Bear trap

February 26th, 2026

The overrated Bear Trap, Brooks’ Florida return and Lowry’s curse: 10 things for the Cognizant Classic

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February 24th, 2022

PGA TOUR PREVIEW: Jones plots Honda title defence

The welcome return of some wind and navigating two of the most perilous stretches in world golf will be key in Matt Jones conducting a successful defence of his Honda Classic title in Florida this week. A career-low round of 61 on day one equalled the PGA National course record 12 months ago and set Read more…

March 3rd, 2020

Watch PGA Tour pro salute Sungjae Im for having big balls after pulling off clutch shot

We’re not sure how the saying “fortune favours the bold” translates to Korean, but Sungjae Im clearly doesn’t need to be versed in this philosophy.

February 27th, 2020

Just how treacherous is ‘The Bear Trap’ at PGA National? A reality check

PGA Tour stats say that among non-Majors, holes 15-16-17 at PGA National are the third-toughest such collection on tour.

February 23rd, 2018

Watch Tiger Woods make par from a pretzel stand

It wasn’t quite the scene from the 1999 Phoenix Open in which a group of fans moved a boulder, but Tiger Woods needed another assist with an unusual “loose impediment”

February 27th, 2017

Watch Jhonattan Vegas celebrate a hole-in-one by launching his club into the heavens

February 22nd, 2017

Numbers don’t lie: PGA National, site of Honda Classic, is a player’s nightmare

If you polled casual golf fans, “What is the toughest stretch in golf?” a handful of responses would be universal. Amen Corner. The closing three holes at TPC Sawgrass. The Cliffs of Doom at Pebble Beach. All valid answers. Yet, a formidable group often lost in the bunch is PGA National Golf Club’s “Bear Trap”.

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Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches - 2026

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Nico Echavarria	-17	F	4
T2	Taylor Moore	-15	F	4
T2	Shane Lowry	-15	F	4
T2	Austin Smotherman	-15	F	4
5	Ricky Castillo	-13	F	4
T6	Nicolai Højgaard	-11	F	4
T6	William Mouw	-11	F	4
T6	Keith Mitchell	-11	F	4
T9	Brooks Koepka	-10	F	4
T9	Rasmus Højgaard	-10	F	4
T9	Matti Schmid	-10	F	4
T9	Joel Dahmen	-10	F	4
T13	Pontus Nyholm	-9	F	4
T13	Max Homa	-9	F	4
T13	Patton Kizzire	-9	F	4
T13	A.J. Ewart	-9	F	4
T17	Matthieu Pavon	-8	F	4
T17	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	-8	F	4
T17	Chad Ramey	-8	F	4
T17	Kristoffer Reitan	-8	F	4
T17	Takumi Kanaya	-8	F	4
T17	Zecheng Dou	-8	F	4
T23	Jordan Smith	-7	F	4
T23	Ryan Gerard	-7	F	4
T23	Mackenzie Hughes	-7	F	4
T23	Kevin Roy	-7	F	4
T23	Zach Bauchou	-7	F	4
T23	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-7	F	4
T23	Mark Hubbard	-7	F	4
T23	Aaron Rai	-7	F	4
T23	Beau Hossler	-7	F	4
T32	Haotong Li	-6	F	4
T32	David Ford	-6	F	4
T32	Daniel Berger	-6	F	4
T32	Kevin Streelman	-6	F	4
T32	Jimmy Stanger	-6	F	4
T37	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-5	F	4
T37	Eric Cole	-5	F	4
T37	Steven Fisk	-5	F	4
T40	Danny Walker	-4	F	4
T40	Max McGreevy	-4	F	4
T40	Hank Lebioda	-4	F	4
T40	Patrick Fishburn	-4	F	4
T40	Matt Wallace	-4	F	4
T40	Dan Brown	-4	F	4
T40	Austin Eckroat	-4	F	4
T40	Garrick Higgo	-4	F	4
T40	Ben Silverman	-4	F	4
T40	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-4	F	4
T40	Lee Hodges	-4	F	4
T40	Thorbjørn Olesen	-4	F	4
T52	Car Young	-3	F	4
T52	Alex Smalley	-3	F	4
T52	Seamus Power	-3	F	4
T52	Michael Brennan	-3	F	4
T56	Emiliano Grillo	-2	F	4
T56	Chan Kim	-2	F	4
T56	Adrien Saddier	-2	F	4
59	Tom Kim	-1	F	4
T60	Adam Schenk	E	F	4
T60	Davis Thompson	E	F	4
62	Billy Horschel	+1	F	4
T63	Jackson Suber	+2	F	4
T63	John Parry	+2	F	4
T63	Chandler Phillips	+2	F	4
66	Dylan Wu	+4	F	4
67	Joe Highsmith	+6	F	4
CUT	Lanto Griffin	+1	F	2
CUT	David Lipsky	+1	F	2
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	+1	F	2
CUT	Kris Ventura	+1	F	2
CUT	Luke Clanton	+1	F	2
CUT	Gordon Sargent	+1	F	2
CUT	Sam Ryder	+1	F	2
CUT	Doug Ghim	+1	F	2
CUT	Mac Meissner	+1	F	2
CUT	Davis Riley	+1	F	2
CUT	Kevin Yu	+1	F	2
CUT	Webb Simpson	+1	F	2
CUT	Chandler Blanchet	+1	F	2
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	+2	F	2
CUT	Peter Malnati	+2	F	2
CUT	Gary Woodland	+2	F	2
CUT	Matt Kuchar	+2	F	2
CUT	Davis Chatfield	+2	F	2
CUT	John VanDerLaan	+2	F	2
CUT	Jesper Svensson	+2	F	2
CUT	Adam Svensson	+2	F	2
CUT	Vince Whaley	+2	F	2
CUT	Chris Kirk	+2	F	2
CUT	Stephan Jaeger	+2	F	2
CUT	Paul Waring	+2	F	2
CUT	Neal Shipley	+2	F	2
CUT	Justin Lower	+3	F	2
CUT	Brice Garnett	+3	F	2
CUT	Andrew Putnam	+3	F	2
CUT	Danny Willett	+3	F	2
CUT	Camilo Villegas	+3	F	2
CUT	Adam Hadwin	+3	F	2
CUT	Johnny Keefer	+3	F	2
CUT	Brandt Snedeker	+4	F	2
CUT	Charley Hoffman	+4	F	2
CUT	S.H. Kim	+4	F	2
CUT	Kensei Hirata	+5	F	2
CUT	Karl Vilips	+5	F	2
CUT	Nick Dunlap	+5	F	2
CUT	Blades Brown	+5	F	2
CUT	Jeffrey Kang	+5	F	2
CUT	Justin Hicks	+6	F	2
CUT	Harry Higgs	+6	F	2
CUT	Aaron Wise	+7	F	2
CUT	K.H. Lee	+7	F	2
CUT	Christo Lamprecht	+7	F	2
CUT	Marcelo Rozo	+8	F	2
CUT	Rico Hoey	+8	F	2
CUT	Brendon Todd	+8	F	2
CUT	Sami Valimaki	+9	F	2
CUT	Rafael Campos	+9	F	2
CUT	Cam Davis	+10	F	2
CUT	Frankie Capan III	+10	F	2
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	+11	F	2
CUT	Alejandro Tosti	+13	F	2
WD	Keita Nakajima	-	-

