The 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches begins Thursday, February 26, with the opening round at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. You can find full Cognizant Classic tee times for Thursday’s first round at the bottom of this post.
Featured tee time for Round 1
This week’s Cognizant Classic in Florida suffered a rash of late withdrawals from top players. But there is still plenty of firepower left in the field. Look no further than Brooks Koepka.
Koepka, a five-time major champion, is making his third start of the 2026 PGA Tour season this week at PGA National. It’s also the third start of his PGA Tour comeback after leaving LIV Golf late last year.
So far, Koepka hasn’t been his best on the course, earning a T56 at the Farmers Insurance Open and a missed cut at the WM Phoenix Open.
This week is a great opportunity for Koepka to finally shake off the rust and earn a quality finish. But he will have plenty of proven winners to contend with, such as Will Zalatoris, Shane Lowry and Max Homa.
Koepka will tee off for the opening round at 12:23 p.m ET alongside Zalatoris and Daniel Berger.
You can watch Thursday’s first round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic from 2-6 p.m. ET on Golf Channel. PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will provide exclusive early streaming coverage starting on Thursday at 6:45 a.m. ET, in addition to featured group and featured hole coverage.
Check out the complete Round 1 tee times and groupings for the Cognizant Classic below.
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2026 Cognizant Classic tee times for Thursday: Round 1 (ET)
Tee No. 1
6:45 a.m. – Taylor Moore, Harry Higgs, Hank Lebioda
6:57 a.m. – Matthieu Pavon, Adam Hadwin, Doug Ghim
7:09 a.m. – Lee Hodges, Matt Wallace, Mac Meissner
7:21 a.m. – Brendon Todd, Kevin Streelman, Vince Whaley
7:33 a.m. – Steven Fisk, Nico Echavarria, Kevin Yu
7:45 a.m. – Davis Thompson, Stephan Jaeger, Webb Simpson
7:57 a.m. – Nick Dunlap, K.H. Lee, Chad Ramey
8:09 a.m. – Adrien Saddier, Paul Waring, Christo Lamprecht
8:21 a.m. – Jimmy Stanger, Neal Shipley, Jeffrey Kang
8:33 a.m. – Austin Smotherman, Jordan Smith, Chandler Blanchet
11:35 a.m. – Mark Hubbard, Eric Cole, Alex Smalley
11:47 a.m. – Gary Woodland, Brandt Snedeker, David Lipsky
11:59 a.m. – Emiliano Grillo, Kevin Roy, Danny Walker
12:11 p.m. – Michael Brennan, Ryan Gerard, Max Homa
12:23 p.m. – Brooks Koepka, Will Zalatoris, Daniel Berger
12:35 p.m. – Tom Kim, Michael Thorbjornsen, Rasmus Højgaard
12:47 p.m. – Patton Kizzire, Andrew Putnam, Kristoffer Reitan
12:59 p.m. – Haotong Li, Marcelo Rozo, Davis Chatfield
1:11 p.m. – Jesper Svensson, Kensei Hirata, Luke Clanton
1:23 p.m. – Isaiah Salinda, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, A.J. Ewart
Tee No. 10
6:45 a.m. – Austin Eckroat, Danny Willett, Beau Hossler
6:57 a.m. – Camilo Villegas, Joel Dahmen, Sam Ryder
7:09 a.m. – Adam Svensson, Rico Hoey, Max McGreevy
7:21 a.m. – Aaron Rai, Shane Lowry, Billy Horschel
7:33 a.m. – Garrick Higgo, Karl Vilips, Davis Riley
7:45 a.m. – Joe Highsmith, Chris Kirk, Keith Mitchell
7:57 a.m. – Rafael Campos, Nicolai Højgaard, S.H. Kim
8:09 a.m. – Jackson Suber, Johnny Keefer, Blades Brown
8:21 a.m. – Ricky Castillo, Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Keita Nakajima
8:33 a.m. – Patrick Fishburn, Zach Bauchou, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
11:35 a.m. – Erik van Rooyen, Justin Lower, Carson Young
11:47 a.m. – Peter Malnati, Brice Garnett, Lanto Griffin
11:59 a.m. – Matti Schmid, Dylan Wu, Takumi Kanaya
12:11 p.m. – Adam Schenk, William Mouw, Aaron Wise
12:23 p.m. – Sami Valimaki, Cam Davis, Matt Kuchar
12:35 p.m. – Mackenzie Hughes, Thorbjørn Olesen, Chandler Phillips
12:47 p.m. – Seamus Power, Charley Hoffman, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
12:59 p.m. – Kris Ventura, Dan Brown, Pontus Nyholm
1:11 p.m. – Alejandro Tosti, Frankie Capan III, John VanDerLaan
1:23 p.m. – Chan Kim, John Parry, Gordon Sargent
1:35 p.m. – Zecheng Dou, David Ford, Justin Hicks
