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Final Leaderboard
Pos. Player R1 R2 R3 R4 Total
1 Joe Highsmith 65 72 64 64 265 (-19) – Transcript attached
T2 Jacob Bridgeman 68 68 67 64 267 (-17)
T2 J.J. Spaun 64 70 67 66 267 (-17)
T4 Max McGreevy 69 68 64 67 268 (-16)
T4 Ben Griffin 68 65 66 69 268 (-16)
Leading Aussie/Asian Scores
T11 Min Woo Lee 71 65 68 67 271 (-13)
T25 Rico Hoey 66 69 68 70 273 (-11)
T39 Karl Vilips 68 67 68 72 275 (-9)
T48 Rikuya Hoshino 70 67 65 75 277 (-7)
Joe Highsmith (1st/-19)
- First PGA TOUR win in his 34th start at the age of 24 years, 10 months, 11 days (previous best finish: 5th/2024 World Wide Technology Championship)
- Becomes the first player on TOUR to win after making the cut on the number (5-under) since Brandt Snedeker (2016 Farmers Insurance Open); sixth player to accomplish this since 2003
- Largest final-round comeback (4 strokes) of the season (previous: 2 strokes; two times); largest on TOUR since 2024 PLAYERS Championship (5 strokes/Scottie Scheffler)
- Cards his low 72-hole score (265) on TOUR (previous low: 267/2024 Black Desert Championship)
- Cards the low 72-hole score since the Cognizant Classic moved to PGA National (The Champion) in 2007; one stroke shy of the Cognizant Classic 72-hole record (264/Justin Leonard/Country Club at Mirasol (Sunset)/2003)
- Cards the low final 36 holes (128) in Cognizant Classic history (previous: 129/Blaine McCallister/TPC Eagle Trace/1989)
- Becomes the first left-handed winner on TOUR since Matt McCarty (2024 Black Desert Championship)
- 17th player to earn his first PGA TOUR win at the Cognizant Classic; fifth in the last seven years
- Third first-time winner of the 2025 season (Brian Campbell/Mexico Open at VidantaWorld; Thomas Detry/WM Phoenix Open)
- At 24 years, 10 months, 11 days, becomes the youngest winner of the season in the ninth event of 2025
- Earns 500 FedExCup points and moves up to No. 10 in the FedExCup standings; extends his PGA TOUR eligibility through 2027
- Moves to No. 59 in the Official World Golf Ranking after starting the week at No. 170
- Earns a spot in the five remaining Signature Events of 2025, the 2025 Masters Tournament, 2025 PGA Championship and 2026 Sentry
Miscellaneous notes
- Jacob Bridgeman matched the low round of the day (64) to finish T2 at 17-under; earns his first top-10 finish on TOUR in his 37th start (previous best finish: T11/2024 Sanderson Farms Championship)
- J.J. Spaun earns his second top-three of the season in seven starts with a T2 finish (previous: T3/Sony Open in Hawaii)
- Jake Knapp, who held the solo lead after each of the first three rounds, closes with 1-over 72 including triple bogey on the par-4 11th, to finish T6 at 15-under
- 2014 Cognizant Classic winner Russell Henley finished T6 at 15-under; his fourth top-10 finish at this event in 11 starts; third top-10 of the 2025 season in five starts on TOUR
- Two days after reaching 20 points to earn PGA TOUR membership via PGA TOUR University Accelerated, amateur Luke Clanton closes with 69 to finish T18 at 9-under; earns his sixth top-25 finish in 12 PGA TOUR starts.