Adelaide 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Anthony Kim	-23	18	4
2	Jon Rahm	-20	18	4
T3	Bryson DeChambeau	-17	18	4
T3	Tyrrell Hatton	-17	18	4
T3	Peter Uihlein	-17	18	4
T6	Lucas Herbert	-16	18	4
T6	Dean Burmester	-16	18	4
T8	Cameron Smith	-15	18	4
T8	Sebastian Muñoz	-15	18	4
T8	Branden Grace	-15	18	4
T8	Marc Leishman	-15	18	4
T12	Abraham Ancer	-14	18	4
T12	Joaquin Niemann	-14	18	4
T14	Matthew Wolff	-13	18	4
T14	Graeme McDowell	-13	18	4
T14	Brendan Steele	-13	18	4
T17	Caleb Surratt	-12	18	4
T17	Jason Kokrak	-12	18	4
T17	Dustin Johnson	-12	18	4
T17	Charl Schwartzel	-12	18	4
T17	Ben Campbell	-12	18	4
T17	Talor Gooch	-12	18	4
23	Richard Bland	-11	18	4
T24	Byeong Hun An	-10	18	4
T24	Scott Vincent	-10	18	4
T24	Yosuke Asaji	-10	18	4
T27	Ian Poulter	-9	18	4
T27	Thomas Pieters	-9	18	4
T27	Elvis Smylie	-9	18	4
T27	Victor Perez	-9	18	4
31	Thomas Detry	-8	18	4
T32	Danny Lee	-7	18	4
T32	Minkyu Kim	-7	18	4
T32	Josele Ballester	-7	18	4
T32	Michael La Sasso	-7	18	4
T32	Charles Howell III	-7	18	4
T37	Louis Oosthuizen	-6	18	4
T37	Sergio Garcia	-6	18	4
T37	Bubba Watson	-6	18	4
T37	Wade Ormsby	-6	18	4
T37	Richard T. Lee	-6	18	4
T42	Adrian Meronk	-5	18	4
T42	Carlos Ortiz	-5	18	4
T44	Younghan Song	-4	18	4
T44	Harold Varner III	-4	18	4
T44	Tom McKibbin	-4	18	4
T44	Miguel Tabuena	-4	18	4
T44	Ben Schmidt	-4	18	4
T44	Luis Masaveu	-4	18	4
50	Anirban Lahiri	-3	18	4
T51	David Puig	-2	18	4
T51	John Catlin	-2	18	4
53	Laurie Canter	E	18	4
T54	Bjorn Hellgren	+2	18	4
T54	Paul Casey	+2	18	4
56	Sam Horsfield	+3	18	4
57	Cameron Tringale	+4	18	4

Bear trap

The overrated Bear Trap, Brooks’ Florida return and Lowry’s curse: 10 things for the Cognizant Classic

PGA TOUR PREVIEW: Jones plots Honda title defence

Watch PGA Tour pro salute Sungjae Im for having big balls after pulling off clutch shot

Just how treacherous is ‘The Bear Trap’ at PGA National? A reality check

Watch Tiger Woods make par from a pretzel stand

Watch Jhonattan Vegas celebrate a hole-in-one by launching his club into the heavens

Numbers don’t lie: PGA National, site of Honda Classic, is a player’s nightmare

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Pos	Team	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	RIPPER GC	-55	18	4
2	LEGION XIII	-53	18	4
3	4ACES GC	-52	18	4
4	SOUTHERN GUARDS GC	-49	18	4
T5	TORQUE GC	-48	18	4
T5	RANGEGOATS GC	-48	18	4
7	SMASH GC	-41	18	4
8	KOREAN GOLF CLUB	-28	18	4
9	CLEEKS GOLF CLUB	-27	18	4
10	CRUSHERS GC	-25	18	4
11	HYFLYERS GC	-22	18	4
12	FIREBALLS GC	-19	18	4
13	MAJESTICKS GC	-10	18	4