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Sunday 1 March 2026PGA TourYear in Review
Echavarria wins Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida · Thursday 26 February to Sunday 1 March 2026 · Nico Echavarria’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $9,600,000 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 26 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 55° up at noon, and that night a waxing gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R125°/16°C · wind 16 km/h SSE, gusts 29 · 0.3 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R228°/20°C · wind 17 km/h SSE, gusts 31 · 0.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R326°/21°C · wind 13 km/h SSW, gusts 33 · 15.2 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R425°/20°C · wind 17 km/h NE, gusts 31 · 1.7 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
- Shane Lowry IRL · 269led by three with three to play, then made consecutive double bogeys at 16 and 17 after tee shots into the water AP recap via CBS Sports
- Austin Smotherman USA · 269closed with 69, two behind; opened with 62 CBS Sports leaderboard
- Taylor Moore USA · 269closed with 68, two behind CBS Sports leaderboard
123 started · cut E, 67 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches
PGA National Resort, The Champion Course, PGA National Resort (The Champion Course), Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
5 of 5 researched
Winner
Nico Echavarria
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 March 2026
The promises, yeah, we're getting a dog because a dog is expensive, so we need a third win for a dog; that's how it works.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 March 2026
I went from the XV to the diamond, which is a little softer and spinnier.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
1 March 2026
The hardest thing about today is I've never won in front of my four-year-old, and she was there waiting for me. Yeah, I only wanted it for her today.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nico Echavarria | 63 · 72 · 66 · 66 | 267 | −17 |
| T2 | Taylor Moore | 67 · 67 · 67 · 68 | 269 | −15 |
| T2 | Shane Lowry | 70 · 67 · 63 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| T2 | Austin Smotherman | 62 · 69 · 69 · 69 | 269 | −15 |
| 5 | Ricky Castillo | 69 · 70 · 64 · 68 | 271 | −13 |
| T6 | Nicolai Højgaard | 70 · 72 · 66 · 65 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | William Mouw | 68 · 70 · 68 · 67 | 273 | −11 |
| T6 | Keith Mitchell | 68 · 73 · 64 · 68 | 273 | −11 |
| T9 | Brooks Koepka | 74 · 66 · 69 · 65 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Rasmus Højgaard | 69 · 72 · 66 · 67 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Matti Schmid | 69 · 70 · 67 · 68 | 274 | −10 |
| T9 | Joel Dahmen | 68 · 68 · 68 · 70 | 274 | −10 |
The golfer
born 1994-08-04, Medellín, Colombia; COL; turned pro 2017; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0.
What’s in the bag
- Driver Srixon ZXi Prototype 9°, Mitsubishi Diamana BB 73 TX
- Fairway Wood TaylorMade Qi10 15°, Project X HZRDUS Smoke Red RDX 70 TX
- Fairway Wood PXG Lightning 18°, Project X HZRDUS Smoke Green 80 TX
- Irons Srixon ZXi5 4-5, Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 125
- Irons Srixon ZXi7 6-PW, Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 125
- Wedge Cleveland RTZ 50°, Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 125
- Wedge Cleveland RTZ 54°, 60°, True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
- Putter Odyssey Tri-Hot 5K Seven
- Ball Srixon Z-Star Diamond
verified for this week