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Photos: PGA Tour players, fans battle inclement weather Sunday at 2024 Cognizant Classic

The tournament will resume at 8 a.m. ET on Monday.

The final round of the 2024 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was heavily delayed by inclement weather in the area, so much so that the first event of the Florida Swing will feature a Monday finish.

Play was suspended due to lightning in the area at 12:49 p.m. ET on Sunday afternoon and the course quickly became unplayable after a downpour of rain flooded greens and fairways.

The three players tied for the lead at 13 under – Shane Lowry, Austin Eckroat and David Skinns – were about 50 minutes away from starting the round when play was stopped.

The practice range was re-opened shortly after 3 p.m. ET and golfers returned to the course at 4:20 p.m. ET. At 6:23 p.m. ET, the horn blew for the final time Sunday night with Eckroat atop the leaderboard at 15 under through seven holes.

Mother Nature was the only thing keeping Erik van Rooyen from making birdies in Sunday’s final round as the 34-year-old South African started his round with six consecutive birdies before adding two more on Nos. 8 and 10 to move into the lead at 14 under before play was stopped. Van Rooyen shot a tournament-record 7-under 28 on the front nine and posted a 63 to get to 14 under. He’s in solo second.

Golf Channel and Peacock will have live final-round coverage on Monday starting at 8 a.m. ET.

The last Monday finish at the Cognizant was in 2015, when Padraig Harrington beat Daniel Berger in a playoff. The delayed finish may also impact Monday’s star-studded Pro-Member at Seminole Golf Club in nearby Juno Beach, Florida.

Photos: Weather delays Cognizant Classic

Contributing: Craig Dolch, Palm Beach Post

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2024 Cognizant Classic Sunday tee times, how to watch PGA Tour

The purse at the Cognizant Classic is $9 million with $1.62 million going to the winner.

There’s a three-way tie atop the leaderboard at the Cognizant Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, as Shane Lowry, Austin Eckroat and David Skinns all sit at 13 under, three shots clear of a group at 10 under.

Lowry has finished inside the top five at PGA National the last two seasons.

PGA National’s The Champion course is a par-71 layout measuring 7,147 yards. The Champion ranks No. 7 in Florida on Golfweek’s Best list of public-access courses in each state, and it ties for No. 69 on the list of top resort courses in the U.S.

The purse at the Cognizant Classic is $9 million with $1.62 million going to the winner. The winner will also receive 500 FedEx Cup points.

Cognizant Classic: Photos

Weather update

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the final round of the 2024 Cognizant Classic. All times listed are ET.

Sunday tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
7:55 a.m. S.H. Kim, Camilo Villegas
8:05 a.m. Taylor Montgomery, Davis Riley
8:15 a.m. Mark Hubbard, Justin Rose
8:25 a.m. Jorge Campillo, Adam Schenk
8:35 a.m. Robert MacIntyre, Ryan Fox
8:45 a.m. Chris Kirk, Corey Conners
8:55 a.m. Mac Meissner, Beau Hossler
9:05 a.m. Davis Thompson, Ben An
9:15 a.m. Lucas Glover, Greyson Sigg
9:25 a.m. Troy Merritt, Chris Gotterup
9:40 a.m. Sam Ryder, J.T. Poston
9:50 a.m. Nick Dunlap, Joseph Bramlett
10 a.m. Zach Johnson, Carson Young
10:10 a.m. Rico Hoey, Chan Kim
10:20 a.m. Matt Fitzpatrick, Erik van Rooyen
10:30 a.m. Tyson Alexander, Chesson Hadley
10:40 a.m. Tom Hoge, Keith Mitchell
10:50 a.m. Maverick McNealy, Vincent Norrman
11 a.m. Doug Ghim, Jimmy Stanger
11:15 a.m. Chad Ramey, Rory McIlroy
11:25 a.m. Alexander Bjork, Tom Kim
11:35 a.m. Garrick Higgo, Billy Horschel
11:45 a.m. Cameron Young, Bud Cauley
11:55 a.m. Matthieu Pavon, Jake Knapp
12:05 p.m. Nico Echavarria, K.H. Lee
12:15 p.m. Peter Malnati, Parker Coody
12:25 p.m. Alex Noren, Max Greyserman
12:40 p.m. Davis Lipsky, Rickie Fowler
12:50 p.m. Russell Henley, Ben Silverman
1 p.m. Andrew Novak, C.T. Pan
1:10 p.m. Kevin Yu, Victor Perez
1:20 p.m. Min Woo Lee, Martin Laid
1:30 p.m. Austin Eckroat, Jacob Bridgeman
1:40 p.m. Shane Lowry, Davis Skinns

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. You can also watch the Cognizant Classic on Golf Channel free on Fubo. All times ET.

