PGA Tour professionals are expressing discontent with the current playing conditions at PGA National's Champion Course, the venue for the Cognizant Classic. Players like Billy Horschel and Shane Lowry contend that a recent decision to overseed the course's Bermuda grass with rye during winter months has significantly reduced its difficulty. This change, they argue, contributes to inflated winning scores, undermining the course's historical reputation as a stern test of golf. Horschel specifically pointed to the course ownership, rather than the PGA Tour, as the decision-maker, advocating for greater tour control over course setups. Lowry echoed these sentiments, preferring a more traditional, challenging layout over the current aesthetically pleasing but less demanding conditions.