Pierceson Coody ( ; born January 7, 2000) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.
Amateur career 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.
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.
Professional career 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. 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.
His first season on the PGA Tour full-time was 2024. At the 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.
In 2025, he played on both the Korn Ferry and PGA Tours. He had 6 top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour, including tying for 2nd twice and also missed a pair of cuts in August. He finished 12th on the rankings list and again earned a PGA Tour card for 2026. On the PGA Tour, he tied for 3rd at both the 3M Open and the Bank of Utah Championship.
In 2026, he was back on the PGA Tour full-time and made it to his first FedEx Cup Playoffs, powered in part by a tie for 2nd at the Farmer's Insurance Open. He finished ranked 55th after the first round of the playoffs, which eliminated him from the second event, but earned him a full tour card for the 2027 season.
Personal life Pierceson has a twin brother, Parker, who is 37 minutes older. Both are third-generation professional golfers. 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.
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
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Professional wins (3) Korn Ferry Tour wins (3) No.DateTournamentWinning scoreMargin ofvictoryRunner(s)-up1Jun 26, 2022Live and Work in Maine Open−15 (69-62-67-66=264)5 strokes Jacob Bergeron2Feb 5, 2023Panama Championship−11 (72-68-71-66=277)Playoff Mac Meissner, Sam Saunders3Jul 23, 2023Price 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) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12023Panama Championship Mac Meissner, Sam SaundersWon with birdie on first extra hole
Playoff record PGA Tour playoff record (0–1) No.YearTournamentOpponentsResult12024ISCO Championship Zac Blair, Harry Hall, Rico Hoey, Matthew NeSmithHall won with birdie on third extra holeBlair and Hoey eliminated by par on first hole
Results in major championships Tournament 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026Masters TournamentPGA ChampionshipCUTU.S. OpenCUTT23The Open ChampionshipT28
CUT = missed the half-way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place
U.S. national team appearances Amateur Arnold Palmer Cup: 2020, 2021 (winners) Walker Cup: 2021 (winners)
See also 2023 Korn Ferry Tour graduates 2025 Korn Ferry Tour graduates
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