Sunday, March 3

Golf Channel/Peacock: 1-3 p.m.

NBC: 3-6: p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-6 p.m

ESPN+: 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m

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Three-way tie for lead, Rory McIlroy’s water trouble and more from Saturday at 2024 Cognizant Classic

Catch up on third-round action here.

Moving day has come and gone and now it’s time to crown a winner at the Cognizant Classic in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, the first of four straight tournaments in the Sunshine State.

With 18 holes left at PGA National’s Champion Course, Shane Lowry, David Skinns and Austin Eckroat lead the way at 13 under, three shots clear of five players at 10 under (Jacob Bridgeman, Min Woo Lee, Martin Laird, Kevin Yu and Victor Perez).

In four previous starts on Tour this season, Skinns failed to make a weekend.

As for Lowry, this showing isn’t a surprise. He lives locally and has finished inside the top five here each of the last two seasons. Eckroat has made the cut in four of his previous five starts this season, but has yet to finish inside the top 20.

If you missed any of Saturday’s action, no worries, we have you covered. Here’s everything you need to know from the third round of the Cognizant Classic.

They’re not ducks, but what are the birds all over at the Cognizant Classic?

Spoiler alert: they can be mean.

If you’ve watched any of the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches this week, it’s more likely than not you’ve seen dozens of birds roaming the grounds at PGA National.

They look like ducks, but then again they don’t. So what are they?

They’re Egyptian geese, and while they may seem innocent enough, they are known to attack alligators from time to time. And they’re a fixture at the Cognizant Classic as much as the fans and golfers are during tournament week.

Think they’re too cute to go after golfers? Look at this photo from 2017, when European Ryder Cup captain (and TV analyst this week) Luke Donald was running for his life.

Luke Donald is chased by an Egyptian goose on the fairway of the sixth hole during the second round of The Honda Classic at PGA National (Champion). Mandatory Credit: Jason Getz-USA TODAY Sports

Not so cute now, are they?

Nevertheless, here’s a look at photos of Egyptian geese through the years at the Cognizant (formerly Honda) Classic.

6 notables among those who missed the cut at 2024 Cognizant Classic

Many golfers saw some wild fluctuations between their Thursday and Friday scores.

The field of 144 at the 2024 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches is down to 68 after the cut came on Saturday morning at PGA National.

Play was halted for darkness after each of the first two rounds, and that meant 13 golfers had to return to the course Saturday morning to finish their second rounds. There were actually 14 who hadn’t played 36 holes by Friday night but Chandler Phillips withdrew with one hole to go. He was 6 over.

The tournament, in its first year with a new name, has $9 million up for grabs, with $1.62 million going to the winner. Chris Kirk is the defending champion and he’s tied for 24th. Bud Cauley is the solo leader after two days. He’s at 11 under. The cut was 2 under.

There is a slew of others not so lucky after a windy Friday at PGA National, many of due to some wild fluctuations between the score they signed for Thursday compared to their scores on Friday.

Bud Cauley’s comeback, it’s still Knapp Time, a lurking Rory McIlroy and more from Friday at 2024 Cognizant Classic

We have a clustered leaderboard heading into moving day.

The first two rounds of the Cognizant Classic at PGA National’s Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, are in the books and we have a clustered leaderboard heading into moving day.

The name leading the way, however, is Bud Cauley, who is making just his second PGA Tour start since returning to action after a three-plus-year absence thanks to multiple injuries, including some from a car accident.

