Rory McIlroy, Aldrich Potgieter and Kurt Kitayama all flashed their skills during the final round at Riviera Country Club on Sunday but it was Jacob Bridgeman who walked away with the top prize. Tommy Fleetwood jarred an eagle on 15 and Max Greyserman aced the 16th hole to the amazement of the Genesis Invitational crowd.
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Ryan Gerard talked about taking an opening round approach shot shin-deep in the mud on the sixth hole during Happy Hour with Smylie presented by Michelob Ultra. Gerard finished with a bogey on the hole Thursday but found redemption a day later by getting a birdie on the same hole -- one of four in Gerard’s bogey-free second round.
Brooks Koepka explains the adjustment he made with his putting and how it led to a 66 Friday in the second round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic at PGA National. Watch highlights and hear from the five-time major champion.
Koepka’s putter came alive Friday morning at PGA National, where Koepka fired a 5-under 66, his best round in a non-major PGA Tour event in almost four years.
Jay Madara is stepping down from his role as PGA Tour chief financial officer.
Extended highlights from the opening round of the PGA Tour’s Cognizant Classic at PGA National, the first of four consecutive events on the Florida swing.
Will Zalatoris is the latest big name to withdraw from the 2026 Cognizant Classic. Zalatoris, who has had multiple surgeries on his back, is missing this week’s tournament with a left ankle injury. He is playing on Tour this year through a major medical exemption which means his starts are limited, Golf Channel’s Rex Hoggard reports.
Nico Echavarria told Golf Channel’s Rex Hoggard that his 2026 season on Tour has been “a lot of highlights and a lot of lowlights.” The first round at PGA National is among the former as the 31-year-old Colombian native sits one shot off the lead after firing an 8-under 63 on Thursday.
Brooks Koepka struggled with his short game during the first 18 holes at the 2026 Cognizant Classic. Koepka, who’s playing in front of a hometown crowd this week, had similar issues with the putter during two West Coast events earlier this year.
The first of four Florida stops on the PGA Tour continues Friday at the Cognizant Classic, where Austin Smotherman and Nico Echavarria have gained separation on the leaderboard from the rest of the field.
Unfazed by a quadruple bogey on the 17th hole, David Ford rallied with an incredible approach shot for eagle on PGA National’s second hole. He followed it up with an equally impressive eagle on 3, completely undoing the four strokes gained from his front nine. And if that wasn’t enough, Ford’s hole-out par save on 4 gave him three consecutive makes from off the green.