Texas golf focused on spring after freak accident with Coody twins
Communicate to John Fields these days and he’s probable to pressure viewpoint. With his 63rd birthday just a number of days in the rearview mirror, the legendary University of Texas men’s golf mentor instructed his group right before the year started out previous fall that standpoint and flexibility would be the keys to having a massive campaign.
Fields understood that even with a stacked roster that included the likes of Cole Hammer, Pierceson and Parker Coody, Travis Vick and Mason Nome that a selection of obstructions could occur. COVID scenarios were waning as the drop year started out but a new variant loomed that could simply throw wrinkles into the most properly-crafted strategies.
“I explained to them all to start the calendar year, we have to be able to conquer whatsoever is thrown at us,” Fields stated this 7 days. “Obviously, I did not expect some thing like this.”
In “this,” Fields was referring to a freak incident for the duration of which each individual of the fraternal Coody twins would break their proper arm in the same area while competing in a relay race after a workout in December. The twins are grandsons of former Masters winner Charles Coody.
“They are just so competitive,” Fields said. “I believe they dropped monitor of fact and fell into this deeply aggressive entire world they are living in.”
“All we cared about was successful the race, and we took it a minimal far too significantly,” Pierceson explained to GolfChannel.com. “It was just a freak incident.”
This is, of class, a substantial blow, not just to the Longhorns golf group, but to the amateur video game in typical. Pierceson is presently ranked third in the Golfweek/Amateurgolf.com men’s newbie rankings, guiding only Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg and reigning U.S. Amateur champ James Piot (and just one spot in advance of Texas A&M star Sam Bennett). Pierceson was even on Golfweek’s the latest list of 10 players to view as prospective to start with-time winners on the PGA Tour in 2022. Parker is now 80th in the rankings and has also experienced a major influence on the method.
And even though Fields said the twins are at about 70 percent in terms of recovery — he’s hoping they’ll get clearance to return to practice up coming 7 days — because of to a decline in energy and endurance, he expects them to miss out on at least a person and maybe two or far more tournaments in the spring season.
Still, Fields is preaching viewpoint. A solution of the previous 1950s, Fields said it’s uncomplicated to develop into confused in 2022 between the pandemic, quick details and divided politics.
“I recall the unrest of the ‘60s and ‘70s – the president of the United States was assassinated, Vietnam, the danger of nuclear war,” Fields claimed. “And you have to try to remember some thing. Championships have been however gained. The previous couple decades can experience a small like the end of the globe to our fellas. I’m just trying to give them some standpoint on all this.”
As for the rest of the Longhorns, they’re continue to primed for a major spring, with Vick and Hammer expected to guide the way. Texas performs two times on countrywide tv right before the Huge 12 Tournament, which is at Whispering Pines this 12 months, and Fields is hoping some others will step up and choose advantage of the prospects with the Coodys on the sideline.
“Will Thomson is a guy who has a whole lot of practical experience, and I’m expecting him to appear up significant for us,” Fields mentioned. “And there are a few or 4 other individuals with a excellent opportunity in front of them.”
Future up for Texas, which captured the Large 12 Match Perform back again in October, is a journey to the Southwestern Invitation in sunny Southern California.