Cauley, who made the cut at the WM Phoenix Open last month, signed for a 6-under 65 on Friday, good enough to get him to 11-under total and the 36-hole lead all to himself, one clear of Garrick Higgo and Austin Eckroat at 10 under.

“I gave myself enough time to prepare at home before I started playing again,” Cauley told the media. “My expectation was to come out and compete, and I felt like my game was in a good spot.

“Saying it is one thing, doing it is another. I’m really happy with how I’ve played. I feel like my game has been trending in the right way. I’ve been hitting the ball well and just needed some scoring things to start.”

He kept the card clean, tacked on five birdies and is now in position to complete one of the best Tour stories of the last decade.

“There were a lot of times where I thought that my career was over. To be back here playing and playing well, it’s nice. It just makes me that much more happy that I kept after it and didn’t stop trying.”

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Round 2 was suspended due to darkness – 14 players didn’t finish, but there will be 13 returning because Chandler Phillips withdrew – so third-round tee times are unavailable until play finishes Saturday morning.

If you missed any of Friday’s action, no worries, we have you covered. Here’s everything you need to know from the second day at the Cognizant Classic.

PGA Tour pro needed six agonizing putts on sixth hole at 2024 Cognizant Classic

The details, provided by the PGA Tour’s TourCast, are ugly.

Thomas Detry was on in two on the 461-yard par-4 sixth hole at PGA National.

It took another six shots for him to find the jar.

Detry’s second shot was more than 50 feet from the hole, but no biggie, right? PGA Tour pros are generally great lag putters.

But Detry sent his first putt about six feet past the hole and that’s when disaster struck.

The details, provided by the PGA Tour’s TourCast, are ugly:

  • Shot 4: Putt 8 ft 3 in., 2 ft 6 in. to hole
  • Shot 5: Putt 5 ft 9 in., 3 ft 10 in. to hole
  • Shot 6: Putt 5 ft 3 in., 15 in. to hole
  • Shot 7: Putt 5 ft 5 in., 3 ft 11 in. to hole
  • Shot 8: In the hole

The video is just as painful to watch.

Watch: Nick Dunlap makes ace on 7th hole during 2024 Cognizant Classic

What a shot.

Nick Dunlap has a flair for the dramatic.

Last year, he won the U.S. Amateur, becoming only the second golfer ever to win the U.S. Junior and Amateur, joining Tiger Woods. In January, he became the first amateur in 33 years to win on the PGA Tour, taking the American Express title.

On Friday, he added another bullet point to his resume: first ace as a PGA Tour member.

Dunlap has struggled since turning pro, but he seems to have found something this week during the 2024 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches. On the par-3 seventh hole, Dunlap hit a cut to a front right hole location, and his ball took one bounce before rolling out and finding the bottom of the cup.

The shot moved him to 8 under for the tournament, one shot off leaders Kevin Yu and Victor Perez, who each played in the morning wave.

For Dunlap, the ace helped put him in position to make his first cut since turning professional.

He finished last at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, an event with no cut and only 80 players in the field. Then he missed the cut at the 70-man Genesis Invitational.

Now, he’s looking for his first win as a professional, and he has an ace in his pocket.

2024 Cognizant Classic Friday tee times, how to watch PGA Tour

The purse at the Cognizant Classic is $9 million with $1.62 million going to the winner.

Jake Knapp, fresh off his maiden PGA Tour win in Mexico a five days ago, has primo tee times for the first two rounds of the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches.

His playing partners for the first two days? World No. 1 and 2012 Cognizant Classic winner Rory McIlroy and defending Cognizant Classic champion Chris Kirk.

Knapp opened with a 3-under 68 to start his week at PGA National. That puts him tied for 30th but he’s also only four shots off the lead held by Chad Ramey and S.H. Kim.

Meanwhile, prior to starting play this week, McIlroy acknowledged that he’s on the back nine in his career.

“Yeah, I would say I’m pretty close to the turn at this point, if not a little bit after. Maybe on the 10th green or 11th tee.”

McIlroy then went out and did Knapp one better, posting a 4-under 67. McIlroy is gunning to break Mark Calcavecchia’s record of most time between wins in the event. Calc went 11 years (1987 and 1998) between his two wins there.

