Chandler Blanchet shot an 8-under 64 Thursday and leads at Grand Reserve Golf Club after 18 holes. John Daly II made his Tour debut, finishing with a 2-unde 70 thanks to a spectacular chip-in for birdie on the 16th hole. The University of Arkansas senior spoke to media after the opening round in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico.
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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.
Brooks Koepka returns to his “hometown event,” the Cognizant Classic, this week after missing the last three editions while playing on the LIV Golf circuit. Here’s what the nine-time PGA Tour winner told reporters Wednesday ahead of his first event since missing the cut in Phoenix.
Former U.S. Open champion Jim Furyk will be the lead analyst in the booth for Golf Channel during its weekday coverage of the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players.
The best recipe for good golf is a mulligan, particularly a mulligan granted to a major champion and one of the world’s best players.
The first two groupings hit PGA National before 7 a.m. Thursday. Here’s which players will be getting out the earliest and when tournament favorites Ryan Gerard and Shane Lowry are set to tee off.
Chacarra will play the Puerto Rico Open on a sponsor exemption, becoming the first former LIV Golf member to receive an invite to a PGA Tour event.
Does it make sense for the Cognizant Classic to be the second or third event on the PGA Tour schedule going forward? Golf Today discusses why the Champions Course appeals to so many players on Tour and what its future might look like.
Three months removed from hip surgery, Justin Thomas says he has no physical limitations and is eying to make his 2026 PGA Tour debut at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. Golf Today talks about expectations for Thomas this spring and how his return impacts the Tour.
Thomas revealed the news during Monday night’s TGL doubleheader, in which Thomas participated in the first of two matches.