The Champion Course at PGA National is known for challenging even the game’s most elite players. The 3-hole stretch from 15-16-17, better know as the “Bear Trap,” has changed the fate of tournaments over the years but where does it rank on Tour as the hardest run of consecutive holes? And is it even the most challenging 3-hole stretch on the course or does that honor belong to holes 5, 6 and 7? Golf Channel’s Paige Mackenzie shares her insights.
Eugenio Lopez-Chacarra will be playing on exemption at next week’s Puerto Rico Open. Chacarra, who left the LIV Golf circuit, played college golf at Wake Forest and Oklahoma State.
Tom D’Angelo, who has been covering sports in Florida since 1981 for The Palm Beach Post, talks with Golf Channel’s Steve Burkowski and Ryan Lavner about the history of the Cognizant Classic, what it has meant to generations of fans, and its current place in the hierarchy of professional golf.
As the PGA Tour hits the Sunshine State, we look back at some of the best moments from December’s Golf Channel Games in South Florida, courtesy The Curetivity Foundation. The Curetivity Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission to create hope and cure kids by raising funds and awareness in the fight against childhood cancer.
Luke Clanton talks about the start of the 2026 PGA Tour season, and what he learned during the West Coast swing. Clanton, who finished T-18 at the 2025 Cognizant Classic, said he looks forward to playing in his home state of Florida.
The PGA Tour held a players meeting for the second consecutive week at PGA National ahead of the 2026 Cognizant Classic, Golf Channel’s Rex Hoggard reports. Schedule changes are expected to happen through a slow and steady process.
Brooks Koepka takes the course at PGA National on Thursday in a grouping with Daniel Berger and Will Zalatoris. Koepka, who last played at the Cognizant Classic in 2022, tells Golf Channel’s Rex Hoggard why he’s excited to make a return to his hometown event and why he feels more comfortable than he did at Torrey Pines and TPC Scottsdale earlier this year.
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Scottie Scheffler saved par on his final hole Friday to make the cut at the Genesis Invitational. Can he pull off the improbable -- again -- and challenge over the weekend?
Rory McIlroy saved par on a few holes during his back-nine at Riviera Country Club which helped secure a 6-under 65 on Friday afternoon. The bogey-free second round has the world’s No. 2-ranked player one stroke off the Genesis Invitational heading into the weekend.
Marco Penge and Jacob Bridgeman had superb finishes at Riviera on Friday, each with a 7-under 64 that left them tied for the lead at the Genesis Invitational with Rory McIlroy right on their heels.
Chris Gotterup and Justin Rose, a pair of 2026 PGA Tour winners, have missed the cut at the Genesis Invitational. Here’s a look at who made it, when they’re playing Saturday at Riviera Country Club, and how to watch.
Scottie Scheffler did not finish within 10 strokes of Marco Penge and Jacob Bridgeman at Riviera Country Club but did make it to the weekend thanks to being inside the top 50 in the 72-player field.
After a slow start on a difficult Day 1 at the 2026 Genesis Invitational, Xander Schauffele moved near the top of the leaderboard on Day 2. He talks about the difference and what he expects over the weekend at Riviera.
Rory McIlroy is eschewing the Cognizant Classic in favor of a return to Augusta as he readies for his Masters title defense. Here’s a list of players who have committed to the first leg of the Tour’s “East Coast swing.”
After several months overhauling his training and diet, the 21-year-old, hard-hitting South African is down about 35 pounds from where he ended last season.
Celebrating her 23rd birthday Friday, Jeeno Thitikul shot a 9-under 63 Friday and moved into second place at the Siam Country Club Old Course near Bangkok.
Scheffler’s opening 74 has him inside the cut line at Riviera, but eight shots off the lead, though he did birdie two holes after Friday’s first-round restart.