PGA National’s The Champion course is a par-71 layout measuring 7,147 yards. The Champion ranks No. 7 in Florida on Golfweek’s Best list of public-access courses in each state, and it ties for No. 69 on the list of top resort courses in the U.S.

The purse at the Cognizant Classic is $9 million with $1.62 million going to the winner. The winner will also receive 500 FedEx Cup points.

Cognizant Classic: Photos

The first round didn’t quite finish, with two groups (six players) on their final holes when tournament organizers called it a day.

From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round of the 2024 Cognizant Classic. All times listed are ET.

Friday tee times

1st tee

Tee time Players
6:45 a.m.
Martin Laird, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Ben Griffin
6:56 a.m.
Robby Shelton, Taylor Montgomery, David Lipsky
7:07 a.m.
Troy Merritt, Jeff Overton, Zac Blair
7:18 a.m.
Luke List, Lee Hodges, Joel Dahmen
7:29 a.m.
Lucas Glover, Adam Svensson, Gary Woodland
7:40 a.m.
Erik van Rooyen, Nico Echavarria, Adam Schenk
7:51 a.m.
Vincent Norrman, Cameron Champ, Scott Stallings
8:02 a.m.
Alex Noren, Kevin Yu, Carl Yuan
8:13 a.m.
Nate Lashley, Robert Garrigus, Carson Young
8:24 a.m.
Thorbjorn Oleson, Chris Gotterup, David Skinns
8:35 a.m.
Joe Highsmith, Mac Meissner, Chris Crawford
8:46 a.m.
Ben Silverman, Nicholas Lindheim, Braden Shattuck
11:45 a.m.
Ben Martin, Maverick McNealy, Andrew Novak
11:56 a.m.
Ryan Moore, Austin Eckroat, Harry Hall
12:07 p.m.
Alex Smalley, Hayden Buckley, Davis Thompson
12:18 p.m.
Corey Conners, Matt Wallace, Billy Horschel
12:29 p.m.
Matthieu Pavno, Camilo Villegas, Shane Lowry
12:40 p.m.
Jake Knapp, Chris Kirk, Rory McIlroy
12:51 p.m.
Nick Dunlap, Akshay Bhatia, Cameron Young
1:02 p.m.
Michael Kim, Stephan Jaeger, Thomas Detry
1:13 p.m.
Peter Malnati, Bud Cauley, Brandon Wu
1:24 p.m.
Sami Valimaki, Jimmy Stanger, Adrien Dumont de Chassart
1:35 p.m.
Ryo Hisatsune, Jorge Campillo, Max Greyserman
1:46 p.m.
Alexander Bjork, Parker Coody, Michael Gligic

10th tee

Tee time Player
6:45 a.m.
Greyson Sigg, S.H. Kim, Ryan Fox
6:56 a.m.
Patton Kizzire, Kevin Streelman, Tyson Alexander
7:07 a.m.
Kevin Dougherty, Denny McCarthy, Min Woo Lee
7:18 a.m.
Tom Hoge, Brendon Todd, Matt Kuchar
7:29 a.m.
Russell Henley, Daniel Berger, Eric Cole
7:40 a.m.
Sepp Straka, Rickie Fowler, Sungjae Im
7:51 a.m.
Tom Kim, Matt Fitzpatrick, Justin Rose
8:02 a.m.
Aaron Baddeley, Padraig Harrington, Justin Lower
8:13 a.m.
Taylor Pendrith, Joseph Bramlett, Ben Taylor
8:24 a.m.
Paul Barjon, Patrick Fishburn, Fred Biondi
8:35 a.m.
Robert MacIntyre, Pierceson Coody, Norman Xiong
8:46 a.m.
Victor Perez, Alejandro Tosti, Rasmus Hojgaard
11:45 a.m.
Ben An, Callum Tarren, Dylan Wu
11:56 a.m.
Tyler Duncan, Ryan Palmer, Tom Whitney
12:07 p.m.
C.T. Pan, Mark Hubbard, Sam Stevens
12:18 p.m.
K.H. Lee, Chad Ramey, Keith Mitchell
12:29 p.m.
Nick Hardy, Kevin Kisner, J.B. Holmes
12:40 p.m.
J.T. Poston, Francesco Molinari, Brandt Snedeker
12:51 p.m.
Davis Riley, Ryan Brehm, Zach Johnson
1:02 p.m.
Beau Hossler, Sam Ryder, Doug Ghim
1:13 p.m.
Garrick Higgo, Matt NeSmith, Matti Schmid
1:24 p.m.
Chesson Hadley, Justin Suh, Ben Kohles
1:35 p.m.
Chan Kim, Chandler Phillips, Tyler Collet
1:46 p.m.
Jacob Bridgeman, Rico Hoey, Chase Johnson

