Parker Coody Monday qualifies for Honda Classic, joining twin brother Pierceson in field

Matt Smith — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 07:11:27 +0000

This week’s Honda Classic might be short on star power, the by-product of being sandwiched between four of the PGA Tour’s newly designated events and going up against the LIV Golf League opener. But the Honda field does boast a quirky billing: identical twins.

Pierceson Coody was given a sponsor’s exemption into this week’s event at PGA National Resort, and for good reason. Coody is considered one of the rising stars in the sport, winning twice on the Korn Ferry Tour — including a win earlier this month at the Panama Championship — in less than a year since turning professional. Pierceson will now be joined in Palm Beach Gardens by his brother, Parker, after Parker qualified for the Honda through Monday qualifying.

Well, technically, Tuesday qualifying, as Parker had to return to Tesoro Club to beat out four others in a playoff.

The Coody brothers, the grandsons of 1971 Masters champion Charles Coody, are best known for leading the University of Texas to a NCAA national championship last summer, giving the Longhorns programme its fourth national championship in school history. They also both suffered the same freak injuries last year, breaking their arms during a training session in Austin.

Despite their similarities, the Coody brothers are on a bit of a different professional trajectory at the moment. Pierceson’s KFT victories have him on the precipice of securing his PGA Tour card and is inside the top 300 in the World Ranking, while Parker currently has just conditional status on the minor-league circuit. Conversely, a good week from Parker could put the brothers back on equal footing.

The DP World Tour already has an established pair of identical twins in Nicolai and Rasmus Hojgaard — who have six DPWT titles between them — while the Ladies European Tour had a brief twin encounter when Leona Maguire’s sister Lisa fleetingly entered the pro ranks before retiring and turning to dentistry.

Other notables in this week’s Honda Classic field include Sungjae Im, Billy Horschel, Shane Lowry and Sepp Straka.

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WATCH: Korn Ferry twins pull off switcheroo on their playing partners during pro-am

Golf Digest Middle East — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 09:53:13 +0000

By Alex Myers
Pre-tournament pro-ams might be a professional golfer’s least-favourite part of the gig. You usually spend five-plus hours giving golf tips to strangers, feigning compliments to weekend hackers, and repeatedly answering if you’ve ever met Tiger Woods. But a pair of twin brothers found a way to make this week’s experience more entertaining for themselves — by pulling off the old switcheroo.

That’s right, Jeremy Paul and Yannik Paul traded places in the middle of their round with a group of unsuspecting golfers. And no one seemed to catch on. Check out the funny video released by the Korn Ferry Tour:

.@jeremypaul53 and @yannikpaul prank pro-am group and it’s incredible. ? pic.twitter.com/Ll6kOdiPTU

— Korn Ferry Tour (@KornFerryTour) September 1, 2022

Of course, a lot went into successfully pulling off this prank. For one, they dressed identically. (Although different-coloured socks could have given them away). Second, they’re both great golfers. (Although, Yannik kinda hacked it up while using his brothers’ clubs.) And third, Jeremy provided info on the group, specifically that “Randy” had made a couple clutch six-footers in a row for the group. (You go, Randy!)

Oh yeah, and, again, they’re identical twins. It would be tough to get away with this trick if not for that.

Anyway, nicely done by the Paul brothers, who hail from Germany and are both teeing it up at this week’s Korn Ferry Tour Championship. But if only one of them makes it to the weekend, rules officials might want to make sure it’s the right one actually playing each hole.

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Parker Coody Monday qualifies for Honda Classic, joining twin brother Pierceson in field

WATCH: Korn Ferry twins pull off switcheroo on their playing partners during pro-am