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Valero Texas Open should wrap up on time Sunday: Lewis
Golf Channel's Todd Lewis reports that the PGA Tour should be able to fit the rest of the Valero Texas Open's third round and the entirety of its final round at TPC San Antonio on Sunday. There are 17 players still in the field making their way to Augusta National for the Masters, including current leader Robert MacIntyre.
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Nick “Fat Perez” Stubbe stopped by Happy Hour with Smylie presented by Michelob Ultra during Round 2 play of the 2026 Cognizant Classic. FP admitted he’s watch the highlight of himself euro-stepping after sinking a long putt on the 17th hole at the Players last year more than 100 times.
It appeared that Ryan Gerard hit a bird with a tee shot in Round 1 of the 2026 Cognizant Classic, but replay shows the bird made a nifty move to save its life. Gerard tells the tale on “Happy Hour with Smylie presented by Michelob Ultra.”
Jimmy Stanger holed out from the fairway on the par-4 14th, his fifth hole in Round 2 of the 2026 Cognizant Classic. Watch the shot and the reax.
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.
Three-time major winner Minjee Lee skyrocketed up the HSBC Women’s World Championship leaderboard after shooting an 8-under 64 to move into a tie for second place at Sentosa Golf Club in Singapore.
Italy’s Francesco LaPorta, in search of his first win on the DP World Tour, is leading the Investec South African Open Championship by a stroke after shooting a 6-under 64 during his second round at Stellenbosch Golf Course.
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.
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.
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.