Jake Knapp, fresh off his maiden PGA Tour win in Mexico a five days ago, has primo tee times for the first two rounds of the Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches.
His playing partners for the first two days? World No. 1 and 2012 Cognizant Classic winner Rory McIlroy and defending Cognizant Classic champion Chris Kirk.
Knapp opened with a 3-under 68 to start his week at PGA National. That puts him tied for 30th but he’s also only four shots off the lead held by Chad Ramey and S.H. Kim.
Meanwhile, prior to starting play this week, McIlroy acknowledged that he’s on the back nine in his career.
“Yeah, I would say I’m pretty close to the turn at this point, if not a little bit after. Maybe on the 10th green or 11th tee.”
McIlroy then went out and did Knapp one better, posting a 4-under 67. McIlroy is gunning to break Mark Calcavecchia’s record of most time between wins in the event. Calc went 11 years (1987 and 1998) between his two wins there.
PGA National’s The Champion course is a par-71 layout measuring 7,147 yards. The Champion ranks No. 7 in Florida on Golfweek’s Best list of public-access courses in each state, and it ties for No. 69 on the list of top resort courses in the U.S.
The purse at the Cognizant Classic is $9 million with $1.62 million going to the winner. The winner will also receive 500 FedEx Cup points.
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The first round didn’t quite finish, with two groups (six players) on their final holes when tournament organizers called it a day.
The first round of the Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches was suspended at 6:22 p.m. ET due to darkness.
The first round will resume at 8:15 a.m. and the second round will begin as scheduled at 6:45 a.m.
— PGA TOUR Communications (@PGATOURComms) February 29, 2024
From tee times to TV and streaming info, here’s everything you need to know for the second round of the 2024 Cognizant Classic. All times listed are ET.
Friday tee times
1st tee
| Tee time | Players |
| 6:45 a.m. |
Martin Laird, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Ben Griffin |
| 6:56 a.m. |
Robby Shelton, Taylor Montgomery, David Lipsky |
| 7:07 a.m. |
Troy Merritt, Jeff Overton, Zac Blair |
| 7:18 a.m. |
Luke List, Lee Hodges, Joel Dahmen |
| 7:29 a.m. |
Lucas Glover, Adam Svensson, Gary Woodland |
| 7:40 a.m. |
Erik van Rooyen, Nico Echavarria, Adam Schenk |
| 7:51 a.m. |
Vincent Norrman, Cameron Champ, Scott Stallings |
| 8:02 a.m. |
Alex Noren, Kevin Yu, Carl Yuan |
| 8:13 a.m. |
Nate Lashley, Robert… |
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