2026 Cognizant Classic grades: Shane Lowry implodes in Bear Trap, Nico Echavarria grabs third win

If the 2026 Cognizant Classic taught golfers anything, it is that a tournament is not over until it is over. In a shocking reversal across PGA National's famed finishing stretch, the Bear Trap, Nico Echavarria leapfrogged Shane Lowry to nab his third career victory on the PGA Tour. Echavarria finished the tournament at 17 under, two strokes clear of Lowry, Austin Smotherman and Taylor Moore. Entering the Bear Trap, Lowry led Echavarria by three strokes before the wheels fell off for the Irishman. Lowry struck his tee shot into the water on No. 16 -- the only tee ball to find the hazard all weekend -- and ultimately went on to make a double bogey. He then stood on the tee on the par-3 17th...