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2025 Cognizant Classic Final Payouts, Results, Prize Money: Joe Highsmith Wins $1,656,000
The PGA Tour kicked off its Florida Swing this week, and the first stop was once again PGA National for the Cognizant Classic. It offered a $9.2 million purse, with $1.656 million to the winner.
Joe Highsmith is taking that check home after an incredible weekend on the Champion Course. The 24-year-old made the cut on the number then fired rounds of 64-64 to seize the title. Brandt Snedeker was the last player to win after making the cut on the number, at the 2016 Farmers Insurance Open.
The week began with Jake Knapp scorching PGA National in the opening round, shooting the PGA Tour's first 59 in the state of Florida. But after a 12-under start he wasn’t able to keep the pedal down the rest of the week, finishing tied for sixth at 15 under.
Here are the final payouts for the 2025 Cognizant Classic.
2025 Cognizant Classic Final Payouts
WIN: Joe Highsmith, 19 under: $1.656 million
T2. Jacob Bridgeman, J.J. Spaun; 17 under: $818,800
T4. Max McGreevy, Ben Griffin; 16 under: $414,000
T6. Russell Henley, Michael Kim, Jake Knapp; 15 under: $310,500
T9. Erik van Rooyen, Jordan Spieth; 14 under: $259,900
T11. Max Greyserman, Shane Lowry, Min Woo Lee, Andrew Putnam, Brice Garnett, Sepp Straka, Doug Ghim; 13 under: $184,985.72
T18. Matti Schmid, Luke Clanton (a), Alex Smalley, Nicolai Hojgaard, Victor Perez, Patrick Rodgers, Rickie Fowler; 12 under: $122,162.86
T25. Niklas Norgaard, Charley Hoffman, Rico Hoey, Billy Horschel, Ryan Gerard, Daniel Berger, Taylor Montgomery; 11 under: $73,271.43
T32. Beau Hossler, Quade Cummins, Jesper Svensson, Chan Kim, Vince Whaley, Brian Harman, Joel Dahmen; 10 under: $52,637.14
T39. Michael Thorbjornsen, Isaiah Salinda, Karl Vilips; 9 under: $41,860
T42. Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Taylor Moore, Keith Mitchell, Jackson Suber, Zach Johnson, Matthieu Pavon; 8 under: $33,580
T48. Davis Riley, Sami Valimaki, Denny McCarthy, Sam Ryder, Matt McCarty, Patrick Fishburn, Brian Campbell, Riyuka Hoshino; 7 under: $23,805
T56. Chris Kirk, Bud Cauley, Matt Kuchar, Ricky Castillo, Kris Ventura; 6 under: $21,252
61. Jhonattan Vegas, 4 under: $20,700
T62. Ben Polland, Antoine Rozner; 3 under: $20,424
64. Greyson Sigg, 2 under: $20,148
T65. Francesco Molinari, Matthew Reidel; 1 under: $19,872
67. Tom Hoge, Even: $19,596
68. Alejandro Tosti, 2 over: $19,412
Jeff Ritter is the managing director of SI Golf. He has more than 20 years of sports media experience, and previously was the general manager at the Morning Read, where he led that business's growth and joined SI as part of an acquisition in 2022. Earlier in his career he spent more than a decade at SI and Golf Magazine, and his journalism awards include a MIN Magazine Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.