Without the biggest stars, the US players are competing on the PGA Tour this week. (Photo: Getty)
The PGA Tour boasts yet another exciting competition in the form of the Cognizant Classic 2024. The event is conveniently set in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Of special note, the tourney will take place at the acclaimed PGA National Resort (The Champions) with with prize money of 9,000,000 USD.
One of the top US-Players playing on the PGA Tour at the Cognizant Classic 2024 this week is World’s number 23 Cameron Young. Young starts the tournament on Thursday with fellow American players Nick Dunlap and Akshay Bhatia at 01:51 PM. On Friday the trio starts at 06:51 PM.
Another American player to watch is defending champion Chris Kirk. He starts his campaign with no other than Rory McIlroy and last week’s champion Jake Knapp at 01:40 PM on Thursday and 06:40 PM on Friday.
At the same time Rickie Fowler starts playing with Sepp Straka from Austria and Sungjae Im from South Korea. Fowler is one of America’s best players in the tournament.
Also worth mentioning is Russell Henley, who starts the tournament at 06:29 PM with his flight consisting of his compatriots Eric Cole and Daniel Berger. The tournament continues for the trio on Friday at 01:29 PM.
With Rory McIlroy, Matt Fitzpatrick and Co. the UK golfers are strongly represented on the PGA Tour this week. (Photos: Getty)
The PGA Tour welcomes top players to its Cognizant Classic hosted in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA. The tournament, which boasts a prize fund of $9,000,000, will take place at PGA National Resort (The Champions). Title defender Chris Kirk is set to return, aiming to secure victory on the Par-71 course. Play begins with round 1 on Thursday, with round 2 following on Friday.
PGA Tour: Tee Times for British, Welsh, and Scottish Players
Callum Tarren from England tees off for the first round at 06:45, in the company of South Korean Byeong Hun An and US-American Dylan Wu. For the second round, Tarren’s PGA Tour Tee Time is set at 11:45.
Another English contender, Harry Hall, shares a 06:56 first-round tee time with Americans Ryan Moore and Austin Eckroat. The Friday tee time for Hall and his group is set at 11:56.
On his side, English golfer Matt Wallace lines up alongside Americans Billy Horschel and Canadian Corey Conners for their initial round at 07:18. The trio starts the second day at 12:18.
Step into the green with Rory McIlroy from Northern Ireland, pairing with Americans Chris Kirk and Jake Knapp. Their rounds begin at 07:40 on Thursday and 12:40 at Friday.
As the day progresses, Justin Rose, another English participant, will start with South Korea’s Tom Kim and fellow English player Matthew Fitzpatrick at a tee time of 12:51. The second day starts at 07:51.
Debuting in the later portion of the day is Ben Taylor, playing with Americans Joseph Bramlett and Canadian Taylor Pendrith, teeing off at 13:13. Their tee time for the second round is set at 08:13.
Scottish player Martin Laird will be teeing off at 11:45 alongside the American Ben Griffin and South Africa’s Christiaan Bezuidenhout. On day two, the group’s tee time is set at 06:45.
David Skinns from England begins his campaign at 13:24 paired along with Denmark’s Thorbjorn Olesen and American Chris Gotterup. Their tee time is set at 08:24 for the second round.
Robert MacIntyre from Scotland tees off at 13:35, playing with United States’ Piercon Coody and Norman Xiong. Their second-round tee time is set at 08:35.
Will Charlie Woods soon make his debut on the PGA Tour? (Photo: Getty)
Things are getting serious for Charlie Woods in Florida. The 15-year-old will play a PGA Tour pre-qualifier at Lost Lake Golf Club on Thursday to qualify for next weekend’s Cognizant Classic. Should the teenager finish in the top five or share one of the places, however, that would only be the first step for Charlie Woods. Advancing would initially mean taking part in next week’s Monday Qualifier. There he would have to finish in the top four to take part in the Cognizant Classic and have a chance of winning a share of the nine million US dollars in prize money.
Charlie Woods: Almost a tournament winner at the age of 13
Charlie, who was born in 2009, is not in the spotlight for the first time. He has already played with his father four times at the PNC Championship, which Bernhard Langer won for the fifth time last year with his son Jason. In 2021, the Woods duo and Charlie, who was 13 at the time, even managed to finish runner-up. Tiger’s offspring also seems to practise a lot outside of father/son tournaments. His handicap is currently +3 and therefore clearly fulfils the requirements for pre-qualifiers, which demand a handicap of 2 or better. In the pre-qualifier, he is now fighting for progress in the flight with Olin Browne Jr, son of three-time Tour winner Olin Browne, and Ruaidhri McGee.
Tiger Woods’ son far from the age record
At the Cognizant Classic, which will take place between 29 February and 3 March at Palm Beach Gardens, Charlie Woods would probably be one of the youngest participants in the tournament on the course. It would be far from historic on the PGA National’s Champion Course. Because in the history of golf, Don Dunkelberger is unlikely to be overtaken any time soon. At the age of just 11, Dunkelberger played in the 1937 Chicago Open, but withdrew from the tournament after the first round. The youngest participant of this millennium is Lorens Chan, who took part in the 2009 Sony Open at the age of 14. In 1992, Charlie’s father Tiger made his debut at the Nissan Open at the age of 16. He failed to make the cut at his first PGA Tour event at the Riviera Country Club before going on to win 15 major titles in his career.
