PALM BEACH GARDENS — The Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches continues to lose significant players.
Add Adam Scott, fresh off a fourth-place finish at the Genesis Invitational, to the list of player who have withdrawn from the tournament that starts Feb. 26 at PGA National.
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Scott, whose world ranking jumped 19 spots to No. 52, was set to return to the event for the first time since 2021. Genesis marked his first top 10 finish in two years.
Scott will be replaced by Chan Kim.
Adam Scott plays his shot from the second tee during the final round of the 2026 Genesis Invitational at Riviera Country Club.
The Cognizant also lost its two highest ranked players. Jupiter’s Ben Griffin, ranked No. 11, and Jacob Bridgeman, who surged to No. 20 in the Official World Golf Rankings after winning the Genesis Invitational, withdrew earlier in the day.
Jackson Suber takes Griffin’s spot and Lanto Griffin replaces Bridgeman.
The field now includes just one top 30 player in the rankings, No. 26 Ryan Gerard. Already suffering because it follows the Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Genesis Invitational and comes before the Arnold Palmer Invitational and The Players Championship, the Cognizant field will include eight of the world’s top 50.
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That, though, does not include Jupiter’s Brooks Koepka, Billy Horschel and Delray Beach’s Gary Woodland. They all are popular figures on the Tour who are not in the top 50.
Tom D’Angelo is a senior sports columnist and reporter for The Palm Beach Post. He can be reached at tdangelo@pbpost.com.
This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Adam Scott latest significant name to withdraw from Cognizant Classic
