2026 Cognizant Classic Saturday TV coverage: How to watch Round 3

The 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches continues Saturday morning with round three on the Champion Course at PGA National. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Saturday, including full Cognizant Classic TV coverage, streaming details and round 3 start times.

How to watch Cognizant Classic on Saturday

Thanks to a blistering 62 in the first round, followed by a 69 in the second round and 11 under par, Austin Smotherman is in position to claim his first PGA Tour victory this weekend as the 31-year-old pro has a three-shot lead over the field with two rounds remaining.

“How do I feel? Pretty ecstatic, pretty excited to be in this position,” Smotherman said Friday. “Yeah, just trying to be steady. Austin Smotherman golfed there today. All under par which I thought would have been a follow-up round like yesterday, which was a special one, and try not to get too far ahead of myself thinking I’m going to make every long putt I look at, which was the feeling yesterday, and today I’m still making a 55-footer on 17.”

“It’s kind of fun to watch those go in and feel like you’re stealing them on a course where you’re hoping to get into two of that range, and you’ve got a lot of that distance if you get stuff with you when the wind goes away, all those slopes and greens are fast,” he continued. “Yeah, officiating a PGA Tour event, come on, pretty cool.”

But to claim that big win, Smotherman will have to stay ahead of some stiff competition. There are eleven other players within six shots of his lead, including big winner Shane Lowry (-5).

You can watch the third round of the Cognizant Classic on TV via Golf Channel starting Saturday at 10 a.m. ET. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive streaming coverage starting at 7:45 a.m. ET on Saturday, as well as all-day coverage of featured groups and featured holes.

Below is everything you need to know to watch the third round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic in Palm Beaches.

Watching on TV on Saturday

Golf Channel will air the third round TV broadcast of the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches on Saturday from 10:00 PM to 3:00 PM ET.

How to stream online Saturday

You can stream the third round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches via PGA Tour live on ESPN+which offers streaming coverage beginning Saturday at 7:45 a.m. ET, in addition to featured group and hole coverage. Peacock will stream the Golf Channel broadcast.

2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches Round 3 start times (ET)

7:28 – Zecheng Dou, Matthieu Pavon, Max McGreevy
7:40 – Mackenzie Hughes, Chan Kim, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
7:52 – Ryan Gerard, Brooks Koepka, Ben Silverman
8:04 – Steven Fisk, Ricky Castillo, Eric Cole
8:16 am – Max Homa, Thorbjorn Olesen, Kevin Streelman
8:28 am – Matti Schmid, Takumi Kanaya, Kevin Roy
8:40 – Seamus Power, Chad Ramey, Carson Young
8:52 am – William Mouw, Michael Brennan, Daniel Berger
9:04 – Aaron Rai, Shane Lowry, Jimmy Stanger
9:16 am – Kristoffer Reitan, Pontus Nyholm, Hank Lebioda
9:28 am – Nico Echavarria, Joel Dahmen, Mark Hubbard
9:40 – Austin Smotherman, Taylor Moore, AJ Ewart

T-piece no. 10

7:28 – Sudarshan Yellamaraju, Alex Smalley, Danny Walker
7:40 am – Rasmus Hojgaard, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Dan Brown
7:52 – John Parry, Austin Eckroat, Beau Hossler
8:04 – Lee Hodges, Matt Wallace, Keith Mitchell
8:16 – Davis Thompson, Jackson Suber, Adrien Sadier
8:28am – Patrick Fishburn, Zach Bauchou, Dylan Wu
8:40 – Emiliano Grillo, Adam Schenk, Chandler Phillips
8:52am – Tom Kim, Patton Kizzire, Haotong Li
9:04 – David Ford, Billy Horschel, Garrick Higgo
9:16am – Joe Highsmith, Nicolai Hojgaard
9:28 am – Adrien Dumont de Chassart, Jordan Smith