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Field Level Media's Golf Glance provides weekly news and storylines from each of the major North American golf tours.

PGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: Mexico Open (Brian Campbell)

THIS WEEK: Cognizant Classic, Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., Feb. 27-March 2

Course: PGA National, Champion (Par 71, 7,167 Yards)

Purse: $9.2M (Winner: $1.656M)

Defending Champion: Austin Eckroat

FedEx Cup leader: Ludvig Aberg

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV: Thursday-Friday: 2-6 p.m. ET (Golf Channel); Saturday-Sunday: 1-3 p.m. (GC), 3-6 p.m. (NBC)

Streaming (ESPN+): Thursday-Sunday: 6:45 a.m.-6 p.m. ET

X: @CognizantClassic

NOTES: This event presents the final opportunity to earn spots into The Players by being within the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking or with the top 10 of the FedExCup standings at the end of the tournament. It also is the second and final event for the Aon Swing 5 to earn entry into next week's signature event at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. The top 5 currently: Aldrich Potgieter, Isaiah Salinda, Ben Griffin, Joel Dahmen, Nicolai Hojgaard. ... Jordan Spieth will make his tournament debut and his fourth start since returning from wrist surgery last August. He missed the cut at the Genesis Invitational following a T4 at the WM Phoenix Open. ... Florida State junior Luke Clanton needs to make the cut to gain the point he needs to earn full PGA Tour membership through the University Accelerated program. He's coming off a victory in his first college start of the season at last week's Watersound Invitational. Other sponsor exemptions include Ryder Cup captains Luke Donald and Zach Johnson. ... Justin Leonard holds the tournament scoring record of 264 set in 2003.

BEST BETS: Shane Lowry (+2000 at DraftKings) has three consecutive top-five finishes at PGA National and was the 54-hole leader last year. ... Sungjae Im (+2200) has struggled his past three events with a best finish of T33, but did win at PGA National in 2020. ... Russell Henley (+2200), who won the event in 2014, is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 17. ... Sepp Straka (+25000 enters at No. 19 and won The American Express this year. ... Daniel Berger (+2800) has finished T2 in Phoenix and T12 at the Genesis in his past two starts. He's one of several tour players who live in nearby Jupiter, Fla. ... Eckroat (+5000) won by three strokes last year, when he led the field with 23 birdies.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Arnold Palmer Invitational, Orlando, Fla., March 6-9LPGA TOUR

LAST TOURNAMENT: Honda LPGA Thailand (Angel Yin)

THIS WEEK: HSBC Women's World Championship, Singapore, Feb. 27-March 2

Course: Sentosa Golf Club, Tanjong Course (Par 72, 6,779 Yards)

Purse: $2.4M (Winner: $360,000)

Defending Champion: Hannah Green

Race to the CME Globe leader: Yin

HOW TO FOLLOW

TV/Streaming: TBA

X: @HWWCGolf

NOTES: The 72-hole event features a 66-player field with no cut. ... Green beat Celine Boutier by a single stroke last year following consecutive wins at the tournament by Jin Young Ko in 2022-23. ... The event moved from the Serapong Course in 2007, with Inbee Park holding the tournament scoring record at Tanjong of 269 set in 2017. ... No. 1 Nelly Korda is the only one of the top-10 in the Rolex Rankings not in this week's field. ... Six-time LPGA Tour winner Danielle Kang is in the field on a sponsor invite. She finished T2 in 2018.

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Blue Bay LPGA, Hainan, China, March 6-9

LIV GOLF LEAGUE

LAST TOURNAMENT: LIV Golf Adelaide (Individual: Joaquin Niemann; Team: Fireballs GC)

THIS WEEK: OFF

Leaders: Individual: Adrian Meronk; Team: Legion XIII

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Singapore, March 7-9

PGA TOUR CHAMPIONS

LAST TOURNAMENT: Chubb Classic (Justin Leonard)

THIS WEEK: OFF.

Charles Schwab Cup leader: Ernie Els

NEXT TOURNAMENT: Cologuard Classic, Tucson, Ariz., March 7-9

--Field Level Media