Cognizant Classic Thursday TV coverage 2026: How to watch round 1

The 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches begins Thursday with the first round on the Champion Course at PGA National. Here’s everything you need to know to watch the tournament on Thursday, including full Cognizant Classic TV coverage, streaming details and round 1 start times.

How to watch Cognizant Classic on Thursday

Last season, Shane Lowry didn’t end his winless drought, but he did perform well on the PGA Tour. He earned two second-place finishes among 12 top-25 finishes. One of those top 25s came at last year’s Cognizant Classic, where he finished T11.

In two starts so far this season, Lowry has continued his steady play with a T8 at the AT&T Pebble Pro-Am and a T24 at last week’s Genesis Invititional.

Now the 2019 Open champion turns his attention back to the PGA National’s Champion Course, where he hopes to secure his first Tour victory since teaming with Rory McIlroy to win the 2024 Zurich Classic of New Orleans.

Lowry’s tournament begins Thursday at 7:21 a.m. ET.

You can watch the first round of the Cognizant Classic on TV Thursday at 2:00 PM ET via Golf Channel. PGA Tour live on ESPN+ will offer exclusive streaming coverage beginning Thursday at 6:45 a.m. ET, as well as all-day coverage of featured groups and featured holes.

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

How to watch on TV Thursday

Golf Channel will provide first-round TV coverage of the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches on Thursday from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM ET.

How to stream online thursday

You can stream the first round of the 2026 Cognizant Classic via PGA Tour live on ESPN+which offers streaming coverage Thursdays starting at 6:45 a.m. ET, in addition to featured group and hole coverage.

2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches Round 1 start times (ET)

T-piece No. 1

6:45 AM – Taylor Moore, Harry Higgs, Hank Lebioda
06:57 – Matthieu Pavon, Adam Hadwin, Doug Ghim
7:09 – Lee Hodges, Matt Wallace, Mac Meissner
7:21 – 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
8:09 am – Adrien Saddier, Paul Waring, Christo Lamprecht
8:21 am – Jimmy Stanger, Neal Shipley, Jeffrey Kang
8:33 – Austin Smotherman, Jordan Smith, Chandler Blanchet
11:35 am – Mark Hubbard, Eric Cole, Alex Smalley
11:47 am – Gary Woodland, Brandt Snedeker, David Lipsky
11:59 am – Emiliano Grillo, Kevin Roy, Danny Walker
12:11 – Michael Brennan, Ryan Gerard, Max Homa
12:23 – Brooks Koepka, Will Zalatoris, Daniel Berger
12:35 – Tom Kim, Michael Thorbjornsen, Rasmus Højgaard
12:47 – Patton Kizzire, Andrew Putnam, Kristoffer Reitan
12:59 – Haotong Li, Marcelo Rozo, Davis Chatfield
1:11 PM – Jesper Svensson, Kensei Hirata, Luke Clanton
1:23 PM – Isaiah Salinda, Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, AJ Ewart

T-piece no. 10

6:45 AM – Austin Eckroat, Danny Willett, Beau Hossler
6:57 am – Camilo Villegas, Joel Dahmen, Sam Ryder
7:09 – Adam Svensson, Rico Hoey, Max McGreevy
7:21 – Aaron Rai, Shane Lowry, Billy Horschel
7:33 – Garrick Higgo, Karl Vilips, Davis Riley
7:45am – Joe Highsmith, Chris Kirk, Keith Mitchell
7:57 – Rafael Campos, Nicolai Højgaard, SH Kim
8:09am – Jackson Suber, Johnny Keefer, Blades Brown
8:21 am – Ricky Castle, Chassart’s Adrien Dumont, Keita Nakajima
8:33 – Patrick Fishburn, Zach Bauchou, Sudarshan Yellamaraju
11:35 am – Erik van Rooyen, Justin Lower, Carson Young
11:47 am – Peter Malnati, Brice Garnett, Lanto Griffin
11:59 am – Matthew Schmid, Dylan Wu, Takumi Kanaya
12:11 pm – Adam Schenk, William Mouw, Aaron Wise
12:23 – Sami Valimaki, Cam Davis, Matt Kuchar
12:35 – Mackenzie Hughes, Thorbjørn Olesen, Chandler Phillips
12:47 – Seamus Power, Charley Hoffman, Christiaan Bezuidenhout
12:59 PM – Kris Ventura, Dan Brown, Pontus Nyholm
1:11 PM – Alexander Tosti, Frankie Capan III, John VanDerLaan
1:23 PM – Chan Kim, John Parry, Gordon Sargent
1:35 PM – Zecheng Dou, David Ford, Justin Hicks