The 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches begins Thursday with the first round at PGA National Course of Champions. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including complete Cognizant Classic TV coverage, broadcast details and timings of the first round matches.
How to watch Cognizant Classic on Thursday
last season, Shane Lowry didn’t end his winless drought, but he performed well on the PGA Tour. He earned two runner-up finishes among 12 top-25 finishes. One of those top-25 finishes came at last year’s Cognizant Classic, where he finished T11.
In two starts so far this season, Lowry has continued his consistent stretch of play with a T8 at the AT&T Pebble Pro-Am and a T24 at last week’s Genesis Invitational.
now 2019 Open champion turns his attention to the PGA National Champion Course, where he hopes to secure his first Tour victory since winning the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans together Rory McIlroy.
Lowry’s tour starts Thursday at 7:21 a.m. ET.
You can watch the first round of the Cognizant Classic on TV via Golf Channel starting at 2pm ET on Thursday. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive broadcast coverage beginning Thursday at 6:45 a.m. ET, as well as coverage with featured sets and holes throughout the day.
Below you’ll find everything you need to know to watch the first round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches.
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How to watch Thursday on TV
Golf Channel will provide televised coverage of the first round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches on Thursday from 2-6pm ET.
How to stream online on Thursday
You can stream the first round of Cognizant Classic 2026 via PGA Tour live on ESPN+which will offer broadcast coverage beginning at 6:45 a.m. ET on Thursday, in addition to featured set and slot coverage.
2026 Cognizant Classic at Palm Beaches 1 time round (ET)
Tea no. 1
6:45 – Taylor Moore, Harry Higgs, Hank Lebioda
06:57 – Matthieu Pavon, Adam Hadwin, Doug Ghim
07:09 – Lee Hodges, Matt Wallace, Mac Meissner
07:21 – Brendon Todd, Kevin Streelman, Vince Whaley
7:33 – Steven Fisk, Nico Echavarria, Kevin Yu
7:45 – Davis Thompson, Stephan Jaeger, Webb Simpson
7:57 – Nick Dunlap, KH Lee, Chad Ramey
08:09 – Adrien Saddier, Paul Waring, Christo Lamprecht
08:21 – Jimmy Stanger, Neal Shipley, Jeffrey Kang
08:33 – Austin Smotherman, Jordan Smith, Chandler Blanchet
11:35 – Mark Hubbard, Eric Cole, Alex Smalley
11:47 – Gary Woodland, Brandt Snedeker, David Lipsky
11:59 – Emiliano Grillo, Kevin Roy, Danny Walker
12:11pm – Michael Brennan, Ryan Gerard, Max Homa
12:23pm – Brooks Koepka, Will Zalatoris, Daniel Berger
12:35pm – Tom Kim, Michael Thorbjornsen, Rasmus Højgaard
12:47 pm – Patton Kizzire, Andrew Putnam, Kristoffer Reitan
12:59pm – Haotong Li, Marcelo Rozo, Davis Chatfield
1:11pm – Jesper Svensson, Kensei Hirata, Luke Clanton
1:23 pm. – Isaiah Salinda, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, AJ Ewart
