The next Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches is Thursday, February 25, to Sunday, February 28, 2027, at PGA National’s Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and Nico Echavarria defends the title. No 2027 odds are posted yet, so this page quotes no price.
The 2027 Cognizant Classic at a glance
- Dates: February 25 to 28, 2027
- Course: PGA National Resort, The Champion Course, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
- Defending champion: Nico Echavarria
- 2026 purse: $9.6 million, with $1,728,000 to the winner
The Champion Course played at par 71 and 7,223 yards in 2026. It has hosted the event in each of the last four years, under its old name, the Honda Classic, in 2023 and as the Cognizant Classic since 2024, and the winning score has run from 14 under to 19 under.
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How the 2026 Cognizant Classic finished
Echavarria shot 63, 72, 66 and 66 for a total of 267 and won by two shots. He recovered from a second-round 72, the worst of his four rounds, with two 66s on the weekend.
| Finish | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Echavarria | -17 |
| T2 | Taylor Moore | -15 |
| T2 | Shane Lowry | -15 |
| T2 | Austin Smotherman | -15 |
| 5 | Ricky Castillo | -13 |
| T6 | Nicolai Hojgaard | -11 |
| T6 | William Mouw | -11 |
| T6 | Keith Mitchell | -11 |
| T9 | Brooks Koepka | -10 |
| T9 | Rasmus Hojgaard | -10 |
Smotherman opened with a 62, the lowest first round among the top 10, and finished with three straight 69s. Joe Highsmith, the 2025 champion, finished 67th at 6 over.
Recent Cognizant Classic winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Nico Echavarria | -17 | Moore, Lowry and Smotherman, 2 back |
| 2025 | Joe Highsmith | -19 | Jacob Bridgeman and J.J. Spaun, 2 back |
| 2024 | Austin Eckroat | -17 | Erik van Rooyen and Min Woo Lee, 3 back |
| 2023 | Chris Kirk (Honda Classic) | -14 | Eric Cole (playoff) |
Four editions have produced four different winners, and the two before Echavarria finished well back in 2026: Eckroat tied for 40th and Highsmith 67th. Bridgeman, a runner-up in 2025, won the Genesis Invitational at Riviera a week before the 2026 edition.
Betting the 2027 Cognizant Classic
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