The calendar is nearing March and the PGA Tour has reached the Sunshine State to start a full month worth of big events in Florida. It all starts with the Cognizant Classic at PGA National, which was a pushover early in the week with ridiculously low scores on the historically tough Champion Course.
The full field will be playing for the $9.2 million purse, with the winner taking home $1.656 million for his victory. Austin Eckroat won last year and is back to defend his title.
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While it’s not a signature event—that’s next week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational—there are some big names in the field. Jordan Spieth is making his first appearance at the Cognizant Classic as he continues to work himself back into shape following wrist surgery last fall. Russell Henley is the top-ranked player in the field (No. 17) and won here 11 years ago. Irishman Shane Lowry, ranked No. 18), was a runner-up here back in 2022.
Sepp Straka, Rickie Fowler and Min Woo Lee at among the other notables in the field. Last week’s winner at the Mexico Open Brian Campbell is playing too.
Amateur Luke Clanton is back looking for another chance to earn his PGA Tour card. If he simply makes the cut this week he’ll accomplish that feat via the PGA Tour University accelerated program.
Here’s the rundown of what each player will earn this week who makes the cut. Check back here Sunday for updates.
WIN: $1.656 million
2: $1.0028 million
3: $634,800
4: $450,800
5: $377,200
6: $333,500
7: $310,500
8: $287,500
9: $269,100
10: $250,700
11: $232,300
12: $213,900
13: $195,500
14: $177,100
15: $167,900
16: $158,700
17: $149,500
18: $140,300
19: $131,100
20: $121,900
21: $112,700
22: $103,500
23: $96,140
24: $88,780
25: $81,420
26: $74,060
27: $71,300
28: $68,540
29: $65,780
30: $63,020
31: $60,260
32: $57,500
33: $54,740
34: $52,440
35: $50,140
36: $47,840
37: $45,540
38: $43,700
39: $41,860
40: $40,020
41: $38,180
42: $36,340
43: $34,500
44: $32,600
45: $30,820
46: $28,980
47: $27,140
48: $25,668
49: $24,380
50: $23,644
51: $23,092
52: $22,540
53: $22,172
54: $21,804
55: $21,620
56: $21,436
57: $21,252
58: $21,068
59: $20,884
60: $20,700
61: $20,516
62: $20,332
63: $20,148
64: $19,964
65: $19,780
66: $19,596
67: $19,412
68: $19,228
69: $19,044
70: $18,860
71: $18,676
72: $18,492
73: $18,308
74: $18,124
75: $19,940
76: $17,756
77: $17,572
78: $17,388
79: $17,204
80: $17,020
This article was originally published on golfdigest.com
