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 the complete Cognizant Classic group schedules for Thursday’s first round at the bottom of this post.
Separate training time for round 1
This week’s Cognizant Classic in Florida suffered a series of late withdrawals from top players. But there is still plenty of firepower on 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 at his best on this course, earning a T56 at the Farmers Insurance Open and a losing streak 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 in the opening round at 12:23 pm ET along with Zalatoris and Daniel Berger.
You can watch Thursday’s first round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic from 2-6pm ET on Golf Channel. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive early broadcast coverage beginning Thursday at 6:45 a.m. ET, in addition to coverage of featured sets and holes.
Check out the full first round bracket times and groupings for the Cognizant Classic below.
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2026 Cognizant Classic Group Timings for Thursday: Round 1 (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
Tee no. 10
6:45 – Austin Eckroat, Danny Willett, Beau Hossler
06:57 – Camilo Villegas, Joel Dahmen, Sam Ryder
07:09 – Adam Svensson, Rico Hoey, Max McGreevy
07:21 – Aaron Rai, Shane Lowry, Billy Horschel
7:33 – Garrick Higgo, Karl Phillips, Davis Riley
7:45 – Joe Highsmith, Chris Kirk, Keith Mitchell
7:57 – Rafael Campos, Nicolai Højgaard, SH Kim
08:09 – Jackson Suber, Johnny Keefer, Blades Brown
08:21 – Ricky Castle, Chassart’s Adrien Dumont, Keita Nakajima
08:33 – Patrick Fishburn, Zach Bauchou, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
11:35 – Erik van Rooyen, Justin Lower, Carson Young
11:47 – Peter Malnati, Brice Garnett, Lanto Griffin
11:59 – Matthew Schmid, Dylan Wu, Takumi Kanaya
12:11 pm – Adam Schenk, William Mouw, Aaron Wise
12:23 PM – Sami Valimaki, Cam Davis, Matt Kuchar
12:35pm – Mackenzie Hughes, Thorbjørn Olesen, Chandler Phillips
12.47pm – Seamus Power, Charley Hoffman, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
12:59 PM – Chris Ventura, Dan Brown, Pontus Nyholm
1:11 pm – Alexander Tosti, Frankie Capan III, John VanDerLaan
1:23pm – Chan Kim, John Parry, Gordon Sargent
1:35pm – Zecheng Dou, David Ford, Justin Hicks
