Isaiah Salinda is having a week to forget.
He opened his week at the 2026 Cognizant Classic in the Palm Beaches with a 6-over 77 and things didn’t get any better during Friday’s second round.
Well, they briefly did, as Salinda opened with a birdie on the 10th hole. But on the 11th, disaster struck in the form of a quadruple bogey 8 on the par-4 hole.
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A wayward drive led to a 50-something-yard punch out and a third that went into the water. His fourth cleared the lake but just missed the green and from 25 feet, he need four more shots to find the jar. Oy.
If that wasn’t interesting enough, on the par-3 17th, playing 171 yards on Friday, Salinda missed the green, his ball settling barely in the greenside lake. Like a few others who tried similar shots this week (see: David Ford, Nico Echavarria, K.H. Lee), Salinda took off his shoes and socks and rolled up his pants. He then took it one step further, also taking off his white shirt, when he proceeded to blast away at the ball.
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Already 9 over on the week, this didn’t help. While his water ball did find the green, he missed the par putt, shirt still not tucked back in. A bogey there dropped him to 10 over, three shots ahead of last-place.
PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLORIDA – FEBRUARY 27: Isaiah Salinda of the United States plays a shot from a bunker on the 18th hole during the second round of the Cognizant Classic 2026 at PGA National Resort And Spa on February 27, 2026 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. (Photo by Raj Mehta/Getty Images)
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