Former Winners   2025: Joe Highsmith (-19) over Jacob Bridgeman, J.J. Spaun (-17) Scoring Average: -1.62 Winner Odds: Highsmith (110/1) 2024: Austin Eckroat (-17) over Min Woo Lee, Erik Van Rooyen (-14) Scoring Average: -1.09 Winner Odds: Eckroat (130/1) 2023: Chris Kirk (-14) over Eric Cole (-14) Scoring Average: +0.21 Winner Odds: Kirk (30/1) 2022: Sepp Straka (-10) over Shane Lowry (-9) Scoring Average: +1.3 Winner Odds: Straka (130/1) 2021: Matt Jones (-12) over Brandon H

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The Cognizant Classic opens one of my favorite stretches of golf on the PGA Tour, the Florida swing, known for its firm and grainy Bermuda greens, copious water hazards, and swirling winds. Yet for reasons unbeknownst to myself, the PGA Tour has attempted to re-brand the previous Honda Classic as another 15- to 20-under-par approach and putting contest. In a sign of solidarity, for the ethos of the Honda Classic, we will quietly support the Honda of old while not standing for