After one round of action at the 2025 Cognizant Classic, Jake Knapp is sitting on a score that would be low enough to win this tournament most years. Through 18 holes, however, it is clear that this year at PGA National is nothing like those in the past.

At the 18th, he blasted a 335-yard tee shot and easily reached the closing par 5 in two. His 18-footer for eagle would have matched the lowest score in Tour history.“I knew I was hitting it well,” he said,

Jake Knapp shot a 12-under-par round of 59 on Thursday in the Cognizant Classic at PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., producing just the 15th sub-60 round in a PGA Tour event in history.