The Cognizant Classic is once again at a crossroads in the new PGA Tour schedule.
Heading into the last week of February on the calendar, it is not only preceded by back-to-back Signature Events, but also by the WM Phoenix Open and Farmers Insurance Open, two very popular events on the Tour.
On the back end, it’s followed by another Signature Event at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the PGA Tour’s flagship event at the Players Championship.
It may not have the $20 million budget of those massive events, but it’s still enough to change lives no matter who the winner is.
With many stars choosing to take a week off, Shane Lowry took advantage of the chance to play an event while she slept at home. He was looking for his first individual victory on the PGA Tour in seven years, at an event he loves dearly.
Lowry also dominated PGA National over the past five seasons, despite not having a win. But he fell short of the Cognizant again, falling victim to the famous Bear Trap with back-to-back double bogeys.
Nico Echavarria took advantage by hanging on to win his third PGA Tour title.
Below is a breakdown of what everyone in the field earned in South Florida this week. The tournament has a purse of $9.6 million, with $1.78 million going to the winner.
What each player made at the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches
WIN: Nico Echavarria $1.78 million
T2. Taylor Moore $726,400
Shane Lowry
Austin Smotherman
5. Ricky Castillo $393,600
T6. Nicolai Højgaard $324,000
William Mouw
Keith Mitchell
T9. Brooks Koepka $252,000
Rasmus Hojgaard
Matti Schmid
Joel Dahmen
T13. Pontus Nyholm $170,400
Max Homa
Patton Kizzire
AJ Ewart
T17. Matthieu Pavon $132,000
Sudarshan Yellamaraju
Chad Ramey
Kristoffer Reitan
Takumi Kanaya
Zecheng Dou
T23. Jordan Smith $77,600
Ryan Gerard
Mackenzie Hughes
Kevin Roy
Zach Bauchou
Adriaan Dumont de Chassart
Mark Hubbard
Aaron Rai
Beau Hossler
T32. Haotong Li $54,816
David Ford
Daniel Berger
Kevin Streelman
Jimmy Stanger
T37. Christiaan Bezuidenhout $45,600
Eric Cole
Steven Vis
T40. Danny Walker $31,776
Max McGreevy
Henk Lebioda
Patrick Visburn
Matt Wallace
Then Brown
Austin Eckroat
Garrick Higgo
Ben Silverman
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
Lee Hodges
Thorbjorn Olesen
T52. Carson Young $22,992
Alex Smalley
Seamus power
Michael Brennan
T56. Emiliano Grillo $22,176
Chan Kim
Adrian Saddier
59. Tom Kim $21,792
T60. Adam Schenk $21,504
Davis Thompson
62. Billy Horschel $21,216
T63. Jackson Suber $20,832
John Parry
Chandler Phillips
66. Dylan Wu $20,448
67. Joe Highsmith $20,256
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