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Parker Coody

Parker Coody (/ˈku.di/ KOO-dee; born January 7, 2000) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour.[1]

Parker Coody
Personal information
Born (2000-01-07) January 7, 2000 (age 24)
Plano, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight175 lb (79 kg; 12.5 st)
Sporting nationality United States
ResidencePlano, Texas, U.S.
Career
CollegeUniversity of Texas
Turned professional2022
Current tour(s)PGA Tour
Former tour(s)Korn Ferry Tour
PGA Tour Canada
Professional wins2

Amateur career

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As a high school student, Coody won the 2016 AJGA Abilene/Bob Estes Championship and the 2017 Texas State High School 6A Championship. He also participated in the US Amateur Championship.[2]

Coody attended the University of Texas at Austin between 2018 and 2022, majoring in Corporate Communication. In 2019 he advanced to the Final 16 in the 2019 U.S. Amateur and the next year he won the Southern Highlands Collegiate. In 2021 he made it to the Final 32 of the 2022 U.S. Amateur. Playing with the Texas Longhorns men's golf team, he earned Honorable Mention All-American honors in 2019, 2021 and 2022; 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 and, as a result, earned GCAA All-America honors.[4] He made the Big 12 All-Tournament Team and the Academic All-Big 12 team in 2021 and 2022.

Professional career

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Coody turned professional in 2022 and joined the PGA Tour Canada where he won the CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open by 8 strokes.[5]

In 2023, he joined the Korn Ferry Tour, where he was runner-up at the Price Cutter Charity Championship, 2 strokes behind his brother Pierceson.[6]

In 2024, he earned his PGA Tour card by being one of the top 30 players on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour points list. He and his brother Pierceson became the second pair of fraternal twins to hold PGA Tour membership simultaneously. Allan and Curtis Strange accomplished the feat in 1981.[7]

Personal life

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Coody has a twin brother, Pierceson, who is 37 minutes younger. 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. Their grandfather Charles played on the PGA Tour and won three times, including the 1971 Masters Tournament.[8]

Amateur wins

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  • 2016 Action Zone – Bob Estes Abilene Junior
  • 2020 Southern Highlands Collegiate

Source:[9]

Professional wins (2)

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PGA Tour Canada wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Aug 21, 2022 CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open −27 (65-62-67-67=261) 8 strokes   Ian Holt

Other wins (1)

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No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory 		Runner-up
1 Nov 23, 2022 TaylorMade Pebble Beach Invitational −18 (69-68-64-69=270) 3 strokes   Lauren Stephenson

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Parker Coody – Profile". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  2. ^ "Parker Coody". Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "Men's Golf Roster: Parker 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. ^ "Coody overpowers the field for the CentrePort Canada Rail Park Manitoba Open title". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  6. ^ Spillane, Mark (July 23, 2023). "Coody brothers finish 1–2 at 2023 Price Cutter Charity Championship". Ozark Sports Zone. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "Parker Coody secures PGA Tour card for 2024". October 8, 2023. Retrieved July 16, 2024.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Parker Coody". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved July 24, 2023.
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