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.

Riding a career-defining weekend performance and benefiting from his rivals' timely stumbles, Highsmith accomplished something truly remarkable—becoming the first PGA Tour player since Brandt Snedeker in 2016 to make the cut on the number then surge all the way to victory,

Highsmith will join 14 other professionals who will make their Masters debut in 2025. Another one of those players happens to be Brian Campbell, who, like Highsmith, won for the first time the week before last in Mexico.