Pierceson Coody

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

Pierceson Coody
Personal information
Born (2000-01-07) January 7, 2000
Plano, Texas, U.S.
Sporting nationality United States
ResidencePlano, Texas, U.S.
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
Professional wins3
Number of wins by tour
Korn Ferry Tour3
Best results in major championships
Masters TournamentDNP
PGA ChampionshipDNP
U.S. OpenCUT: 2021
The Open ChampionshipDNP

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
  • 2016 Under Armour-Jordan Spieth Championship
  • 2018 Thunderbird International Junior, Byron Nelson Junior Championship, South Beach International Amateur
  • 2019 Trans-Mississippi Amateur
  • 2020 Western Amateur
  • 2021 George Hannon Collegiate
  • 2022 Augusta Haskins Award Invite

Source:[2]

Professional wins (3)

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

Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (0–1)

No. Year Tournament Opponents Result
1 2023 Panama Championship United States Mac Meissner, United States Sam Saunders Won with birdie on first extra hole

Results in major championships
Tournament 2021
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

See also

References
  1. "Pierceson Coody – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  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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