Cognizant Classic Odds And 2025 Golf Betting Preview And Picks

Following the Mexico Open and desired destination at Vidanta World, which I covered in Forbes, the PGA Tour pros tee-off the Florida Swing at PGA National for the Cognizant Classic. It’s the second year sponsorship formerly the Honda Classic. Cognizant Classic odds, picks and preview below along with my full Cognizant Classic coverage in Forbes.

The  7,436 yard par 71 Champion Course was designed by Greg Norman in 2015. Golf Inc. magazine named this the public course renovation of the year in 2022 with Norman’s touch-up.

More key stats, course review and information you can bet on in my tournament coverage in Forbes.

Cognizant Classic Odds 2025

Leading favorites odds and matchups from Circa Sports and leading online sportsbooks. 

72-Hole Winning Score: Over/Under 268.5 (Par 71)

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The Top-10 odds and finish range from +240 on Shane Lowry, +300 on Sepp Straka up to +400 on Denny McCarthy and Keith Mitchell. Major winners top-10 finish odds include +500 on Spieth and +550 on Harman, Woodland and Glover.

Cognizant Classic Odds

Another matchup winner by margin last week at the Mexico Open, and those tournament matchups are 4-1 the past four events posting on Forbes (mostly underdogs), and 4-2 here at Vegas Sports Zone. That includes the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and Phoenix Open.

Cognizant Classic Golf Picks

Fairway’s Favorites: Henley, Berger, Im, Mitchell, Horschel
Fairway’s Longshots: Greyserman, Smalley, Spaun, M. Kim, Cauley

Tournament Match-up: Pass
Round 1: Pass

Check back for more Cognizant Classic odds, insight and any additional matchups with weekend options in play.

Chip-in for tournament additional match-up picks.

There may be fewer tournament matchup picks posted in 2025 with coverage across various platforms. I’ll try to add more picks and props and update more coverage as time allows and I dig deeper into strokes gained stats and weekly tournaments. Reach me directly at [email protected] for questions and select picks I bet on beyond what’s posted here.

Next week it’s the Arnold Palmer Invitaitonal at Bay Hill, where we went 2-0 on our tournament matchups picks in 2023 with both underdogs. Then it’s The PLAYERS Championship, where we went 1-0 on our 2023 matchup picks at TPC Sawgrass.

Golf Betting Notes and History from FairwayJay

My golf coverage and research includes use and references from sites at Golf Stats along with Fantasy National, and Data Golf. I gain added information from handicappers, analysts, colleagues and media members while researching course stats and previews with weekly coverage in my PGA tournament updates in Forbess. That includes top golf insider Justin Ray Golf, who contributes to PGA Tour (dot com) and The Athletic with insightful stats. The site GolfStats has also has player performance charts and a player competitor tool plus added stats and previews.

I’ve added my own player profiles pieces for select majors and events and you can review those from 2024 for The Player Championship and Masters top 9 and top 18 golfers plus 12 top golfers at the Open Championship at Royal Troon.

More than a decade ago I was a lead golf handicapper and analyst on a popular sports handicapping radio show out of Las Vegas whose picks were provided to a betting syndicate. I continue my golf coverage in a different format, and provide my experience and intuitive feel for the game and betting acumen to provide golf picks and chip-in added insight with information you can bet on.

This season, I’ll again shoot to add more Round 1 matchup bets. I will limit tournament matchups posted on these pages, but have more available to those bettors that chip-in and wish to correspond with me directly. You can email me at [email protected] for more picks and information you can bet on. Having been a proven performer for decades, I’ve posted picks in 2021 and 2022 on Vegas Sports Zone and tournament match-ups were 41-27.

2022 PGA Tour tournament match-up picks finished 20-12 and concluded with the TOUR Championship.

The 2021 tournament match-ups finished 21-15 following a 17-5 start January through May.

Author: FairwayJay is a leading national sports betting analyst, writer, handicapper and sports betting insider providing insight and information you can bet on for nearly two decades from Las Vegas. He chips in additional sports betting coverage and reporting on industry news and events for leading media and sports betting sites and companies. Follow him on X (Twitter): @FairwayJay