Kim	-1	75-67-72-69	283	$21,792	-1.97
T60	Adam Schenk	E	69-73-72-70	284	$21,504	-2.97
T60	Davis Thompson	E	70-71-72-71	284	$21,504	-2.97
62	Billy Horschel	+1	69-73-69-74	285	$21,216	-3.97
T63	Chandler Phillips	+2	74-68-68-76	286	$20,832	-4.97
T63	Jackson Suber	+2	67-74-70-75	286	$20,832	-4.97
T63	John Parry	+2	71-70-70-75	286	$20,832	-4.97
66	Dylan Wu	+4	73-69-75-71	288	$20,448	-6.97
67	Joe Highsmith	+6	70-72-76-72	290	$20,256	-8.97
CUT	Aaron Wise	+7	73-76	149	–	-6.52
CUT	Adam Hadwin	+3	71-74	145	–	-2.52
CUT	Adam Svensson	+2	72-72	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+13	77-78	155	–	-12.52
CUT	Andrew Putnam	+3	73-72	145	–	-2.52
CUT	Blades Brown	+5	75-72	147	–	-4.52
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	+4	72-74	146	–	-3.52
CUT	Brendon Todd	+8	77-73	150	–	-7.52
CUT	Brice Garnett	+3	73-72	145	–	-2.52
CUT	Cam Davis	+10	72-80	152	–	-9.52
CUT	Camilo Villegas	+3	70-75	145	–	-2.52
CUT	Chandler Blanchet	+1	69-74	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Charley Hoffman	+4	73-73	146	–	-3.52
CUT	Chris Kirk	+2	70-74	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+7	75-74	149	–	-6.52
CUT	Danny Willett	+3	71-74	145	–	-2.52
CUT	David Lipsky	+1	70-73	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Davis Chatfield	+2	73-71	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Davis Riley	+1	74-69	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Doug Ghim	+1	72-71	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	+2	72-72	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Frankie Capan III	+10	75-77	152	–	-9.52
CUT	Gary Woodland	+2	72-72	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Gordon Sargent	+1	70-73	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Harry Higgs	+6	74-74	148	–	-5.52
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	+11	77-76	153	–	-10.52
CUT	Jeffrey Kang	+5	74-73	147	–	-4.52
CUT	Jesper Svensson	+2	70-74	144	–	-1.52
CUT	John VanDerLaan	+2	75-69	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Johnny Keefer	+3	70-75	145	–	-2.52
CUT	Justin Hicks	+6	74-74	148	–	-5.52
CUT	Justin Lower	+3	75-70	145	–	-2.52
CUT	K.H. Lee	+7	75-74	149	–	-6.52
CUT	Karl Vilips	+5	69-78	147	–	-4.52
WD	Keita Nakajima	–	73	73	–	-1.70
CUT	Kensei Hirata	+5	75-72	147	–	-4.52
CUT	Kevin Yu	+1	68-75	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Kristoffer Ventura	+1	71-72	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Lanto Griffin	+1	72-71	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Luke Clanton	+1	73-70	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Mac Meissner	+1	73-70	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	+8	77-73	150	–	-7.52
CUT	Matt Kuchar	+2	72-72	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	+1	72-71	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Neal Shipley	+2	70-74	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Nick Dunlap	+5	74-73	147	–	-4.52
CUT	Paul Waring	+2	72-72	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Peter Malnati	+2	74-70	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Rafael Campos	+9	77-74	151	–	-8.52
CUT	Rico Hoey	+8	78-72	150	–	-7.52
CUT	S.H. Kim	+4	74-72	146	–	-3.52
CUT	Sam Ryder	+1	74-69	143	–	-0.52
CUT	Sami Valimaki	+9	80-71	151	–	-8.52
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	+2	71-73	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Vince Whaley	+2	70-74	144	–	-1.52
CUT	Webb Simpson	+1	73-70	143	–	-0.52
-	Will Zalatoris	–	–	–	–	–

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