The 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches Thursday tee times and groupings for the first round have been released, with several threesomes featuring the best golfers in the world competing at PGA National Resort's Champion Course in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.
The 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches format features a field of 123 players competing in the Palm Beach area event. For the first two rounds, the players will compete in threesomes off the 1st and 10th tees.
After the first two rounds, there will be a cut to the top 65 and ties for the final two rounds.
The 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches first round is set to start at 6:45 a.m. local time -- or 6:45 a.m. Eastern time -- with the first tee times of the day going off the first tee. Tee times run through 1:35 p.m. local time -- or 1:35 p.m. Eastern time -- with the final group of the day.
2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches tee times: Round 2
2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches Thursday: How to watch, TV times, streaming schedule
You can watch the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches first round on TV starting at 2 p.m. Eastern on Golf Channel.
Viewers can watch the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches live stream through PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ starting at 6:45 a.m. Eastern.
2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches tee times for Round 1
All times local and Eastern
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| TIME | TEE | PLAYER 1 | PLAYER 2 | PLAYER 3 |
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| 6:45 a.m. | 1 | Taylor Moore | Harry Higgs | Hank Lebioda |
| 6:57 a.m. | 1 | Matthieu Pavon | Adam Hadwin | Doug Ghim |
| 7:09 a.m. | 1 | Lee Hodges | Matt Wallace | Mac Meissner |
| 7:21 a.m. | 1 | Brendon Todd | Kevin Streelman | Vince Whaley |
| 7:33 a.m. | 1 | Steven Fisk | Nico Echavarria | Kevin Yu |
| 7:45 a.m. | 1 | Davis Thompson | Stephan Jaeger | Webb Simpson |
| 7:57 a.m. | 1 | Nick Dunlap | K.H. Lee | Chad Ramey |
| 8:09 a.m. | 1 | Adrien Saddier | Paul Waring | Christo Lamprecht |
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| 8:21 a.m. | 1 | Jimmy Stanger | Neal Shipley | Jeffrey Kang |
| 8:33 a.m. | 1 | Austin Smotherman | Jordan Smith | Chandler Blanchet |
| 11:35 a.m. | 1 | Mark Hubbard | Eric Cole | Alex Smalley |
| 11:47 a.m. | 1 | Gary Woodland | Brandt Snedeker | David Lipsky |
| 11:59 a.m. | 1 | Emiliano Grillo | Kevin Roy | Danny Walker |
| 12:11 p.m. | 1 | Michael Brennan | Ryan Gerard | Max Homa |
| 12:23 p.m. | 1 | Brooks Koepka | Will Zalatoris | Daniel Berger |
| 12:35 p.m. | 1 | Tom Kim | Michael Thorbjornsen | Rasmus Højgaard |
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| 12:47 p.m. | 1 | Patton Kizzire | Andrew Putnam | Kristoffer Reitan |
| 12:59 p.m. | 1 | Haotong Li | Marcelo Rozo | Davis Chatfield |
| 1:11 p.m. | 1 | Jesper Svensson | Kensei Hirata | Luke Clanton |
| 1:23 p.m. | 1 | Isaiah Salinda | Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen | A.J. Ewart |
| 6:45 a.m. | 10 | Austin Eckroat | Danny Willett | Beau Hossler |
| 6:57 a.m. | 10 | Camilo Villegas | Joel Dahmen | Sam Ryder |
| 7:09 a.m. | 10 | Adam Svensson | Rico Hoey | Max McGreevy |
| 7:21 a.m. | 10 | Aaron Rai | Shane Lowry | Billy Horschel |
| 7:33 a.m. | 10 | Garrick Higgo | Karl Vilips | Davis Riley |
| 7:45 a.m. | 10 | Joe Highsmith | Chris Kirk | Keith Mitchell |
| 7:57 a.m. | 10 | Rafael Campos | Nicolai Højgaard | S.H. Kim |
| 8:09 a.m. | 10 | Jackson Suber | Johnny Keefer | Blades Brown |
| 8:21 a.m. | 10 | Ricky Castillo | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | Keita Nakajima |
| 8:33 a.m. | 10 | Patrick Fishburn | Zach Bauchou | Sudarshan Yellamaraju |
| 11:35 a.m. | 10 | Erik van Rooyen | Justin Lower | Carson Young |
| 11:47 a.m. | 10 | Peter Malnati | Brice Garnett | Lanto Griffin |
| 11:59 a.m. | 10 | Matti Schmid | Dylan Wu | Takumi Kanaya |
| 12:11 p.m. | 10 | Adam Schenk | William Mouw | Aaron Wise |
| 12:23 p.m. | 10 | Sami Valimaki | Cam Davis | Matt Kuchar |
| 12:35 p.m. | 10 | Mackenzie Hughes | Thorbjørn Olesen | Chandler Phillips |
| 12:47 p.m. | 10 | Seamus Power | Charley Hoffman | Christiaan Bezuidenhout |
| 12:59 p.m. | 10 | Kris Ventura | Dan Brown | Pontus Nyholm |
| 1:11 p.m. | 10 | Alejandro Tosti | Frankie Capan III | John VanDerLaan |
| 1:23 p.m. | 10 | Chan Kim | John Parry | Gordon Sargent |
| 1:35 p.m. | 10 | Zecheng Dou | David Ford | Justin Hicks |
