2026 Cognizant Classic Saturday TV coverage: How to watch Round 3

The 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches continues on Saturday morning with the third round at the Champion Course at PGA National. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Saturday, including full Cognizant Classic TV coverage, streaming details and Round 3 tee times.

How to watch Cognizant Classic on Saturday

Thanks to a sizzling first-round 62 followed by a second-round 69 to reach 11 under par, Austin Smotherman is in position to claim his first PGA Tour victory this weekend, as the 31-year-old pro holds a three-shot lead over the field with two rounds remaining.

“How do I feel? Pretty ecstatic, pretty excited to be in this position,” Smotherman said on Friday. “Yeah, I was just trying to be steady. Austin Smotherman golf out there today. Anything under par I thought would have been following up round like yesterday, which was a special one, and try not to get too far ahead of myself thinking I’m going to make every long putt I’m looking at like kind of was the feeling yesterday, and then today I still make a 55-footer on 17.

“Kind of nice to see those go in and feel like you’re stealing them on a course where you’re just hoping to get down in two from that range, and you have that distance a lot if you get stuff on the wind going away, all these slopes, greens are fast,” he continued. “Yeah, leading a PGA Tour event, come on, pretty awesome.”

But in order to claim that big win, Smotherman will need to stay ahead of some stiff competition. There are 11 other players within six shots of his lead, including major winner Shane Lowry (-5).

You can watch the third round of the Cognizant Classic on TV via Golf Channel starting on Saturday at 10 a.m. ET. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive streaming coverage beginning at 7:45 a.m. ET on Saturday, as well as featured group and featured hole coverage all day long.

Below you will find everything you need to know to watch the third round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches.

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How to watch on TV Saturday

Golf Channel will air third-round TV coverage of the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches from 10-3 p.m. ET on Saturday.

How to stream online Saturday

You can stream the third round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches via PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, which will offer streaming coverage starting on Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET in addition to featured group and hole coverage. Peacock will stream the Golf Channel broadcast.

2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches Round 3 tee times (ET)

Tee No. 1

7:28 a.m. – Zecheng Dou, Matthieu Pavon, Max McGreevy
7:40 a.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Chan Kim, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
7:52 a.m. – Ryan Gerard, Brooks Koepka, Ben Silverman
8:04 a.m. – Steven Fisk, Ricky Castillo, Eric Cole
8:16 a.m. – Max Homa, Thorbjorn Olesen, Kevin Streelman
8:28 a.m. – Matti Schmid, Takumi Kanaya, Kevin Roy
8:40 a.m. – Seamus Power, Chad Ramey, Carson Young
8:52 a.m. – William Mouw, Michael Brennan, Daniel Berger
9:04 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Shane Lowry, Jimmy Stanger
9:16 a.m. – Kristoffer Reitan, Pontus Nyholm, Hank Lebioda
9:28 a.m. – Nico Echavarria, Joel Dahmen, Mark Hubbard
9:40 a.m. – Austin Smotherman, Taylor Moore, A.J. Ewart

Tee No. 10

7:28 a.m. – Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Alex Smalley, Danny Walker
7:40 a.m. – Rasmus Hojgaard, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Dan Brown
7:52 a.m. – John Parry, Austin Eckroat, Beau Hossler
8:04 a.m. – Lee Hodges, Matt Wallace, Keith Mitchell
8:16 a.m. – Davis Thompson, Jackson Suber, Adrien Saddier
8:28 a.m. – Patrick Fishburn, Zach Bauchou, Dylan Wu
8:40 a.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Adam Schenk, Chandler Phillips
8:52 a.m. – Tom Kim, Patton Kizzire, Haotong Li
9:04 a.m. – David Ford, Billy Horschel, Garrick Higgo
9:16 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Nicolai Hojgaard
9:28 a.m. – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Jordan Smith