Calling him “one of my favorite plays on the board,” Farnsworth spotlighted Pierceson Coody (transcript spelled Kuti) at $7,600. Coody rolls in with a 7th, 3rd, and 2nd in his last three Corn Ferry Tour starts and hasn’t missed a cut in 11 combined KFT/PGA appearances. He finished T30 at TPC Deere Run last year and profiles well on driver-heavy birdie tracks thanks to plus distance and elite wedge play. Farnsworth plans to be overweight in all formats, trusting recent form to carry over against a weak PGA field.

Steve Bamford staked 1.5pts each-way at 40/1 on Pierceson Coody, arguing the Texan mirrors Chris Gotterup’s 2024 breakthrough. Coody just closed 25th at the CJ Byron Nelson and was −9 over the weekend (T7 for Sat/Sun scoring). On Tour in 2025 he ranks 9th in both Driving Distance (all drives) and Carry Distance and finished 11th in Strokes Gained Tee-to-Green last week. Bamford notes Coody’s motivation in alternate-field events: 2nd at last year’s ISCO Championship and 5th at Colonial. Across his eight-week SG tracker Coody sits 10th for Current Form. He was 54th at The Dunes in 2024 after consecutive missed cuts, so Bamford expects a big jump with far better momentum.

Steve Palmer backed Pierceson Coody as his top pick to win the Corales Puntacana Championship at odds of 40-1. Palmer highlighted Coody's strong track record at tropical venues, including victories in nearby Panama and excellent performances in Bermuda and The Bahamas. Coody's debut in the Puntacana event last year saw him record a solid 18th-place finish despite poor previous form and injuries. Palmer notes that this performance sparked an upturn in Coody's career, with subsequent impressive finishes including 5th place at Colonial, runner-up in the ISCO Championship, 12th at the Bermuda Championship, and two additional top-10 Korn Ferry finishes. Given his proven comfort at oceanic island venues, Coody is tipped to deliver his first PGA Tour victory this weekend.