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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Top-ranked Jeeno Thitikul and Lydia Ko shot 5-under 67s during the first round at the 2026 Honda LPGA Thailand. They were in a group of 10 players tied for sixth. Nasa Hataoka and Chanettee Wannasaen lead after 18 holes at Siam Country Club Old Course.
Steady rain puddled greens and led PGA Tour officials to suspend play in the opening round of the Genesis Invitational. Rory McIlroy birdied his first hole once play resumed a little after 1 p.m. local time.
Three different Vanderbilt players recorded hole-in-ones at the Watersound Invitational at the aptly named The Third Golf Course in Panama City Beach, Florida, running the team’s season total to five.
Nasa Hataoka shot a 7-under 65 Thursday on the Siam Country Club Old Course and was tied for the lead after the opening round at the Honda LPGA Thailand.
Scheffler, like Tiger Woods — and, to this point, Rory McIlroy — has not won a PGA Tour event at Riviera Country Club.
Los Angeles Chargers head coach Jim Harbaugh talks about Lulu’s Place and how the TGR Foundation has had an impact over the last 30 years helping inner-city kids in Los Angeles. The Chargers are donating $2.5-million to expand STEAM education and career readiness programming across LA.
Rory McIlroy told Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis on Wednesday that he will go directly from Riviera Country Club to Augusta next week, skipping the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler spoke to Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis ahead of the 2026 Genesis Invitational, discussing the Tour’s return to Riviera Country Club and how important it is to get a better start on Thursday this week. The 20-time PGA Tour also shared his vision for one day designing a golf course of his own.
Twelve players have won three of four men’s professional major championships in their careers, including three active players.
Golf Channel’s Todd Lewis reports from Riviera Country Club in Pacific Palisades, Calif. where an informal players meeting on Tuesday night discussed what the future of the PGA Tour schedule could look like and when the new calendar could be announced. Lewis also discusses Lucas Glover being elected chair of the 2026 Player Advisory Council.