The 2024 Zurich Classic is in line to make PGA Tour history.
It is set to become the first tournament in Tour history to feature two teams of twin brothers in its field, when Parker and Pierceson Coody and Nicolai and Rasmus Højgaard tee it up at the TPC of Louisiana on April 25-28.
Zurich officials announced commitments from the twin brother pairings Tuesday.
“All four of these young players have shown real promise for future success on the PGA Tour, and we are excited to see how they fare together as playing partners this year,” said Steve Worthy, CEO of the Fore!Kids Foundation, which operates the tournament for the PGA Tour. “Rasmus and Nicolai Højgaard have won a total of seven times on the DP European Tour, and Nicolai was on the winning European Ryder Cup team last fall, so they know what it takes to win.”
The Coody brothers, who are third-generation professional golfers, became the first twins to play in the same group of a PGA Tour event at this week’s Texas Children’s Houston Open.
Their father, Kyle, made more than 20 starts on the Korn Ferry Tour and played on the Asian and Canadian tours. Their grandfather, Charles Coody, won the 1971 Masters, one of his three victories on the PGA Tour.
Parker earned his PGA Tour card this season after finishing in the top 30 on the Korn Ferry Tour points list last year. He has made four cuts in six tournaments this season, including top-25 finishes in the Farmers Insurance Open and the Mexico Open.
Pierceson also qualified for the PGA Tour by scoring in the top 30 of the Korn Ferry Tour last season. While still playing the Korn Ferry Tour last year, he tied for 14th in the 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational.
The University of Texas alums turned pro in 2022.
The Højgaard brothers, identical twins from Denmark, turned professional in 2019 after leading Denmark to that country’s first Eisenhower Trophy in the World Amateur Team Championship. They played foursomes together for Europe in the 2018 Junior Ryder Cup.
Rasmus has won four international titles, including the European Masters in 2021. On the PGA Tour, he scored two top-10 finishes in 2022, with a sixth in the Corales Puntacana Championship and a tie for 10th in the Genesis Scottish Open.
He became the first player born in the 21st century to graduate from the European Tour Qualifying School and claimed his first European title shortly thereafter by winning the AfrAsia Bank Mauritius Open in his fourth start at the age of 18 years.
A week after Rasmus’ third European victory, his brother Nicolai took his own first title at the Italian Open. A last-minute wild-card entry, Nicolai birdied the final hole to finish one stroke ahead of Tommy Fleetwood.
On this year’s PGA Tour, Nicolai took sole second place in the Farmers Insurance Open. Last season he posted a second at the Corales Puntacana Championship and a tie for sixth at the Genesis Scottish Open. Paired with Thorbjørn Oleson, he finished 32nd in last year’s Zurich Classic.
Nicolai played on the victorious 2023 European Ryder Cup team. In November he won the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai, firing a 64 in the final round. He is currently ranked 37th in the world.
The Højgaard brothers have played multiple times in the same PGA Tour event, including the PGA Championship and The Open Championship last year, but the 2024 Zurich Classic will mark the first time they’ve paired on the same team since turning pro.
The Højgaards are the first brothers in the history of the DP World Tour to win titles on consecutive weeks. They also became the first twins to compete in The Open Championship in last year’s event.