The PGA Tour’s first of four straight events in the Sunshine State, the Cognizant Classic, concluded with Nico Echavarria walking away with a stunning victory over Shane Lowry.
Echavarria received $1,728,000 of the $9.6 million purse. Lowry, who was dominating through 15 holes in the final round at PGA National, suffered back-to-back double bogeys on the 16th and 17th holes going on to finish tied second with Austin Smotherman and Taylor Moore.
Shane Lowry entered the week as co-favorite with Ryan Gerard and was smothering the competition through 15 holes Sunday. Back-to-back double bogeys flipped the script, and Nico Echavarria took advantage to win at PGA National.
It was Smotherman’s best finish of his career, while Moore earned his first top-10 finish in more than a year.
Here’s a look at how the full purse was paid out in Palm Beach Gardens.
2026 Cognizant Classic $9.6 million payout
| FINISH | PLAYER | EARNINGS |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Echavarria | $1,728,000 |
| T2 | Shane Lowry | $726,400 |
| T2 | Taylor Moore | $726,400 |
| T2 | Austin Smotherman | $726,400 |
| 5 | Ricky Castillo | $393,600 |
| T6 | Nicolai Hojgaard | $324,000 |
| T6 | Keith Mitchell | $324,000 |
| T6 | William Mouw | $324,000 |
| T9 | Brooks Koepka | $252,000 |
| T9 | Rasmus Hojgaard | $252,000 |
| T9 | Matti Schmid | $252,000 |
| T9 | Joel Dahmen | $252,000 |
| T13 | Pontus Nyholm | $182,400 |
| T13 | Max Homa | $182,400 |
| T13 | Patton Kizzire | $182,400 |
| T13 | A.J. Ewart | $182,400 |
| T17 | Matthieu Pavon | $132,000 |
| T17 | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | $132,000 |
| T17 | Chad Ramey | $132,000 |
| T17 | Zecheng Dou | $132,000 |
| T17 | Takumi Kanaya | $132,000 |
| T17 | Kristoffer Reitan | $132,000 |
| T23 | Beau Hossler | $77,600 |
| T23 | Jordan Smith | $77,600 |
| T23 | Ryan Gerard | $77,600 |
| T23 | Mackenzie Hughes | $77,600 |
| T23 | Zach Bauchou | $77,600 |
| T23 | Kevin Roy | $77,600 |
| T23 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | $77,600 |
| T23 | Mark Hubbard | $77,600 |
| T23 | Aaron Rai | $77,600 |
| T32 | Haotong Li | $54,816 |
| T32 | David Ford | $54,816 |
| T32 | Daniel Berger | $54,816 |
| T32 | Jimmy Stanger | $54,816 |
| T32 | Kevin Streelman | $54,816 |
| T37 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | $45,600 |
| T37 | Eric Cole | $45,600 |
| T37 | Steven Fisk | $45,600 |
| T40 | Danny Walker | $31,776 |
| T40 | Max McGreevy | $31,776 |
| T40 | Patrick Fishburn | $31,776 |
| T40 | Matt Wallace | $31,776 |
| T40 | Austin Eckroat | $31,776 |
| T40 | Dan Brown | $31,776 |
| T40 | Hank Lebioda | $31,776 |
| T40 | Garrick Higgo | $31,776 |
| T40 | Ben Silverman | $31,776 |
| T40 | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | $31,776 |
| T40 | Lee Hodges | $31,776 |
| T40 | Thorbjorn Olesen | $31,776 |
| T52 | Carson Young | $22,992 |
| T52 | Alex Smalley | $22,992 |
| T52 | Seamus Power | $22,992 |
| T52 | Michael Brennan | $22,992 |
| T56 | Emiliano Grillo | $22,176 |
| T56 | Chan Kim | $22,176 |
| T56 | Adrien Saddier | $22,176 |
| 59 | Tom Kim | $21,792 |
| T60 | Adam Schenk | $21,504 |
| T60 | Davis Thompson | $21,504 |
| 62 | Billy Horschel | $21,216 |
| T63 | Jackson Suber | $20,832 |
| T63 | John Parry | $20,832 |
| T63 | Chandler Phillips | $20,832 |
| 66 | Dylan Wu | $20,448 |
| 67 | Joe Highsmith | $20,256 |