Australians Hannah Green and Minjee Lee moved to the top of the leaderboard Saturday to lead by one stroke after three rounds
Extended highlights from the second round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic at PGA National, where there were several hole-outs and even some jawing with the fans.
Austin Smotherman is leading by three strokes at the 2026 Cognizant Classic entering the weekend. Smotherman shot a 2-under 69 on Friday, a day after recording six straight birdies on his way to a tournament-best 62 in Round 1.
Jimmy Stanger has had an afternoon of highs and lows at PGA National. This hole-out for eagle on the sixth hole was his second such shot of his second round at the Cognizant Classic. Those two moments have been offset by a pair of double bogeys though.
The incident took place Friday after Horschel played his second shot at the par-3 15th hole, the first of PGA National’s intimidating three-hole stretch.
Austin Smotherman stayed red-hot, with a 55-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th among the highlights as he took a three-shot lead into the weekend.
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Brown, 18, sits tied with Scottie Scheffler and one shot off the lead entering Sunday’s final round of The American Express, where Brown could become the PGA Tour’s second-youngest winner ever.
Blades Brown, who is trying to become only the second 18-year-old to ever win on the PGA Tour, played “paper, scissors, rock” with a young fan and then holing a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-3 17th. He sits one shot off leader Si Woo Kim, a former American Express champion.