Joe Highsmith entered a rare club of PGA Tour winners accomplishing a feat at the 2025 Cognizant Classic that had not been seen in nearly a decade.

Winning on the PGA Tour comes with tremendous perks. You receive a 7-figure check and are guaranteed playing status for two more years. Perhaps more significantly, PGA Tour winners receive invites to Augusta National and the PGA Championship,

Two days after Joe Highsmith made a nervy par putt to make the cut, he won the Cognizant Classic with the lowest weekend ever at PGA National and is going to the Masters.