| Pierceson Coody | |
| Birth Date: | 7 January 2000 |
| Birth Place: | Plano, Texas, U.S. |
| Residence: | Plano, Texas, U.S. |
| College: | University of Texas |
| Yearpro: | 2022 |
| Tour: | PGA Tour |
| Extour: | Korn Ferry Tour |
| Prowins: | 3 |
| Nwidewins: | 3 |
| Masters: | DNP |
| Usopen: | CUT: 2021 |
| Open: | DNP |
| Pga: | DNP |
Pierceson Coody (; born January 7, 2000) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.[1]
Coody had a successful amateur career before and during college. He won the 2018 Byron Nelson Junior Championship (and was runner up in 2015) and the 2016 Jordan Speith Tournament in high school and was also a State High School regional Champ in 2016.
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 in 2020, 2021 and 2022 after being an honorable mention in 2019 and helped the Longhorns win the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Golf Championship.[2]
As an amateur he won the 2018 South Beach International, the 2019 Trans-Mississippi Amateur, the 2020 Western Amateur, the 2021 George Hannon Collegiate and the 2022 Augusta Haskins Award Invitational. He was the 2021 Big 12 Men's Golf Player of the Year and made the All-Big 12 team, and the All-Big 12 Academic team, in 2021 and 2022. He ascended to the top of the World Amateur Golf Ranking in April 2021.
Coody topped the PGA Tour University rankings and received a spot on the Korn Ferry Tour in 2022. He turned professional in 2022 and won the Live and Work in Maine Open by five strokes in his third start.[3] He went on to win two other Korn Ferry events and place in the top 10 several other times.
In 2023, he secured his PGA Tour card by finishing ranked in the top 30 of the Korn Ferry Tour.[4]
At the 2024 ISCO Championship, Coody led on each of the first three days of golf but finished the 4th day in a 5 way tie for first. During sudden death play, two other players were eliminated, but Coody and Matt NeSmith lost to Harry Hall when Hall sunk a 45 foot chip from off the green to win.[5]
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 Nike Tour in the 1990s, and their grandfather Charles played on the PGA Tour and won three times, including the 1971 Masters Tournament.[6]
Source:[7]
| 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 |  Jacob Bergeron | |
| 2 | Feb 5, 2023 | Panama Championship | −11 (72-68-71-66=277) | Playoff | Mac Meissner, Sam Saunders | |
| 3 | Jul 23, 2023 | Price Cutter Charity Championship | −25 (63-68-65-67=263) | 2 strokes | Parker Coody, Chandler Phillips, Ben Silverman, Thomas Walsh |
Korn Ferry Tour playoff record (1–0)
PGA Tour playoff record (0–1)
| Tournament | 2021 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | Masters Tournament | ||
| align=left | U.S. Open | CUT | |
| align=left | The Open Championship | ||
| align=left | PGA Championship |
Amateur
2021 (winners)