2026 Cognizant Classic Betting Online
The PGA Tour moves to the East Coast in late February with the first event in Florida, The Cognizant Classic, previously known as the Honda Classic. Honda sponsored this event for more than four decades but that sponsorship ended after the 2023 event. Cognizant was announced as the new title sponsor beginning for the 2024 tournament. This event is not one of the Signature Events but it still has a prize purse of $9 million dollars. Because next week’s event on the PGA Tour is the Arnold Palmer Invitational and a Signature Event with a $20 million dollar prize purse, none of the world’s top players are in the field this week. Ryan Gerard is the is the highest ranked player in the field at No. 26 and he is listed as the favorite in golf betting odds, followed closely by Shane Lowry.
Catch all of the action at Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches from Thursday, February 26 through Sunday, March 1.
PGA Tour Betting Lines
2026 Cognizant Classic at a Glance
Course: PGA National Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Par: 70
Course Lengths: 7,125 yards
Defending Champion: Joe Highsmith
Tournament Record: -24 (Justin Leonard, 2003)
The Cognizant Classic has only been held at PGA National since 2007. Prior to that, this tournament has been held all over South Florida dating all the way back to 1972 when Tom Weiskopf won the inaugural event, then known as Jackie Gleason’s Inverrary Classic.
As noted earlier, this event is not an elevated prize pool event, but it still will have a prize purse of $9 million dollars.
2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches Odds
Ryan Gerard +1602
Shane Lowry +1653
Nicolai Hojgaard +2054
Michael Thorbjornsen +2351
Rasmus Hojgaard +2855
Keith Mitchell +2906
Daniel Berger +3406
Brooks Koepka +3655
Alex Smalley +3706
Max McGreevy +4155
Davis Thompson +4251
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen +4256
Mac Meissner +4258
Sami Valimaki +4308
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +4500
Haotong Li +4606
Will Zalatoris +4650
Aaron Rai +4656
Johnny Keefer +4808
Thorbjorn Olesen +4856
Rico Hoey +4957
Kristoffer Reitan +5009
Kevin Yu +5760
Tom Kim +5760
Michael Brennan +5860
Nico Echavarria +6010
Mackenzie Hughes +6260
Jesper Svensson +6362
Jordan Smith +6360
Chris Kirk +6560
Garrick Higgo +6612
Ricky Castillo +7714
Matt Wallace +7761
John Parry +8061
Eric Cole +8061
Billy Horschel +8161
Luke Clanton +8500
Joel Dahmen +8560
Seamus Power +8562
Emiliano Grillo +8762
David Ford +9015
Stephan Jaeger +9362
Adrien Dumont de Chassart +9516
Doug Ghim +9563
Lee Hodges +9864
All other players are listed with odds of +10000 or higher.
Cognizant Classic Winners (2000)
| YEAR |
WINNER |
SCORE TO PAR |
| 2025 |
Joe Highsmith |
-19 |
| 2024 |
Austin Eckroat |
-17 |
| 2023 |
Chris Kirk |
-14 |
| 2022 |
Sepp Straka |
-10 |
| 2021 |
Matt Jones |
-12 |
| 2020 |
Sungjae Im |
-6 |
| 2019 |
Keith Mitchell |
-9 |
| 2018 |
Justin Thomas |
-8 |
| 2017 |
Rickie Fowler |
-12 |
| 2016 |
Adam Scott |
-9 |
| 2015 |
Padraig Harrington |
-6 |
| 2014 |
Russell Henley |
-8 |
| 2013 |
Michael Thompson |
-9 |
| 2012 |
Rory McIlroy |
-12 |
| 2011 |
Rory Sabbatini |
-9 |
| 2010 |
Camilo Villegas |
-13 |
| 2009 |
Y.E. Yang |
-9 |
| 2008 |
Ernie Els |
-6 |
| 2007 |
Mark Wilson |
-5 |
| 2006 |
Luke Donald |
-12 |
| 2005 |
Padraig Harrington |
-14 |
| 2004 |
Todd Hamilton |
-12 |
| 2003 |
Justin Leonard |
-24 |
| 2002 |
Matt Kuchar |
-19 |
| 2001 |
Jesper Parnevik |
-18 |
| 2000 |
Dudley Hart |
-19 |
Don't let those scores at the Cognizant Classic before 2007 when the tourney moved to PGA National fool you. This is a course where, if you break double-digits under par, you're having yourself one heck of a week. In fact, since the move, there have only been eight golfers shoot -10 or better to win this event.
Most Career Wins
| WINS |
GOLFER |
YEARS |
| 2 |
Padraig Harrington |
2005, 2015 |
| 2 |
Mark Calcavecchia |
1987, 1998 |
| 2 |
Johnny Miller |
1980, 1983 |
| 2 |
Jack Nicklaus |
1977, 1978 |
It's pretty amazing to think that no golfer has won Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches more than twice, and there are only four repeat winners. The most recent man to claim a second title in South Florida was Paddy Harrington, and it took him 10 years between his two titles in 2005 and 2015.
Best Winning Tournament Scores
| SCORE |
GOLFER |
YEAR |
| -24 (264) |
Justin Leonard |
2003 |
| -22 (266) |
Blaine McCallister |
1989 |
| -19 (269) |
Joe Highsmith |
2025 |
| -19 (269) |
Matt Kuchar |
2002 |
| -19 (269) |
Dudley Hart |
2000 |
| -19 (269) |
Hale Irwin |
1982 |
As we said before, these scores aren't really indicative of anything that is probably possible at PGA National. That course just plays far too difficult for anyone to come anywhere near the -24 that Justin Leonard carded in 2003 when the Cognizant Classic was played at the Country Club at Mirasol, a far easier course also in Palm Beach Garden. The TPC at Heron Bay also provided us with a couple low scores for the Cognizant Classic, first in 2000 with Dudley Hart, then again in 2002 with Matt Kuchar.
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