The Cognizant Classic 2026 is set to begin on Thursday, February 26, at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. The seventh event of the season will feature 123 players divided into 41 threesomes.
The first-round action of the Cognizant Classic 2026 will begin on Thursday at 6:45 a.m. ET, with Taylor Moore, Harry Higgs and Hank Lebioda teeing off from Hole 1, while Austin Eckroat, Danny Willett and Beau Hossler will simultaneously begin from the tenth hole.
Isaiah Salinda, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen and A.J. Ewart will tee off at 1:23 p.m. ET as the last group on Hole 1, while Zecheng Dou, David Ford and Justin Hicks will be the last group off the tenth tee at 1:35 p.m. ET
Cognizant Classic 2026 pairings explored
Here’s a look at the complete tee time details for the Cognizant Classic 2026, Round 1
Hole 1
- 6:45 am: Taylor Moore, Harry Higgs, Hank Lebioda
- 6:57 am: Matthieu Pavon, Adam Hadwin, Doug Ghim
- 7:09 am: Lee Hodges, Matt Wallace, Mac Meissner
- 7:21 am: Brendon Todd, Kevin Streelman, Vince Whaley
- 7:33 am: Steven Fisk, Nico Echavarria, Kevin Yu
- 7:45 am: Davis Thompson, Stephan Jaeger, Webb Simpson
- 7:57 am: Nick Dunlap, K.H. Lee, Chad Ramey
- 8:09 am: Adrien Saddier, Paul Waring, Christo Lamprecht
- 8:21 am: Jimmy Stanger, Neal Shipley, Jeffrey Kang
- 8:33 am: Austin Smotherman, Jordan Smith, Chandler Blanchet
- 11:35 am: Mark Hubbard, Eric Cole, Alex Smalley
- 11:47 am: Gary Woodland, Brandt Snedeker, David Lipsky
- 11:59 am: Emiliano Grillo, Kevin Roy, Danny Walker
- 12:11 pm: Michael Brennan, Ryan Gerard, Max Homa
- 12:23 pm: Brooks Koepka, Will Zalatoris, Daniel Berger
- 12:35 pm: Tom Kim, Michael Thorbjornsen, Rasmus Højgaard
- 12:47 pm: Patton Kizzire, Andrew Putnam, Kristoffer Reitan
- 12:59 pm: Haotong Li, Marcelo Rozo, Davis Chatfield
- 1:11 pm: Jesper Svensson, Kensei Hirata, Luke Clanton
- 1:23 pm: Isaiah Salinda, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, A.J. Ewart
Hole 10
- 6:45 am: Austin Eckroat, Danny Willett, Beau Hossler
- 6:57 am: Camilo Villegas, Joel Dahmen, Sam Ryder
- 7:09 am: Adam Svensson, Rico Hoey, Max McGreevy
- 7:21 am: Aaron Rai, Shane Lowry, Billy Horschel
- 7:33 am: Garrick Higgo, Karl Vilips, Davis Riley
- 7:45 am: Joe Highsmith, Chris Kirk, Keith Mitchell
- 7:57 am: Rafael Campos, Nicolai Højgaard, S.H. Kim
- 8:09 am: Jackson Suber, Johnny Keefer, Blades Brown
- 8:21 am: Ricky Castillo, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Keita Nakajima
- 8:33 am: Patrick Fishburn, Zach Bauchou, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
- 11:35 am: Erik van Rooyen, Justin Lower, Carson Young
- 11:47 am: Peter Malnati, Brice Garnett, Lanto Griffin
- 11:59 am: Matti Schmid, Dylan Wu, Takumi Kanaya
- 12:11 pm: Adam Schenk, William Mouw, Aaron Wise
- 12:23 pm: Sami Valimaki, Cam Davis, Matt Kuchar
- 12:35 pm: Mackenzie Hughes, Thorbjørn Olesen, Chandler Phillips
- 12:47 pm: Seamus Power, Charley Hoffman, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
- 12:59 pm: Kris Ventura, Dan Brown, Pontus Nyholm
- 1:11 pm: Alejandro Tosti, Frankie Capan III, John VanDerLaan
- 1:23 pm: Chan Kim, John Parry, Gordon Sargent
- 1:35 pm: Zecheng Dou, David Ford, Justin Hicks
Edited by Shobhit Kukreti