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Sunday 2 March 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Highsmith wins Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
PGA National Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 27 February to Sunday 2 March 2025 · Joe Highsmith’s win no. 1 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,200,000 USD · Cognizant
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
11 h 28 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing crescent moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R126°/18°C · wind 9 km/h SSE, gusts 18 · 0.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R225°/17°C · wind 13 km/h NNW, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/17°C · wind 9 km/h W, gusts 18 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/17°C · wind 15 km/h NNW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Jacob Bridgeman USA · 267closed with a 64 but finished two behind Highsmith's bogey-free closing 64 ESPN leaderboard
- J.J. Spaun USA · 267closed with a 66 to tie for second, two behind ESPN leaderboard
144 started · cut -5, 68 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), PGA National Resort, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Joe Highsmith
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 March 2025
That was the last thing I was expecting at the start of the day was a win.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
2 March 2025
I was like, man, am I really going to miss the cut?
BBC Sport
3 March 2025
I played probably the best round of my life
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joe Highsmith | 65 · 72 · 64 · 64 | 265 | −19 |
| T2 | Jacob Bridgeman | 68 · 68 · 67 · 64 | 267 | −17 |
| T2 | J.J. Spaun | 64 · 70 · 67 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T4 | Max McGreevy | 69 · 68 · 64 · 67 | 268 | −16 |
| T4 | Ben Griffin | 68 · 65 · 66 · 69 | 268 | −16 |
| T6 | Russell Henley | 63 · 70 · 66 · 70 | 269 | −15 |
| T6 | Michael Kim | 65 · 66 · 67 · 71 | 269 | −15 |
| T6 | Jake Knapp | 59 · 70 · 68 · 72 | 269 | −15 |
| T9 | Erik van Rooyen | 68 · 67 · 70 · 65 | 270 | −14 |
| T9 | Jordan Spieth | 65 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 270 | −14 |
The golfer
born 2000-04-19, Lakewood, Washington; USA; turned pro 2022; age 24 that week; tour wins to date: 1; majors to date: 0; world No. 170 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/joe-highsmith-28469)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet