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Koepka: 'I'm going to give it my all for at least the next 10 years'
Brooks Koepka discussed the great opportunity to play this week at the alternate-field event, ONEFlight Myrtle Beach Classic, and talked about his return to the PGA Tour this season and his desire to be the best.
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Daniel Berger has the best combined opening-round score of any player on Tour at PGA National since 2020. Berger, who shot a 4-under 67 on Thursday, sits comfortably inside the Cognizant Classic’s top 10 after 18 holes.
David Ford’s opening round at PGA National went sideways after he found himself caught in the Bear Trap on the 17th hole. Ford finished with a quadruple bogey after a few strokes without a shoe went nowhere. Meanwhile the Golf Channel booth recalled Bill Haas finding bottom of the same hole 15 years prior on his way to winning the 2011 Tour Championship.
Gary Woodland opened his back nine at PGA National with back-to-back birdies thanks to this long putt on 11. A moment later, Patton Kizzire saw his tee shot almost sink in for an ace. The lipout around the cup forced Kizzire to settle for a birdie putt of his own. Both players getting back to even on the first round.
Austin Smotherman entered the 2026 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches fully rested after having the last two weeks off. He put it to good use during Thursday’s opening round, making six straight birdies on his way to a 9-under 62.
American Auston Kim birdied two of her final three holes for a 66 and a one-stroke lead over China’s Yan Liu in the first round of the HSBC Women’s World Championship on Thursday. Five players were tied for third with 68s, including No. 12-ranked Haeran Ryu.
There’s a four-way tie atop the leaderboard at Stellenbosch Golf Course in South Africa, including Joe Dean, Alejandro Del Rey, Dean Burmester, and Oliver Lindell. Burmester, a South African native who formerly played on the PGA Tour, has status on both the DP World Tour and LIV Golf.
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.
Vanderbilt men’s golf head coach Scott Limbaugh joins Golf Channel’s Steve Burkowski and Brentley Romine to preview the Commodore’s upcoming season. Romine gives his analysis on the other teams to watch from across the nation from LSU to Pepperdine
U.S. Women’s Amateur champion Megha Ganne and the Stanford Cardinal enter the spring as the clear-cut No. 1 in women’s golf. What schools will look to challenge? Golf Channel’s Brentley Romine previews the season ahead.
Beth Ann Nichols, senior writer at Golfweek, joins Golf Today to discuss Jeeno Thitikul’s eighth LPGA Tour victory at Thailand’s Siam Country Club Old Course last weekend and what it means to the 23-year-old’s chances to win her first major in 2026. Nichols also talks Lydia Ko’s career and gives a player to watch this season on the LPGA Tour.
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.