We head into the Florida Swing with the Cognizant Classic, the new branding for the old Honda Classic staged at the famed PGA National, one of the most treacherous courses on Tour.
See below for our complete 2025 Cognizant Classic preview and golfing best bets for the tournament!
Key Stats/Skill Set Required
- Scrambling
- Proximity
- Strokes Gained: Approach
- GIR
- Driving Distance
- Strokes Gained: Tee To Green
- Bogey Avoidance
- Sand Saves
Being long off the tee is not a prerequisite here but is certainly an advantage. A strong approach game and/or form around the green is the key though on a course that is full of traps.
Key Correlation Courses/Tournaments
- Waialae
- Riviera
- PGA West
- Old Greenwood
BEST BET
DANIEL BERGER
A four-time PGA Tour winner before he turned 30, Berger has had a long road back from injury but is starting to play consistent quality golf and has a win nearing.
He has finished second twice in the last three months while he has five Top 21s in his last eight starts.
Profiles nicely, ranking fourth in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green, ninth in Scrambling and 14th in Bogey Avoidance. Top 20 in the field in strokes gained on Nicklaus courses.
BEST VALUE
BUD CAULEY
Under-the-radar type who has not won the PGA Tour but has come close and is playing some very nice golf.
Leads the Tour in Scrambling and Bogey Avoidance while he is 4th in GIR and 8th in Sand Saves.
Finished Top 21 here in two of his last three starts and Top 34 in his last four starts.
NICOLAI HOJGAARD
Dane Nicolai Hojgaard is an utterly ridiculous price this week and can be bet to win and finish Top 10.
Leads the Tour in GIR while he ranks third in Strokes Gained: Approach, sixth in Driving Distance, 10th in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green and 15th in Bogey Avoidance.
He comes off an eighth in Mexico and has finished Top 24 in six of his last eight global starts.
BEST ROUGHIES
KEVIN ROY
Veteran back on the PGA Tour hoping to find his way into the winners circle a-la Brian Campbell last week, Kevin Roy has been putting himself in the mix.
Finished Top 18 in two of his four Tour starts since winning back his card.
Ranks second in Bogey Avoidance, fifth in Scrambling and eighth in GIR.
Big runner.
JACOB SUBER
This is a monster price about a talented youngster.
Leads the Tour in Strokes Gained: Approach while he ranks 13th in Strokes Gained: Tee To Green and 14th in Proximity.
Finished sixth at the Sony Open, a key guide and on a suitable course he looks a great play.
TOP ARGENTINIAN
ALEJANDRO TOSTI
Only two from Argentina teeing it up this week but Tosti is going significantly better than Grillo and is value down to $1.40.
TOP DANE
NICOLAI HOJGAARD
Very keen on Hojgaard this week and this is the market to bet him in.
Only three Danes are up and Hojgaard clearly is the best of them.