The 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches field is set with the passing of the PGA Tour tournament entry deadline. The field is set for this FedEx Cup event, played at PGA National Resort in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, from February 26 - March 1, 2026.
The Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches field is headlined by the likes of Ben Griffin, Ryan Gerard, Brooks Koepka and more. Joe Highsmith is the defending champion.
This is set to be a 120-player field is played out over four days, with this event marking the 7th tournament of the 2026 PGA Tour schedule.
The 120-player tournament is being played in its originally intended slot, continuing the 2026 PGA Tour season with the first Florida event that offers 500 FedEx Cup points to the winner.
We do not have Monday qualifiers for this event, which will be played Thursday though Sunday.
The Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches alternate list has already been set, with the top name on the list set to replace any withdrawn players, starting with Sam Ryder and Jackson Suber.
The field will be playing for a $9.6 million purse, with 9 of the top 50 in the Official World Golf Ranking among the top contenders.
2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches field
| PLAYER |
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| Zach Bauchou |
| Daniel Berger |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout |
| Chandler Blanchet |
| Michael Brennan |
| Jacob Bridgeman |
| Blades Brown |
| Dan Brown |
| Rafael Campos |
| Ricky Castillo |
| Davis Chatfield |
| Luke Clanton |
| Eric Cole |
| Joel Dahmen |
| Cam Davis |
| Zecheng Dou |
| Adrien Dumont de Chassart |
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| Nick Dunlap |
| Nico Echavarria |
| Austin Eckroat |
| A.J. Ewart |
| Patrick Fishburn |
| Steven Fisk |
| David Ford |
| Brice Garnett |
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| Ryan Gerard |
| Doug Ghim |
| Ben Griffin |
| Emiliano Grillo |
| Justin Hicks |
| Garrick Higgo |
| Joe Highsmith |
| Kensei Hirata |
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| Lee Hodges |
| Rico Hoey |
| Charley Hoffman |
| Nicolai Højgaard |
| Rasmus Højgaard |
| Max Homa |
| Billy Horschel |
| Beau Hossler |
| Mark Hubbard |
| Mackenzie Hughes |
| Stephan Jaeger |
| Takumi Kanaya |
| Jeffrey Kang |
| Johnny Keefer |
| S.H. Kim |
| Tom Kim |
| Chris Kirk |
| Patton Kizzire |
| Brooks Koepka |
| Matt Kuchar |
| Christo Lamprecht |
| Hank Lebioda |
| K.H. Lee |
| Haotong Li |
| David Lipsky |
| Justin Lower |
| Shane Lowry |
| Peter Malnati |
| Max McGreevy |
| Mac Meissner |
| Keith Mitchell |
| Taylor Moore |
| William Mouw |
| Keita Nakajima |
| Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen |
| Pontus Nyholm |
| Thorbjørn Olesen |
| John Parry |
| Matthieu Pavon |
| Taylor Pendrith |
| Chandler Phillips |
| Seamus Power |
| Andrew Putnam |
| Aaron Rai |
| Chad Ramey |
| Kristoffer Reitan |
| Davis Riley |
| Patrick Rodgers |
| Kevin Roy |
| Marcelo Rozo |
| Adrien Saddier |
| Isaiah Salinda |
| Gordon Sargent |
| Adam Schenk |
| Matti Schmid |
| Adam Scott |
| Neal Shipley |
| Webb Simpson |
| Alex Smalley |
| Jordan Smith |
| Austin Smotherman |
| Jimmy Stanger |
| Kevin Streelman |
| Adam Svensson |
| Jesper Svensson |
| Davis Thompson |
| Michael Thorbjornsen |
| Brendon Todd |
| Alejandro Tosti |
| Sami Valimaki |
| Erik van Rooyen |
| John VanDerLaan |
| Kris Ventura |
| Karl Vilips |
| Camilo Villegas |
| Danny Walker |
| Matt Wallace |
| Paul Waring |
| Vince Whaley |
| Danny Willett |
| Aaron Wise |
| Gary Woodland |
| Dylan Wu |
| Sudarshan Yellamaraju |
| Kevin Yu |
| Will Zalatoris |
Top 50 players in 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches field
| RANK | PLAYER |
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| 11 | Ben Griffin |
| 25 | Ryan Gerard |
| 29 | Shane Lowry |
| 30 | Aaron Rai |
| 39 | Michael Brennan |
| 40 | Kristoffer Reitan |
| 44 | Rasmus Højgaard |
| 47 | Sami Valimaki |
| 48 | Michael Thorbjornsen |
