Palm Beach Gardens, Florida – Joe Highsmith won the Cognitive Classic with his lowest weekend ever at PGA National and will make it to the Masters.
Gaosmith rebounded from Sunday’s four-inning deficit with three consecutive birdies at the turn, almost capped the game with a 20-foot birdie putt on 17 of the third, and 64 and 64 to win his first PGA Tour title with two shots.
“Winning is the last thing in my mind,” said Gauss Smith. “It’s incredible to be in the first place. I probably played the best round of my life.”
Jake Knapp got a little help, and Jake Knapp opened the game with 59 times and fixed it together until a shot went into the water, with two more people leaving.
Knapp tried to be the first line-to-line champion in tournament history, and his lead was a shot when his wedge wedged into the water and went into the water with only half of the golf balls flooded. He tried to explode, then drip the slope and then returned to the water. He tried again, this time the ball was lifted in rough conditions.
“Unfortunately, it didn’t really hit any of them,” Knapp said.
He would carry three bogeys and never catch up. Knapp didn’t let another birdie for the rest of the rest, ending with 72 and tied for sixth with Michael King (71), who played with him in the final group.
Jacob Bridgeman finished with 64 points and JJ Spaun shared second place with 66 points.
“I’m trying to make as many birds as possible,” Bridgeman said. “I know today I have to do something extraordinary to catch the leaders, I caught them, but they’re just on the ninth hole.”
His runner-up is enough to get him to next week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational.
Highsmith, a 24-year-old left-handed man wearing a bucket hat and wide smile, became the first player to advance to the numbers and win since Torrey Pines Brandt Snedeker in 2016.
With so many players entering the final round, it was a crazy result, with five players having at least a portion at one point.
Highsmith eliminated the show with flawless rounds and an unforgettable weekend in the last hour, playing a memorable weekend in 128 shots below 128. His big run started with the wedge of No. 9, winning two for Birdie on the 3-foot wedge on the 5th 10, and rolled in the 18-foot birds at No. 11.
He added a 15-foot birdie putt in Chapter 13 to control the control, and then sealed it with his birdie putt on the 17th.
Highsmith, who broke away from the 18th Green with his caddie, Caddy Joe Lacava IV, was the son of Caddy, who stood out for the Masters champions Fred in 1992 and Tiger Woods and Tiger Woods in 2019, and now works for Patrick Cantlay.
Highsmith is the second first winner in weeks after Brian Campbell won the Mexican Open. He finished the game with a 265-under 19 shot and received a lot of stipends. In addition to winning a spot in the Masters and PGA Championship, Highsmith also competes in the remaining five autograph games at Bay Hill next week.
Jordan Spieth had four birdies in the five-hole turn to meet the edge of the argument and could only score the final six holes in 1 game to finish ninth, his second top ten since returning from wrist surgery last August.
Florida junior Luke Clanton won the PGA Tour card through the PGA Tour University program through the layoffs and tied for 18th place.
Highsmith beat the lowest 72 hole score since holding two PGA titles and a PGA National in 2007 and won two PGA titles in 2007.
“I know those being supervised there, the wind is down, but it’s still a stressful golf course, some of the best golf courses I’ve ever seen, relative to what I think would happen on the golf course for a long time,” Spieth said. “It’s crazy good golf there.”