How to watch, listen

ESPN+ is the exclusive home of PGA Tour Live. You can also watch the Cognizant Classic on Golf Channel free on Fubo. All times ET.

Friday, March 1

Golf Channel/Peacock: 2-6 p.m

Sirius XM: 12-6 p.m

ESPN+: 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m

Saturday, March 2

Golf Channel/Peacock: 1-3 p.m.

NBC: 3-6 p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-6 p.m

ESPN+: 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m

Sunday, March 3

Golf Channel/Peacock: 1-3 p.m.

NBC: 3-6: p.m.

Sirius XM: 1-6 p.m

ESPN+: 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m

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Jake Knapp meets Rory McIlroy, calm conditions make for record-low first-round scoring at Cognizant Classic

One of the perks of winning on the PGA Tour is better tee times.

One of the perks of winning on the PGA Tour is better tee times. Just ask Jake Knapp, who went from the outhouse to the penthouse in one week.

Knapp, a 29-year-old rookie who was working as a bouncer at a bar-restaurant in Southern California just two years ago to make ends meet, teed off in the third-to-last group of his wave last week in the opening rounds at the Mexico Open at Vidanta. That’s when the greens are bumpier and riddled with spike marks and the wind blows its hardest. None of that bothered Knapp, who won the tournament.

Along with the seven-figure check and a berth in the Masters, Knapp received primo tee times for the first two rounds of the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches alongside former world No. 1 and 2012 Cognizant Classic winner Rory McIlroy and defending Cognizant Classic champion Chris Kirk.

How did Knapp feel playing in one of the featured groups in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, alongside McIlroy, one of the game’s biggest stars?

2024 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
Jake Knapp prepares to hit his approach shot on the ninth hole during the first round of the 2024 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches at PGA National. (Photo: Jeff Romance/Palm Beach Post)

“Not nearly as nerve-racking as I thought it was going to be, to be honest,” Knapp said. “I met him this morning in dining and had some casual conversation, and he’s a super, super nice guy. So is Chris. It was just a good easy morning.”

Indeed, it was for Knapp, a UCLA product, who opened with a solid 3-under 68 at PGA National Resort’s Champion Course on Thursday, one stroke more than Kirk and McIlroy, who said of playing with Knapp that he “likes to put people at ease,” and four back of the co-leaders Chad Ramey and S.H. Kim.

Like many of today’s current crop of players, Knapp grew up idolizing Tiger Woods. He also admired the game of former world No. 1’s Luke Donald and Dustin Johnson. Knapp, who grew to become one of the longer hitters in the game, was short in stature as a kid and tried to emulate Donald’s wizardry with a wedge and putter until hitting his growth spurt as a junior in high school.

“Then as I started to hit it farther, started to transition more into the DJ category,” Knapp said. “Obviously over the last few years, a lot of people have tried to emulate Rory and just all the things he does on and off the course.”

McIlroy and Knapp shared a mutual admiration. While the Northern Irishman outdrove him on this day – an average of 327 yards for McIlroy to 319 yards for Knapp on the two measured driving holes – he couldn’t say enough good things about Knapp – an example of game recognizing game.

“He could definitely be a star. It looks like he’s got the full package. He’s obviously got the speed. He can control that speed pretty well. He hit some beautiful shots out there today,” McIlroy said. “He could be a superstar out here, for sure.”

COGNIZANT CLASSIC: Friday tee times, TV info | Photos

Here are four more things to know about the first round of the Cognizant Classic.