Pierceson Coody

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Pierceson Coody
Personal information
Born (2000-01-07) January 7, 2000 (age 24)
Plano, Texas, U.S.
Sporting nationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
ResidencePlano, Texas, U.S.
Career
College University of Texas
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
Former tour(s) Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament DNP
PGA Championship DNP
U.S. Open CUT: 2021
The Open Championship DNP

Pierceson Coody (born January 7, 2000) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour. [1]

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Career

Coody had a successful amateur career and captured the 2019 Trans-Mississippi Amateur and the 2020 Western Amateur. He ascended to the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking in April 2021. [2]

Coody attended the University of Texas at Austin between 2018 and 2022, majoring in Corporate Communication. Playing with the Texas Longhorns men's golf team, he earned All-American honors and helped the Longhorns win the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship. [3] He lost a playoff for the individual title to Gordon Sargent. [4]

Coody topped the PGA Tour University rankings and received a spot on the Korn Ferry Tour. He turned professional in 2022 and won the Live and Work in Maine Open by five strokes in his third start. [5]

Personal life

Pierceson has a twin brother, Parker, who is 37 minutes older. Both are third-generation professional golfers, as their father Kyle played collegiately at the University of Texas and on the Asian Tour and Korn Ferry Tour in the 1990s, and their grandfather Charles played on the PGA Tour and won three times, including the 1971 Masters Tournament. [6]

Amateur wins

Source: [2]

Professional wins (3)

Korn Ferry Tour wins (3)

No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin of
victory		Runner(s)-up
1Jun 26, 2022 Live and Work in Maine Open −15 (69-62-67-66=264)5 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Jacob Bergeron
2Feb 5, 2023 Panama Championship −11 (72-68-71-66=277)Playoff Flag of the United States.svg Mac Meissner, Flag of the United States.svg Sam Saunders
3Jul 23, 2023 Price Cutter Charity Championship −25 (63-68-65-67=263)2 strokes Flag of the United States.svg Parker Coody, Flag of the United States.svg Chandler Phillips,
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Ben Silverman, Flag of the United States.svg Thomas Walsh

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult
1 2023 Panama Championship Flag of the United States.svg Mac Meissner, Flag of the United States.svg Sam Saunders Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships

Tournament2021
Masters Tournament
U.S. Open CUT
The Open Championship
PGA Championship
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut

U.S. national team appearances

Amateur

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References

  1. ↑ "Pierceson Coody – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Pierceson Coody". WAGR. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  3. ↑ "Men's Golf Roster: Pierceson Coody". University of Texas. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2022 NCAA D1 Men's Golf Championships – Individual Championship Playoff". Golfstat.com. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  5. ↑ Herrington, Ryan (June 2, 2022). "A grateful Pierceson Coody earns top honors in final PGA Tour University ranking of 2021–22 season". Golf Digest. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  6. ↑ Kerr-Dineen, Luke (February 23, 2023). "Who is Pierceson Coody? Get used to the new name near the top of the leaderboard". Golf Digest. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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